Dr. Keith Lurie is a cardiac electrophysiologist and resuscitation scientist. Over the past 35 years he has developed novel ways to resuscitate patients experiencing sudden cardiac arrest.  As a leading innovator in the field, he has helped to develop new devices and methods that optimize CPR and improve the likelihood of survival following cardiac arrest. He is also a respected thought leader in developing and implementing an internationally-recognized systems-based approach to managing and treating cardiac arrest. Some of his most contributions include the development and assessment of various resuscitative techniques such as the impedance threshold device (ITD), active compression-decompression (ACD) CPR, use of active intra-thoracic pressure regulation to modulate cerebral and systemic circulation in states of severe hypotension and head injury, the development of devices to elevate the head and thorax during CPR and the development of a coronary sinus catheter and left ventricular pacing system for heart failure. He has mentored scores of research and clinical fellows and he actively collaborates with multiple scientific colleagues worldwide. A professor of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Lurie also directs a NIH-funded research laboratory at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and is a co-founder and Chief Medical Officer for AdvancedCPR Solutions. His >300 scientific publications have been cited over 10,000 times in the medical literature. He previously founded and then sold Advanced Circulatory Systems Incorporated to ZOLL Medical in 2015. 

Kurt had a focused career in EMS and Emergency Management from 1979 until 2019 when he retired as Operations Chief and Emergency Manger for Hennepin EMS in Minneapolis, MN. He also worked in Law Enforcement, particularly in tactical and special response operations. During that time he authored several response plans for local, state, and federal level response partners. This included ICS response plans for EMS, Responder Rehab operations, hostile event response tactical operations, and crisis standard of care plans for pandemic influenza. Some of the incidents for which he directed EMS operations include Super Bowl 52, MLB All Star game in 2017, RNC in 2009, and the 35W Bridge collapse in 2007 among others. Outside of public safety he was a faculty professor at Bethel University teaching in the college of adult professional studies and organizational leadership, retiring in 2024. Currently he works closely with researchers, and Fire/EMS agencies focused on techniques and tools to improve sudden cardiac arrest resuscitation and outcomes.