About C5Research | Cleveland Clinic

Overview

Venu Menon, MD Associate Director of C5Research and Director of Clinical Events Committee — Venu Menon, MD, Associate Director of C5Research and Director of Clinical Events Committee

C5Research is a team of experienced and dedicated clinical trial specialists within the Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute of Cleveland Clinic. We bring scientific and clinical leadership in cardiovascular disease in combination with operational excellence to conduct Phase I-IV multicenter clinical trials.

Since 1991, we have leveraged the clinical expertise of over 500 physicians across multiple specialties throughout Cleveland Clinic providing academic leadership and coordination for trials ranging in size from <100 to 24,000 patients.

Cleveland Clinic is nationally and internationally renowned for its cardiovascular care.

What We Do

We are an academic group dedicated to achieving the highest quality work following ICH/GCP guidelines.

We understand industry timelines and commit to delivering on time. We bring world class academic leadership to clinical trials and a viewpoint and independence that satisfies the demanding peer-reviewed scrutiny of the academic and scientific community.

Working closely with Cleveland Clinic physicians, we provide:

Overall trial leadership
Project and Site Management capabilities with extensive clinical and research experience and expertise allowing for successful implementation, conduct, and conclusion of clinical trials.
Independent oversight of clinical trial committees (Data Safety Monitoring, Executive and Steering Committees)
Imaging Core Laboratories that perform high quality and timely image analysis
Clinical Events Committee (CEC) that is highly reliable and timely in adjudicating clinical events
Statistics to support protocol development, independent review of study results and manuscript preparation
Publication of trial results in top tier medical journals having a major impact on the practice of medicine

Our Team

C5R Physician Leadership

	Steven E. Nissen, MD Chief Academic Officer, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute nissens@ccf.org
	Venu Menon, MD Associate Director of C5Research and Director of Clinical Events Committee menonv@ccf.org
	Wael A. Jaber, MD Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Core Laboratory jaberw@ccf.org
	Rishi Puri, MBBS, PhD, FRACP Director, Atherosclerosis Imaging Core Laboratory purir@ccf.org
	Vidyasagar Kalahasti, MD Associate Director, Clinical Events Committee kalahav@ccf.org
	Erik Van Iterson, PhD, MS Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation; and Quality Director, Metabolic Exercise Stress Testing VANITEE@ccf.org

C5R Management

Ruth Cannata, BSN, RN
Director of Operations
cannatr@ccf.org

Mary Del Valle, BSN, RN
Clinical Events Committee
delvalm@ccf.org

Ashley Beltran, MSHS, RDMS (AB)(OB)(PS), RVT
Cardiovascular Imaging Core and
Atherosclerosis Imaging Core Laboratories
beltra@ccf.org

Tina Sewell, BSN, RN
Project and Site Management
sewellc@ccf.org

Michael Simmons
Cardiovascular Clinical Research Information
Services (CCRIS)
simmonm@ccf.org

Mandy Thompson
Research QA & Regulatory
thompsm22@ccf.org

Kathy Wolski, MPH
Statistics and Clinical Data Management
wolskik@ccf.org

Terri Zito, BS, CRCP
Contracts and Finance
zitot@ccf.org