Terry Vanden Hoek, MD
Professor
Mentor, Vascular Therapeutics
Department of Emergency Medicine
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Dr. Vanden Hoek is the Head of Emergency Medicine and an NIH funded researcher focused on improving survival after cardiac arrest, who has a strong record of training physician scientists. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Vanden Hoek is an expert in the biology of the heart and in preventing and treating cardiac arrest. His current NIH funded research investigates a novel therapeutic, a cell permeable PHLPP inhibitory peptide (TAT-PHLPP9c) and exploring whether rapid and transient PHLPP inhibition with onset of action within minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is highly protective of cardiac arrest survival and neurologic function. He has been funded by several commercial grants that support the development of first-it-kind medications for treating cardiac arrest. Dr. Vanden Hoek is a strong advocate of public health education activities and leads the Illinois Heart Rescue program, which teaches CPR in the community and promotes data-driven process improvement activities by emergency medical systems and hospitals. This work has improved cardiac arrest survival in Illinois more than 3-fold. Dr. Vanden Hoek has also helped develop CPR guidelines for the American Heart Association.