Willard William Sharp MD PhD, FAAEM, FACEP
President of Illinois College of Emergency Physicians
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5841 S Maryland AveChicago, IL 60637
Phone+1 888-824-0200
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Education & Training
University of MichiganResidency, Emergency Medicine, 2003 - 2007
University of South CarolinaMD, Medicine, 1998 - 2003
University of South Carolina School of MedicineClass of 2003
University of Illinois College of MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 1995 - 1998- University of South CarolinaPhD, Biomedical Science, 1989 - 1994
Certifications & Licensure
IL State Medical License 2007 - 2026
MI State Medical License 2007 - 2026
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Department of Medicine Research Day Best Abstract Translational Science University of Chicago, 2016
- SAEM Young Investigator Award Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2014
- Best Resuscitation Abstract American Heat Association Scientific Sessions, 2013
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- ARNT-dependent HIF-2α signaling protects cardiac microvascular barrier integrity and heart function post-myocardial infarction.Karim Ullah, Lizhuo Ai, Yan Li, Lifeng Liu, Qin Zhang
Communications Biology. 2025-03-15 - Rediscovery of acute lung injury in cardiac arrest: Breathing fresh air into a neglected component of the post-cardiac arrest syndrome.Willard W Sharp, Lin Piao
Resuscitation. 2025-02-01 - Assessment of an organizational effort to increase emergency medicine faculty on National Institutes of Health study sections.Christian D Pulcini, David J Barton, Michael Cassara, Joshua J Davis, Stephanie C DeMasi
Academic Emergency Medicine. 2024-12-01
Grant Support
- Resuscitating the Brain and Heart Following Cardiac Arrest: Targeting Oxygen ToxicityUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO2024–2028
- Resuscitating the Brain and Heart Following Cardiac Arrest: Targeting Oxygen ToxicityUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO2024–2028
- Resuscitating the heart and brain following cardiac arrest: Targeting mitochondrial mediated oxygen toxicityNHLBI2024–2028
- Investigating the mechanistic consequences of fentanyl-induced hypoxia and cardiorespiratory collapseUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO2024–2027
- Pharmacological induced torpor/hypothermia as a novel therapy for improving post cardiac arrest resuscitation outcomesNational Institutes of Health2016–2021
- Hypothermia in Cardiac Arrest: Akt Preservation of Mitochondrial IntegrityNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH2011–2016
Committees
- Member, SAEM Faculty Development Committee 2015 - Present
- Member, SAEM Research Committee 2015 - Present
- Member, University of Chicago CPR Committee 2013 - Present
- Vice Chair, American College of Emergency Physicians Research Committee 2024 - 2024
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Fellow
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- American Society for Cell BiologyMember
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- American Physiological SocietyMember
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