Background
Safar, Peter was born on April 12, 1924 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1949. Son of Karl and Vinca (Landauer) Safar.
Safar, Peter was born on April 12, 1924 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1949. Son of Karl and Vinca (Landauer) Safar.
Doctor of Medicine, University Vienna, 1948. Doctor Honorary Causa, Gutenberg University, Germany, 1972., University Campinas, Brazil.
Resident in surgery, U. Vienna and Yale University, 1948-1950;
resident in anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1950-1952;
chief anesthesiologist, National Cancer Hospital, Lima, Peru, 1953;
chief anesthesiologist, Baltimore City Hospital, 1955-1961;
anesthesiologist, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1954;
assistant professor anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1955-1961;
professor, department chairman anesthesiology, founder, U. Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1961-1978;
founder, director, U. Pittsburgh, 1978-1994;
distinguished service professor resuscitation medicine, U. Pittsburgh, since 1978. Co-initiator cardiopulmonary-cerebral resuscitation. Researcher in field; member emergency medical services and resuscitation committees National Research Council/NAS, Washington, 1950-1970.
Member Emergency Medical Superior vena cava syndrome Interagy. Committee, Washington,1974-1976.
Member Society Critical Care Medicine (president, co-initiator 1972, 82), American College Emergency Physicians (honorary), National Association Emergency Medical Superior vena cava syndrome Physicians (honorary), Society Academy Emergency Medicine (honorary), German Academy Natural Sciences, Leopoldina (honorary, correspondent), Austrian Academy Sciences (honorary, correspondent), Czechoslovak Medical Society, J.E. Purkinje (Honorary, correspondent), European Resuscitation Council (honorary), Club of Mainz, World Association Disaster and Emergency Medicine.
Married Eva Kyzivat, July 6, 1950. Children: Elizabeth, Philip, Paul.