James Menegazzi, PhD, is the Nancy L. Caroline Professor of resuscitation research in the University of Pittsburgh Department of Emergency Medicine with a secondary appointment in the Swanson School of Engineering. He serves as co-director of the University of Pittsburgh emergency care research fellowship. The focus of his research is resuscitation from cardiac arrest.
Dr. Menegazzi has done pioneering work analyzing the ECG waveform during ventricular fibrillation, demonstrating that quantitative waveform measures can be used to guide therapy. He has investigated novel approaches to treating prolonged cardiac arrest such as the use of drug cocktails, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) cardiac life support (ECLS). He developed the two-thumb with thoracic squeeze method of infant chest compression that is currently recommended by the American Heart Association. Dr. Menegazzi is presently conducting research on the phenomenon of rearrest in patients who attain return of spontaneous circulation during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. His work is funded primarily by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Dr. Menegazzi is the founding editor-in-chief and current editor emeritus of the journal Prehopsital Emergency Care.
Dr. Menegazzi completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Pittsburgh and master's degree at the University of Massachusetts before returning to Pitt to earn his doctoral degree.
Areas of Interest
Resuscitation, cardiac arrest physiology, treatment of refractory cardiac arrest.
Affiliations
Department of Emergency Medicine
Fellowship in Emergency Care Research
Education & Training
PhD - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
MA - University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
BS - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Research
