	People
	"Sensing and Actuating Life"

Adjunct Faculty

Members Who Advise Biomedical Engineering Students

	Cheng, Boyle Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery Drexel University - AGH Campus Ph.D., 1999, University of Wisconsin (advising undergraduate and graduate students)
Email:	boylecheng	@yahoo.com
Telephone:	412 359 4020	FAX:	412 359 6615
Address:	Allegheny General Hospital Department of Neurosurgery, Suite 302 420 East North Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Research Areas:	Spine biomechanics and neurosciences; comparative test methodologies; ASTM international test standards; clinical robotics; specimen specific dynamic models

	Corcoran, Timothy Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Ph.D., 2000, Carnegie Mellon University http://www.dept-med.pitt.edu/paccm/faculty/corcoran.html (advising undergraduate and graduate students)
Email:	corcorante	@upmc.edu
Telephone:	412 647 3130	FAX:	412 692 2260
Address:	NW628 UPMC MUH 3459 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Research Areas:	Aerosol drug delivery and aerosol-based nuclear medicine imaging of the lung; therapeutics development for cystic fibrosis and lung transplantation; pulmonary physiology and bioengineering

	Doyle, Mark Professor of Medicine Drexel University - AGH Campus Ph.D., 1983, University of Nottingham, England (advising undergraduate and graduate students)
Email:	mdoyle	@wpahs.org
Telephone:	412 359 4243	FAX:	412 359 8964
Address:	Allegheny General Hospital Cardiac MRI 320 East North Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Research Areas:	Cardiovascular MRI; rapid imaging approaches; quantitative velocity imaging; improved decision modeling using image data

	Galeotti, John Senior Project Scientist, Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D., 2007, Carnegie Mellon University (advising undergraduate and graduate students)
Email:	jgaleotti	@cmu.edu
Telephone:	412 268 8944
Address:	Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Research Areas:	Novel optics for imaging and visualization; biomedical image analysis and visualization; combining robotic multi-camera computer vision with volumetric/tomographic biomedical imaging modalities; Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) [Top]

	Kelly, Shawn Senior Systems Scientist, Institute for Complex Engineered Systems Carnegie Mellon University Research Biomedical Engineer, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System US Department of Veterans Affairs Ph.D., 2003, Massachusetts Institute of Technology http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/skkelly/ (advising undergraduate and graduate students)
Email:	skkelly	@andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone:	412 268 1841	Fax:	412 268 5229
Address:	1205 Hamburg Hall 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA, 15213
Research Areas:	Retinal prostheses for the blind; neural prostheses; neural stimulation circuitry; wireless power and data telemetry for medical devices; hermetic packaging for medical devices [Top]

	Massoudi, Mehrdad Senior Research Engineer National Energy Technology Laboratory US Department of Energy Ph.D., 1986, University of Pittsburgh http://www.bme.cmu.edu/people/massoudi.html (advising graduate students)
Email:	mehrdadm	@andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone:	412 386 4975
Address:	NETL P.O. Box 10940 Pittsburgh, PA, 15236
Research Areas:	Biomechanics; rheology of blood and mechanics of the heart muscle; non-linear constitutive modeling of biological tissues; mechanics of complex fluids [Top]

	Miller, Mark Carl Associate Research Professor Drexel University - AGH Campus Ph.D., 1990, University of Michigan (advising undergraduate and graduate students)
Email:	mcmiller	@wpahs.org
Telephone:	412 359 5282	Fax:	412 359 8682
Address:	Allegheny General Hospital Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory 10 Floor, South Tower 320 East North Avenue Pittsburgh, PA, 15212
Research Areas:	Soft tissue and joint mechanics [Top]

	Moalli, Pamela Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine M.D./Ph.D., 1994, Northwestern University (advising undergraduate and graduate students)
Email:	pmoalli	@mail.magee.edu
Telephone:	412 641 6052	Fax:	412 641 5290
Address:	Magee-Womens Hospital Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences 300 Halket Street Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Research Areas:	Mechanism of pelvic floor failure in women with pelvic organ prolapse; effect of sex steroid hormones on connective tissue remodeling in the pelvic floor; testing and development of graft materials used in pelvic organ prolapse surgeries [Top]

	Ozolek, John A. Assistant Professor of Pathology Division of Pediatric Pathology Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh M.D., 1989, University of Pittsburgh (advising undergraduate and graduate students)
Email:	ozolekja	@upmc.edu
Telephone:	412 692 5641	FAX:	412 692 6550
Address:	Department of Pathology Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Drive 4401 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Research Areas:	Image analysis; digital pathology; pediatric pathology; otorhinolaryngologic pathology; neonatal diseases; stem cells; teratomas [Top]

	Pacella, John Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine M.D., 1998, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (advising undergraduate and graduate students)
Email:	pacellajj	@upmc.edu
Telephone:	412 647 5840	FAX:	412 647 4227
Address:	University of Pittsburgh A350-PUH 200 Lothrop Street Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Research Areas:	Microcirculation; hemodynamics; physiology and RBC distribution; coronary physiology; vascular biology and vulnerable plaque; medical devices pertaining to cardiac assist and interventional cardiology; fluid mechanics [Top]

	Passineau, Michael Assistant Professor of Medicine Drexel University - AGH Campus Ph.D., 2001, University of Miami (advising undergraduate and graduate students)
Email:	mpassine	@wpahs.org
Telephone:	412 359 6557	FAX:	412 359 4698
Address:	Allegheny General Hospital 8th Floor, South Tower 320 East North Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Research Areas:	Viral and physical methods of gene delivery; ultrasound and micro-tomography; salivary gland engineering; lysosomal storage disease; cardiovascular disease; proteomics [Top]

	Trumble, Dennis Senior Biomedical Engineer and Instructor of Surgery Drexel University - AGH Campus Ph.D., 2010, Carnegie Mellon University (advising undergraduate and graduate students)
Email:	dtrumble	@andrew.cmu.edu
Telephone:	412 359 3660	FAX:	412 359 5071
Address:	Allegheny General Hospital Cardiovascular Institute 8th Floor, South Tower, Room 803 320 East North Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Research Areas:	Computational cardiac mechanics; cardiac assist devices; muscle-powered implants; medical device design and optimization; pediatric artificial hearts; micro-CT imaging [Top]

Additional Adjunct Faculty Members

Benza, Raymond L., M.D.
Director, Center for Research and Innovation, The Gerald McGinnis Cardiovascular Institute, Allegheny General Hospital

Biederman, Robert W., M.D.
Attending Physician, The Gerald McGinnis Cardiovascular Institute, Allegheny General Hospital

Burgess, James, M.D.
Director, Neurosurgical Clinical Trial Office, Department of Neurosurgery, Allegheny General Hospital

Davidson, Lance A., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh

Edington, Howard, M.D., M.B.A.
Chief of Surgical Oncology, System Chairman, Department of Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital

Farrokhi, Shawn., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, University of Pittsburgh

Friedman, Mark B., Ph.D.
President, AugmenTech, Inc.

Futrell, J. William, M.D.
Professor of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Gruskin, Elliott A., Ph.D.
President, Biomaterials Division, Synthes, USA

Jones, Stephen C., Ph.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology, Allegheny General Hospital

Lotze, Michael T., M.D.
Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh

McGregor, Walter, M.D.
Allegheny General Hospital; Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Western Pennsylvania Hospital

Murali, Srinivas, M.D.
Director, Division of Cardiology, Allegheny General Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine

Quigley, Matthew R., M.D.
Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Allegheny General Hospital

Rosenbloom, Alan J., M.D.
Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Thakkar, Shyam J., M.D.
Director of Developmental Endoscopy, Allegheny General Hospital

Vorp, David, Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh

Wholey, Mark H., M.D.
Director, Center for Vascular and Neurovascular Interventions, Allegheny General Hospital

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(Updated 05/18/2013)

People

"Sensing and Actuating Life"

Adjunct Faculty

Members Who Advise Biomedical Engineering Students

Additional Adjunct Faculty Members