Center for Surgical Outcomes Research (CSOR)
The Center for Surgical Outcomes Research (CSOR) is a national leader in clinical and health services research related to the surgical care of children. CSOR provides a comprehensive research program that employs a wide range of methodologies to perform rigorous clinical and health services research. CSOR consists of a multidisciplinary team of surgeons, biostatisticians, epidemiologists, research staff, and research trainees working together to improve the delivery and outcomes of surgical care for children.
The goals of CSOR are to:
- Improve the surgical care of infants, children, and adolescents through high-quality research
- Provide mentorship and resources for students, residents, and research fellows interested in pediatric research careers
- Provide guidance, support, and analytic assistance to surgical faculty for research studies and grant applications
- Encourage a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional collaborative approach to research
Research studies include:
- Institutional chart reviews
- National database research
- Multicenter retrospective and prospective observational studies
- Clinical trials
- Surgical quality improvement
CSOR research has been funded by a variety of internal and external funding sources.
- Center for Child Health Equity & Outcomes Research
- Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction (CCPR)
- Nationwide Children's Hospital surgical divisions
- The Ohio State University Department of Surgery
- Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium (MWPSC)
- Pediatric Surgery Research Collaborative (PedSRC)
- Midwest Pediatric Device Consortium (MPDC)
- Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative (PSORC)
- Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Learning Consortium (PCPLC)
If you would like to collaborate with CSOR on a project, please complete this document and send it to Ruiqi Cen, PhD.
