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Bakken Symposium
Mayo Auditorium (Minneapolis, MN)
August 27, 2012

5th Annual IEM Symposium: Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine
Mayo Auditorium (Minneapolis, MN)
August 28, 2012
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Latest lab news

Amanda (Martel) Wilson presented her masters Plan B project "Analyses of left ventricular volumes and wall thicknesses of perfusion fixed human hearts using magnetic resonance imaging and echocardiography" on April 16th. Congratulations on earning your masters degree in Biomedical Engineering, Amanda!!

PhD graduate student Julianne Eggum will present two posters at the Heart Rhythm Society 2012 Annual Conference in Boston:

• Eggum JH, Larson A, Fitch E, Iaizzo PA: 3D reconstructions of the human cardiac venous system using contrast computed tomography for anatomical evaluation
• Eggum JH, Venegoni M, Iaizzo PA: Digital 3D reconstructions of the coronary arteries and cardiac veins of perfusion fixed human hearts using contrast-computed tomography

PhD graduate students will present six posters at the Experimental Biology 2012 Annual Conference in San Diego:

• Michael Bateman: Videoscopic images of unique septal and medial papillary muscle complexes recorded from reanimated human hearts (Abstract 7309)
• Christopher Rolfes: High speed imaging of an aortic valve in a full-functional reanimated human heart (Abstract 6611)
• Stephen Howard: 1) Estimating water loss during hibernation in the American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)(Abstract 4935); and 2) Assessments of chamber volumes within perfusion-fixed human hearts: direct measurements versus 3D volume reconstructions (Abstract 4971)
• Julianne Eggum: Novel imaging of the implantation of left-sided pacing leads within reanimated swine hearts (Abstract 140)
• Ryan Goff: Novel visualization of iatrogenic atrial septal defects and ablation lesions in a reanimated human heart (Abstract 5649)

PhD graduate students were awarded two What If? grants from the Institute for Engineering in Medicine starting in April 2012: Julianne Eggum (Mapping of the coronary veins) and Ryan Goff (Prototype development of a biodegradable intracoronary shunt). Congratulations!

Paul Iaizzo was inducted into the AIMBE 2012 College of Fellows for outstanding contributions to research and education in translational systems physiology and cardiovascular engineering at a ceremony in Washington DC on February 20th. Congratulations on this achievement!

Congratulations to Lesa Nord for being named a Fullbright Scholar for the 2012-2013 school year. Lesa will earn a Masters degree in Humanitarianism and Conflict Response at Manchester University (UK). Good luck Lesa!

Robin Brusen (Masters BMEn 2010) has been matched to Columbia University in New York City for his residency in internal medicine. Congrats and good luck!

Paul Iaizzo and Tinen Healy represented the Visible Heart Lab at the University of Minnesota Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Center Lab Day and Open House on February 11, 2012. They hosted a table featuring our research on skeletal muscle.

Paul Iaizzo, course director, completed another successful Advanced Cardiac Physiology and Anatomy course (PHSL 5510), January 9-13, 2012. The course filled up at 108 students this year and feedback was overwhelmingly positive, thanks to all the contributing lecturers, staff members, and graduate/undergraduate assistants.

Congrats to Paul Iaizzo on his recently published article "Therapeutic hypothermia in stroke and traumatic brain injury" in Frontiers in Neurology (co-authors: Alireza Faridar, Eric Bershad, Tenbit Emiru, Jose Suarez, and Afshin Divani)!

Congratulations to Paul Iaizzo, Jules Eggum, and Ryan Goff for securing a $40,000 IEM Seed Grant for research on "Quantification and Modeling of the Human Phrenic Nerve Anatomy." Great job!

Paul Iaizzo is co-investigator on a new IEM Seed Grant Award "An Abnormal Detrusor Muscle Contraction Mapping Approach in Optimizing BTX Injection in Treating OAB" along with Drs. Yingchun Zhang, Nissrine Nakib, Art Erdman, and Gerald Timm.

Paul Iaizzo and Will Durfee participated in the annual Innovations in Cardiovascular Interventions (ICI) meeting December 4-6 in Tel-Aviv, Israel. This meeting focused on innovative technology and therapies, covering all stages of the innovation process from the bench to the patient bedside. Presentations from international and Israeli experts highlighted new therapies and research at various levels of development, along with live case presentations to present the impact of these technologies on current and future therapy. Drs. Iaizzo and Durfee presented during the Academy of Innovation portion of the meeting.

Tinen Healy will join the Visible Heart Lab as an Assistant Scientist in December. Tinen graduated from Bethel University with a BS degree in biology in 2005, and has experience as a study director for preclinical research studies. She joined the University of Minnesota in 2010 as a research subjects compliance specialist, and brings with her a solid knowledge of compliance issues in research. Welcome Tinen!

Handbook of Cardiac Anatomy, Physiology, and Devices, 2nd edition

Cardiac Electrophysiology Methods and Models,
1st edition

An article from the Visible Heart® Lab was featured on the May 2009
cover of The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

An article from the Visible Heart® Lab was featured on the May 2008
cover of The Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

An article from the Visible Heart® Lab was featured on the December 2007
cover of Europace

An article from the Visible Heart® Lab was featured on the October 2006 cover of the Heart Rhythm Journal