Dr. Gazmuri is Professor (tenure-track) in the Department of Medicine (primary appointment) and in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics (secondary appointment). Dr. Gazmuri is also Director of the Resuscitation Institute at RFUMS where he leads basic and translational research on acute life-threatening conditions including cardiac arrest and various forms of circulatory shock with focus on bioenergetic function and identifying novel therapeutic approaches. At the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC), Dr. Gazmuri is the Section Chief of Critical Care Medicine and ICU Director.

Dr. Gazmuri obtained his Medical Degree and Internal Medicine training from the University of Chile and practiced Critical Care Medicine before travelling to the United States in 1986 for a research fellowship at today’s RFUMS under the mentorship of late Professor Max Harry Weil, MD, PhD (one of the founding fathers of Critical Care Medicine). Dr. Gazmuri devoted three years as a full-time research fellow and five additional years as a Critical Care Fellow, PhD student, and junior faculty under Dr. Weil’s mentorship. In 1994, he earned a PhD degree in Physiology & Biophysics from RFUMS and in 1997 he was inducted Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. Gazmuri has contributed to the field of Resuscitation and Critical Care Medicine with more than 200 publications and has received – as primary and/or senior author – multiple awards at national scientific meetings. He has served as member of the Basic Life Support, Advanced Life Support, Scientific Subcommittee of the Emergency Cardiovascular Care at the American Heart Association (AHA), and as member of the organizing committee of the AHA Resuscitation Science Symposium. He has also served on the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) involved in the development of CPR Guidelines and frequently participates on NIH and VHA Study Section panels.

In 2017, Dr. Gazmuri founded Resuscitation Therapeutics, Inc. with the goal of facilitating clinical translation of new therapies and strategies for life-threatening medical emergencies occurring in pre-hospital and hospital environments.

Publications

Listed below are publications from 2020 onwards. A complete list of original peer-reviewed publications is available at (maintained by the US National Library of Medicine).

Book Chapters

1. Gazmuri RJ, Santonocito C, Aiello SR, Donghee K. Ch 72. Ventricular Arrhythmias. In: Vincent, Moore, Bellomo, Marini (eds). Textbook of Critical Care, 8th Edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier Inc., 2024:Ch.72;pp.588-597.
2. Gazmuri RJ. Cardioversion and Defibrillation. In: Vincent, Moore, Bellomo, Marini (eds). Textbook of Critical Care, 8th Edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier Inc., 2024:Online Ch.E6:1370.e83.
3. Gazmuri RJ. Transvenous and Transcutaneoaus Cardiac Pacing. In: Vincent, Moore, Bellomo, Marini (eds). Textbook of Critical Care, 8th Edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier Inc., 2024.Online Ch.E7:1370.e85.

Peer-Reviewed Original Scientific Articles

1. Radhakrishnan J, Baetiong A, Gazmuri RJ. . Physiol Behav 2020 May 15;219:112828. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.112828. Epub 2020 Feb 13.
2. Apigo M, Schechtman J, Dhliwayo N, Al Tameemi M, Gazmuri RJ. . Crit Care 2020;24(1):477. Published 2020 Jul 31. doi:10.1186/s13054-020-03176-y.
3. Nadeem A, Fanapour P, Apigo M, Kim S, George S, Khan M, Shahid A, Patel C, Carnate R, Gazmuri RJ. . Int J Crit Care Emerg Med 2021, 7:126. DOI: 10.23937/2474-3674/1510126
4. Aiello S, Mendelson JB, Baetiong A, Radhakrishnan J, Gazmuri RJ. . J Am Heart Assoc 2021;10:e023956. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.121.023956
5. Radhakrishnan J, Baetiong A, Gazmuri RJ. . Front Physiol. 2021 Dec 8;12:756659. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.756659. PMID: 34955879; PMCID: PMC8692870.

Review Articles

1. Considine J, Gazmuri RJ, Perkins GD, Kudenchuk PJ, Olasveengen TM, Vaillancourt C, Nishiyama C, Hatanaka T, Mancini ME, Chung SP, Morley P. Chest compression components (rate, depth, chest wall recoil and leaning): a scoping review. Resuscitation 2020 Jan 1;146:188-202. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.08.042. Epub 2019 Sep 16. PMID: 31536776
2. Gazmuri RJ, de Gomez CA. From a pressure-guided to a perfusion-centered resuscitation strategy in septic shock: Critical literature review and illustrative case. J Crit Care 2020;56:294-304, doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.11.008. Epub;%2020 Jan 8.

Letters to the Editor

1. Shahid A, Fanapour P, Gazmuri RJ. Restriction of Intravenous Fluid in ICU Patients with Septic Shock. N Engl J Med 2022 Sep 1;387(9):856. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2210366. (PMID: 36053519).

Editorials/Commentaries

1. Gazmuri RJ, Dhliwayo N. From a toilet plunger to head-up CPR: Bundling systemic and regional venous return augmentation to improve the hemodynamic efficacy of chest compression. Resuscitation 2020 Feb 20. pii: S0300-9572(20)30080-0. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.02.014. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32088256
2. Gazmuri RJ, de Gomez CA. Septic shock patients with adequate tissue perfusion parameters still need the recommended minimal Mean Arterial Pressure: Not really. J Crit Care 2020;56:308-310, doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.01.009.
3. Gazmuri RJ. Rapid Response to: The curious case of the Danish mask study -BMJ 2020;371:m4586 -
4. Gazmuri RJ. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Jun 14:e021798. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.021798. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34121412.
5. Gazmuri RJ, Ayoub I. Ventilation During CPR: A Challenge to Guidelines and a Call for Research on Lingering Scientific Gaps. Resuscitation 2023;109811.

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