SUMMARY
The research of Mayo Clinic nephrologist Christopher L. Trautman, M.D., focuses on finding innovative approaches to enhance clinical practice in nephrology. Dr. Trautman's research encompasses advancements in dialysis and kidney care in addition to quality improvement projects. His collaborations with Mayo Clinic Ventures and Mayo Clinic's Digital Innovation Lab leverage deep learning models to predict clinical outcomes and improve patient management.
Dr. Trautman's engineering background allows him to integrate technical expertise with medical practice, particularly in the development of new devices and applications for patient care.
Focus areas
- Innovation in dialysis. Dr. Trautman works to apply a molecular adsorbent recirculating system for patients with concurrent liver and kidney failure. He also explores new dialysis modalities.
- Deep learning models in nephrology. With the Digital Innovation Lab of Rickey E. Carter, Ph.D., Dr. Trautman is developing models to determine patient status from electrocardiograms. This collaboration aims to improve outcomes in dialysis, heart failure clinic, and hospital settings.
- Medical education. Dr. Trautman mentors trainees and develops educational programs to cultivate a dedication to research and clinical excellence in future healthcare professionals.
- Nephrolithiasis research. Dr. Trautman evaluates medical therapies for common disorders such as diabetes mellitus, obesity, and hyperlipidemia and their impact on kidney stone disease.
- Quality improvement in nephrology. Dr. Trautman develops quality improvement projects to enhance patient care by addressing gaps in clinical care and health systems. Examples include optimizing nutritional strategies in dialysis, incorporating clinical guidelines into chronic kidney disease clinics, and improving documentation for inpatient peritoneal dialysis.
Significance to patient care
Dr. Trautman works to help people with kidney disease by improving existing treatments, creating new ones, and finding better ways to deliver dialysis. He aims to make patients safer and healthier by raising the quality of healthcare.
Dr. Trautman uses advanced computer models to help each patient receive the best care possible. This helps ensure patients have fewer issues while getting healthcare and can manage long-term kidney disease more successfully.
Professional highlights
- Reviewer, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2020-present.
- Reviewer, Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality and Outcomes, 2020-present.
- Principal investigator, Stimulating and Advancing Research in the Department of Medicine (STARDOM), Mayo Clinic in Florida, 2021-2022.
- Team lead, Improving Hemodynamic Stability in ICU Patients Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy quality improvement project, Mayo Clinic, 2020.