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Randall S. Friese, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery

Arizona Health Sciences Center
Department of Surgery, Rm.
5411
1501 N. Campbell Avenue
PO Box 245063
Tucson, AZ 85724-5063

Office Phone: (520) 626-0478
Office Fax: (520) 626-5016 Email:rfriese@surgery.arizona.edu

Randall S. Friese, MD

 
Education
Masters: 

Clinical Sciences, with distinction: 2005-2008, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Graduate School, Dallas

MD: 
1986-90, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
Residency: 

1997, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Department of Surgery, Denver

Fellowship: 
1997, Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Department of Surgery
  2001-2002, Burn Trauma Critcal Care, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Board Certifications
Board Certified in General Surgery, 1998
Surgical Critical Care, 2002

Research
Effects of sleep deprivation during recovery from critical illness and injury, which is common in the hospital setting, and research on the benefits of sleep promotion during recovery.

Selected Publications

  • Friese, R.  “Sleep and Recovery from Critical Illness and Injury:  A Review of Theory, Current Practice and Future Directions.”  Critical Care Medicine 36(3):697-705, 2008.
  • Friese R, Barber R, McBride D, Bender J, and Gentilello L.  “Could Beta Blockade Improve Outcome After Injury by Modulating Inflammatory Profiles?”  Journal of Trauma:  64(4):1061-1068, 2008.
  • Friese, R, Diaz-Arrastia R, McBride D, Frankel H and Gentilello L.  “Quantity and Quality of Sleep in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit:  Are our Patients Sleeping?” Journal of Trauma: 63: 1210-1214, 2007.
  • Friese, Randall, Dineen Sean, Jennings Andrew, Pruitt Jeffrey, Shafi, Shahid, Frankel, Heidi and Gentilello, Larry “Serum B-Type Natriuretic Peptide: A Marker of Fluid Resuscitation After Injury?”  Journal of Trauma 62(6):1346-1351, 2007.
  • Friese RS, Shafi S, Gentilello LM “Pulmonary Artery Catheter Use is Associated with Reduced Mortality in Severely Injured Patients: A National Trauma Databank Analysis of 53,312 patients”.  Critical Care Medicine Vol 34, No.6, pp.1597-1601, 2006.
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