| James Jude | |
| Birth Date: | 7 June 1928 |
| Birth Place: | Maple Lake, Minnesota, United States |
| Death Place: | Coral Gables, Florida, United States |
| Field: | Thoracic Surgery, Cardiopulmonary bypass, Cardioplegia, Emergency medicine |
| Alma Mater: | Johns Hopkins University |
| Known For: | Development of CPR |
James R. Jude (June 7, 1928 – July 28, 2015) was an American thoracic surgeon who was one of the developers of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). He was the brother of Victor N. Jude, a businessman and politician from Minnesota, and the uncle of Tad Jude, a former district court judge and candidate in the 2022 Minnesota Attorney General election.[1]
While working as a resident at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in the 1950s, Jude made the discovery that manual pressure applied to the exterior of a patient's chest could restore cardiac output in the case of cardiac arrest. He later went on to promote CPR among the medical community.[2] Jude practiced thoracic surgery in Miami.[3] For his contributions to the development of CPR, he received the Hektoen Gold Medal from the American Medical Association with William B. Kouwenhoven and Guy Knickerbocker.[4]