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Brendan G. Carr, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn-Presbyterian Medical Center, Pennsylvania Hospital
Core Member, Firearm & Injury Center, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Co-Director, Firearm Usage & Safety Experiments (FUSE) Lab
Associate Director, Division of Emergency Care Policy & Research, Deparment of Emergency Medicine
Associate Fellow, Center for Public Health Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
933 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
Office: 215.573.3976
Fax: 215.573.2265
Fax: 215.573.2265
Email:
carrb@upenn.edu
carrb@upenn.edu
Graduate Group Affiliations
Education:
BA (Psychology)
Loyola College, 1994.
MA (Clinical Psychology)
Loyola College, 1996.
MD (Medicine )
Temple University , 2001.
MS (Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania , 2008.
BA (Psychology)
Loyola College, 1994.
MA (Clinical Psychology)
Loyola College, 1996.
MD (Medicine )
Temple University , 2001.
MS (Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania , 2008.
Post-Graduate Training
Pre- Medical Program, Bryn Mawr College, 1996-1997.
Resident in Emergency Medicine , Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Children's Hospital of Philadelphia , 2001-2005.
Fellow in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care , Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania , 2005-2006.
Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA , 2006-2008.
Pre- Medical Program, Bryn Mawr College, 1996-1997.
Resident in Emergency Medicine , Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Children's Hospital of Philadelphia , 2001-2005.
Fellow in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care , Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania , 2005-2006.
Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA , 2006-2008.
Certifications
American Board of Emegency Medicine , 2006.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Emegency Medicine , 2006.
Description of Research Expertise
Injury EpidemiologyEmergency Care System Design
Description of Clinical Expertise
Trauma ResuscitationEmergency Medicine
Selected Publications
Carr BG, Reilly PM, Schwab CW, Branas CC, Geiger J, Wiebe DJ.: Weekend and night outcomes in a statewide trauma system. Archives of Surgery 146(7): 810-817, 2011.Holena DN, Mills AM, Carr BG, Wirtalla C, Sarani B, Kim PK, Braslow BM, Kelz RR.: Transfer status: A risk factor for motality in patients with necrotizing fasciitis. Surgery 150(3): 363-370, 2011.
Sarani B, Powell E, Taddeo J, Carr BG, Seamon M, Wobb J, Sims C, Pascual J, Patel A, Goldberg A, & Schwab CW. : A Contemporary Comparison of Surgical And Interventional Management Arteriography of Blunt Renal Injury. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) 22(5): 723-728, 2011.
Band RA, Pryor JP, Gaieski DF, Dickinson ET, Cummings D, & Carr BG.: Injury Adjusted Mortality of Patients Transported by Police Following Penetrating Trauma. Academic Emergency Medicine 18(1): 32-37, 2011.
Carr BG, Weisbein JL, Gaieski DF.: Salmonella meningitis in an immunocompetent adult. J Emerg Med. 40(3): 267-270, 2011.
Carr BG, Addyson DK, & Kahn JM.: Variation in critical care beds per capita in the United States: implications for pandemic planning. JAMA 303: 1371-1372, 2010.
Carr BG, Jenkins P, Branas CC, Wiebe DJ, Kim P, Schwab CW, Reilly PM.: Does the Trauma System Protect Against The Weekend Effect? J Trauma 69(5): 1042-1048, 2010.
Carr BG, Porat G, Wiebe DJ, Branas CC.: A review of legislation restricting the intersection of firearms and alcohol in the U.S. Public Health Reports 125(5): 674-679, 2010.
Nance, ML, Carr BG, Kallan MJ, Branas CC, & Wiebe DJ.: Variation in Pediatric and Adolescent Firearm Mortality Between Rural and Urban America. Pediatrics 125: 1112-1118, 2010.
Albright KA, Branas CC, Meyer BC, Meyer DM, Zivin JA, Lyden PD, & Carr BG.: ACCESS: Access to cerebrovascular care in emergency stroke systems. Archives of Neurology 67(10): 1210-1218, 2010.
