Resuscitation Science Symposium

Ahamed Idris was born in New York City. He began his medical career in the US Army, trained as a clinical specialist (91C), served as a medic with the 1st Air Cavalry in Vietnam from 1969-70, and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his service. In 1986, he became an Emergency Medicine faculty at the University of Florida where he focused his research on lab models of low blood flow states such as shock and cardiac arrest, and studied the effect of ventilation on outcomes. Since 2003, he has been a Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Director of the Dallas-Fort Worth Center for Resuscitation Research. He was the DFW site PI for the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium. His research focus has been ventilation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation since 1986.

He served as the Chair of the National Basic Life Support Subcommittee for the American Heart Association (AHA) and Director of the NASA Human Space Flight Rescue Team for the Space Shuttle. He was inducted into the NASA Space Technology Hall of Fame in 2008 and received the American College of Emergency Physician’s (ACEP) Leadership Award in 2021 for Outstanding Contribution in Research. He is a Fellow of the AHA and of ACEP.

The Lifetime Achievement Awards in Resuscitation Science were established by the Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee in 2003 to honor scientists for their outstanding contributions in resuscitation science.