Clinical Research
AAM Research Mission
Anaesthesia Associates of Massachusetts (AAM)
is dedicated to improving perioperative patient
outcomes through high quality, efficient, and
professional clinical research in the areas of
anesthesia, critical care medicine and pain management
in the medical center setting, as well as alternative
settings such as ambulatory surgical centers,
physician offices and hospital clinics. The scope
of clinical research trials include industry sponsored
biomedical device trials, phase II-IV drug trials
and investigator initiated clinical trials relating
to scientific and clinical questions relevant
to the practice of anesthesiology 
AAM Resources
AAM is one of the largest combined academic and
private practices, and since its inception has
been affiliated with academic teaching centers
with strong research orientations. As AAM has
evolved and expanded, clinical research remains
a critical component of its mission. As one of
the largest private anesthesia practices in the
United States, AAM offers a unique breadth of
venues and volume of cases that make it an especially
attractive partner for clinical trials.
AAM’s facilities include several nationally
prominent institutions recognized for their high
quality medical care and state of the art facilities
included among the Boston University, Tufts,
and Harvard affiliated institutions are:
- Boston Medical Center (BMC), the primary teaching
hospital for Boston University School of Medicine,
receives $334 million in NIH research funding
each year. A BMC core attribute is its Emergency
Department with over 120,000 visits per year
-- the busiest Level 1 Trauma Center in New
England.
- New England Baptist Hospital., a perennial
nominee among US News & World Reports’
top orthopedic hospitals in the United States
and recognized by the American Association of
Retired Persons (AARP) as one of the top 10
hospitals nationally for knee and hip orthopedics.
- Mount Auburn Hospital, a Harvard affiliate,
provides services in all medical specialties
including Cardiac and Obstetrics. Centers of
excellence are being developed in women’s
services, heart care, and cancer care
AAM has MD, MD/PhD staff and clinical research
nurses to support research activities. AAM has
the resources to conduct clinical trials according
to the Code of Federal Regulations and International
Conference of Harmonisation (ICH)/Good Clinical
Practice (GCP). Moreover, AAM’s physicians
have access to the most sophisticated instrumentation
to support testing requirements of the most demanding
trials.
AAM’s oversight of the Boston University
Medical Center’s Anesthesia Residency Training
and Fellowship programs with the concomitant research
emphasis reinforce the organization’s mission
and capabilities in clinical research
Clinical Trial
Experience
AAM physicians have spearheaded clinical trials
focused in the prevention of postoperative nausea
and vomiting, pain management, biphasic defibrillation,
level of consciousness monitoring, intra operative
organ protection, hemodynamic monitoring, cardiovascular
risk and outcome studies, and neuromuscular blocking
agents
AAM Advantage
AAM possesses the key components for successfully
partnering with sponsors in clinical trails:
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- High volume sites of service across all ranges
of anesthesia and pain management with approximately
90,000 anesthetics and 20,000 pain procedures
per year.
- Broad spectrum of sites of services with specialty
areas to include
- Ambulatory Care Settings (including IVF)
- Academic hospitals
- Community hospitals
- High volume cardiac care
- High volume obstetric care
- High volume trauma
- Pain Centers
- Depth of research experience among physicians
- Experienced clinical research support staff
- Commitment
Contact
For more information on AAM’s specialized
research capabilities, please contact:
Dan Reale
617-784-9500
dreale@plexusmg.com
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