Naveen Fatima Sangji, MD
Fellow in Burn Surgery at MGH
PGY 8
April 12, 2019
As a
surgical critical care fellow, I was interested in comparing the
cost-effectiveness of admitting moderately injured patients to a trauma
intermediate care unit vs. a surgical intensive care unit. Preparing an application for the COE Quality
and Safety grants was a great impetus to get this project off the ground and to
see it through. An immediate and
tangible benefit of getting funded was that COE staff were able to liaison with
the MGH Finance division to help us get access to the cost and reimbursement
data we needed. We were also able to
utilize the funds to obtain software and educational materials for our
research. An intangible but more
significant benefit was that the application process gave me an introduction on
how to prepare a grant application as a trainee. The experience will serve me well as I
prepare to apply for both institutional and extramural grant funding for future
endeavors. 
With the
support of my project mentor Dr. David King, our research team which includes
trauma research fellow Majed el-Hechi has made significant progress on the
project. We presented our work at the
MGH SAC 2019 Research Meeting and were very pleased to receive a “Poster of
Distinction” award. We are currently
preparing a manuscript to report our findings.
Many thanks
to the COE leadership for funding and supporting this project.
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