Visiting Clinical Observers
The CCM Department accepts foreign medical graduates as visiting observers. No clinical duties are involved as US law prohibits foreigners lacking license to practice medicine in this country from participation in direct patient care. During 2007 there were 21 foreign visitors from 12 different countries. These visitors varied from medical students to post graduate professors, representing primary specialties such as internal medicine, anesthesiology, general practice, surgery, pediatrics, pulmonary medicine, obstetrics and gynecology. In addition to participating in daily CCM educational programs including lectures, workshops, journal club sessions, grand rounds and simulation training at the Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation, Education and Research (WISER), they observe rounds in various ICUs of their choice.
A simulator based CCM course is offered to any physician visiting the UPMC Critical Care Medicine department who would like to sharpen their skills for the management of critically ill patients. The program will be held in the WISER simulator center and will address practical approaches to respiratory distress, cardiovascular instability, and critical arrhythmias. After brief didactic sessions, participants will have the opportunity to re-enforce their learning through simulated scenarios. Emphasis will be placed on running these scenarios and practicing the process of being an effective team leader while taking care of “the patient”. There will also be some time devoted to procedures such as intubation and central line placement. The course will involve four to five hours of time, which can be covered in a single half-day or divided into two shorter sessions. The days of the course will be arranged based on the schedules of the instructor and participants. Cost = $200 per person
Dr. Anas Massad Visiting in Our CCM Department
 Dr. Anas Massad graduated from the University of Jordan School of Medicine in 1998. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine in Jordan and passed the Jordanian Board of Internal Medicine in 2006. He began his career as a staff physician in the general critical care department in a private hospital in Jordan, and then relocated to one of the leading hospitals in United Arab Emirates, Alain “Tawam Hospital” which is affiliated with Johns Hopkins Medical Center to work as specialist/intensivist. He has a special interest in critical care medicine and has passed all three USMLE exams. Dr. Massad was invited by Dr. Baldisseri to observe in the Department of CCM to learn more about critical care practice in the UPMC hoping to go back home with new and helpful information.
Brazilian Medical Student Visiting CCM
 Diogo Bugano starts his senior year of medical school at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil on January 1, 2009. After he graduates in December 2009, he plans to apply for an internal medicine residency. He has obtained a two week leave to study US critical care medicine and chose to do so at the University of Pittsburgh. He will have short exposures to our cardiothoracic, neurovascular, trauma and abdominal transplant ICUs beginning on December 8th. He has received several honors in medical school and has four publications to date. He will be leaving the US on December 20.
ICM Resident Visiting from Spain
 Dr. Maria de la Torre received her medical degree in 2003 from University Zaragoza in Spain. She is currently in her fifth year of residency in intensive care medicine at Hospital Clinico San Carlos in Madrid and will graduate in June 2009. Senior ICM residents in Spain are required to gain some experience abroad, and Dr. Maria chose to apply for two months of observership in CCM at UPMC. She started on Oct. 31 with a rotation through the Neurovasucular ICU. Her main interest is in cardiothoracic CCM so she would like to have her next rotation in the UPMC CTICU. She has been offered a faculty position at Hospital Clinico San Carlos upon her graduation. They are planning on starting heart transplantations and Maria wants to learn as much as possible in that field while at UPMC. She will return to Spain on Dec. 30, 2008.
Pakistani Physician Observing in Our CCM Department
 Dr. Muhammad Omer Toor graduated in 2005 from the Army Medical College of the National University of Sciences and Technology in Rawalpindi, a twin city of Islamabad in Pakistan. After a year of mandatory internship split between medicine and surgery at Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi and additional training experiences in ED and MICU during which time he took all three USMLEs, he has applied for medical residency in the US through the matching program and will learn about potential acceptance in March of 2009. Dr. Toor has a significant interest in critical care medicine and would like to observe in our CCM Department during December and January. He has plans to return to Pakistan by the end of January 2009.
Spanish Medical Observer in CCM, November 2008 – January 2009
 Dr. Jesús Sánchez is a 2003 physician graduate of the University in Valladolid, Spain. He is currently in his last year of residency in ICM. He was invited by Dr. Puyana to visit the CCM Department. His main interest is Surgical Trauma, however, he anticipates observing all surgical ICUs. Following his visit with CCM, he will return to Valladolid to finish his last residency year, graduating in June 2009.
Medical Student Visiting from Kenya - Eric Mbuthia Kanyi
 Mr. Kanyi is a fourth year medical student at the University of Nairobi – School of Medicine which currently runs a five-year program. At the end of the fourth year, students are required to gain additional experience through an elective at a reputable institution. He solicited and received an invitation from Dr. Muigai, CCM faculty member. Mr. Kanyi will rotate through several of UPMC ICUs as a visiting observer during his stay with us October 27 -- December 22, 2008. He will return to Nairobi to begin his final year in January 2009 and will be graduating in December of the same year. His career plan is to pursue surgical residency. Mr. Kanyi is an outstanding medical student and he was awarded a prize for top overall in Physics in the national K.C.S.E. (O-Level) examinations of 2002.
British Research Intensivist Visiting Pitt CCM.
 Dr. Ben Creagh-Brown is a 1999 graduate of the University oi Southampton Medical School. Having completed training in internal medicine, he is a MRCP since 2003. He has also completed training in intensive care medicine and has published a large number of ICM related articles. He currently serves as a research fellow in the Unit of Critical Care at Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College London to obtain his PhD degree. Having attended the 3rd International DAMPS, Endokines and Alarmins Symposium in Pittsburgh, he used the opportunity to visit our CCM department on September 3, 2008.
Australian ICU Director Visiting Pitt CCM.
 Dr. Imogen Mitchell was born in the UK and graduated in 1989 from the Charing Cross Medical School in London, following family traditions with prominent physicinas such as her grandfather, Dr. Tubb, a cardiac surgeon who designed the Tubb dilator, used in closed cardiac surgery for treatment of mitral stenosis. Dr. Mitchell trained in internal medicine and in intensive care medicine. She holds her FRCP. After moving to Australia 12 years ago, she is now an FRACP, as well. Currently, she is Director of a 50-bed Intensive Care Center at the Cranberry Hospital in Australia's capital. This large center is undergoing major renovation and Dr. Mitchell, while visiting the US on family business, is using this as an opportunity to visit Pitt CCM in her search for ideas related to the ICU renovation in Cranberry.
Indian Internist Visiting UPMC CCM During August and September
 Dr. Sangita Verma graduated in 1998 from Nalanda Medical College of Magadh University in Patna, Bihar, India. In 2000 - 2005 she completed medical residency at Majeedia Hospital of Hamdard University in New Delhi. While in the US during August 19th through September 30th, she was a visiting physician observer in our ICUs and planned to return to Canada afterward. She has taken USMLE Steps 1 - 3 and received high scores. Dr. Verma is interested in Neurology and is planning to apply for American residency.
Korean Physician Visiting CCM
 Dr. Joon Hee Lim graduated in 2004 from Dongguk University, College of Medicine in South Korea. In 2007, he completed a 3-year mandatory military service as a public health doctor in his hometown of Youngcheon. He then worked as a general physician at Borame Sungmo Geriatric Hospital in Seoul. Dr. Lim is has started his application for American internal medicine residency. He has visited several large hospitals in the USA to observe interactions among attendings, residents, nurses and other health care providers. At UPMC, he will observe CCM rounds in the Trauma Unit and CT-SICU during August 1-18, 2008.
Senior Medical Student from Poland Visiting CCM
 Anna Zielinska is currently in her last year of medical school at Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland. As a senior medical student she has the option of spending some time abroad and has been invited to our CCM Department by Dr. Jarek Mateusczyk, our current second year CCM Fellow, to observe in the UPMC ICUs. After her graduation and the mandatory internship year, she will seek a US residency in neurology and anticipates great interest in related CCM problems. Anna will remain in UPMC CCM for three months, having started in our 4F ICU, and will leave for Poland on October 31. She is staying with friends in Shadyside with ready access toi UPMC.
Medical Student Visiting from Turkey
 Ahmet Ceylan is a medical student at Ankara University in Turkey. He will graduate in 2011 and is interested in doing a surgical residency after that. He is a friend of Dr. Attila Soran in the Surgical Department at MWH and has joined him in the OR during the past two weeks. He is staying with his sister who is a PhD student in engineering at Pitt. Ahmet wants to see a few of our ICUs as an observer before he returns to Turkey at the end of August.
Indian Anesthesiologist Visiting CCM in August 2008
 Dr. Rashmi Prasad graduated in 1997 from Kasturba Medical College in Southern India. She then completed anesthesiology residency at the same institution and is certified in this specialty in India. After working in major hospitals in Bombay and Delhi, she moved to the US in 2005. Dr. Prasad will apply for anesthesiology residency by September this year, hopefully starting in July 2009. She speaks excellent English and is interested in general SICU and trauma.
Colombian Medical Student Visiting CCM
 Sebastian Sierra is a senior medical student at the CES University Medical School in Medellin, Colombia. Dr. Juan Ochoa is a close friend of Sebastian's family and has arranged for his invitation to our CCM Department. Sebastian is aiming for a residency in general surgery after graduation in December 2009 and may then subspecialize in trauma. He hopes to rotate through several of our ICUs as a visiting observer during his stay in Pittsburgh, July 29 - November 20, 2008.
Colombian OB/GYN/CCM Physician Returning to UPMC as an Observer
 As an OB/GYN resident, Dr. Maria Escobar visited our CCM department in 2003/04. After completing her residency in 2004 at the University of Valle de Lily in Calle, Colombia, she then completed a year of CCM fellowship. She is employed at Fundacion Valle de Lily and has received a six-month sabbatical leave with salary to further her experiences in OB/GYN/CCM. On June 16, 2008, she will begin her observership at MWH/UPMC that will include both clinical and research. She is here on a J1 Visa and shares an apartment in Shadyside.
Indian Physician Visiting During June 2008
 Dr. Jiyasa Tewari is an Indian physician who graduated in 2007 from Dayanand Medical College in Ludhiana, Province of Punjab in Northern India. She has taken USMLE Steps 1 and 2 with high scores of 92 and 87, respectively. Dr. Tewari is here on a B1/B2 Visa. She will apply for J1 and seek medical residency here in Pennsylvania. Upon completion of training she would like to return to India. During the month of June she will be an observer in our ICUs of the Department of CCM.
Peruvian CCM Physician Visiting Pitt CCM
 Dr. Carlos Salas is a 1995 graduate of National University of San Agustin School of Medicine in Arequippa, Peru. After Internal Medicine training, he obtained a fellowship in CCM at the University of Cayetano. Currently, he holds a position in CCM at the 600-bed Neoplastic Institute and Anglo-American Clinic in Lima, Peru. However, Dr. Salas is planning to move to the US for further training. He is married and has a one year old son. Dr. Salas speaks a hesitant but fully understandable English. He will be here for the month of June 2008, rotating as an observer through VA, CTICU and Units 6F and 4F.
Italian Anesthesiologist Visiting the CCM Department
 Dr. Alessandra Rizzuto completed her residency in Anaethesiology and Critical Care at the University of Torino in Italy last December 2007 and is a certified specialist in Italy by examination. Her fiancé, Dr. Stefano Salizzoni, is a cardiac surgical resident in Torino but is presently on a 2-year research assignment at UPMC. The two will remain in Pittsburgh through 2009. Dr. Rizzuto is studying for her USMLE exams and will start with Step 1 before July 31, 2008. She will be an observer in our ICUs with special interest in general CCM, Liver Transplant and CTICU. She has also expressed her interest in cardiopulmonary pathophysiology, sepsis and shock, and has approached Dr. Pinsky for potential involvement in his research lab.
Spanish ICM Resident Visiting for Three Months
 Dr. Jose Trenado is a 2002 physician graduate of the University of Barcelona. He is currently a fourth year resident in ICM which is a primary specialty in Spain with specialty recognition obtained after five years of training. In one of the senior years, residents may go abroad for additional experience. Dr. Trenado is particularly interested in trauma and stroke. He also has a significant interest in organ donation. He plans to attend a symposium on organ donation in Lisbon during May 5 - 9. Otherwise, he will be observing in our CCM Department during April 14 - June 30. He will visit the Trauma ICU and Neurovascular ICU; and he has also expressed an interest to observe in the Abdominal Transplant ICU and the CTICU. Following his observership, he plans to return to Barcelona for his final ICM residency year.
Dutch Medical Student Visiting Our CCM Department
 Ms. Linda Hermus is a senior medical student at the University of Groningen School of Medicine in the Netherlands. A requirement for graduation is to spend the last half year in research and she chose to do so at the University of Pittsburgh. Since January 2008 she has been working on a shock model in pigs in Dr. Juan Puyana's laboratory. She would also like to observe in our ICUs, particularly in the trauma unit. She will return to Holland where she plans to graduate on June 30 and then work in the university surgical department while applying for a potential surgical residency.
Dr. Dang - Observer in Our CCM Department
 Dr. Navneet Singh Dang graduated in 2000 from the Government Medical College in Amritsan, North of New Delhi, India. He completed a 3-year surgical residency at the Medical College of Orissa in southern India. He then served as an attending surgeon in Amritsar during 2005 - 2007. He emigrated first to Canada in 2007 and holds permanent residency in that country. He then left Canada in early 2008 to come to the US. Dr. Dang is preparing for a US IM residency. He has been an observer in GI for two months at UPMC Mercy Hospital, worked on an Alzheimer research project in Pitt's Department of Genetics, and now would like to be a visiting observer in a surgical ICU of our CCM Department.
Indian Physician Visiting Pitt CCM
 Dr. Gaurav Bajaj was born in India but attended medical school at Windsor University in St. Kitts of the West Indies where he graduated in 2007. He is seeking surgical training in the US and has been an observer in surgery in Miami, where he will return on April 20. In the meantime, he will be an observer in the ICUs through our Department of Critical Care Medicine. He is will take his USMLE exams, Step 1 in May and Step 2 in July.
Chinese Internist Researcher to Observe in CCM
 Dr. Youzhong Yuan is a Chinese physician who obtained his MD in Shanghai (1984) and a PhD in molecular genetics also in Shanghai (1997). He trained in internal medicine (1984-87) and hematology (1987-90), then served as an attending in inernal medicine until 1999 when he moved to the US. He has published some 25 scientific papers in China and a few in the US. He is currently an assistant research professor in the Department of Surgery and working in Dr. Tim Billiar's laboratory. He wants to obtain internal medicine training in the US and, therefore, would like to observe in our ICUs for three months beginning March 17, 2008. He is married and has a daughter of 16 attending the Mt Lebanon High School.
Dr. Ramachandran Observing in CHP ICU
 Dr Simi Ramachandran was born in NYC by Indian parents who still live there. But at age 19 after graduating from high school in NYC, Dr Ramachandran went to southern India to attend Kasturba Medical College from where she graduated in 2005. After a year of mandatory internship in India, she returned to the US. Obviously, she is a US citizen. She has taken USMLE steps 1 and 2 and was recently accepted as a pediatric resident at NY Methodist Hospital. With an interest in CCM she has applied for an observership in Ped. CCM at UPMC CHP and started this on Feb. 4 with the intention to remain here through April.
Belgian Cardiologist Visiting UPMC for Two Weeks
 Dr. Sofie Gevaert is a 1994 graduate of Gent University in Belgium. After six years of training in internal medicine and cardiology, she obtained Belgian certification in cardiology and ICM. She is currently the Director of the CCU at Gent University Hospital. Her husband Dr. Eric Hoste was a visiting researcher in our CCM Department four years ago and recommended her to visit our department. She will observe one week each in the UPMC CTICU and Cardiac ICU.
Colombian Visitor Invited By Dr. Juan Carlos Puyana
 Dr. Jose Luis Castillo is a 1998 graduate of University of Valle in Cali, Colombia. Currently, he is an Emergency Medicine Senior Resident of Fundacion Valle del Lili Clinic and University CES in the same city. He plans to complete his training in June 2008. His interests are in Trauma and Critical Care.
Dr. Castillo is an applicant for the Trauma & Injury Excellence in Education on Research (TRAINEER) grant which is a five-year initiative that will immerse young Colombia doctors in the American system of research, particularly clinical research. This grant funded by the Fogarty International Center at NIH was initiated by principal investigator, Dr. Timothy Billiar, Professor and Chair of Pitt's Surgical Department with Dr. Andrew Peitzman, Professor and Director of Trauma at Pitt, and Dr. Juan Puyana. In 2006, $150,000 per annum was awarded for five years to establish a partnership between Colombia and UPMC. Beginning in 2007, visiting Colombian surgical trainees will be able to pursue certificates or even Master's Degrees in clinical research at Pitt through the Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP). Independent of winning the Fogarty TRAINEER award, the Fundacion Valle del Lili Clinic has provided him with a stipend to visit the University of Pitt for one year.
Dr. Castillo hopes that he can use the knowledge he acquires during his visit to aid in the development of emergency medicine specialty in Colombia.
Colombian Trauma Surgeon Invited To Visit CCM
 Dr. Fabian E. Puentes M. is a general and trauma surgeon in San Felix Hospital, located in La Dorada, Caldas, approximately 130 Kms NW from Bogota, and an attending in UCI Honda (ICU near La Dorada). He is also a surgery assistant instructor at the Universidad de Manizales and coordinates the surgical interns in San Felix Hospital. He received his MD degree from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in 1996 and completed surgical residency in 2002.
Drs. Puentes and Juan Carlos Puyana met at the 2007 XX Pan-American Trauma Congress at Puebla Mexico. Dr. Puyana was impressed with his lecture on "Landmines Trauma in a Regional Hospital" and invited him to the visit the CCM Department as an observer.
Fabian is excited about his opportunity to observe our Trauma Service and Surgical ICUs.
Visiting ICM Physicians from Spain
 Drs. Roberto Jimenez(top photo) and Alejandro Freire are 2002 graduates of the University of Murcia in Spain. They are currently senior residents in Intensive Care Medicine at the same university. ICM is a primary specialty in Spain with a five year residency. They will graduate in June 2008 and then become specialists of ICM without any additional exam.
 In their senior year they usually go abroad for a couple of months to broaden their experiences and both have chosen this experience at Pitt. With their main interest in Trauma, Neuro and Cardiothoracic CCM they will concentrate their observership in those UPMC ICUs.
Chinese Oncology Surgeon Visiting CCM for Half a Year
 Dr. Hong-Zhi Wang is a 1985 graduate of Hernan Medical University in China. After surgical residency at The Third Hospital of Zhengzhou in Henan, Dr. Wang attended Peking University School of Oncology where he obtained a higher medical degree in 1990. He served at this institution first as an attending surgeon and in 1997 was appointed associate professor of intensive care at Peking University. Dr. Wang also serves as ICU Director at Beijing Cancer Hospital. He has published several papers on critical care medicine and oncology related problems in prominent Chinese journals. After recent acquaintance with Dr. Grenvik during his visit to China last Spring, Dr. Wang decided to visit our CCM Department to gain insight in US intensive care and training of critical care medicine physicians. Dr. Wang will use the opportunity to participate in the 2008 SCCM Congress. Starting on November 26, he will remain in Pittsburgh throughout this academic year.
Visiting Researchers ........................................................................Back to Top
Research in the Department ranges from sophisticated fundamental cell and molecular biological studies of the basis for organ dysfunction due to inflammation to state-of-the-art clinical epidemiological studies of human critical illness. Visiting research scholar opportunities in our research department involve no clinical duties as US law prohibits foreigners lacking license to practice medicine in this country from participation in direct patient care. Professional research efforts are under the direction of specified faculty member.
Dr. Thomas Rimmele Visiting Scholar from France
 Dr. Thomas Rimmele graduated in 2004 from the University of Lyon. Currently, he is starting his fifth and last year of training in anesthesiology and intensive care medicine, graduating in December 2009. In addition, he is working on his PhD, studying hemofiltration in septic shock. This is why he has received an invitation from Dr. John Kellum as a visiting scholar to work in his laboratory for one year, beginning November 1, 2008. Dr. Rimmele is interested in studying statistics also during his year in Pittsburgh and was recommended to look into the possibility of obtaining an MPH at our Graduate School of Public Health. He has been offered a faculty position in 2010 at Edouard Herriot Hospital in Lyon where he is doing his residency.
Pediatrician from Turkey Visiting for One Year
 Dr. Resul Yilmaz has been invited as a Visiting Scholar in the Department of CCM. He is a 1998 graduate of Ankara University School of Medicine in Turkey. After several years of residency and research training in pediatrics, he is currently Assistant Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Gaziosmanpasa, School of Medicine. He has published papers on neonatal and pediatric problems. Dr. Yilmaz has received a personal grant from The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. The Council separately covers his travel expenses to and from Pittsburgh. Dr. Yilmaz is joined by his wife, who is an agricultural engineer, and their daughter of six, who will attend elematary school in Pittsburgh. Initially, Dr. Yilmaz will observe clinical activities in our Pediatric Division of CCM and, later, get involved in pediatric CCM research activities.
Indian Physician Visiting CCM for 6 Months
Dr. Himanshu Bhatia graduated in 1999 from Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College in Pune, India. After two years of postgraduate clinical training, he spent a year at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, and obtained an MS degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. He then moved to Houston, Texas to attend the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center where he received another MS degree in Genes & Development/Biochemistry (2002 - 2006). Recently, Dr. Bhatia has been a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. His wife started a Hematology/Oncology fellowship 07/08 in Pittsburgh which is a 3 year program. The couple has a 1 1/2 year old child and is renting a house in Verona. Dr. Bhatia took the USMLE 3 exam on August 4 of this year and wants to be an observer in our ICUs combined with laboratory work with Dr. Kellum. He is here on an H1 visa, will apply for a green card and will apply for medical residency in the US to start 7/1/2009. He has significant research experience and has just been informed that his abstract on sickle cell research has been accepted for presentation in New Orleans in September 2008.
Thai Nephrologist to Work with Dr. John Kellum
 Dr. Nattachai Srisawat is a 1999 graduate of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. He also earned a MS Degree in 2007 from the same university. He is board certified in Thailand in both Internal Medicine and Nephrology and currently is a faculty member of Nephrology at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. Dr. Srisawat is an experienced researcher with several peer review papers and book chapters. He met with Dr. John Kellum in the Far East and was invited to our CCM Department as a research scholar to study Sepsis and Acute Renal Failure in Dr. Kellum's Laboratory. Dr. Srisawat obtained a personal scholarship in Thailand which will cover his expenses in Pittsburgh for two years. He starts on August 1, 2008 and will complete his research visit on July 31, 2010.
Dr. Yen-Lan Nguyen - Research Fellow in Pitt CCM Department
 Dr. Yen-Lan Nguyen is a 2004 graduate of Faculte de medicine de Bicetre, Paris XI, France. Since graduation, she has been a resident in Anesthesiology and CCM, also in Paris. While Dr. Derek Angus was in Paris for sabbatical, Dr. Nguyen published two abstracts on outcome of ICU patients on mechanical ventilation with Dr. Angus as the senior author. One of these abstracts provided Dr. Nguyen with an award at the 2007 Congress of ESICM in Berlin. She has been selected for the 2008/2009 Levi-Montalcini Biomedical Science Award of 20,000 Euros. Dr. Nguyen has been with our CCM Department since June 18, 2008 as a research fellow in the CRISMA Laboratory continuing to study the award winning project " Impact of ICU volume on the outcome of patients requiring renal replacement therapy during their ICU stay." She will receive this award at the September 2008 ESICM Congress in Lisbon, Portugal. Dr. Nguyen also plans to study for her MPH Degree at the Pitt GSPH during the current academic year. She will return to Paris in November 2009.
Indian Physician Visiting Observer in CCM Research
 Dr. Magesh Sathaiah is a 2005 graduate of Visvanatham Government Medical College in Trichy, Tamilnadu in Southern India. He emigrated to the US in 2007 and currently lives with his wife at his uncle's home in Monroeville. Dr. Sathaiah has taken USMLE Steps 1 and 2, scoring 88 and 75, respectively. He hopes to gain acceptance into a US medical residency by July 2009. In the meantime, Dr. Sathaiah will be observing Dr. Kai Singbartl's work on his research projects "The reason for increased bleeding time in duffy antigen knocked out mice" and "The role of uremic neutrophils in acute renal failure with bacterial pneumonia."
Dr. Namas - Visiting Researcher and Observer
 Dr. Rajaie Namas is a 2003 graduate from the Al-Fateh Univaersity School of Medicine in Tripoli, Libya. He attended high school in England and thus speaks English well. He has taken and passed USMLE Steps 1 and 2 and is scheduled to take Step 3 this Spring. Dr. Namas has been a visiting physician researcher in Dr. Juan Puyana's laboratory since August 2007. He received some preliminary research experience in Libya and is currently studying sepsis and trauma problems. He is here on an H-1 Visa and will apply for a surgical residency in the US. He has requested to be an observer in our ICUs, particularly the adult trauma and transplantation ICUs. If possible, Dr. Namas would also like to observe in the pediatric ICU at CHP. He hopes to remain involved in the research laboratory for the foreseeable future.
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