CIMIT Consortium Institution: Children's Hospital Boston

Consortium Institution: Boston Children's Hospital

As one of the largest pediatric hospitals in the country, and the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital treats more than half a million patients annually. Children’s also has the largest pediatric hospital-based research program in the United States, developing treatments and devices that can be used for both children and adults.

Boston Children’s Hospital has been a member of CIMIT’s consortium since 2005. Children’s Hospital researchers have used CIMIT projects to investigate innovations in minimally invasive surgery and cardiology that have been used for fetal surgery and have applications for patients of all ages.

Recent CIMIT-Funded Projects Awarded to Boston Children's Hospital Investigators

YEAR	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR	PROJECT TITLE	PROGRAM AREA
2012	Madsen, Joseph	Non-invasive Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy	Neurohealth
2012	Weitzman, Elissa	Improving Healthcare Transitions Using a Personally Controlled Health Record	Clinical Systems Innovation
2011	del Nido, Pedro	Catheter-based adaptable device for closure of intracardiac defects in children	Cardiovascular Disease
2011	Rotenberg, Alexander	A novel application of intranasal Huperzine A in treatment of traumatic brain injury	Traumatic Brain Injury / NeuroHealth
2011	Wilson, Kim	Using Mobile Electronic Protocols to Improve Newborn Survival in Developing Country Settings	Global Health Initiative / Integrated Clinical Environment
2010 - 2009	Ingber, Donald, MD, PhD	Microfluidic Blood Cleansing Device for Sepsis Therapy	Biodetection & Sepsis Control
2010	Kheir, John, MD	Use of topical oxygen mirobubbles to enhance wound healing	Trauma & Casualty Care
2010	Weinstock, Peter, PhD, MD	Development of an integrated child circulatory system simulator to enhance patient safety via procedural skills and team training in pediatrics	Simulation
2010	Weiner, Debra, MD, PhD	Handheld simulation procedure training device	Clinical Systems Innovation
2008	Madsen, Joseph R., MD	A Device for Quantifi cation of the Ballistocardiogram (BCG) as a Non-Invasive Measure of Intracranial Dynamics	Neurotechnology
2008	Warfield, Simon, PhD	Bayesian Source Imaging of Pediatric Epilepsy	Neurotechnology
2008	Wolfberg, Adam, MD, MPH	The Safe Fetus Project: Develop a new non-invasive monitor of fetal health	Clinical Systems Innovation

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Boston Children's Hospital

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Boston Children's Hospital

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