Christine Groth

I am the Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator and the Interim Operational Manager for Critical Care and Emergency Medicine Services at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC)-Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY. The URMC is a large academic medical center with over 100 intensive care unit b...

I am the Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator and the Interim Operational Manager for Critical Care and Emergency Medicine Services at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC)-Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY. The URMC is a large academic medical center with over 100 intensive care unit beds and 112,000 annual ED visits. I was previously the medical ICU pharmacist at the same institution for 13 years and still serve as the primary preceptor and program director for our PGY-2 critical care residency program. I hold several leadership positions both internal and external to my primary department (Pharmacy). Specifically related to critical care, I am an active member of the URMC Critical Care Quality Council where I develop and present guidelines and protocols as well as discuss any safety or quality issues related to pharmacotherapy best practices. I also serve on several other institutional multidisciplinary critical care committees including the MICU Steering Committee, Intensive Care Patient Safety Rounds Committee, Pulmonary Embolism Response Team Committee, and the Sepsis Lean Team Workgroup. Recently, I was tasked to lead a multidisciplinary workgroup to improve the management and prevention of delirium in the ICU, as well as serve as a team leader to establish a post-intensive care unit clinic which I also staff monthly. Nationally I am a member of ACCP and SCCM where I am the chair of the ACCP Critical Care PRN Recognition Committee and Vice-Chair of the SCCM CPP Practice Advancement Committee.

2020- Present “Peripheral Vasopressor Extravasation”. Investigators: Sullivan J, Liptak J, Gashlin L Groth CM at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY

2020-Present “Pharmacist’s Role in Caring for Critically Ill Patients Infected with the SARS-CoV-2 Virus”. Investigator...

2020- Present “Peripheral Vasopressor Extravasation”. Investigators: Sullivan J, Liptak J, Gashlin L Groth CM at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY

2020-Present “Pharmacist’s Role in Caring for Critically Ill Patients Infected with the SARS-CoV-2 Virus”. Investigators: Clark J, Delibert S, Maynard K, Rappaport S. and Groth CM at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY

2019-Present “Chronic Opioid Use Associated with Fentanyl Infusion in the Intensive Care Unit”. Investigators: Schranz, E, Aierle S, Schult R, Acquisto N, and Groth CM at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY

2019-Present “Dexmedetomidine-induced fever in adult critically ill patients: A comparative study”. Investigators: Schranz, E, Connor, K, Rappaport S, Groth CM at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY

2019- Present “A Multicenter, International Evaluation of Critical Care Pharmacists and Medication Management in ICU Recovery Centers”. Investigators: Rappaport, S, Groth CM through the THRIVE ICU Network

2019- Present “Use of Four-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate for Coagulopathic Bleeding During Cardiac Surgery”. Investigators: Maynard, K, Falvey, J, Groth CM at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY

2018 - Present “Retrospective Evaluation of Intrathecal Nicardipine for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage”. Investigators: Maynard K, Delibert S, Groth CM at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY

2017 - Present “Ketamine for continuous sedation in the ICU”. Principle investigator: Groth, CM at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY through a Multicenter Ketamine Use in the ICU Research Group

2016 - Present “Sepsis Improvement Project in the Emergency Department” Investigators: Miglani A, Acquisto NM, Pietropaoli A, Konwinski J, Springer H, Groth CM, Shinaman G, Apostolakos M at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY

2014 - Present “Evaluation of Early versus Late Neuromuscular Blockade in Acute Respiratory Failure.” Investigators: Groth CM, Slocum G, Begley C, Hogan B, Whipple A, Fosmire-Rundgren E, Patel J, Pietropaoli A at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY