Bryan McNally MD/MPH
- Department of Emergency Medicine
Professor
- (404) 712-2772
- bmcnall@emory.edu
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Emory University Hospital
Emergency Medicine
49 Jesse Hill Jr Dr
Overview
Bryan F. McNally, MD, MPH is Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Cornell University with an undergraduate degree in Meteorology. He began his formal medical education working as an Emergency Medical Technician and Paramedic in the Harlem and Washington Heights communities for the New York City Emergency Medical Service. He graduated from the Albany Medical College in upstate New York and completed his specialty training in emergency medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York after completing an internship at Boston City Hospital. He subsequently completed a two-year prehospital and disaster/emergency medical services fellowship at Boston Emergency Medical Service. His Masters of Public Health degree is in Health Service Administration from Boston University. He is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. His areas of expertise are emergency medicine and prehospital and disaster medicine. Dr. McNally is the Executive Director of the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES), a CDC founded quality improvement program to increase survival for out-of hospital cardiac arrest in the United States. He serves as a consultant to the Pan Asian Resuscitation Outcomes Study (PAROS) and is a board member of the Asian EMS Council and a Visiting Professor at Duke National University of Singapore.
Academic Appointment
- Associate Medical Director, Air Life Georgia
- Professor, Public Health, Emory University
- Professor, Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
- Executive Director, Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES)
Education
Degrees
- MPH from Boston University School of Public Health
- MD from Albany Medical College
- BS from Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Research
Focus
- My research interests in emergency medicine, EMS and public health involve time sensitive cardiac conditions including sudden cardiac arrest and myocardial infarction. My focus has been in the development of registries both locally, nationally and internationally that allow for benchmarking of care in an effort to improve survival.
Publications
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Resuscitation Practices at Emergency Medical Service Agencies Working in Black and Hispanic Versus White Catchment Areas in the United States.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes Volume: 18 Page(s): e011799
06/01/2025 Authors: Chan PS; Girotra S; Breathett K; Dukes KC; Sperling J; Pacheco CM; Kennedy KF; Sasson C; McNally B; Schacht Reisinger H -
Sociodemographic disparities in incidence and survival for pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States.
Resuscitation Volume: 211 Page(s): 110607
06/01/2025 Authors: Gathers C-AL; Rossano JW; Griffis H; McNally B; Al-Araji R; Berg RA; Chung S; Nadkarni V; Tobin JM; Naim MY -
Sex and Age-Based Disparities in Bystander Interventions for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Texas.
Prehosp Emerg Care Page(s): 1 - 5
05/29/2025 Authors: Huebinger R; Shao F; Blewer AL; Schulz K; Root C; Page-Reeves J; McNally B; Bobrow B -
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival in Black & Hispanic communities since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Resuscitation Volume: 209 Page(s): 110579
04/01/2025 Authors: Hall EJ; Li Q; Chan PS; McNally B; Al-Araji R; de Lemos JA; Uzendu A; Girotra S -
International Consensus on Evidence Gaps and Research Opportunities in Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Report From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop.
J Am Heart Assoc Volume: 14 Page(s): e036108
03/18/2025 Authors: Morrison LJ; Hunt EA; Grunau B; Aufderheide TP; Callaway C; Tonna JE; Sasson C; Blewer A; McNally BF; Yannopoulos D -
COVID-19 and pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using U.S. registry database.
Resusc Plus Volume: 22 Page(s): 100869
03/01/2025 Authors: Schmitt C; Beasley G; Guerrier K; Kramer J; Naim MY; Griffis H; McNally B; Chan PS; Al-Araji R; Rossano J -
The role of hospital performance on race and ethnicity outcome disparities for US non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.
Resuscitation Volume: 208 Page(s): 110496
03/01/2025 Authors: Huebinger R; Rios MD; Abella BS; McNally B; Bakunas C; Witkov R; Gill J; Bobrow B; CARES Surveillance Group -
RAndomized Cluster Evaluation of Cardiac ARrest Systems (RACE-CARS) trial: Study rationale and design.
Am Heart J Volume: 277 Page(s): 125 - 137
11/01/2024 Authors: Krychtiuk KA; Starks MA; Al-Khalidi HR; Mark DB; Monk L; Yow E; Kaltenbach L; Jollis JG; Al-Khatib SM; Bosworth HB -
Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Among Older Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
J Am Heart Assoc Volume: 13 Page(s): e036123
10/01/2024 Authors: Marcus M; Chan PS; Chang A; Merritt RK; McNally B; Link MS; Girotra S -
Race and Sex Differences in the Association of Bystander CPR for Cardiac Arrest.
Circulation Volume: 150 Page(s): 677 - 686
08/27/2024 Authors: Chan PS; Girotra S; Blewer A; Kennedy KF; McNally BF; Benoit JL; Starks MA; CARES Surveillance Group