Assistant Professor

Research and Clinical interests
- Resuscitation science research with a focus on cardiac arrest treatment and outcome disparities, burden of disease estimation, and healthcare policy

Biography

Dr. Ryan Coute is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His research training includes a Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Fellowship, completed under the guidance of Robert W. Neumar, MD, PhD, at the University of Michigan. His primary interest is in resuscitation science research, focusing on cardiac arrest treatment and outcome disparities, burden of disease estimation, and healthcare policy. Currently, he serves as a member of the American Heart Association (AHA) Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science Subcommittee and the AHA Advanced Life Support Guideline Writing Group, responsible for producing the 2025 national cardiac arrest treatment recommendations.

Dr. Coute has published more than 30 peer-reviewed manuscripts in high-impact journals, with 15 of them as the first or senior author. He has also presented his work at numerous local, national, and international scientific meetings. His research has earned recognition with multiple high-profile awards, including two AHA Young Investigator Awards, an AHA Best Abstract Award for Resuscitation Science, the 2020 Resident Academic Achievement Award from the Council of Residency Directors of Emergency Medicine, and the 2021 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine RAMS Excellence in Research Award, to name a few. Since joining the faculty in July 2021, Dr. Coute has been awarded a total of $1.3 million in research support. He is the recipient of research grants funded by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine and the Emergency Medicine Foundation, two NIH Loan Repayment Program awards, an NIH R21 (co-investigator), and a K23 Career Development Award funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

Certifications

American Board of Emergency Medicine

Education

Medical School
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences

Residency
University of Alabama at Birmingham - Emergency Medicine

Fellowship
University of Michigan - Cardiovascular Research