Richard J. Gray, M.D.

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• Impact of Limiting PGY-1 General Surgery Residents to 16-hour Shifts with a Mandatory 8 Hours Between Shifts on Quality of Life, Health, Education, Hours Worked and Operations Performed. Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

  This study is being done to determine how work-hour restrictions affect first-year general surgery residents’ health, education and operative experiences.

• Prescribing Patterns and Opioid Usage in Postoperative Patients Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.
  1. To determine utilization patterns of narcotic pain medication postoperatively for patients recovering from a general surgery or subspecialty procedure
  2. To compare the outcomes of patients’ pain medication regimens with current non-standardized prescribing patterns versus an evidence-based standardized prescribing regimen once the initial needs assessment is complete
     1. To characterize patient satisfaction with postoperative narcotic pain regimens
     2. To describe side effects experienced from using narcotic pain medications