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Clinical Research
Andre R. Campbell, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
My initial main research interest was in the basic science and clinical
aspects of acute lung injury in the trauma patient. After examining the
basic science aspects of the mechanism of lung injury in sheep my research
subsequently focused on the clinical aspects of lung injury in trauma
patients. As part of the Traumatic Lung Injury Group, we attempted to
stratify the patients who are at risk for developing ARDS by examining
both systemic and local inflammatory mediators. Currently, I am involved
with research projects in the ICU evaluating the efficacy of ventilator
management strategies in patients with ARDS in conjunction with the respiratory
therapy division at SFGH. The goal of these studies is to determine if
patients benefit from pressure control ventilation over volume control
ventilation if they had acute lung injury. We are now working on a number
of projects examining weaning and the work of breathing patients have
on different modes of ventilation.
I was selected to be a founding member of the Academy of Medical Educators
this year. The goal of the academy is to improve the quality of teaching
on the UCSF campus. This group will help to improve collaboration across
disciplines as we go forward with the new integrated curriculum. Last
year I became the director of Surgery 110 and I have put in a tremendous
effort at helping to build the rotation into a better experience for our
third year students. I became clerkship director during the turbulent
times of curriculum reform. There are a number of new initiatives that
I have worked on this year including more basic training in surgical techniques,
expanding the lecture series, radiology curriculum, and an observed physical
examination. The goal of my work on the surgery rotation is to develop
new and exciting ways to teach medical students surgery. I have already
started to interface with the anatomists at UCSF in helping to design
and facilitate projects that will help bridge the basis science clinical
medicine gap for our students in the new curriculum. We are planning to
introduce a new integrated anatomy curriculum for UCSF medical students.
This year I became co-investigator in a study of errors reported in morbidity
and mortality conference. The purpose of this study is to better characterize
and understand the nature of errors and how they are presented at medical
and surgical conferences. It is hoped that this study will result in improvements
in the way that these conferences are conducted and analyzed. Recently
became involved as an editorial board member of a new web based morbidity
and mortality project. We were funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality for three years to develop a way to analyze nationally and
report medical errors on the web. The name of the program is UCSF-DoctorQuality.com.
I will serve as the expert in surgery to better help systematically analyze
medical and surgical errors.
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