William J Meurer, MD, MS
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Professor of Neurology
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William J Meurer, MD, MS
Professor
  • About
  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Research Overview
  • Recent Publications
    • About

    Dr. Will Meurer’s focus is on the treatment of acute neurological emergencies, both as a researcher and clinician. He has been part of the University of Michigan Acute Stroke Team since 2006. In addition, he has experience enrolling patients in acute trials and has served as a local PI for the CLEAR-ER trial (a trial enrolling acute stroke patients in the ED that tested a reperfusion strategy). He is on the executive team of the Strategies to Innovate EmeRgENcy Care Clinical Trials Network (SIREN). He has other active or recently completed NIH funded clinical trials involving acute vertigo in the emergency department, hypertension, and therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest.

    Qualifications
    • MS
      University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, 2009
    • MD
      University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, 2003
    • BA
      Ohio State University, Columbus, 1999
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    • Center Member
      Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center
    Research Overview

    My research interests are directed towards improvement of the acute care delivered for stroke patients in the emergency department. This involves studying systems of care and barriers to delivering high quality effective treatment to this population of patients. I also participate in trials investigating new medications for use in acute ischemic stroke.

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Advances in Enrolling Pregnant Persons Into Acute Care Clinical Trials, A Discussion With the Influence of Cooling Duration on Efficacy in Cardiac Arrest Patients (ICECAP) Trial Principal Investigators.
      Perman SM, Meurer W, Silbergleit R, Jarman AF. Clin Ther, 2024 Dec; 46 (12): 945 - 948. DOI:10.1016/j.clinthera.2024.11.006
      PMID: 39613696
    • Journal Article
      Influence of Cooling duration on Efficacy in Cardiac Arrest Patients (ICECAP): study protocol for a multicenter, randomized, adaptive allocation clinical trial to identify the optimal duration of induced hypothermia for neuroprotection in comatose, adult survivors of after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
      Meurer WJ, Schmitzberger FF, Yeatts S, Ramakrishnan V, Abella B, Aufderheide T, Barsan W, Benoit J, Berry S, Black J, Bozeman N, Broglio K, Brown J, Brown K, Carlozzi N, Caveney A, Cho S-M, Chung-Esaki H, Clevenger R, Conwit R, Cooper R, Crudo V, Daya M, Harney D, Hsu C, Johnson NJ, Khan I, Khosla S, Kline P, Kratz A, Kudenchuk P, Lewis RJ, Madiyal C, Meyer S, Mosier J, Mouammar M, Neth M, O'Neil B, Paxton J, Perez S, Perman S, Sozener C, Speers M, Spiteri A, Stevenson V, Sunthankar K, Tonna J, Youngquist S, Geocadin R, Silbergleit R, ICECAP trial investigators . Trials, 2024 Jul 23; 25 (1): 502 DOI:10.1186/s13063-024-08280-w
      PMID: 39044295
    • Journal Article
      National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Clinical Trials Methodology Course: Summary and Accomplishments 2014-2023.
      Quigg M, Gutmann L, Conwit RA, Coffey CS, Lewis RJ, Miller C, Meurer WJ. Neurol Educ, 2024 Dec; 3 (4): e200174 DOI:10.1212/NE9.0000000000200174
      PMID: 39748896
    • Journal Article
      Stent Omission after Ureteroscopy and Lithotripsy (SOUL) in the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MUSIC): study protocol for a pragmatic prospective combined randomized and observational clinical trial.
      Becker REN, Daignault-Newton S, Shoemaker E, Sitek D, Thelus JM, Clark S, Martin-Schwarze A, Spino C, Carlozzi NE, Meurer WJ, Sales AE, Dauw CA, Ghani KR. Trials, 2024 Dec 4; 25 (1): 811 DOI:10.1186/s13063-024-08587-8
      PMID: 39633425
    • Journal Article
      High-dose intranasal insulin in an adaptive dose-escalation study in healthy human participants.
      Schmitzberger F, Fowler J, Hsu CH, Pai MP, Neumar RW, Meurer WJ, Silbergleit R. Clin Transl Sci, 2024 Nov; 17 (11): e70071 DOI:10.1111/cts.70071
      PMID: 39558506
    • Journal Article
      Variability in temperature control practices amongst the Influence of Cooling duration on Efficacy in Cardiac Arrest Patients (ICECAP) trial.
      Beekman R, Perman SM, Nguyen C, Kline P, Clevenger R, Yeatts S, Ramakrishnan R, Geocadin RG, Silbergleit R, Meurer WJ, Gilmore EJ. Resuscitation, 2024 Oct; 203: 110397 DOI:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2024.110397
      PMID: 39278393
    • Journal Article
      Hypertension Prevalence, Treatment, and Control 90 Days After Acute Stroke Among Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White Adults.
      Springer MV, Levine DA, Han D, Lisabeth LD, Morgenstern LB, Brook RD, Brown DL, Zahuranec DB, Meurer WJ, Case E, Whitney R. J Am Heart Assoc, 2024 Aug 20; 13 (16): e034252 DOI:10.1161/JAHA.124.034252
      PMID: 39158555
    • Journal Article
      Improving Outcomes After Post-Cardiac Arrest Brain Injury: A Scientific Statement From the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation.
      Perkins GD, Neumar R, Hsu CH, Hirsch KG, Aneman A, Becker LB, Couper K, Callaway CW, Hoedemaekers CWE, Lim SL, Meurer W, Olasveengen T, Sekhon MS, Skrifvars M, Soar J, Tsai M-S, Vengamma B, Nolan JP, International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation . Circulation, 2024 Jun 27; DOI:10.1161/CIR.0000000000001219
      PMID: 38934122