Sean
Collins
MD, MSc

Director, Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation (CERI)
Co-Director, Vanderbilt Coordinating Center
Associate Director of Clinical Trials, Institute for Medicine and Public Health
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Sean Collins

Sean Collins, MD, is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of the Center for Emergency Care Research and Innovation (CERI) in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

He completed residency in emergency medicine at the University of Cincinnati. After his chief resident year, he spent 10 years as faculty at the University of Cincinnati and was promoted to Associate Professor. During this time, he completed a research fellowship and obtained his MSc in epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. 

Dr. Collins joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2011 as an Associate Professor. He has directed and served on several steering committees for international cardiovascular trials and has published over 180 peer-reviewed manuscripts often as first or senior author. He is currently PI of several federally funded cardiovascular and acute care clinical trials including 3 from NHLBI and 1 from PCORI.