David W. Wright, M.D., FACEP, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director of the Emergency Medicine Research Center

Emergency Medicine, Emory University &
Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Atlanta, GA 30332

Phone:404-616-6010
Fax:404-616-6182
Location:EU: Steiner Bldg Rm 112
E-Mail: dwwrigh@emory.edu
URL:

Areas of Research

Neuroinjury (Traumatic and ischemic brain injury), sports concussions, cognitive impairment, neuroprotection and neuroplasticity, medical technology development

Educational Background

• Residency: Emergency Medicine - University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
• Medical School: Medical Degree - University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama
• Undergraduate: B.S., Major: Biology; Minor: Chemistry - Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama

Selected Awards

• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Young Investigator Award
• Fellow Status in the American College of Emergency Physicians-FACEP
• Young Investigator Presentation Award, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Scholarly Sabbatical Award
• Howard Hughes Fellowship Continuing Medical Education Award
• Sigma Chi Buckby Medical Scholarship Award
• Russell Academic Scholarship
• Howard Hughes Fellowship Award

Selected Research Publications

• Wright, D.W., Clark, P.L., Pentz, R., Hertzberg, V., Kellermann, A.L.: Enrolling Subjects by Exception from Consent Versus Proxy Consent in Trauma Care Research. Annals of Emergency Medicine, In press, 2007.
• Ratcliff, J.J., Greenspan, A., Goldstein, F.C., Wright, D.W., Stringer, A., Bushnik, T., Hammond, F., Novack, T., Whyte J.: Gender and Traumatic Brain Injury: Do the Sexes Fare Differently. Brain Injury. Accepted for Publication, 2007.
• Stein, D.G., Wright, D.W., Kellermann, A.L.: Does Progesterone Have Neuroprotective Properties? Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1097-6760 (Electronic), Accession number 17588708, June 2006.
• Bratton, S.L., Bullock, M.R., Carney, N., Chesnut R.M., Coplin, W., Ghahar, J., Clifton, G.L., McConnell Hammond, F.F., Harris, O.A., Hartl, R., Maas, A.I.R., Manley, G.T., Marion, D.W. Narayan R.K., Nemecek, A., Newell, D.W., Pitts, L.H., Rosenthal, G., Rosner, M.J., Schouten, J., Servadei, F., Shutter, L.A., Stocchetti, N., Timmons, S.D., Ullman, J.S., Videtta, W., Walters, B.C., Willberger, J.E., Wright, D.W.: Guidelines for the Acute Medical Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Journal of Neurotrauma, May 2007, Vol. 24, No. s1 : S-77 -S-82.
• Wright, D.W., Kellermann, A.L., Hertzberg, V.S., Clark, P.L., Frankel, M., Goldstein, F.C., Salomone, J.P., Dent, L., Harris, O.A., Ander, D.S., Lowery, D.W., Patel, M.M., Denson, D.D., Wald, M.M., Gupta, S., Hoffman, S., Stein, D.G.: ProTECT™ A Randomized Clinical Trial of Progesterone for Acute Traumatic Brain Injury, Accepted for Publication, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2007 Volume 49, Issue 4, Pages 391-402.e2.
• Barker, J.M., Ratcliff, J.J., Goldstein, F.C., Ockerman, J., Wright, D.W., LaPlaca, M.C. Portable, reduced-length neuropsychological testing for mild traumatic brain injury via a novel immersive environment: A usability study. Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology 31(3):161–9, 2007.
• Wright, D.W., Ritchie, J.C., Mullins, R.E., Kellermann, A.L., Denson, D.D.: Steady State Serum Concentration of Progesterone Following Intravenous Infusion in Patients with Acute Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2005 June, 45:6 pp640-648.
• Pettus, E.H., Wright, D.W., Stein D.G., Hoffman S.W.: Progesterone Treatment Inhibits the Inflammatory Agents that Accompany Traumatic Brain Injury. Brain Research, July 5;1049(1):112-9.