Erik Kulstad, M.D.

Dr. Kulstad received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland, and an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, where he performed research in computational fluid dynamics developing advanced mathematical models of two-phase flow. Prior to pursuing a career in medicine, he developed desulfurization processes for a biotech startup company in The Woodlands, Texas. Dr. Kulstad graduated from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas, in 2001, and completed residency, including a final year as Chief Resident, in Emergency Medicine at Advocate Christ Medical Center in 2004. Dr. Kulstad has over 70 peer-reviewed manuscripts published, multiple U.S. and international patents issued or pending, and serves as an ad-hoc peer reviewer for the Annals of Emergency Medicine; Critical Care; American Journal of Emergency Medicine; Journal of International Medical Research; BMC Medical Education; Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management; BMC Emergency Medicine; Pediatrics; World Journal of Emergency Medicine; Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock; Military Medicine; and PLoS One.  His current interests in emergency medicine include resuscitation and the development of innovative medical devices.

Featured Publications

Myocardial Infarction Can Be Safely Excluded by High-sensitivity Troponin I Testing 3 Hours After Emergency Department Presentation.

Peacock WF, Christenson R, Diercks DB, Fromm C, Headden GF, Hogan CJ, Kulstad EB, LoVecchio F, Nowak RM, Schrock JW, Singer AJ, Storrow AB, Straseski J, Wu AHB, Zelinski DP, Acad Emerg Med 2020 Mar

Protecting the esophagus from thermal injury during radiofrequency ablation with an esophageal cooling device.

Montoya MM, Mickelsen S, Clark B, Arnold M, Hanks J, Sauter E, Kulstad E, J Atr Fibrillation 2019 Feb-Mar 11 5 2110

Shivering Treatments for Targeted Temperature Management: A Review.

Jain A, Gray M, Slisz S, Haymore J, Badjatia N, Kulstad E J Neurosci Nurs 2017 Dec

Intensive Blood-Pressure Lowering in Patients with Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage.

Qureshi AI, Palesch YY, Barsan WG, Hanley DF, Hsu CY, Martin RL, Moy CS, Silbergleit R, Steiner T, Suarez JI, Toyoda K, Wang Y, Yamamoto H, Yoon BW N. Engl. J. Med. 2016 09 375 11 1033-43

Diagnostic performance of cardiac Troponin I for early rule-in and rule-out of acute myocardial infarction: Results of a prospective multicenter trial.

Storrow AB, Christenson RH, Nowak RM, Diercks DB, Singer AJ, Wu AH, Kulstad E, LoVecchio F, Fromm C, Headden G, Potis T, Hogan CJ, Schrock JW, Zelinski DP, Greenberg MR, Ritchie JC, Chamberlin JS, Bray KR, Rhodes DW, Trainor D, Holmes D, Southwick PC Clin. Biochem. 2015 Mar 48 4-5 254-9

A randomized trial of protocol-based care for early septic shock.

Yealy DM, Kellum JA, Huang DT, Barnato AE, Weissfeld LA, Pike F, Terndrup T, Wang HE, Hou PC, LoVecchio F, Filbin MR, Shapiro NI, Angus DC N. Engl. J. Med. 2014 May 370 18 1683-93

Induction, maintenance, and reversal of therapeutic hypothermia with an esophageal heat transfer device.

Kulstad E, Metzger AK, Courtney DM, Rees J, Shanley P, Matsuura T, McKnite S, Lurie K Resuscitation 2013 Nov 84 11 1619-24

Modeling esophageal protection from radiofrequency ablation via a cooling device: an analysis of the effects of ablation power and heart wall dimensions.

Mercado M, Leung L, Gallagher M, Shah S, Kulstad E, Biomed Eng Online 2020 Oct 19 1 77

Response to "Body temperature correlates with mortality in COVID-19 patients".

Drewry AM, Hotchkiss R, Kulstad E, Crit Care 2020 07 24 1 460

Comparative study of strategies to prevent esophageal and periesophageal injury during atrial fibrillation ablation.

Shah S, Mercado-Montoya M, Zagrodzky J, Kulstad E, J. Cardiovasc. Electrophysiol. 2020 Jun

• European Heart Rhythm Association - Innovation Stage Finalist
  Innovation stage presentation "Multi-lumen silicone tube for esophageal cooling and warming" (2019)
• AAEM Young Educator Award
  (2009)
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
  (2000)
• Annals of Emergency Medicine Top 50 Peer Reviewer Award 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011
  
• Senior Reviewer, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
  

• American Academy of Emergency Medicine (2001-2011)
• American College of Emergency Physicians (2004)
• Chicago Metropolitan Trauma Society (2006-2014)
• European Society of Cardiology (2017)
• Heart Rhythm Society (2018)
• Illinois College of Emergency Physicians - Research Committee (2006-2016)
• Neurocritical Care Society (2016)
• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2004)
• Society of Critical Care Medicine (2015)