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Christina Creel

  • Department of Emergency Medicine
    Assistant Professor
  • maria.christina.creel-bulos@emory.edu
  • @CritCreelMD
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Overview

Christina Creel-Bulos is a native of South Florida who completed her medical training in Chicago, residency training at Washington University in St. Louis, where she served as Chief Resident, and fellowship in critical care medicine at Emory University where she is currently on faculty in the ICU and serves as Medical Director of the Emory Healthcare ECMO Center.

Dr. Creel has a clinical interest in extracorporeal and mechanical support, medical and traumatic resuscitation and critical care in resource limited settings; along with a myriad research interests that include clinical trials of therapies for critically ill adults.

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Rush University Medical Center
  • BSN from Florida International University

Research

Publications

  • Outcomes associated with prolonged ECMO in COVID-19 associated ARDS: A single center experience.
    Perfusion Volume: 39 Page(s): 1213 - 1221
    09/01/2024 Authors: Shah P; Miller C; Parilla G; Daneshmand M; Creel-Bulos C
  • "Beyond waking and walking. Intensive rehabilitation in patients requiring extended durations of advanced mechanical circulatory support: A case series".
    Perfusion Volume: 39 Page(s): 840 - 848
    05/01/2024 Authors: Whitlock K; Rzewnicki D; Krieger B; Miller C; Creel-Bulos C
  • "Pushing Geographic Boundaries: Interfacility transport and remote extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulation of patients during COVID-19 pandemic".
    Perfusion Volume: 38 Page(s): 725 - 733
    05/01/2023 Authors: Creel-Bulos C; Miller C; Hassani B; Farthing H; Caridi-Schieble M; Connor MJ; Javidfar J; Daneshmand M
  • Clinical trial design during and beyond the pandemic: the I-SPY COVID trial.
    Nat Med Volume: 28 Page(s): 9 - 11
    01/01/2022 Authors: I-SPY COVID Consortium
  • PILOT STUDY OF A NOVEL GELATIN-BASED MODEL FOR VV ECMO CANNULA INSERTION SIMULATION
    Volume: 50 Page(s): 510 - 510
    01/01/2022 Authors: Coleman C; Ramonell R; Binder A; Creel-Bulos C; Wiepking M; Stentz M; Daniels L
  • Institutional Experience With Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Massive Pulmonary Embolism: A Retrospective Case Series.
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth Volume: 35 Page(s): 2681 - 2685
    09/01/2021 Authors: Hockstein MA; Creel-Bulos C; Appelstein J; Jabaley CS; Stentz MJ
  • Pilot Study of a Novel Gelatin-based Model for Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Cannula Insertion Simulation.
    ATS Sch Volume: 2 Page(s): 297 - 303
    09/01/2021 Authors: Ramonell RP; Coleman C; Binder A; Creel-Bulos C; Wiepking MD; Stentz MJ; Daniels LM
  • Fibrinolysis Shutdown and Thrombosis in a COVID-19 ICU.
    Shock Volume: 55 Page(s): 845 - 846
    06/01/2021 Authors: Creel-Bulos C; Sniecinski R
  • Fibrinolysis Shutdown and Thrombosis in a COVID-19 ICU.
    Shock Volume: 55 Page(s): 316 - 320
    03/01/2021 Authors: Creel-Bulos C; Auld SC; Caridi-Scheible M; Barker NA; Friend S; Gaddh M; Kempton CL; Maier CL; Nahab F; Sniecinski R
  • Trends and diagnostic value of D-dimer levels in patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019.
    Medicine (Baltimore) Volume: 99 Page(s): e23186
    11/13/2020 Authors: Creel-Bulos C; Liu M; Auld SC; Gaddh M; Kempton CL; Sharifpour M; Sniecinski RM; Maier CL; Nahab FB; Rangaraju S
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Amniotic Fluid Embolism-Induced Cardiac Arrest in the First Trimester of Pregnancy: A Case Report.
    Crit Care Explor Volume: 2 Page(s): e0162
    07/01/2020 Authors: Creel-Bulos C; Hassani B; Stentz MJ; Budhrani G; Daneshmand MA; Jabaley CS; Groff RF
  • Acute Cor Pulmonale in Critically Ill Patients with Covid-19.
    N Engl J Med Volume: 382 Page(s): e70
    05/21/2020 Authors: Creel-Bulos C; Hockstein M; Amin N; Melhem S; Truong A; Sharifpour M
  • C-Reactive protein as a prognostic indicator in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
    PLoS One Volume: 15 Page(s): e0242400
    01/01/2020 Authors: Sharifpour M; Rangaraju S; Liu M; Alabyad D; Nahab FB; Creel-Bulos CM; Jabaley CS; Emory COVID-19 Quality & Clinical Research Collaborative
  • GOING UP! IMPROVING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO INTENSIVE CARE NURSING AND PHYSICIAN TRANSFER OF CARE
    Volume: 48
    01/01/2020 Authors: Manasco A; Sona C; Creel-Bulos C; Pfeifer E; Abraham J; Peterson C; Wessman B
  • CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER INSERTION: UPDATES ON MECHANICAL COMPLICATIONS
    Volume: 47
    01/01/2019 Authors: Ablordeppey E; Willman M; Ruble L; Hofkamp L; Creel-Bulos C; Lewis M; Drewry A; Theodoro D
  • HIGH-VERSUS LOW-DOSE LEVETIRACETAM SEIZURE PROPHYLAXIS FOR MILD TO MODERATE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
    Volume: 46 Page(s): 455 - 455
    01/01/2018 Authors: Owen E; Creel-Bulos C; Willman M; Keeperman J
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