Clifton Callaway, MD, PhD, FACEP, FAHA, is a distinguished professor, executive vice chair of emergency medicine, and Ronald D. Stewart Endowed Chair of emergency medicine research at the University of Pittsburgh. His current research focuses on resuscitation medicine with emphasis on brain injury after cardiac arrest and translational research on the topic of resuscitation from sudden death. He has collaborated with pre-hospital care providers and emergency physicians to study acute cardiac interventions, developed a platform to study intensive care interventions, and worked with rehabilitation partners to study neurological and functional outcomes after cardiac arrest. His work in pre-hospital care has led to international guidelines for acute monitoring and regionalization of care.
