Tom P. Aufderheide, MD, MS, FACEP, Hon FACC, FAHA, is a Professor of Emergency Medicine, Associate Chair of Research Affairs, and Director of the NIH-funded Resuscitation Research Center in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Continuously NIH-funded for over 30 years, Dr. Aufderheide’s is recognized for his research and discovery in emergency cardiac care. He developed and pioneered use of out-of-hospital12-lead ECGs, which now forms the basis of STEMI programs in most developed communities throughout the world. He contributed to and helped establish layperson use of automated external defibrillators (Public Access Defibrillation [PAD]) doubling survival rates from public VF cardiac arrest in the United States. Dr. Aufderheide’s discoveries of the detrimental effects of excessive ventilation rates and incomplete chest recoil as well as methods to improve hemodynamics through intrathoracic pressure regulation during CPR have shaped clinical practice nationally and internationally. He has been instrumental in evaluating extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)-facilitated resuscitation for patients with refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, transforming outcome for this patient population. His career-long commitment to education and knowledge translation shaped and supported academic careers, American Heart Association CPR training programs, resuscitation guidelines, best clinical practice, and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report on Cardiac Arrest. He has served on numerous NIH grant review committees, other federal agency commissions, various foundations, and strategy boards to advance science, national healthcare delivery, and public health policy. In 2009, he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), recognized for his significant contributions to the field of medicine and public health.

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