Brian Wright, MD

My name is Brian Wright.  I am currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine.  I came to Stony Brook in 2013.  I completed Medical School (MD-2004), Master in Public Health (MPH-2008) and residency training in Emergency Medicine (2008) at SUNY Downstate/Kings County Hospital.  Afterwards I did a two year Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at North Shore University Hospital in Long Island, NY (2010).

I currently work in the ED Resuscitation and Critical Care Unit and Neurocritical Care Unit at Stony Brook Hospital.  I have been the program director of the Advanced Resuscitation Training Program since 2015 and the Interim Director of the Division of Emergency Critical Care since 2021.

My academic and professional interests are in the integration of Critical Care across the pre-hospital to inpatient spectrum and educating the next generation of Critical Care physicians and providers.  I have a particular interest in the use of Point of Care Ultrasound to help physicians and providers rapidly diagnose and treat medical and surgical emergencies, neurological emergencies, and use of non-invasive treatments for respiratory failure.

On a personal note I chose my field of care because I detest human suffering.  I’m happy to be a part of the team here at Stony Brook in the Emergency Department and Neurocritical Care Unit. We always strive to provide the best care possible to our patients often on their worst of days. 

• beta-Blockers and Lactate in Sepsis: Same Canary But Different Mine.
  
  Wright BJ | Weingart SD
  Critical care medicine
  2015 Dec
  
  
• Lung-protective ventilation strategies and adjunctive treatments for the emergency medicine patient with acute respiratory failure.
  
  Wright BJ
  Emergency medicine clinics of North America
  2014 Nov
  
  
• Low tidal volume should not routinely be used for emergency department patients requiring mechanical ventilation.
  
  Wright BJ | Slesinger TL
  Annals of emergency medicine
  2012 Aug
  
  
• Randomized controlled trial of high fidelity patient simulators compared to actor patients in a pandemic influenza drill scenario.
  
  Wallace D | Gillett B | Wright B | Stetz J | Arquilla B
  Resuscitation
  2010 Jul
  
  
• Increasing ventilator surge capacity in disasters: ventilation of four adult-human-sized sheep on a single ventilator with a modified circuit.
  
  Paladino L | Silverberg M | Charchaflieh JG | Eason JK | Wright BJ | Palamidessi N | Arquilla B | Sinert R | Manoach S
  Resuscitation
  2008 Apr