Sponsor Contact Information

Contact: Jolenne Wolfer

Associate Vice President of Business Development

[email protected]

TEL: 904-732-6683

Management

Bharat Misra MD- Medical Director

[email protected] 

Cynthia Buda RN, BSN, CCRC- Chief of Clinical Operations

[email protected]

TEL: 904-680-0871

Facility Description

  • 1800 sq ft with 3 exam rooms
  • Dedicated space for 3 monitors
  • < 1 mile to Emergency Room
  • Imaging on site: MRE, MRI-PDFF, Ultrasound, CT Scan
  • On site Endoscopy/ Colonoscopy lab 7 suites
  • Infusion Center
  • Access to Liver biopsy facility 
  • 4 Research Coordinators
  • 2 Research Assistants
  • Laboratory Technician
  • Patient Recruiter Specialists
  • Regulatory Document Specialist
  • Contract Specialist

Overview

ENCORE Research Group and Borland Groover Division of Research joined forces March 1, 2019 under the newly organized entity, ENCORE Borland Groover Clinical Research (EBGCR).   The partnership will bring the best of gastroenterology care and clinical research together with the goal of maximizing clinical trial opportunities for community patients and sponsors. With 23 years of research experience, Borland Groover investigators provide care for more than 100,000 patients each year with digestive disorders and perform more than 50,000 colonoscopies a year.  EBGCR will participate with seven other sites in Florida under the ENCORE umbrella.

Diagnostic/ Clinic Equipment

  • ECG Machine
  • Lab drawing and processing equipment 
  • Centrifuge  (refrigerated and ambient)
  • Calibrated weigh scales (analog)
  • Freezer (-20 degree and -70 degree Celsius)
  • CLIA Lab
  • Daily dry ice delivery
  • 24 hour temperature monitoring
  • IV Drug Preparation Hood
  • Refrigerated drug storage
  • Drug storage-double locked and temperature controlled
  • Back-up generator
  • High speed & wireless internet access

Principal Investigators

  • Ana Corregidor MD 
  • Kevin Comar  MD
  • Mark Fleisher MD 
  • Vikram Gopal MD, AGAF
  • Ali Lankarani MD 
  • Bharat Misra MD 
  • Jose Nieto DO, AGAF,FACP, FACG, FASGE
  • Michael Ibach MD
  • Daniel Kohm  MD 
  • Kyle Etzkorn MD, CPI
  • Jeffrey Hoffman MD
  • Marie Reid MD
  • Catherine Manolakis MD
  • Juan Munoz MD
  • Nydia Sanchez MD
  • Emily Rostholder MD
  • Ronald Racho DO

Therapeutic Expertise

  • Crohn’s
  • Ulcerative Colitis
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  • GERD
  • Celiac Disease
  • Heartburn
  • Hepatitis 
  • Liver Disorder
  • NASH/ NAFLD
  • Pancreatitis
  • GI Device
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • H.Pylori
  • Erosive Esophagitis 

Jacksonville Community

 Population: 940,000

Land: 875 sq. mi.

Caucasian:  51%

African American: 31%

Hispanic: 10%

Asian: 5%

Under 18: 22%

Over 65: 12%

Female: 52%

Encore Research Group

Encore Borland Groover Clinical Research • Fleming Island Center for Clinical Research • Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research • River City Clinical Research • Nature Coast Clinical Research – Crystal River • Nature Coast Clinical Research – Inverness • St Johns Center for Clinical Research • Westside Center for Clinical Research