Jonathan Elmer, MD, MS

I am an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. I am a multi-R01 funded physician investigator whose research aims to create better approaches to prediction of post-arrest outcomes and treatment responsiveness. I am the principal investigator of an R01 ancillary study to the ICECAP trial.

Dr. Elmer is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He graduated from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2008 and completed residency in emergency medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital combined training program. He completed critical care and neurocritical care training at University of Pittsburgh before joining the faculty. His research is focused on improving delivery of acute post-arrest care to improve patient outcomes. Specific domains of his work include elucidating the effect of neurocritical care and systems of care on patient outcomes; advancing the science of neurological prognostication and post-arrest risk stratification; and developing robust methods for analysis of continuous, correlated physiological and electroencephalographic data. His leads multiple federal grants to support these efforts. Clinically, he attends in the neurovascular and neurotrauma intensive care units and on the Post-Cardiac Arrest Service at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital and directs the Organ Donor Support Team. He has mentored numerous trainees ranging from undergraduates to early career faculty.