SEC Clinical Research

At SEC Clinical Research, we believe in well-established safety, ethical and regulatory standards- in order to provide quality care for our patients and accurate data for our Sponsors. Our company culture at SEC Clinical Research has two central elements: First, we all embrace the highly regulated nature of the clinical research industry as necessa... ry and appropriate for insuring that our research subjects participate safely, and that our Sponsors are provided with high quality data capable of withstanding regulatory scrutiny. Second, the leadership at SEC Clinical Research has created an environment in which mistakes and errors are minimized by constructively reviewing the few that do occur. Processes are continually perfected, and working conditions optimized, so that all of us at SEC Clinical Research can work at the highest standards possible. Rob Garver received his MD and internal medicine training at Johns Hopkins, followed by a pulmonary fellowship at NHLBI. He served as a faculty member in the UAB Pulmonary Division, ending his tenure there as Professor of Medicine. He received critical care medicine board certification while at UAB which rekindled his clinical interests, including the pulmonary needs of underserved populations, which led to the formation of SEC Lung in Andalusia AL. Clinical research started as a small sideline to the practice in early 2013, and with rapid growth resulted in the formation of SEC Clinical Research in 2016. Robs clinical practice has been curtailed in order to provide more time for research, and he has served as PI or SubI on more than 50 protocols since 2013. His primary investigative interest are those studies pertaining to respiratory disease, but he has also been active in the cardiovascular space. He is the site director for SEC Clinical Research. Ed Lacour received his MD from Tulane, and completed his rheumatology fellowship at Northwestern. He holds board certification for both Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. He began his career in academic medicine, ...Read More