Time Line

1. Bedside shock cart. Physiology Laboratory on Shock. As resident at the University of Minnesota 1955

2. Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory: as fellow at Mayo Clinic 1952-57

3. Pulmonary Function Laboratory: as fellow at Mayo Clinic 1956-57

4. Post operative open heart surgery: Chief of Cardiology, City of Hope 1957-58

5. Shock Ward with monitors, Los Angeles County USC Medical Center, emphasis on septic shock 1958-61

6. Computer monitoring introduced including "cardiac output, heart pressures, pulse, ECG 1961

7. Began both clinical and research fellowship 1961

8. Derived new measurements including lactate, toe temperature, blood volumes 1961-62

9. Expanding from 2 beds to 42 beds at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital and directing the USC Center for the Critically Ill 1968

10. Expanding clinical fellowship training to 6 trainees, each for 2 years and additional research fellows, including PhD students. MHW appointed as Professor of Clinical Biomedical Engineering in addition to Professor of Clinical Medicine

11. Lifetime professorial partner, Dr. Herbert Shubin dies suddenly of cardiac arrest. MHW dedicates the team to more CPR research 1975

12. Awarded first of a series of 20 patents for Critical Care instrumentation and techniques in close collaboration with Professor Joe Bisera and the late engineer Howard Carrington 1977

13. Basic research on bacteria to rattlesnake venoms as causes of shock and death 1973

14. Basic studies on heart failure and lung failure after heart attacks and predicting outcomes 1973

15. Shock caused by allergies, large blood loss, and by heart attacks 1974

16. Computer aided decision making at the bedside 1976

17. CPR in the hospital 1977

18. Vascular interface for automation of hemodynamic monitoring 1979

19. The STAT Laboratory for immediate measurements on blood of life threatening cardiopulmonary disease and effects of treatment 1981

20. Revising priorities in the selection of drugs for CPR 1983

21. Critical Care Medicine crosses all acute specialties 1984
               Internal Medicine
               Surgery
               Anesthesia
               Pediatrics
               Obstetrics and Gynecology
               Neurology

22. End tidal CO₂ as a guide to successful CPR 1985

23. Advances in understanding septic shock 1986

24. Respiratory (lung failure) 1987

25. Training and certification of Critical Care Specialists in the United States 1988

26. Guide to Ethical Decision Making for the Critically Ill: The 3 R's and Q.C. (Rational, Respectful, and Redeeming) with daughter, Carol Weil, J.D. (ethicist) 1988

27. Chest compression compresses the heart during CPR 1989

28. Long term survival of patients with AIDS after Intensive Care 1991

29. Preparing for consolidation of Chicago to Los Angeles Institute sites to Palm Springs 1992   Completion of move 1994

30. The capnometer for measuring tissue CO₂ under the tongue is a valuable indicator of the severity of shock states 1996

31. The Wolf Creek Conferences of World Experts on Resuscitation were awarded to the Institute and the 4th to the 9th Conferences were held under the auspices of Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine on alternate years since 1996. The 9th Wolf Creek of one hundred world experts was held in Indian Wells in June 2007

32. Introduction of AEDs to the Desert Communities: Beginning Community-wide CPR AED programs 1996

33. Biphasic electrical defibrillation for improving the effectiveness of AEDs 1997

34. New devices for chest compression in 2000

35. How to respond to families when further critical care is futile (with daughter, Carol Weil, J.D.) 2000

36. Invention of Resuscitation Blanket 2000

37. Advanced version of AEDs to include prompting of rescuer to detect cardiac arrest and to distinguish primary breathing or heart attack causes 2001

38. Treatment of the heart after resuscitation from cardiac arrest 2002

39. Development of the Automated Chest Compressor 2003

40. The completion and move to our new International Headquarters on Bob Hope Drive, thanks to the effort of the late Ray Kaiser and support of the Berger Foundation  2005

41. Stem cell research to improve brain and heart function after cardiac arrest began with the support of Mr. Jerry and Mrs. Marilyn Blue  2005

42. Dr. Weil retires from President and Dr. Wanchun Tang is elected as his successor  2007

43. Joint development of a new technology of cooling the brain such as to minimize brain injury after cardiac arrest  2007