Sean Bush, MD Professor, Emergency Medicine School of Medicine

Research & Grantsmanship 

  Funded Research Project (PI)

• $31,233 funded by Arizona Poison & Drug Center, Tucson, AZ for Boyer L…BUSH SP, et al: A Comparison of Anavip  [Crotalinae (pit viper) equine immune F(ab)2 ] and CroFab® (Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab, ovine) in the Treatment of Patients with Crotalinae  Envenomation: A Randomized, Prospective, Blinded, Controlled, Comparative, Multicenter Study. ( 7/2008 - 6/2009 )

• $7,085 funded by Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Center, Denver, CO for Dart R…BUSH SP, et al: The Efficacy and Safety of Aracmyn® [Antivenin Latrodectus (Black Widow) Equine Immune F(ab)2] in Patients with Systemic Latrodectism: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blinded Trial. ( 7/2008 - 6/2009 )

• The Efficacy and Safety of Aracmyn® [Antivenin Latrodectus (Black Widow) Equine Immune F(ab)2] in Patients with Systemic Latrodectism: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blinded Trial ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

• Retrospective evaluation of venom effect recurrences following antivenom therapy for crotaline snakebite ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

• Recurrent hematologic abnormalities following antivenom (av) therapy for crotaline snakebite ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

• Surgical management of crotaline snakebite in patients treated with antivenom (av) ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

• Crotaline snakebite management with fab antivenom in pediatric patients ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

• Is crotaline fab antivenom efficacious for severe envenomations? ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

  Funded Research Project (CI)

• Complement inactivating proteins and intraspecies venom variation in Crotalus oreganus helleri. ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

• Subcutaneous injection of crotaline Fab antivenom for the treatment of rattlesnake envenomation in a porcine model ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

• Verified bites by yellow sac spiders (genus Cheiracanthium) in the United States and Australia: where is the necrosis? ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

• Study of Acute ViprinexTM for Emergency Stroke: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of Ancrod (ViprinexTM) in subjects beginning treatment within 6 hours of the onset of acute, ischemic stroke ( 7/2006 - 6/2007 )

  Grant Proposals--Funded

• $2,100 funded by Nycomed US Inc., Melville, NY in April 2009 for BUSH SP: Unrestricted Educational Grant. ( 7/2008 - 6/2009 )

• $3,800 funded by Rare Disease Therapeutics, Inc., Franklin, TN in March 2009 for BUSH SP: Resident Didactics covering Wilderness Medicine. ( 7/2008 - 6/2009 )

• $1,300 funded by Nycomed US Inc., Melville, NY in March 2009 for BUSH SP: Resident Didactics covering Wilderness Medicine. ( 7/2008 - 6/2009 )

  Abstracts Reporting Research -- Peer Reviewed

• Stanford CF, BUSH SP, Richardson WH, Olsen D, Bogdan GM, Dart RC. "Recurrent hematologic abnormalities following antivenom (av) therapy for crotaline snakebite." Clinical Toxicology 44.5 (2006): 747-748. ( 10/2006 )

• Stanford CF, Bogdan GM, BUSH SP, Clark RF, Dart RC. "Surgical management of crotaline snakebite in patients treated with antivenom." Clinical Toxicology 44.5 (2006): 677-678. ( 10/2006 )

• Stanford CF, Richardson WH, BUSH SP, Liebelt EL, Pizon T, Olsen D, Bogdan GM, Dart RC. "Crotaline snakebite management with fab antivenom in pediatric patients." Annals of Emergency Medicine 48.5 (2006): 312-312. ( 10/2006 )

• Stanford CF, Richardson WH, BUSH SP, Liebelt EL, Pizon T, Olsen D, Bogdan GM, Dart RC. "Crotaline snakebite management with fab antivenom in pediatric patients." Annals of Emergency Medicine 48.5 (2006): 312-. ( 1/2006 )

• Stanford CF, Richardson WH, BUSH SP, Liebelt EL, Pizon T, Olsen D, Bogdan GM, Dart RC. "Crotaline snakebite management with fab antivenom in pediatric patients." Annals of Emergency Medicine 48. (2006): 312-. ( 1/2006 )

• Stanford CF, Richardson WH, BUSH SP, Liebelt EL, Pizon T, Olsen D, Bogdan GM, Dart RC. "Crotaline snakebite management with fab antivenom in pediatric patients." Annals of Emergency Medicine 48.5 (2006): 312-312. ( 1/2006 )

• Offerman SR, Barry JD, BUSH SP, Tanen DA, Auton TR, Richardson WH, Tong T, Clark RF. "Subcutaneous injection of crotaline Fab antivenom for the treatment of rattlesnake envenomation in a porcine model." Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 16.1 (2005): 58-58. ( 1/2005 )

• Goodman ME, Steele R, BUSH SP. "Can the "Venom ER" become "Venom OBS?"." Academic Emergency Medicine 12.5 (2005): 125-125. ( 1/2005 )

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