Carl A. Sirio, MD
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Titles:
Professor, CCM, Medicine, Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Contact:
Email: sirioca@ccm.upmc.edu

Degrees:

POST GRADUATE EDUCATION
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE YEAR FIELD
UMDNJ - Rutgers MD 1984 Medicine
Residency:  
Pennsylvania State University - Hershey Medical Center Resident 1987 Internal Medicine
Fellowship:
 
National Institutes of Health & George Washington University Fellow 1992 Critical Care Medicine
Board Certifications: Year
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
1985
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine 1987
Board Certified, Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine 1993

Research Grants:

Title Source of Support
1999- Improving Outcomes in Mechanically Ventilated Patients. (PI: Hoffman LA, Co-I: Sirio CA) NIH, 1 RO1 05204-01
2000-02 Evaluating Outcomes, Treatment Patterns and Cost of Care with AMI using a Statewide Database. (PI: Sirio CA) AHA, #0051048U
2000-01 Improving Services to those with a Traumatic Brain Injury and their Families. (PI: Rotondi AJ, Co-I: Sirio CA) The Federation of Independent School Alumnae
2000- Systems Approach for Improving Region-Wide Patient Safety. (PI: Sirio, CA) AHRQ, #U18HF11926
2002- Effecting Change in Chronic Care: The Tipping Point. (PI: Kmetik K, Co-I: Sirio CA) AHRQ, #1U18HS13690-01

Current Research Interest:

  • Patient safety, patient outcomes

Publications:

  • Sirio CA, Martich GD. Who goes to the ICU postoperatively? Chest 1999;115:125S-129S.
  • Sirio CA. Patient management strategies to contain cost in the ICU. Sem Resp Med 1999;20(3):253-261.
  • Sirio CA, Tajimi K, Taenaka N, Ujike Y, Okamoto K, Katsuya H. A cross-cultural comparison of critical care delivery: Japan and the United States. Chest 2002; 121(2):539-48.
  • Rotondi AJ, Sirio CA, Angus D, Pinsky MR. A new conceptual framework for ICU performance and appraisal. J of Crit Care 2002;17(1):16-28.
  • Rosenthal GE, Kaboli P, Barnett M, Sirio CA. Age and the risk of in-hospital death: insights from a multi-hospital study of intensive care patients. JAGS 2002;50(7):1205-12.