Degree and Title: PhD, RN, Assistant Professor
Address:
School of Nursing
University at Buffalo
818 Kimball Tower
3435 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14214-3079
Phone: 716-829-3034
E-mail Address: mgcarey@buffalo.edu |
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Education:
PhD, Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
MS, Critical Care Nursing, Minor in Teaching, University of California,
San Francisco
BS, Nursing, State University of New York at Buffalo
Area of Research:
Dr. Carey’s current study is expected to make it easier for clinicians
to predict those at high risk of experiencing this potentially
catastrophic condition, which results from disruption of normal heart
rhythm, and who would benefit from a life-saving implantable
defibrillator. She will investigate the potential of using a 12-lead
electrocardiograph (ECG) to identify more precisely patients who will
benefit from a defibrillator. Dr. Carey's research will involve 250
patients already enrolled in a study headed by John Canty, M.D., Albert & Elizabeth Rekate Chair in Cardiovascular Disease at UB. Dr. Canty,
who is Carey's mentor, is researching the use of positron emission
tomography (PET) scanning as a better indicator of potential SCD than
LVEF.
The patients who have had a heart attack with poor left ventricular
function will undergo a resting ECG and then wear a 12-lead
electrocardiogram digital recorder for 24 hours. The results will
provide two measures thought to be predictors of SCD risk: total
ischemic burden and T-loop morphology.Participants will be followed for
three years to determine who has experienced a defibrillator discharge,
indicating normal rhythm was restored, averting sudden cardiac death,
or succumbed to sudden cardiac death.
The three-year project is funded by a $404,394 K23 grant from the
National Institutes of Health. A K23 grant is a Mentored Patient-
Oriented Research Career Development Award for training new clinical
investigators. This grant will foster collaboration between the School
of Nursing and the Division of Cardiology.
Teaching Responsibilities:
NUR 512 - Research Methods for the Practice Professions
NUR 407 - 408 : Clinical Laboratory I & II
Publications: 
Adams Carey, MG & Lakso M. (2005) Perspectives: Acute Stages of
Spinal Cord Injuries.
Saxe Communications.
Adams, MG & Bayani, S. (In Press) Electrocardiographic Predictors of
Sudden Cardiac Death. Nurse Educator.
Pelter, MM & Adams Carey, MG. (2005) Enhanced Automaticity of the His
Bundle. American Journal of Critical Care, Nov:14(6): 559-60.
Adams Carey, MG & Pelter MM. (2005) Rhythmic Premature Ventricular
Contractions. American Journal of Critical Care, Sept:14(5): 420-21.
Pelter, MM & Adams, MG. (2005) ST Changes in Right Bundle Branch
Block. American Journal of Critical Care, Jul:14(4): 341-2.
Honors, Awards and Professional Service:
Individual Development Award United University Professions,
University at Buffalo (2005)
President (elected), Board of Directors;
Sigma Theta Tau, Gamma Kappa Chapter, University at Buffalo (2005)
Proposal Reviewer, Research Fund and Garman Fund:
University at Buffalo (2005)
Search Committee Member, Vice President for Health Sciences
University at Buffalo (2005)
President Elect, Board of Directors, Sigma Theta Tau, Gamma Kappa Chapter (2004)
Fellow, American Heart Association, Cardiovascular Nursing (2003)
Young Investigator Finalist, International Society for Computerized Electrocardiography (2002)
President, Board of Directors, American Association of Critical Care Nurses,
San Francisco (2000)
Manuscript Reviewer, American Journal of Critical Care and Journal of Electrocardiology
