Karen L. Saban, R.N., Ph.D., A.P.R.N., C.N.R.N.
	Title:	Assistant Professor
	Office:	Building 105, Room 2840, Medical Center Campus
	Phone:	708-216-1244
	E-mail:	ksaban@luc.edu

Personal Information

Research Interests:

Outcomes measurement, spine and stroke related outcomes, health-related quality of life measurement, electronic medical records and decision support systems

Funding:

$118,000
Veterans Administration Nursing Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2007- present

$23,000
Ingalls Foundation and CINN Foundation: Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery, Principle Investigator, 2003-2006

$3,000
CINN Foundation, Predictors of Quality of Life of Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spinal Surgery, Principle Investigator, 2003-2006

 $2,800
Neuroscience Nursing Foundation, Predictors of Quality of Life of Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spinal Surgery, Principle Investigator, 2003-2006

Selected Publications:

Saban, K.L & Penckofer, S. (in press). Expectations of quality of life of patients undergoing lumbar spinal surgery. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing.

Wohns, R.N, Saban, K.L, Malick, A, Berinti, F., Perez-Cruet, M.J.  (2006). Establishing a minimally invasive spine center. In M. J. Perez Cruet, L. Khoo & R. Fessler (Eds).  An Anatomical Approach to Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (pp. 165-205). St. Louis: Quality Medical Publishing.

Ghaly, R.F, Saban, K., Haley, D & Ross, R. (2000).  Endoscopic carpal tunnel release surgery: Report of patient satisfaction. Neurological Research, 22 (6), 551-5.