AIMBE-Military Collaboration: Bioengineering Challenges of Brain Trauma

AIMBE-Military Collaboration: Bioengineering Challenges of Brain Trauma

Wednesday, February 20, 2008
National Academy of Sciences Lecture Room


Event Summary
Event Transcript




Introduction

Warren Grundfest, M.D., F.A.C.S., Meeting Co-Chair
Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Kenneth C. Curley, M.D., Meeting Co-Chair
Chief Scientist, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), Telemedicine and Advanced Technologies Research Center (TATRC)
Curley Presentation

Program Session I:

Imaging: The Current State of Technology and Challenges

Session Chair:
Jack Tsao, M.D., D.Phil., Associate Professor of Neurology
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Session Presentations & Speakers:
Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Traumatic Brain Injury
Marilyn F. Kraus, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Kraus Presentation

The Use of Portable Field SQUID Devices
Mark S. Cohen, Ph.D., Professor in Residence, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine

Portable CT Use in Evaluating TBI in the Field
Alisa D. Gean, M.D., Professor of Radiology, Neurology and Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
Chief of Neuroradiology, San Francisco General Hospital
Gean Presentation Part 1
Gean Presentation Part 2

Study of Cerebral Functioning with Near Infrared
Andreas H. Hielscher, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University

Hielscher Presentation Part 1
Hielscher Presentation Part 2
Hielscher Presentation Part 3
Hielscher Presentation Part 4


 

Panel Discussion I:

Policy Implications

Panel members include:

  • Seong K. Mun, Ph.D., Georgetown University
  • Ron Kikinis, M.D., Harvard Medical School
  • Larry Clark, Ph.D., National Cancer Institutes
Program Session II:

Monitoring: Military-Current State of Technology and Challenges

Session Chair:
Colonel Geoff Ling, M.D., Ph.D., Program Manager, Defense Advanced Projects Agency

Session Presentations & Speakers:
Challenges and New Devices for Noninvasive ICP Monitoring
R. Daniel Ferguson, Physical Sciences, Inc.

Use of Biomarkers to Assess Cerebral Status
David Hovda, Ph.D., Professor of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles
Hovda Presentation Part 1

Hovda Presentation Part 2

Hovda Presentation Part 3

Hovda Presentation Part 4

Hovda Presentation Part 5

Hovda Presentation Part 6

Real Time (Acoustic) Monitoring of the Brain
Richard Dutton, M.D., MBA, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland Medical System

Panel Discussion II:

Policy Challenges

Panel members include:

  • Ronald Hayes, Ph.D., Banyan Biomarkers
  • David Moore, M.D., Ph.D., University of Washington
  • Pierre Mourad, Ph.D., University of Washington


Program Session II:

Rehabilitation Therapeutics: Military-Current State of Technology and Challenges

Session Chair:
Lieutenant Colonel Paul F. Pasquina, M.D., Chairman of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Session Presentations & Speakers:
The Development of Neuroprosthetics in Rehabilitation
Nitish Thakor, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine CNS as an Approach to Rehabilitation
Smita Savant-Bhonsale, Ph.D., Vice President and General Manager, Theradigm

Use of Robotics for Physical Rehabilitation
Jacob Rosen, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, University of Washington

Use of fMRI to Assess Brain Function During Rehabilitation
Scott Frey, Ph.D., Director of the Lewis Center for Neuroimaging, University of Oregon
Frey Presentation

 

Panel Discussion III:

Policy Challenges

Panel members include:     

Colonel Mary Lopez, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Joel Myklebust, Ph.D., Director, Division of Physics, Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories,
US Food and Drug Administration

 


Conclusion

Warren Grundfest, M.D., F.A.C.S., Meeting Co-Chair
Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Kenneth C. Curley, M.D., Meeting Co-Chair
Chief Scientist, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), Telemedicine and Advanced Technologies Research Center (TATRC)

 

 
 
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