Adam Gottula, MD
Assistant Professor
Administrative Contact
Jamie Huber
Executive Office & Admin. Specialist
[email protected]
Address
B515 Mayo Memorial Building,
420 Delaware Street SE,
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Additional Links
Jamie Huber
Executive Office & Admin. Specialist
[email protected]
B515 Mayo Memorial Building,
420 Delaware Street SE,
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Rixmann K, Gottula AL, Wilcox A, et al. The Minnesota Mobile Resuscitation Consortium ECMO truck: a feasibility study for ECPR in refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2026;223:111089. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2026.111089
Gottula AL, Elliott A, Bartos JA. State-of-the-art update in extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Crit Care Clin. 2026;42(1):39-70. doi:10.1016/j.ccc.2025.08.003
Purington E, Shaw CR, Berglund E, et al. Immediate post-ECPR management strategies in the prehospital and critical care transport medicine environments. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2025;33(1):135. doi:10.1186/s13049-025-01448-6
DeMarco J, Shields B, Hinckley W, et al. Care of the agitated patient who presents a threat to safe transport in critical care transport medicine: a consensus statement. Air Med J. 2025;44(5):360-364. doi:10.1016/j.amj.2025.05.005
Gottula AL, Gillespie L, Lauria M, et al. Global survey of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation transport programs: variability in team composition, training, and capabilities. ASAIO J. 2026;72(7):570-576. doi:10.1097/MAT.0000000000002515
Gottula AL, Van Wyk H, Qi M, et al. Geospatial access to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the United States. Crit Care Med. 2025;53(4):e874-e883. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000006607
Gottula AL, Qi M, Lane BH, et al; CARES Surveillance Group. Prehospital ground and helicopter-based extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) reduce barriers to ECPR: a GIS model. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2025;29(1):53-61. doi:10.1080/10903127.2024.2355652
Gottula AL, Bartos JA, Hsu CH. Heads UP CPR: an over elevated promise. Resuscitation. 2024;204:110418. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2024.110418
Leith T, Correll JA, Davidson EE, et al. Bystander interaction with a novel multipurpose medical drone: a simulation trial. Resusc Plus. 2024;18:100633. doi:10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100633
Davidson EE, Correll JA, Gottula A, et al. Impact of drone-specific dispatch instructions on the safety and efficacy of drone-delivered emergency medical treatments: a randomized simulation pilot study. Resusc Plus. 2024;18:100652. doi:10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100652
Connelly KM, Winslow SE, Smith J, et al. Management of patients with Impella devices or intra-aortic balloon pumps during helicopter air ambulance transport in observational data. Perfusion. 2024;39(4):752-758. doi:10.1177/02676591231158273
Gillespie LE, Lane BH, Shaw CR, et al. The intra-aortic balloon pump: a focused review of physiology, transport logistics, mechanics, and complications. J Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv. 2024;3(5):101337. doi:10.1016/j.jscai.2024.101337
Lane BH, Rea DJ, Gottula AL, et al. Association of geographic distance and hospital characteristics with use of interhospital transfer by air: a multicenter retrospective study. Air Med J. 2024;43(2):111-115. doi:10.1016/j.amj.2023.11.002
Gottula AL, Maciel CB, Nishikimi M, Kalra R, Sunshine J, Morgan RW. Wolf Creek XVII part 9: Wolf Creek Innovator in Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Science Award. Resusc Plus. 2023;17:100519. doi:10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100519
Nakashima T, Hakam Tiba M, McCracken BM, et al. Effect of percutaneous ventricular assisted device on post-cardiac arrest myocardial dysfunction in swine model with prolonged cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2023;193:110010. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.110010
Gottula AL, McCracken BM, Nakashima T, et al. Percutaneous left ventricular assist devices in refractory cardiac arrest: the role of chest compressions. Resusc Plus. 2023;16:100488. doi:10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100488
Gillespie L, Diaz M, Gorder K, et al. The successful rotor wing transport of 2 patients requiring biventricular Impella support: a case series and review. Air Med J. 2023;42(6):499-503. doi:10.1016/j.amj.2023.07.010
Doan J, Perez S, Bassin BS, et al. Impact of emergency department-based intensive care unit on outcomes of decompensating boarding emergency department patients. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2023;4(5):e13036. doi:10.1002/emp2.13036
Standifird C, Kaisler S, Gottula AL, Lauria MJ, Dean JT 3rd. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy syndrome in critical care transport: a case and critical review. Air Med J. 2023;42(5):372-376. doi:10.1016/j.amj.2023.05.010
Tiba MH, Nakashima T, McCracken BM, et al. Haemodynamic impact of aortic balloon occlusion combined with percutaneous left ventricular assist device during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a swine model of cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2023;189:109885. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109885
Gottula AL, Stark BA, Li JL, Hinckley WR, Lane BH. Lateral canthotomy task trainer in an educational small group for flight providers. Air Med J. 2023;42(4):303-306. doi:10.1016/j.amj.2023.03.004
Gottula AL, Devangam S, Koehler JL, Sigakis MJ. Troubleshooting FoCUS image acquisition: patient positioning, transducer manipulation, and image optimization. J Vis Exp. 2023;(193):e64547. doi:10.3791/64547
Roberts NB, Ager E, Leith T, et al. Current summary of the evidence in drone-based emergency medical services care. Resusc Plus. 2023;13:100347. doi:10.1016/j.resplu.2022.100347
Tafoya LA 3rd, McGee JC, Kaisler S, Gottula AL, Lauria MJ, Braude DA. Management of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in critical care transport. Air Med J. 2023;42(2):110-118. doi:10.1016/j.amj.2022.12.006
Gottula AL, Constand S, Cabrera S, Stolz U, Salvator A, Goodman M, McMullan J. Remnant blood quantification: informing the definition of minimal risk in clinical research. Ethics Hum Res. 2023;45(2):35-39. doi:10.1002/eahr.500160
Gottula AL, Shaw CR, Gorder KL, et al. Eligibility of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the United States: a geographic information system model. Resuscitation. 2022;180:111-120. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.09.017
Gottula AL, Neumar RW, Hsu CH. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - who, when, and where? Curr Opin Crit Care. 2022;28(3):276-283. doi:10.1097/MCC.0000000000000944
Lane BH, Gottula AL, Hinckley WR. Statin administration for ST-elevation myocardial infarction during rotor wing transport. Air Med J. 2022;41(3):326-327. doi:10.1016/j.amj.2022.02.004
Lauria MJ, Root CW, Gottula AL, Braude DA. Management of respiratory distress and failure in morbidly and super obese patients during critical care transport. Air Med J. 2022;41(1):133-140. doi:10.1016/j.amj.2021.09.010
Gottula AL, Shaw CR, Milligan J, et al. Impella in transport: physiology, mechanics, complications, and transport considerations. Air Med J. 2022;41(1):114-127. doi:10.1016/j.amj.2021.10.003
Gottula AL, Barreto AD, Adeoye O. Alteplase and adjuvant therapies for acute ischemic stroke. Semin Neurol. 2021;41(1):16-27. doi:10.1055/s-0040-1722720
Gottula AL, Gorder KL, Peck AR, Renne BC. Dexmedetomidine for acute management of intrathecal baclofen withdrawal. J Emerg Med. 2020;58(1):e5-e8. doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2019.09.043
Powell EK, Hinckley WR, Gottula A, Hart KW, Lindsell CJ, McMullan JT. Shorter times to packed red blood cell transfusion are associated with decreased risk of death in traumatically injured patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016;81(3):458-462. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000001078
My research interests focus on transforming the paradigm of how interventions are delivered to patients within the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest system of care, with an emphasis on improving access to extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) and long-term outcomes of cardiac arrest patients. My research has included both preclinical and clinical studies in ECPR, the critical care transport medical environment, and OHCA systems of care. I have dedicated significant effort to develop a geographic information systems (GIS) model that predicts ECPR eligibility and identify disparities in care which can guide the development of future OHCA systems of care. I used this model to demonstrate that nearly 90% of patients who would likely be clinically eligible for ECPR are located too far from ECPR-capable centers to receive this life-saving intervention when being transported by ground EMS. I then showed that a prehospital ECPR Helicopter EMS (HEMS)-based system of care could increase ECPR eligibility by four-fold compared to the current hospital-based OHCA system.
The significance of my work has been recognized by the National Association of EMS Physicians as the best fellow research presentation and by the Wolf Creek Conference as a young innovator award finalist.
American Heart Association
American College of Emergency Physicians
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
Air Medical Physician Association