Upcoming events
3rd Annual Bakken Surgical Device Symposium
Focus: Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
December 7-8, 2009
2nd Annual Institute for Engineering in Medicine Symposium
December 10, 2009
Design
of Medical Devices Conference
April 13-15, 2010
Latest lab news
Jason Quill accepted a Senior Scientist position with the CardioVascular Research group at Medtronic. Way to go, Jason!
Marc Steckler presented his Masters Plan B Project (Muscle force assessment system: adductor pollicis measurement device) on May 15th, earning his Masters degree in Biomedical Engineering. Congrats, Marc!
Jason Quill defended his PhD thesis (Applications of the Visible Heart for Cardiac Valve Repair and Replacement Devices) to committee members, family, and friends on May 7th. Congratulations Dr. Quill!
Congratulations to Eric Richardson who successfully defended his PhD thesis (Intrapericardial delivery of anti-arrhythmic agents) on May 5th. Way to go, Eric!
Eric Richardson accepted the position of Senior R&D Engineer at Medtronic Cardiovascular in Santa Ana, CA, where he will be working on the development of transcatheter heart valves. Congratulations Eric!
Chris Rolfes was awarded a one year graduate research assistant appointment on the NRSA-NIAMS Training Program in Muscle Research grant starting May 1, 2009. Congrats Chris!
Eric Richardson won an award for his presentation "A Novel Combination Therapy for Post-Operative Atrial Fibrillation" in the Three-in-Five Competition at the Design of Medical Devices Conference (Minneapolis, MN, April 14-16, 2009). This competition required all participants to summarize their research on only three slides and present in 5 minutes or less. As one of three award winners, he will expand his one-page abstract to a two-page Technical Brief which will be published in the Journal of Medical Devices. Well deserved, Eric!
The manuscript "Not every bulb is a rose: a functional comparison of bulb suction devices" was accepted for publication in the Journal of Surgical Research. Congrats to co-authors Bryan Whitson, Donavon Hess, Eric Richardson, and Paul Iaizzo!
A Visible Heart Laboratory image will be featured on the cover of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in May 2009. Congrats to Jason Quill, Alex Hill (PhD, 2003), Tim Laske (PhD, 2004), Ottavio Alfieri, and Paul Iaizzo, co-authors of "Mitral valve anatomy revisited"!
Paul Iaizzo and Tim Laske (PhD, 2004) were featured in Scientific American's "10
Lessons Medicine Can Learn from Bears." Check out the
article at: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=bear-hibernation-science.
The 2nd Annual Bakken Surgical Device Symposium "Cardiac
Valves: Past, Present, and Future" was held at the Mayo
Auditorium on December 8th and 9th, 2008. Sessions focused
on mechanical and tissue heart valves, as well as device development,
techniques, and technology. Thanks to Dick Bianco and Steff
Yorek for planning an incredible event!
Nick Skadsberg (PhD, 2004), Paul
Iaizzo, and Jason Quill attended
the AHA conference in New Orleans (November 9-12, 2008). While
there, they manned a hands-on booth featuring swine and human
hearts, as well as the Atlas of Human Cardiac Anatomy.
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Handbook
of Cardiac Anatomy, Physiology, and Devices, 2nd 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
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