Programming - Resuscitation Science Symposium

November 7–8, 2026
McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, Illinois

Resuscitation science that matters

Join us in Chicago, Illinois for the most up-to-date resuscitation science and discoveries of the year!

NEW: Explore the Late-Breaking Resuscitation Science sessions and posters for 2026.

See the Schedule-at-a-Glance to explore exciting programming like the first Plenary session on ICECAP (Influence of Cooling duration on Efficacy in Cardiac Arrest Patients) and its related studies into other cooling studies.

Virtual Viewers:

All sessions (except lunch, poster, and industry sessions) will be available virtually as livestreaming content with on-demand replay within 24 hours of the in-person presentation.

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2026 Late-Breaking Resuscitation Science

Oral Abstracts

Late Breaking Resuscitation Science Presentations
3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026
Location: E354B, Lakeside, McCormick Convention Center

3:00 to 3:15 p.m.
SPEAR Study: Surviving Pulseless Electrical Activity in Roanoke
William Reis, MD, University of Pennsylvania, USA

3:15 to 3:30 p.m.
Smart Alerting in Smartphone‑Based First Responder Systems and Arrival Before Emergency Medical Services: The ALARM Randomized Clinical Trial
Michael Mueller | St. Josefs Hospital, Freiburg, Germany

3:30 to 3:45 p.m.
Delivered Ventilation During CPR and Return of Spontaneous Circulation: A Multicenter Observational Study
Jie Li | Rush University, Chicago, IL

3:45 to 4:00 p.m.,
Effect of PulsePoint Respond Alerts on Bystander Resuscitation for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Steven Brooks, MD, MHSc, Queen’s University, Canada

4:00 to 4:15 p.m.
Emergency Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Prospective, Single-Arm, Interventional Feasibility Study
James Price | East Anglian Air Ambulance, Norwich, United Kingdom

Poster Abstracts

ReSS Poster Session
4:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 7
Location: Poster Hall, Lakeside, McCormick Convention Center

Multimodal Pre/Post Evaluation of a Simulation-Based CPR Coach Refresher Curriculum
Hunter Daigle | University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Sex Differences in Underlying Etiology and Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Satoshi Yoshimura | Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Closing the Response Gap: A Community-Based CPR/AED Education Intervention in Low-SES Houston Communities
Anastasia Papin | Dell Medical School, Austin, TX

Collegiate Athletes' Perceptions of CPR Training: A Qualitative Analysis
Lorrel Toft | University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV

From Scripted Scenarios to Real World Experience: A Data-Driven Simulator for Teaching and Training Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation
Trygve Eftestol | University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

Transcriptional and Proteomic Evidence of Alternative Pathway Complement Dysregulation After Cardiac Arrest in Swine
Brian Weil | University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Incidence, Presentation, and Outcomes of Drug-Related Ventricular Fibrillation Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Camilla Osborne | Public Health Seattle and King County, Seattle, WA

Cerebral and Coronary Blood Flow Rates during CPR with Distal to Proximal Limb Compression: A Lumped-Parameter Model Approach
Matt Oberdier | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Intrinsic Cardiac Mechanical Activity Detected by Carotid Doppler During CPR Predicts Sustained Return of Spontaneous Circulation
Guro Kruger | Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Relationship Between Within-Patient Changes in Mean Arterial and Intracranial Pressure After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
So Young Jeon | Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of

Neuroprognostication Timing After Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Secondary Analysis of ICECAP Trial
Akash Roy | Medical University South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Evolution of Quality Assurance Provisions in U.S. Public Access Defibrillation Laws, 2010 - 2025
Signe Birchum | University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Capnogram Quality Index Reveals Airway-Dependent Differences in Ventilation Monitoring During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Andoni Elola | University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

Comparing Two Formats of Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Training in Western New York
Nomi Weiss-Laxer | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Transthoracic Impedance Amplitude Correlates With Tidal Volume in Adults During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Pilot Study
Betty Yang | UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX

Association Between Ventilation Rate and Outcome During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Differs by Initial Cardiac Arrest Rhythm: A Multicenter Study
Betty Yang | UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX

“Where Do I Put My Hands?” A 3-Month Longitudinal Study of Hand Placement Skill Following Lay Rescuer Hands-Only CPR Training With Different Compression Practice Devices
Lorrel Toft | University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV

Anatomically Standardized Table Height for Standing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training
Aadya Gupta | Brown University, Providence, RI

Machine Learning Risk Stratification After Pediatric Out-of-Hospital and In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Using Clinical and EEG Features
Ashley Bach | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Machine Learning Early Prediction of ROSC Failure From Sequential Vasopressor Hemodynamic Response in a Swine Cardiac Arrest Model
Luiz Silva | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Validating the Brain Death Risk (BDR) Score Within a Large Multicenter Clinical Trial
Rachel Beekman | Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Moderated Digital Posters:
5:35 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 7
Location: Poster Hall, Lakeside, McCormick Convention Center

How Do EMS Agencies Serving Majority Black and Hispanic Communities Achieve High Survival Rates for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest? A Qualitative Study
Paul Chan | Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO

Characterizing the Outcome of Resuscitative Efforts for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Chicago by Race and Ethnicity
Shaveta Khosla | University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL

Where Should We Compress the Chest? Location of and Variations in the Ideal Area of Maximal Compression for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Charlotte Derr | University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Optimal Compression Point in Children With Normal Intracardiac Anatomy and Congenital Heart Disease
Jessica Barreto | Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

#ReSS26 Schedule-at-a-Glance

Sessions and events are listed in Central Standard Time (CST)

Friday, Nov. 6, 2026 #ReSS26 Activities – all times are CST (UTC -6)
Time	Activity
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.	ReSS 2026 Welcome Reception Location: River Roast, 315 N LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL (Ticketed Event)

Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026 #ReSS26 Activities – all times are CST (UTC -6)
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Time	Activity
7:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.	Learning Studio Location: E353AB, Concurrent Room, Lakeside 7:00-7:30 am Updates in high quality post arrest care and targeted temperature management Benjamin Abella, MD, MPhil, Mount Sinai, USA
7:45 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.	Welcome Remarks Location: E354B, Lakeside, McCormick Convention Center 7:45-8:00 am Program Committee Chair Welcome Remarks Cameron Dezfulian, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.	Plenary 1: Repelling off the ICECAP Location: E354, Plenary Room, Lakeside Moderators: Mohamud Daya, MD, MS, Oregon Health and Science University, USA Thomas Rea, MD, MPH, University of Washington, USA Speakers: 8:00-8:12 am Presentation of main results of ICECAP and updates on numerous ancillary studies William Meurer, MD, MS, University of Michigan, USA 8:12-8:24 am HIBI secondary analysis Rachel Beekman, MD, Yale University, USA 8:24-8:35 am PRECICECAP Karen Hirsch, MD, Stanford University, USA 8:36-8:48 am POST-ICECAP Clifton Callaway, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, USA 8:48-9:00 am P-ICECAP implications Alexis Topjian, MD, MSCE, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA 9:00-9:12 am P-ICECAP extended Beth S. Slomine, PhD, ABPP, Kennedy Krieger Institute, USA
9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.	Break
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.	Max Harry Weill and Richards Lectures Location: E354, Plenary Room, Lakeside Moderators: Lorrel Toft, MD, Carson Tahoe Health, USA TBD Max Harry Weil Award Competition 9:30-9:45 am Age-Stratified Accuracy of 911 Dispatch Recognition of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Catherine R. Counts, PhD, MHA, University of Washington, USA 9:45-10:00 am Phenotypes of Non-Ischemic Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Treated with Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Gaspar Del Rio Pertuz, MD, University of Minnesota, USA Dickinson W. Richards Lecture 10:00–10:30 am Demetris Yannopoulos, MD, University of Minnesota, USA
10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.	Best of the Best Location: E354, Plenary Room, Lakeside Moderators: Dianne Atkins, MD, University of Iowa, USA TBD Speakers: 10:45-11:00 am OnScene: RCT of a Nationwide Prehospital Helicopter ECPR Program Dinis Reis Miranda, MD, PhD, Erasmus University Medical Center, Netherlands 11:00-11:15 am Supraglottic Airway versus Bag-Valve-Mask Ventilation Strategies: The Pediatric Prehospital Airway Resuscitation Trial (Pedi‑PART) Henry Wang, MD, The Ohio State University, USA 11:15-11:30 am The Critical Care Burden of Heat-Related Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Implications for Climate-Preparedness Peter Graffy, PhD, University of Chicago, USA 11:30-11:45 am Associations Between Goal-Prediction Alignment, Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions, and Regret in Disorders of Consciousness Maria Gharios, MD, University of Pennsylvania, USA 11:45-12:00 pm Cardiac Hemodynamics in Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Rajat Kalra, MD, University of Minnesota, USA
12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.	Early Career Investigator Luncheon (Invite-only) Location: E353AB, Concurrent Room, Lakeside (Ticketed event; by invitation only)
12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.	American Heart Association/Japanese Circulation Society Joint Session Location: E354, Plenary Room, Lakeside Moderators: Jonathan Elmer, MD, MS, University of Pittsburgh, USA Shoji Kawakami, MD, PhD, Kurume University, Fukuoka, Japan Speakers: 12:15-12:30 pm Post-ECPR Critical Care in Japan: Hemodynamic Management and Neuroprognostication Shoji Kawakami, MD, PhD, Kurume University, Fukuoka, Japan 12:30-12:45 pm Mid-term Outcomes and Their Trajectories After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Japan Hiromichi Naito, MD, PhD, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan 12:45-1:00 pm ECPR critical care management Anna Condella, MD, Mass General Research Institute, USA 1:00-1:15 pm WLST and recovery trajectories Romer Geocadin, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
1:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.	Break
1:30 to 2:45 p.m.	Plenary 2: Rolling with the punches: adapting to No ROSC Location: E354, Plenary Room, Lakeside Moderators: Cindy Hsu, MD, University of Michigan, USA Justin Benoit MD, University of Cincinnati, USA Speakers: 1:30-1:45 pm Signal to Noise – interpreting waveforms Elisabete Aramendi, PhD, University of the Basque Country, Spain 1:45-2:00 pm Titrating CPR to Brain Perfusion Taku Iwami, MD, Kyoto University, Japan 2:00-2:15 pm Titrating Epinephrine: Getting the Juice without the Rind Ryan Morgan, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA 2:15-2:30 pm Bringing the hospital to the patient Mark Dennis, MD, The University of Sydney, Australia 2:30-2:45 pm Q&A, Discussion
2:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.	Late-Breaking Resuscitation Science Location: E354, Plenary Room, Lakeside Moderators: TBD TBD Speakers: 3:00-3:15 pm SPEAR Study: Surviving Pulseless Electrical Activity in Roanoke William Reis, MD, University of Pennsylvania, USA 3:15-3:30 pm Smart Alerting in Smartphone Based First Responder Systems and Arrival Before Emergency Medical Services: The ALARM Randomized Clinical Trial Michael Mueller, MD, MEd, St. Josef’s Hospital, Germany 3:30-3:45 pm Delivered Ventilation During CPR and Return of Spontaneous Circulation: A Multicenter Observational Study Jie Li, PhD, RRT, Rush University, USA 3:45-4:00 pm Effect of PulsePoint Respond Alerts on Bystander Resuscitation for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Controlled Trial Steven Brooks, MD, MHSc, Queen’s University, Canada 4:00-4:15 pm Emergency Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Prospective, Single-Arm, Interventional Feasibility Study James Price, MD, East Anglian Air Ambulance, UK
4:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.	ReSS Awards Location: E354, Plenary Room, Lakeside 4:15-4:40 pm Lifetime Achievement Awardee Presentation Ahamed Idris, MD, UT Southwestern, USA 4:40-4:43 pm Ian G. Jacobs Award for International Group Collaboration to Advance Resuscitation Science Helping Babies Breathe – Laerdal Global, American Association of Pediatrics 4:42-4:42 pm ReSS Champion Awardee Courtney Schwerin-O'Reilly, MPH, Illinois Heart Rescue, USA
4:45 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.	Poster Sessions Location: Poster Hall, Lakeside 4:50-5:30 pm Poster Session 1 Location: Poster Hall, Lakeside 5:35-6:05 pm Moderated Digital Posters Location: Theater 1 and Theater 2, Exhibits/Networking Area, Lakeside 6:10-6:50 pm Poster Session 2 Location: Poster Hall, Lakeside
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.	3CPR Reception Location: S100 Grand Ballroom Pre-function space

Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026 #ReSS26 Activities – all times are CST (UTC -6)
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Time	Activity
7:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.	Learning Studio – Brain Whispering Location: E353AB, Concurrent Room, Lakeside
7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.	Networking Breakfast
8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.	The Resus Team Playbook Location: E354, Plenary Room, Lakeside Moderators: Francis Guyette, MD, MS, MPH, University of Pittsburgh, USA Caitlin O’Brien, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University, USA Speakers: 8:00-8:15 am Optimizing team composition and training Elizabeth Hunt, MD, MPH, PhD, Johns Hopkins Medicine, USA 8:15-8:30 am Redefining avoidability and QI in cardiac arrest Maya Dewan, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA 8:30-8:45 am Resuscitation in Unusual Places Sergio Timerman, MD, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 8:45-9:00 am The use of video and AI analysis to optimize code team performance Timmy Li, PhD, Northwell Health, USA Daniel Jafari, MD, MPH, Northwell Health, USA 9:00-9:15 am Q&A/Discussion
8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.	From Bench to Bedside Location: E353AB, Concurrent Room, Lakeside Moderators: Rajat Kalra, MD, University of Minnesota, USA Tiffany Ko, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA Speakers: 8:00-8:15 am PHLPPing peptides from bench to bedside Jing Li, MD, University of Illinois, USA 8:15-8:30 am Never give up on cytoprotection Raul Gazmuri, MD, PhD, Rosalind Franklin University, USA 8:30-8:45 am Mitochondrial protection Todd Kilbaugh, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA 8:45-9:00 am Optimizing preload by auto-transfusion Adam Gottula, MD, University of Minnesota, USA 9:00 to 9:15 am Q&A / Discussion
9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.	Break
9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.	Abstract Oral Session – Basic/Translational Location: E353AB, Concurrent Room, Lakeside Moderators: Felipe Teran, MD, MSCE, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA TBD Speakers: 9:30-9:45 am Cerebral-Systemic Metabolic Uncoupling After Cardiac Arrest: A Time-Resolved, BBB-Corrected Paired Serum-CSF Study Changshin Kang, MD, PhD, Chungnam National University, South Korea 9:45-10:00 am Sodium Lactate Improves Post-Cardiac Arrest Outcomes by Normalizing TCA Flux and Suppressing Neuroinflammation Chenghao Wu, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA & Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China 10:00-10:15 am The Effectiveness of Velocity Time Integral Measured by a Novel Hands-Free, Noninvasive, and Continuous Carotid Doppler Ultrasound in the Porcine Models of Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Cardiac Arrest Jiefeng Xu, MD, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China 10:15-10:30 am Evaluating Monogenic Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk During STEMI in a Population Cohort Raflan Hassan, MBBS, Geisinger Health System, USA 10:30-10:45 am High-Density Diffuse Optical Tomography Toward Peri-Arrest Cerebral Monitoring in Piglets Mengyang Zhao, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.	Abstract Oral Session – From Bench to Bedside Location: E353AB, Concurrent Room, Lakeside Moderators: Felipe Teran, MD, MSCE, Weill Cornell Medical College, USA TBD Speakers: 9:30-9:45 am Time Dependent and Complementary Prognostic Value of Serial MRI and CT After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Junho Lee, MD, Chungnam National University, South Korea 9:45-10:00 am Airway Opening Index Impact on the Association Between End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide and Survival During Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Jill Sorcher, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA 10:00-10:15 am Racial and Ethnic Differences in Time to Shock Delivery in Adult Patients with Initially Shockable In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Masashi Okubo, MD, University of Pittsburgh, USA 10:15-10:30 am The Super-Responder Phenotype: Who Recovers Neurologically After Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Despite Prolonged Resuscitation? Despoina Koukousaki, MD, University of Minnesota, USA 10:30-10:45 am Intra-Arrest Mechanical Phenotyping with Resuscitative Transesophageal Echocardiography Identifies Prognostically Distinct Subgroups: A Multicenter rTEECoRe Network Analysis Clark Owyang, MD, New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell, USA
10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.	Plenary Session: Resuscitation in a Noisy World Location: E354, Plenary Room, Lakeside Moderators/Panelists: Laurie Morrison, MD, University of Toronto, Canada Robert Berg, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA Ashish Panchal, MD, PhD The Ohio State University, USA TBD Speakers: 11:00-11:15 am The changing dynamics of research in the federal government Joshua Fessel, MD, PhD, PCORI, USA 11:15-11:30 am Responding to funding termination and promoting disparity research Marina del Rios, MD, MS, University of Chicago, USA 11:30-11:45 am Taking a stand when science is misrepresented Nita Mohanty, MD, MS, AAP, American Academy of Pediatrics, USA 11:45-12:00 pm Relationship between government and resuscitation sciences in Europe Andrew Lockey, MD, European Resuscitation Council, United Kingdom
12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.	Funding Opportunities Location: E354, Plenary Room, Lakeside Jessica Biddinger, National Senior Director, Research & Grants Administration American Heart Association
12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.	Women in Resuscitation Location: E353AB, Concurrent Room, Lakeside Chairs: Carolina Maciel, MD, MSCR, University of Florida, USA Melissa Vogelsong, MD, Stanford University, USA June Gordon, MD, Stanford University, USA Table Leaders: Audrey Blewer, PhD, MPH, Duke University Janet Bray, PhD, Monash University, Australia Marina del Rios, MD, University of Chicago Andrea Elliott, MD, University of Minnesota Karen Hirsch, MD, Stanford University Cindy Hsu, MD, PhD, University of Michigan Monica Kleinman, MD, Boston Children's Hospital Laurie Morrison, MD, MSc, University of Toronto Michelle Nassal, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University Sarah Perman, MD, MSCE, FAHA, Yale University Tia Raymond, MD, Medical City Children's Hospital Lorrel Toft, MD, University of Nevada, Reno Alexis Topjian, MD, MSCE, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.	Year in Review Location: E354, Plenary Room, Lakeside Moderator: Bernd W. Böttiger, MD, University of Cologne, Germany Speakers: 1:30-2:00 pm Adult Benjamin Abella, MD, MPhil, Mount Sinai Health System, USA 2:00-2:30 pm Pediatric Anne-Marie Guerguerian, MD, SickKids, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.	Break
2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.	Trials on Trial: The Neutrality Debate Location: E354, Plenary Room, Lakeside Moderators: Florian Schmitzberger, MD, University of Michigan, USA TBD Speakers: 2:45-3:00 pm Pragmatic clinical trials in cardiac arrest Sheldon Cheskes, MD, University of Toronto, Canada 3:00-3:15 pm Factorial design and Bayesian analysis Markus Skrifvars, MD, PhD, University of Helsinki, Finland 3:15-3:30 pm Adaptive Trial Designs Robert Silbergleit, MD, University of Michigan, USA 3:30-3:45 pm Novel Outcome Measure in Cardiac Arrest: Time to Return of Spontaneous Circulation Catherine Ross, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital, USA 3:45-4:00 pm Q&A/Discussion
4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.	Break
4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.	High‑Performance OHCA Response Location: E354, Plenary Room, Lakeside Moderators: Ameera Haamid, MD, University of Chicago, USA José G Cabañas, MD, MPH, University Hospital Cleveland, USA Speakers: 4:15-4:30 pm Engaging the Community Katie Tataris, MD, MPH, University of Chicago, USA 4:30-4:45 pm The Leading Edge of OHCA Resuscitation Joshua Lupton, MD, MPH, MPhil, Oregon Health Sciences, USA 4:45-5:00 pm Utilizing System Improvement Science to Improve Outcomes Maia Dorsett, MD, PhD, University of Rochester Medical Center, USA 5:00-5:45 pm Debate: Treat on the X vs Early Intra-Arrest Transfer Debators Lenny Weiss, MD, University of Pittsburgh, USA vs. Brian Burns, MD, University of Sydney, Australia

Resuscitation Science Symposium Leadership

Cameron Dezfulian, MD, FAHA

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Program Committee Chair

Ashish Panchal, MD, PhD, FAHA

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio

Program Committee Chair-Elect

Sarah Perman, MD, MSCE, FAHA

Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

Programming Committee Immediate Past Chair

Manesh Patel, MD, FAHA

American Heart Association President, 2026-27

Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Members

Audrey Blewer, PhD, Duke University
Janet Bray, RN, PhD, Monash University
Katie Dainty, PhD, University of Toronto
Bryan Fischberg, BSEE, Rutgers University
Ameera Haamid, MD, University of Chicago Medicine
Daniel Jafari, MD, MPH, Northwell Health
Vicky Joshi, PhD, Glasgow Caledonian University
Rudolph Koster, MD, PhD, Academic Medical Center
Jing Li, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago
Carolina Maciel, MD, MSc, University of Florida
Ryan Morgan, MD, MS, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Laurie J. Morrison, MD, MSc, FRCPC, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto
Maryam Naim, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Theresa Olasveengen, MD, PhD, Oslo University Hospital
Cecelia Ratay, DNP, ARNP, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine
David Seder, MD, Maine Medical Center
Willard Sharp, MD, PhD, University of Chicago
Jacob Stebel, Critical Care Paramedic
Alexis Steinberg, MD, MSc, University of Pittsburgh

Liaisons

David Berg, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sheldon Cheskes, MD, University of Toronto
Jeanette Previdi, MPH, BSN, RN

Early Career Member

Benjamin Leung, PhD, University of Toronto