Biomedical Emergency, Acute, and Critical Care Trials and Observational Network (BEACON)

BEACON is a physician-investigator led consortium in the United States that works together to design and execute clinical research studies.

Terri Hough, M.D., MSc.

Northwestern University

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Chiagozie Pickens, MD, MSCI

Chicago, IL

Northwestern University partners with Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH), a quaternary care academic center located in Chicago, IL that serves adult patients from the greater Chicago area, Illinois and surrounding states. NMH is a level 1 trauma center that also has several high volume transplant programs, advanced oncologic services and comprehensive critical care units (medical, cardiac, cardiothoracic, neuro/neurosurgical, surgical).

University of Utah

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Estelle Harris, MD

Salt Lake City, Utah

The Pulmonary Clinical Research Group (PCRG) at the University of Utah Health (a regional referral center for Utah and five surrounding states) is a comprehensive resource specializing in the advancement of treatments for patients with critical illness and or pulmonary disease. Our core research interests include infection and inflammation and many associated clinical entities encompassing septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDs), viral respiratory infections, pneumonia, interstitial lung disease (ILD), venous thromboembolic (VTE) disease, pulmonary hypertension, and asthma. We provide end-to-end support for clinical research trials throughout the entire study lifecycle: including initiation, strategic recruitment, execution of study procedures, comprehensive financial management, frequent communication with study sponsors/monitors/funding sources and final study closeout.

Hennepin County Medical Center

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Matthew Prekker, MD, MPH

Minneapolis, MN

Hennepin County Medical Center is a public, safety net, 415-bed academic medical center located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the leading Level 1 Adult and Pediatric Trauma and Burn Center in the region, and is an affiliated training site for the University of Minnesota Medical School.


Rush University Medical Center

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Kevin Buell MBBS, MS

Chicago, IL

Rush University Medical Center is an academic medical center in Chicago, IL, comprising a 671-bed hospital. Its Emergency Department serves approximately 74,000 patients annually from a diverse population across Chicago and the broader metro market. The critical care program at RUMC includes two medical ICUs, an Adult ICU with mixed medical and surgical patients, a neurosciences ICU, and a cardiosciences ICU. Nationally recognized as a top-ranked institution, Rush is part of the Rush University System for Health, which includes two other hospitals and is centered on integrating outstanding patient care, research, education, and community partnerships to serve its diverse urban catchment area.


UF Health (University of Florida)

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Brandon Allen, MD

Gainesville, FL

UF Health–Gainesville is the University of Florida’s flagship academic medical center and a high-acuity tertiary/quaternary referral hub serving North Central Florida and the broader Southeast, with a 135,000-visit emergency care enterprise and advanced adult and pediatric critical care capabilities. As a Level I trauma, comprehensive stroke, burn, and chest pain center, our site serves a diverse catchment area spanning urban, suburban, rural, and medically underserved communities, creating an ideal environment for pragmatic emergency, acute, and critical care trials. Our clinical trial infrastructure is further strengthened by the UF College of Medicine Clinical Research Hub, which provides centralized study intake, budget and feasibility support, OnCore and Epic research workflows, participant tracking, revenue capture, and enterprise-wide operational guidance for NIH-defined clinical trials.

University of Colorado Anschutz

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Neil Aggarwal, MD

Aurora, CO

The University of Colorado Anchutz Medical Center, located in Aurora, Colorado, and is part of the UCHealth System that serves the front range spanning several states location in the Mountain West Region, and including a diverse patient mix within metropolitan and rural Colorado counties and districts. Anschutz Medical Center is a high-acuity, high-volume academic medical center with more than 60 ICU beds available for a broad range of critically ill patients with organ(s) dysfunction due to sepsis, respiratory failure, cardiac failure, and progressive liver disease. Anschutz also has a large oncology program, and is a high volume center for solid organ and hematopoietic transplantation. 

Michigan Medicine (University of Michigan Health)

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Owen Albin, MD

Ann Arbor, MI

Michigan Medicine (University of Michigan Health), located in Ann Arbor, is a large academic health system and tertiary/quaternary referral center serving patients from across Michigan and the broader Midwest. The health system includes over 1,000 beds and multiple specialized intensive care units with > 200 ICU beds, with nationally recognized programs in critical care, transplantation, oncology, and infectious diseases. Michigan Medicine provides care to a diverse patient population, including both local community patients and complex referrals from a wide regional catchment area.

Wayne State University

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Jeffrey  Kline, MD

Detroit, MI

The Department of Emergency Medicine at Wayne State University is located in Detroit, Michigan, and operates in collaboration with the Detroit Medical Center. Notably, our department is distinct in that it hosts two separate emergency medicine residency programs, based at Detroit Receiving Hospital and Sinai-Grace Hospital. Our catchment area, which includes Detroit, serves a predominantly Black/African American population, making up approximately 79% of the community.

Henry Ford Health

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Joseph Miller, MD, MS

Detroit, MI

Henry Ford Hospital is a large, academic quaternary care center and flagship of Henry Ford Health, serving a diverse urban and regional population across Southeast Michigan. The system includes multiple hospitals and emergency departments with a broad catchment area, supporting high-acuity care, advanced specialty programs (including cardiovascular, neurosciences, and trauma), and robust clinical research infrastructure. The patient population reflects significant clinical complexity and racial/ethnic diversity.

University of Cincinnati

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Kris Hudock, MD, MSTR

Cincinnati, OH

The University of Cincinnati Medical Center is a 724 bed tertiary care hospital, the only academic medical center in the region and serves the urban Cincinnati population as well as rural populations from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. We have large renal and liver transplant programs, active CAR-T cell/BMT groups and are a Level I trauma center. 

Yale

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Basmah Safdar, MD, FACEP

New Haven, CT

Yale New Haven Hospital is a large academic, tertiary and quaternary care center with over 1,500 beds, including more than 100 intensive care unit beds. It serves a broad catchment area across southern New England and beyond, providing highly specialized care. The hospital cares for a diverse urban and regional population and supports high-volume clinical research as a primary teaching hospital of the Yale School of Medicine.

Stanford University

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Joseph Levitt, MD

Palo Alto, CA

Stanford School of Medicine informs leading edge clinical care and research at Stanford Health Care.   Stanford Health Care includes a large health system throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including three hospitals, specialty centers for cancer, organ transplant, critical care, cardiovascular, neurology. The Bay Area encompasses a nine-county metropolitan area that is demographically diverse. The diversity provides a broad representation across many disease states.

Baylor Scott & White Health

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Shekhar Ghamande, MD

Temple, TX

Baylor Scott & White Health in Temple  is a 636-bed, top-ranked teaching hospital and Level I Trauma Center founded in 1897. As part of the largest not-for-profit health system in Texas, it serves as a central hub for Central Texas, offering multi-specialty care, a Level IV maternal care center, and advanced transplantation services,  Level I comprehensive stroke center, affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, Temple campus. 

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

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Peter Hou, MD

Boston, MA

Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is an academic medical center located in the Longwood Medical Center Area, Boston, MA, and is part of Mass General Brigham Health System. BWH has 793 beds that includes 96 ICU beds, serve the population in a catchment area in Eastern Massachusetts with special programs in many specialties.

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

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Steven Chang, MD, PhD

Los Angeles, CA

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is a Level 1 trauma and pediatric critical care center featuring 520 inpatient beds with seven dedicated intensive care units. Part of the UCLA Health System and located on the UCLA campus in West Los Angeles, the hospital serves a primary catchment area of over 656,000 residents and treats more than 50,000 emergency patients annually. It also serves as the primary teaching hospital for the David Geffen School of Medicine.

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

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Gregory Hendey, MD

Los Angeles, CA

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is a Level 1 trauma and pediatric critical care center featuring 520 inpatient beds with seven dedicated intensive care units. Part of the UCLA Health System and located on the UCLA campus in West Los Angeles, the hospital serves a primary catchment area of over 656,000 residents and treats more than 50,000 emergency patients annually. It also serves as the primary teaching hospital for the David Geffen School of Medicine.

Intermountain Medical Center

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Ithan Peltan, MD, MSc

Salt Lake City, UT

Intermountain Medical Center is a Level I trauma center and tertiary/teaching hospital located just south of Salt Lake City, UT. The flagship hospital of the 33-hospital Intermountain Health system, Intermountain Medical Center serves as a major regional referral center for complex emergency, acute, and critical care across six surrounding states. Faculty investigators and staff belonging to Intermountain’s dynamic Acute Care Research Program have decades of experience participating in and leading large, collaborative, and impactful multisite trials and prospective observational studies designed to improve care for a wide array of conditions requiring emergency and critical care.

Massachusetts General Hospital

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Michael Filbin, MD

Boston, MA

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is a 1,057-bed tertiary care academic hospital with approximately 76,000 inpatient admissions annually, serving the Boston area and a hub for medical research. The Emergency Department (ED) volume is approximately 110,000 visits annually and there are over 100 certified adult intensive care unit (ICU) beds with over 8,000 adult ICU admissions annually. MGH has a long history of ED/ICU collaboration in clinical trials enrollment and critical care research.

UVA Health

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Jeffrey Sturek, MD, PhD

Charlottesville, VA

UVA Health is a tertiary referral academic medical center located in Charlottesville, VA. The hospital capacity is >650 beds, including a 28-bed medical ICU, and serves a catchment area that spans 87 counties of mixed rural and urban populations across northern, central, southside, and southwestern Virginia as well as eastern West Virginia. Specialized services include serving as a Level 1 Trauma center, NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, and solid organ and stem cell transplantation.

Emory University

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Laurence Busse, MD, MBA, FCCM

Atlanta, GA

The Satellite Trials Group of Emory (STaGE) is a consortium of investigators and coordinators located at multiple sites throughout Emory Healthcare, uniquely situated to support multiple clinical trials at Emory.  The overall objective of STaGE is to increase access to clinical trials for patients who would otherwise not be able to participate. Currently we recruit from over 150 ICU beds. Our patient demographics are diverse, ranging from urban to rural settings, and encompassing all ages, ethnicities and genders.

UC Davis Health

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Timothy Albertson, MD, MPH, PhD

Sacramento, CA

UC Davis Health is a tertiary/quaternary academic medical center in Sacramento, California, and the primary teaching hospital for the UC Davis School of Medicine. As the region’s only combined adult and pediatric Level I trauma center, it serves a large, diverse patient population across Northern California, providing high-acuity care that supports robust enrollment for critical care clinical trials. The Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine research program works with faculty intensivists, investigational and critical care pharmacists, respiratory therapists, and the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center to execute complex, protocol-driven studies in critically ill populations. 

University of Iowa

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Nicholas Mohr, MD, MS

Iowa City, IA

University of Iowa Health Care is an 811-bed adult and pediatric academic medical center located in Iowa City, Iowa. As the primary tertiary referral center for Eastern Iowa and surrounding states, the University of Iowa provides advanced trauma, stroke, cardiac, oncologic, transplant, and critical care serves for residents of Iowa and the region.

Montefiore / Einstein

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Ari Moskowitz, MD MPH

Bronx, NYC

Montefiore/Einstein is a leading academic health system in the Bronx and lower Westchester of New York. The system includes 10+ hospitals caring for a highly diverse patient population. The Bronx Center for Critical Care Outcomes and Resuscitation Research is a premier critical care research group at Montefiore/Einstein with extensive experience in multicenter clinical and observational studies.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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Wesley Self, MD

Nashville, TN

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is an academic medical center and health system headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. VUMC is an independent non-profit organization with over 3 million annual patient visits, approximately 1,700 licensed hospital beds, and a workforce of 40,000 people. VUMC provides quaternary care for a large population spanning three states and comprehensive healthcare for the Nashville area.  VUMC serves as a coordinating center for many clinical trials and other clinical research programs, specializing in expert and efficient study design and execution.