Susan B. Marple, CEO & Clinical Director
RN, MSN, NP, CCRC

Susan B. Marple grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and attended the University of Oklahoma where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. Susan stayed at the OU Medical Center for 2 years functioning as clinical nurse specialist with the Department of Neurosurgery before attending graduate school in New Haven, Connecticut.  Susan attended graduate school at Yale University, graduating at the top of her class, and received a Master of Science degree in Nursing with Nurse Practitioner Certification. Susan stayed at Yale, on Faculty and practiced in the Pediatric Cardiology Clinics until returning to Tulsa in 1980. After several years raising children and participating in a multitude of volunteer projects Susan returned to clinical practice at Children’s Medical Center in the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology in 1987.

After several years at Children’s Medical Center Susan spent the next 10 years at Tulsa Community College teaching in the RN program and professionally writing for nursing textbooks and journals before resigning to help start Warren Clinic Research at Saint Francis Hospital. Clinical Research proved to be a fascinating specialty and after 5 years at Warren Clinic Susan resigned to start an independent research site, Castlerock Clinical Research Consultants, LLC. Susan is certified in Clinical Research by the Association of Clinical Research Professionals and is affiliated with Saint Francis Health Systems.

Castlerock Clinical Research Consultants
(CCRC) was established in February, 2003 and allows eligible patients to participate in clinical trials which incorporate comprehensive medical testing and follow-up with the latest in pharmacologic therapy. CCRC emphasizes the highest professional standards for quality patient care and impeccable data collection. Clinical Research studies are chosen that have potential benefit to large numbers of established patients thereby allowing enrollment numbers to be maximized.

CCRC accepts clinical trial protocols from leading pharmaceutical companies after careful evaluation of the potential safety and effectiveness of the drug under study. Clinical trials are accepted that target a wide range of adult disease states such as high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol abnormalities, cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal diseases, respiratory disease, as well as metabolic syndrome and others.

Our offices are located in south Tulsa, near Saint Francis Health System, just east of Castlerock Diagnostic & Research Physicians, at 6804 S. Canton Suite 200 Tulsa, OK 74136.

CCRC offices provide a pleasant environment with a comfortable waiting area, 2 fully equipped exam rooms with mercury manometers, ECG, and stadiometer.

Study Coordinators utilize 2 laboratories equipped with centrifuges, refrigerated centrifuge, refrigerator/freezer, -80 freezer and specimen preparation areas to process laboratory specimens. Dry ice is made on site for specimen transport. Two Temperature monitored locked drug storage closets are available to store investigational product.

We consider Clinical Research Associates an integral part of our team and welcome their visits to our site. We try to accommodate monitoring needs by providing access to high speed internet, as well as fax and copy machines, and of course the monitor area also houses the coffee pot.