BME - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor
- Associate Professor in the Departments
Dr. Tomei is an Associate Professor in the departments of Biomedical Engineering, Immunology and Surgery and the director of the Islet Immunoengineering Laboratory at the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami Millers School of Medicine. She is applying her unique background in bioengineering and immunology to develop novel...
Dr. Dykstra earned his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology in 2011 after earning his BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering at the University of Miami and MIT, respectively. Before joining the faculty at the University of Miami, he was a postdoc at Heidelberg University (Germany) and...
Courtney Dumont received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer in 2014 under the mentorship of Deanna Thompson while studying the effects of endothelial hemodynamics on neural stem cell fate, and her BS at Rensselaer in 2009. Dr. Dumont performed her postdoctoral research under the mentorship of Lonnie Shea at the Univeristy of...
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman and Professor of the University of Miami College of Engineering Department
- Professor and Chair / Department
Dr. Fabrice Manns serves as chair and professor of the University of Miami College of Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Manns holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Ophthalmology where his research laboratory is located. He is the Co-Director of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute's Ophthalmic Biophysics Center....
Dr. Gianluca D'Ippolito has almost 30 years of experience on stem cell research. His work is focused on the isolation, characterization, and application of adult stem cells from bone marrow stroma. He is the co-inventor of the Marrow-Isolated Adult Multilineage Inducible (MIAMI) cells, a developmentally immature and highly homogeneous...
Job Titles:
- Professor of Professional Practic
Job Titles:
- Assoc. Professor & Associate Dean, Graduat
Dr. Ziebarth's research program is dedicated to applying advanced imaging technologies to investigate the structural and mechanical properties of ophthalmic tissues. Specifically, her laboratory uses confocal microscopy (FRAP), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to analyze the lens, cornea, retina,...
Patrick D. Ganzer, Ph.D. is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Miami (jointly appointed at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and the Department of Biomedical Engineering). He received his undergraduate degree in 2008 from King's College (Pennsylvania; Summa Cum Laude). In 2013, he received his Ph.D. from Drexel...
Job Titles:
- Director of Manufacturing at Medtronic
Raymond Diaz is currently the Director of Manufacturing at Medtronic - Mechanical Circulatory Support, manufacturer of the HVAD Ventricular Assist Device. Ray received his B.S.M.E from Boston University in 1984. Ray began his career with the General Electric Aircraft Engines Business Group located in Lynn MA, where he works in various engineering roles on the F404 & T700 engines. Ray relocated to South Florida in 1988 where he started his career in the medical device field. His medical device experience spans multiple companies (Theratek International, Cordis Corp., Scion Cardio-Vascular Inc. and currently Medtronic) in roles ranging from Manufacturing Engineer to V.P. of Engineering. The Medical devices that Ray has worked on during his career include atherectomy, guidewires, intra-vascular radiation therapy, stents, stent delivery systems, distal protection devices and ventricular assist devices. Ray served on the Florida International University Biomedical Engineering Program Advisory Board (2001-2007) and is currently a member of the University of Miami Industrial Advisory Board.
Job Titles:
- Certified Quality Engineer
Roberta D. Goode has been an ASQ-certified Quality Engineer for over 25 years, and a successful entrepreneur. After contributing to patient safety as an engineer with Cordis Corporation, Baxter Healthcare and Beckman Coulter, Ms. Goode founded Goode Consulting International, LLC to provide engineering consulting services exclusively to the life sciences industry. Under her leadership, GCI has hired over 135 graduates of the University of Miami's College of Engineering, has generated over $50 million in compliance services, and serves 17 of the 20 largest medical device manufacturers globally to remediate enforcement actions and improve the reliability of medical devices. Ms. Goode's qualifications extend beyond her graduate degree in biomedical engineering and ASQ certification to include a Certificate in Management and Leadership from MIT Sloan School of Management, four US patents for novel cardiovascular devices, and adjunct faculty appointments at the University of Miami's College of Engineering and The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Suhrud Rajguru, Ph.D., is a Professor at the University of Miami, Research Health Scientist at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and founder and Chief Scientific Officer of RestorEar Devices, LLC. The NeuroTherapeutics group led by Dr. Rajguru carries out research with translational focus on characterization, diagnosis and treatment of hearing...