Education:

• M.S., Statistics, Union College, 1976

Courses Taught:
EPI 552 Principles of Statistical Inference I

Research intrests
Trauma care; assessment of hospital performance; outcomes assessment

Selected Publications:

Hannan EL, Farrell LS, Cooper A, Henry M, Simon B, Simon R. "Physiologic Trauma Triage Criteria in Adult Trauma Patients: Are They Effective in Saving Lives by Transporting Patients to Trauma Centers?", Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Vol. 200, No. 4, April 2005.

Hannan EL, Waller CH, Farrell LS, Cayten CG. "A Comparison Among the Abilities of Various Injury Severity Measures to Predict Mortality With and Without Accompanying Physiologic Information," Journal of Trauma, Vol. 58(2), 2005.

Hannan EL, Waller CH, Farrell LS, Rosati C. "Elderly Trauma Inpatients in New York State: 1994-1998," Journal of Trauma, Vol. 56, No. 6, 2004.

Farrell LS, Hannan EL, Cooper A. "Severity of Injury and Mortality Associated with Pediatric Blunt Injuries: Hospitals with Pediatric Intensive Care Units vs. Other Hospitals", Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2004.
Hannan EL, Farrell LS, Mottley L. "Motor Vehicle Crashes in New York State: Importance of Accounting for Emergency Department Deaths When Assessing Differences in In-Hospital Mortality by Level of Care," Journal of Trauma, Vol. 50, No. 6, 2001.

Hannan EL, Farrell LS, Meaker PS, Cooper A. "Predicting Inpatient Mortality for Pediatric Trauma Patients with Blunt Injuries: A Better Alternative," Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Vol. 35, No. 2, 2000.

Cooper A, Hannan EL, Bessey PQ, Farrell LS, Cayten CG, Mottley L. "An Examination of the Volume-Mortality Relationship for New York State Trauma Centers," Journal of Trauma, Vol. 48, No. 1, 2000.

Hannan EL, Farrell LS, Bessey PQ, Cayten CG, Cooper A, Mottley L. "Accounting for Intubation Status in Predicting Mortality for Victims of Motor Vehicle Crashes", Journal of Trauma, Vol. 48, No. 1, 2000.

Hannan EL, Farrell LS, Gorthy SH, Bessey PQ, Cayten CG, Cooper A, Mottley L. "Predictors of Mortality in Adult Patients with Blunt Injuries in New York State: A Comparison of the Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) and the International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision-based Injury Severity Score (ICISS)", Journal of Trauma, Vol. 47, No. 1, 1999.

Hannan EL, Farrell LS, Cayten CG. "Predicting Survival of Victims of Motor Vehicle Crashes in New York State", Injury, Vol. 28, No. 9-10, 1997.