

Terry Vanden Hoek, MD, FACEP
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department Chair of Emergency Medicine
Chief of Service, Emergency Medicine
Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Professor Pharmacology & Regenerative Medicine
Contact
808 S. Wood St., MC 724
Chicago, IL 60612
Publications
Education
MD, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, 1991
SS, Calvin College, 1983
Residency
Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 1995
Board Certifications
American Board of Emergency Medicine
Currently Funded Research
Illinois Consortium for Precision Medicine
2017 – 2022
Novel Therapies for CPR
Funded by the National Institutes of Health and GMS, 2017 – 2022
CTSA Renewal UIC
Funded by Regulatory Advisor for CTSA Projects, 2016 – 2021
CHAMPIONS High School Empowerment Academy
Funded by the Pritzker-Traubert Foundation and the Baxter International Foundation, 2016 – 2019
TAT – Peptides for Metabolic Goal Directed Therapy During CPR
Funded by Proof of Concept Innovation Award – UIC Chancellor’s Office, 2016 – 2018
Heart Rescue India
Funded by the Research Triangle Institute and the Medtronic Philanthropy, 2015 – 2020
The Illinois Heart Rescue Project
Funded by the Medtronic Foundation, 2012 – 2017
Previously Funded Research
Empowering Patient-Integrated Coordination of Care (EPiC Care) for Familiar Faces
Funded by Innovative Health Care Strategy Award (IHSA) – University of Illinois, 2013 – 2016
Development of TAT Fusion Proteins for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Funded by the Chicago Biomedical Consortium and Searle Foundation, 2012 – 2013
Herb-Induced Oxidant Preconditioning in Cardiomyocytes
Funded by National Institutes of Health – National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, 2009 – 2012
Mechanisms of Hypothermic Protection from Ischemia/Reperfusion Cardiac Injury
Funded by National Institutes of Health – NHLBI, 2007 – 2011
In-Hospital CPR: Improving Quality and Survival
Funded by Philips Medical, Inc., 2005 – 2009
Oxidants and Caspases: Initiation of Reperfusion Injury
Funded by National Institutes of Health – NHLBI, 2005 – 2009
Proteomic Development of Molecular Vital Signs: Mapping a Mitochondrial Injury Severity Score to Triage and Guide Resuscitation of Hemorrhagic Shock
Funded by Department of Defense Office of Naval Research MURI Award, 2004 – 2010
Attenuation of Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity with Herbal Antioxidant
Funded by Grant Number: 2 P30 CA14599-28 (Project #2) – University of Chicago Cancer Center, 2003 – 2004
Optimizing Heart and Brain Cooling During Cardiac Arrest
Funded by National Institutes of Health – NHLBI, Bioengineering Research Partnership, 2002 – 2007
Preconditioning Against a Source of Reperfusion Oxidants
Funded by National Institutes of Health – NHLBI, 2002 – 2007
Apoptosis and Oxidants After Murine Cardiac Arrest
Funded by National Institutes of Health – NHLBI, 2002 – 2006
Cooling During CPR to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: a Translational Study of Saline Slurry for Rapid Pulmonary Heat Transfer
Funded by the Emergency Medicine Foundation, 2002 – 2004
Herbs Protect Against Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity
Funded by National Institutes of Health – National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, 2002 – 2004
Optimizing Heart and Brain Cooling During Cardiac Arrest
Funded by Laerdal Medical Ltd. Corporate Grant, 2001 – 2002
Cardiac Oxidants and Apoptosis: Lessons of Preconditioning
Funded by National Institutes of Health – NHLBI, 2000 – 2004
Oxidants in Myocardial Preconditioning
Funded by National Institutes of Health – NHLBI, 1997 – 2002
The Role of Cardiac TTMTroponin T Rapid Assay in the Evaluation of Patients With Acute Ischemic Coronary Syndromes Presenting to the Emergency Department: A Multicenter Study
Funded by Boehringer Mannheim Corporation, 1995 – 1997
Protease Inhibition in a Cardiac Culture Model of Ischemia/Reperfusion: Correlation of Cytoskeletal Preservation with Cellular Resuscitation
Funded by Emergency Medicine Foundation Resident Research Grant, 1994 – 1995
Academic Interests
Health Disparities
Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Preventive Emergency Medicine