Clifton W. Callaway, MD, PhD

Dr. Callaway is Distinguished Professor, Vice-Chair, and Ronald D. Stewart Endowed Chair in Emergency Medicine Research at the University of Pittsburgh. He completed his MD and PhD in Neuroscience at the University of California, San Diego, followed by residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. He has conducted basic laboratory investigations about cardiac resuscitation and about brain recovery after cardiac arrest. With his partners in Pittsburgh, he developed a multidisciplinary clinical service to advance the care of patients after cardiac arrest, primarily by improving measurement and treatment of brain injury after cardiac arrest. The focus of this program has been that post-arrest patients require a multidisciplinary, multiorgan, and personalized approach. Dr. Callaway helps lead the clinical coordinating center for SIREN, an National Institutes of Health emergency research trial network of over 75 medical centers designated to conduct clinical trials in acute care. Current SIREN clinical trials test treatments for traumatic brain injury, adult and pediatric cardiac arrest. Dr. Callaway is past chair of the AHA Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee (2015-2017), and past co-chair of the ILCOR Advanced Life Support Committee (2012-2016). He has contributed to advanced cardiac life support guidelines since 2008, particularly on post-cadiac arrest care.