Clinical Research Office for Surgery and Trauma (CROST)

Our
Facilities

University of Pittsburgh
Clinical Research Office for Surgery and Trauma

Here are some pictures of the most prominent medical facilities at University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Accredited by the Trauma Systems Foundation in
1987 as a Level One Regional Resource trauma
Center. It is one of 26 accredited trauma centers in
Pennsylvania and one of three of the region's
Level-1 trauma centers.
Receives referrals from a large portion of Western
Pennsylvania and surrounding states.
In addition to treating the most serious life-
threatening injuries, Regional Resource Trauma
Centers conduct clinical research and educational
programs in trauma.
The City of Pittsburgh's Department of Public
Safety centers its Medical Command Facility at
Presbyterian Hospital, from which city paramedics
serve injured patients. This system also has one of
the largest and most comprehensive air medical
transport programs in the United States.

University of Pittsburgh Trauma Center

A fully equipped research facility located within Montefiore University
hospital provides the optimal setting for medical investigators to conduct
safe, controlled, and state-of-the-art, in-patient and out-patient studies
250 active approved protocols serving 113 principal investigators
11 inpatient beds, 5 outpatient beds, 17 full time research nursing staff
On staff Research Subject Advocate

General Clinical Research Center (GCRC):

We also have equipment and facilities that provide all needed tasks
including:

The Department of Surgery/ School of Medicine at University of
Pittsburgh has strong presence at all of the following: