Biography：
Robert Neumar, MD, PhD, is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Molecular and Integrative Physiology at
the University of Michigan, and a member of the Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and
Innovation. He has over 35 years research experience in the field of cardiac arrest resuscitation. His basic
science research has focused on molecular mechanisms of post-cardiac arrest brain injury and therapeutic
strategies to improve neurologic outcomes after cardiac arrest. His research also includes large animal and
clinical studies of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory cardiac arrest. He currently
Co-Chairs the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR).