Grand Forks, North Dakota 58201
701-780-1750 http://www.altru.org cflath@altru.org
Altru's Research Department is a part of Altru Health System fully dedicated to providing research support services to physicians and researchers. Altru Health System is a not-for-profit organization consisting of an acute hospital, rehabilitation center, a large multi-specialty clinic, a family medicine clinic and several branch clinics. Altru's Research Department coordinates research studies and clinical trials ranging from general medicine to multiple specialties including diabetes, cardiology, urology, women's health, respiratory disease, pain management, vascular disease, renal or kidney disease, orthopedic conditions and nutrition.
Our office consists of four full-time employees and provides comprehensive research services and personalized care to research patients. Responsibilities of our dedicated staff include placement of studies with appropriate investigators, regulatory and IRB document submission, study tracking, finalizing contracts and budgets, patient recruitment, providing study coordination and completing case report forms.
Our Commitment:
The Researchers and Staff conducting research are committed to:
- Adhere to all GCP and ICH guidelines.
- Clean data submission
- Work closely with the principal investigators and other staff to assure that research patients are safe and treated with respect and dignity
- Providing research subjects with complete information (in simple, understandable terms) about the research study before obtaining informed consent.
- Protecting subject's physical, psychological, and economic well being.
- Being fair and impartial in selecting and dealing with research subjects.
- Respecting the rights of research subjects and protecting the confidentiality of information about them.
Altru's Research Department was opened in 1993 to provide an opportunity for people in our area to benefit from scientific study.
Our involvement in inpatient and outpatient phase II-IV clinical research studies includes:
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Sponsors and CRO's we have worked with in the past or are currently working with now include:
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Clinical Research Organizations:
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Abdel Ahmed, MD
Interventional Cardiology/Internal Med
Alyssa Hoverson, MD
Dermatology
Eric Johnson, MD
Diabetes/Family Med
James Brosseau, MD
Endocrinology/Diabetes/Internal Med
Joe Walz, MD
Family Medicine
James Hargreaves, DO
Infectious Disease
Durga Panda, MD
Neonatology
Adetola Haastrud, MD
Nephrology
Ebima Okundaye, MD
Nephrology
Mohammed H. Rahman, MD
Nephrology
Matthew Roller, MD
Neurology
Paul Macleod, MD
Orthopedics/Sports Med/Total Joint Replacement
Scott Lee, MD
Otolaryngology
Eric Lunn, MD
Pediatrics
Lori Sondrol, MD
Pediatrics
Arvind Bansal, MD
Pulmonary Disease/Critical Care/ Internal Med
Wayne Breitwieser, MD
Pulmonary Disease/Critical Care/ Internal Med
Rolf Paulson, MD
Vascular Disease/Internal Med/Hypertension
Renee Hendrickson, CCRC, RN
Experience in clinical research since November 2000
Dianne Vold, CCRC, LPN
Experience in clinical research research since June 1995
Brenda Westacott, CCRC
Experience in clinical research since February 1999
The patients in research studies conducted at Altru are well known for compliance with protocol requirements and for low drop out rates. The Research Department has received very high ratings from patients participating in research studies as shown by patient satisfaction surveys.
Altru Health System serves more than 200,000 residents in a 17 county area in northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.
Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
Dermatology/Plastic Surgery
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Immunology/Infectious Diseases
Musculoskeletal
Nephrology/Urology
Neurology
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Otolaryngology
Pediatrics/Neonatology
Pulmonary/Respiratory Diseases
The department's location on the main campus of Altru Health System provides easy access not only to patients in the hospital, but also to the clinics where many of the research patients are seen. Space for visiting monitors and sponsor representatives is available within the research offices as well as in other locations on the Altru campus.
The medical complex is equipped with CT, MRI, and DEXA scanners, locked drug and storage facilities with limited access. The 232 licensed bed hospital also houses same day surgery, outpatient hemodialysis, an interventional cardiology lab and a cardiology rehabilitation program. Located within the main clinic is the Diabetes Center, Vascular Medicine, ENT and Bariatrics.
Altru's Rehab Center conducts comprehensive rehabilitation services to help patients regain abilities and achieve greater independence.
Located in the center of Grand Forks, Altru Health System is 10 minutes or less away from hotels and restaurants. Serviced by Northwest Airlines, the airport is 20 minutes away.
Cindy Flath, Supervisor
Research Department
Altru Health System
860 South Columbia Road
Grand Forks, ND 58201
USA
701-780-1750
701-780-1432 (fax)
cflath@altru.org
www.altru.org
Updated: 1/22/2015
Updated: 12/31/1969