Dale Needham, FCPA, MD, PhD, is Director of the Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. OACIS is a multidisciplinary clinical and research group focused on understanding and improving patient outcomes after critical illness and surgery. OACIS activities include clinical quality improvement projects and research focused on longitudinal, long-term patient outcomes assessments, both locally and nationally, with evaluation of physical, cognitive, and mental health outcomes.
Via our website (https://www.improvelto.com), we aim to share resources, funded by a competitive, peer-reviewed grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), with researchers in this field.
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