Vinay Nadkarni MD, MS is a Professor at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Departments of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He is the founding director for the CHOP Academy for Resuscitation of Children, Center for Pediatric Resuscitation and the CHOP Center for Simulation, Advanced Education and Innovation. Dr. Nadkarni is an active leader of some of the most influential international societies and organizations in the field of cardiac arrest resuscitation science and practice: the American Heart Association, ILCOR (the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation), WFPICCS (the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies), Citizen CPR Foundation, and serves as the President of the Society of Critical Care Medicine  2023. Dr. Nadkarni has authored more than 700 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 35 book chapters related to the practice of critical care and resuscitation science. Over the course of his career, he has mentored more than 140 postdoctoral fellows and physician-scientists, culminating in recognition by the SCCM Asmund S. Laerdal Award, American Academy of Pediatrics Critical Care Lifetime Distinguished Career Award, the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) Giant’s award, the AHA Lifetime Achievement Award for Resuscitation Science, the Citizen CPR Foundation Hans Dahll Award, and the AHA Ron Haddock International Impact Award.