Vinay M. Nadkarni MD, MS, FCCM

Vinay Nadkarni is a Professor and Endowed Chair at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Departments of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He founded and directs the CHOP Center for Simulation, Advanced Education and Innovation. He served as chair of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR, 2007-2016) and was chairman of the AHA Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee (2006-2010).

Dr. Nadkarni has authored more than 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 35 book chapters related to the practice of CPR, critical care and resuscitation science. He has conducted several collaborative multi-center NIH research grants, and was the founding Pediatric member of the American Heart Association’s National Registry of CPR (Get with the Guidelines-Resuscitation) in over 350 hospitals nationwide, the AHRQ funded National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) across 30 hospitals in the USA, and served on the board of directors of the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies.