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BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

 
 

 

Associated Faculty

 

Jay Alberts, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engieering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

James M. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor. Pathology and Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals
Biocompatibility of implants; human vascular grafts.

Ravi V. Bellamkonda, Ph.D. >>
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech/Emory University
Adjunct Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University
Biomaterials, neural and vascular cell and tissue engineering, nerve regeneration, vascular grafts, and controlled drug delivery.

Richard C. Burgess, M.D., Ph.D.
Full Staff Physician, Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Electrophysiological monitoring; EEG processing.

Marco E. Cabrera, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Physiological Systems Analysis; modeling and control of energy metabolism in skeletal and cardiac muscle during exercise, hypoxia, and/or ischemia.

Arnold Caplan, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University

Peter Cavanagh, Ph.D.
Staff and Chairman, Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Foot complications of diabetes, bone biomechanics.

Ronald Cechner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Microscopic 3-D imaging of tissue.

John Chae, M.D.
Associate Professor, Neural Rehabilitation, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Application of neuroprostheses in hemiplegia.

Yuanna Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Staff, Department of Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Cardiac imaging, mechanisms of arrhythmias, implantable defibrillators, cardiac remodeling, antiarrhythmic therapy.

Hillel Chiel, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Biology and Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Neurobiology: Biomechanical and neural basis of feeding behavior in the marine mollusk Aplysia californica; neuromechanical system modeling; analysis of neural network dynamics.

Guy Chisolm, Ph.D.
Vice Chairman, Lerner Research Institute and Staff, Department of Cell Biology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Cell and molecular mechanisms in vascular disease and vascular biology; role of lipoprotein oxidation in atherosclerosis; lipoprotein transport into, accumulation in and injury to arterial tissue.

Jianmin Cui, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Washington University of St. Louis, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Janis Daly
Adjunct Associate Professor, VA Medical Center

Margot Damaser
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Brian Davis, Ph.D. >>
Associate Staff, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Human locomotion, diabetic foot pathology, space flight- induced osteoporosis and biomedical instrumentation.

David Dean, Ph.D. >>
Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery, University Hospitals and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

3-D medical imaging and morphometrics; skull, brain, soft tissue face.

Louis F. Dell'Osso, Ph.D. >>
Professor, Neurology, VA Medical Center and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Neurophysiological control, ocular motor control & oscillations.

Cheri Deng, Ph.D. >>
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan

Ultrasound for flow quantification, treatment planning, tumor detection; ultrasound contrast agent development; high intensity focused ultrasound.

Kathleen Derwin, Ph.D. >>
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Case Western Reserve University

Tendon mechanobiology and tissue engineering.

Isabelle Deschenes, Ph.D. >>
Assistant Professor, Cardiology, Metrohealth Medical Center and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Molecular imaging, ion channel structure and function, genetic regulation of ion channels, cellular and molecular mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias.

Pedro J. Diaz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Radiology, MetroHealth Medical Center and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Computer graphics and magnetic resonance imaging.

Claire M. Doerschuk, M.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, and Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Regulation of the inflammatory response in the lungs, particularly the recruitment of white blood cells, during pneumonia, sepsis, and the acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Jeffrey L. Duerk, Ph.D.
Professor, Radiology, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Magnetic resonance imaging, flow visualization, interventional MRI.

Igor Efimov , Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University of St. Louis
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Agata A. Exner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Image-guided drug delivery, functional CT and MRI, polymers for interventional radiology applications, cellular and animal models of cancer.

Baowei Fei, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University
Quantitative image analysis, multimodality image registration, fusion visualization, image-guided minimally invasive therapy, prostate cancer, photodynamic therapy.

Elizabeth Fisher, Ph.D.
Assistant Staff, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Case Western Reserve University
Quantitative image analysis for monitoring multiple sclerosis.

Jinming Gao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Targeted drug delivery and cancer therapy.

Linda M. Graham, M.D.
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Vascular Surgery and Biomedical Engineering.

Warren M. Grill , Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Mark A. Griswold, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Magnetic resonance imaging: parallel imaging, hardware design, rapid acquisitions.

Elizabeth Hardin
Adjunct Assistant Professor, VA Medical Center Rehabilitation Research and Development

Christopher Hernandez
Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Vincent Hetherington, D.P.M.
Assistant Professor, Ohio college of Podiatric Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Biomaterials and biomechanics of foot prostheses.

David Huang, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Dohenyi Eye Institute, University of Southern California
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djunct Assistant Professor, Departmenet of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Optical coherence tomography of the eye, modeling of corneal healing response, optical aberrations of the eye and visual functions, laser vision correction.

Jill S. Kawalec-Carroll, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ohio College of Podiatry Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Biomaterials, small joint replacement, orthopaedic fixation devices.

Michael W. Keith, M.D.
Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, MetroHealth Medical Center (School of Medicine), and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Restoration of motor function in hands.

Kevin Kilgore, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Engineering, MetroHealth Medical Center

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Functional electrical stimulation, restoration of hand function in quadriplegics, hand biomechanics.

Kandice Kottke-Marchant, M.D., Ph.D.
Staff, Dept. of Clinical Pathology, Section Head of Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Interaction of blood and materials, endothelial cell function on biomaterials.

William J. Landis, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Pathology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Mineralization of vertebrates, effect of mechanical force on mineralization, calcium transport in mineralization, tissue engineering.

Kenneth R. Laurita, Ph.D. >>
Assistant Professor, Heart & Vascular Research Center, MetroHealth Medical Center

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Cellular mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias using fluorescent imaging techniques, instrumentation and software design for real-time cardiac mapping.

Zhenghong Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Departments of Radiology, University Hospitals and Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Quantitative PET and SPECT imaging, multimodal image registration, 3D visualization, molecular imaging and small animal imaging systems.

R. John Leigh, M.D. >>
Professor, Department of Neurology, VA Medical Center and University Hospitals and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Normal and abnormal motor control, eye movements.

Cameron McIntyre, Ph.D. >>
Assistant Staff, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Theoretical modeling of the interaction between electric fields and the nervous system; deep brain stimulation.

George Muschler, M.D.
Staff, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Musculoskeletal oncology, adult reconstructive orthopaedic surgery, fracture non-union, research in bone healing and bone grafting materials.

Raymond F. Muzic, Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, University Hospitals and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Physiologic modeling and experiment design for position emission tomography.

Sherif G. Nour, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, University Hospitals and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Development of new interventional MRI techniques and percutaneous thermal ablation therapies for cancer treatment, sleep apnea, and other biomedical applications.

Mark "Marty" Pagel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry, Arizona Cancer Center and Arizona Research Labs
University of Arizona
Development of new MRI contrast agents to detect the presence of functional or molecular markers of disease, non-invasively assess disease states, assess tumor angiogenesis and anti-angiogenic therapies, and assess cartilage degeneration.

Marc Penn, M.D.
Assistant Staff, Department of Cardiology & Cell Biology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Myocardial ischemia, vascular biology, cardiac critical care.

Clare Rimnac, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director, Musculoskeletal Mechanics and Materials Laboratories, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Orthopaedics, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Musculoskeletal biomaterials and biomechanics.

David S. Rosenbaum, M.D. >>
Associate Professor, Heart & Vascular Research Center, MetroHealth Medical Center, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

High-resolution cardiac optical mapping, arrhythmia mechanism, ECG signal processing.

Mark S. Rzeszotarski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, MetroHealth Medical Center, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Computer applications in radiology: magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, nuclear medicine, and ultrasound.

James Thomas, M.D.
Staff, Director of Cardiovascular Imaging, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Cardiac imaging, image processing, echocardiography, MRI, and cardiac CT imaging; cardiac mechanics and valvular dysfunction; structural and fluid dynamics modeling of the cardiovascular system; cardiac alterations and telemedicine in manned space flight.

Jean A. Tkach, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Functional MR imaging.

Ronald L. Triolo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, VA Medical Center and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Rehabilitation engineering, neural control of motion, lower- extremity neuroprostheses, orthopaedic biomechanics and prosthetic/orthotic design.

Antonie J. van den Bogert, Ph.D. >>
Assistant Staff, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Biomechanics of human movement.

Geoff Vince, Ph.D. >>
Assistant Staff, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Image and signal processing of intravascular ultrasound images, coronary plaque rupture, cellular aspects of atherosclerosis.

Albert L. Waldo, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine, University Hospitals, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

Cardiac electrophysiology, cardiac excitation mapping, mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias and conduction.

Barry W. Wessels, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals and
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Radiolabeled antibody therapy (Dosimetry and clinical trials), image-guided radiotherapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, image fusion of CT, MR, SPECT and PET for adaptive radiation therapy treatment planning.

Guang Hui Yue, Ph.D.
Assistant Staff, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Neural control of movement.

Maciej Zborowski, Ph.D. >>
Assistant Staff, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
High-speed magnetic cell sorting.

Assem G. Ziady, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Self assembling non-viral gene therapy vectors; Proteomics in cystic fibrosis; Redox mediated inflammatory signaling in the lung.

Nicholas P. Ziats, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University Hospitals and
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Vascular grafts, cell-material interactions, extra cellular matrix, tissue engineering, blood compatibility.

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