Nicholas G. Bircher

Nicholas G. Bircher. MD, FCCM is a Professor in the Nurse Anesthesia Program and Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anesthesiology, both at the University of Pittsburgh. He completed a degree in Chemistry and Physics at Harvard University in 1977 and his MD degree at the University of Pittsburgh in 1981.

Dr. Bircher began his research career in 1979 at the International Resuscitation Research Center, later renamed after its founder Dr. Peter Safar. He has over 300 scientific publications including 54 original peer-reviewed articles, 2 books, and 73 book chapters and review articles. He has lectured national and internationally on a wide variety of topics in Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Resuscitation. Current research interests include determinants of outcome in resuscitation from in-hospital cardiac arrest (Anesthesiology, March, 2019), safe and effective use of insulin infusions (Co-Chair, American College of Critical Care Medicine Task Force on Glycemic Control, 2005-present); and the application of Systems Thinking to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (Member since 2010 of the Special Task Force on Reshaping the System of Survival for Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Fellow of the Institute of Systems Wisdom since 2014).