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Alumni

Christopher Sulmonte, BS

About Christopher Sulmonte

Chris is originally from Abington, Massachusetts. He completed his undergraduate degree in Chemistry at Boston College in 2014. During this time, Chris worked in the Center for Resuscitation Science Internship program for two and half years. Following graduation, Chris joined the team full time as a research assistant, for which he has continued for the last two years. Now, as senior RA, Chris has taken on multiple responsibilities in the day to day operations of Center including Internship Coordinator. He is also the point research assistant on two Phase II clinical trials, one studying the effects of atorvastatin treatment on influenza with Dr. Chase and the other studying the treatment of thiamine for intubated populations with Dr. Berg. Chris has also been involved with many abstract publications in the last two years including a study of Cytochrome c levels in Septic Shock patients as well as a study looking at the association of severity of illness to Pyruvate dehydrogenase activity in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis. Finally, Chris has contributed to a multitude of different Quality Assurance initiatives happening at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center specifically in areas relating to rapid in hospital first aid and code blue response. This fall, Chris will be heading to Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health to purse a Master Degree in Healthcare Administration to be completed in May 2018.

Alumni

Andi Cole, BS

About Andi Cole

Andi Cole is a Graduate of the University of Mary Washington where she majored in Biology and Music. Andi has worked in both big city hospitals and smaller local hospitals in clinical
laboratories before joining the Resuscitation Sciences team in August of 2018. Her eventual
goal is to earn her Ph.D. in Biology and manage a lab. In addition to being trained in the sciences, Andi is a classically trained Violinist with over 20 years of experience.

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Anthony Mahoney-Pacheco

About Anthony Mahoney-Pacheco

Anthony was born and raised in Fall River, MA. He is currently in his senior year at Tufts University studying Biology and Psychology. Outside of research, he volunteers his time as a member of the Tufts EMS and works as the student executive director for the Giving Camp, a local nonprofit that connects students to adults with physical and mental disabilities to take part in fun activities in the Greater Boston area. He also enjoys working as an Emergency Department technician in multiple Massachusetts hospitals.

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Sarah Ganley, BS

About Sarah Ganley

Sarah completed her undergraduate degree in Behavioral Neuroscience with a minor focusing on the ethics of medical exploration during genocide from Northeastern University. Sarah comes to the team with experience in several areas of research including operational clinical research, regulatory affairs, quality assurance and control, as well as data management. The clinical fields in which she previously focused on were pharmaceuticals, dementia, autism, memory, sepsis, hospital quality assurance initiatives, infectious disease, and HIV vaccines. Since joining the Center for Resuscitation Science in December 2015, Sarah has become the point research assistant on several observational studies including one device focused study on oxygen consumption in critically ill patients. Sarah is also the point research assistant for a phase II clinical trial studying the effects of atorvastatin treatment on influenza with Dr. Chase

Our Faculty

Michael W. Donnino, MD

About Michael Donnino

Dr. Donnino is the Founder and Director of the Center for Resuscitation Science (CRS), Director of the T32 Resuscitation Science Fellowship, Vice Chair of Resuscitation Science for the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Emergency Department, and Director of Faculty Research Development.  He is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Donnino is the author of over 270 manuscripts including many in high-impact journals such as the NEJM, JAMA, the British Medical Journal, and Circulation. He has been funded continuously over the past decade with support from the NIH, AHA, and other grants. His expertise spans a range of translational research with particular expertise in clinical trials. On an international level, he served as Vice-Chair and member of the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Committee for the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). In addition, he served as Vice Chair and member of the American Heart Association (AHA) cardiac arrest guideline writing group and was the senior author of the 2015 AHA ACLS guidelines. Dr. Donnino has a strong commitment to mentoring the full range of investigators from pre-medical students to junior faculty and is the recipient of the NIH Mentoring Award (K24), a T32 in Resuscitation Science as well as the Director of Faculty Research Development.

  • Cardiac Arrest (general)
  • Metabolic Resuscitation
  • Thiamine in Critical Illness
  • Challenging Cases in Critical Care
  • Challenges with Clinical Trials
  • Misapplication of Severity of Illness Scores