EW #765 is able to provide expertise in the areas of Medical device accidents

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EDUCATION MS Mechanical Engineering/Biomedical Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, 1975 Non-degree coursework, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Summer 1974 BS Mechanical Engineering, Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, NY, 1971 Certified in Clinical Engineering (June 1997), certification recognized and listed by the Healthcare Technology Certification Commission (June 2004) Certified "Engineer in Training" for the professional license by the State of New York (January 1972) ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Storrs, CT 7/00 to Present Clinical Engineering Internship Program Director & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Instructor for graduate courses Clinical Engineering Fundamentals, Human Error and Medical Device Accidents, Engineering Problems in Hospitals and Medical Instrumentation in Hospitals. Course work covers hospital safety, incident and accident investigation and medical device failure analysis. Direct graduate student internships in seven central Connecticut area hospitals. Advisor to 10 -14 engineering graduate students. UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Storrs, CT 1996 to 2000 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Guest lecturer in the course Clinical Engineering Fundamentals. Supervise graduate students in a two-year clinical engineering internship at Bridgeport Hospital. TRINITY COLLEGE / RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE-HARTFORD GRADUATE CENTER, Hartford, CT 1990 to 1996 Clinical Instructor / Lecturer, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Masters Degree program in Clinical Engineering Guest lecturer in the course Clinical Engineering Fundamentals. Supervise graduate students in a two-year clinical engineering internship at Bridgeport Hospital. STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO, Buffalo, NY 1977 to1980 Assistant Professor and Clinical Instructor - Department Of Medical Technology Clinical Instructor overseeing clinical internships of Medical Technology seniors. Lecturer - "basic electronics and principles of laboratory instrumentation" for undergraduate and graduate Medical Technology students. EW #765 is able to provide expertise in the areas of Medical device accidents, patient injury or death involving medical devices, medical device use errors and medical device product liability. The services he can offer include biomedical equipment incident or accident investigation, forensic engineering analysis of patient injury or death involving medical devices, technical litigation support and medical device testing.

Expertise
* Biomedical equipment incident or accident investigation
* Forensic engineering analysis of patient injury or death involving medical devices
* Technical litigation support in medical device product liability cases

Types of Medical Devices
* Diagnostic, Therapeutic, Monitoring, Support
* Electronic, Electrical, Pneumatic, Mechanical
* Equipment, Devices, Components, Systems, Accessories, Implants, Disposables
* Anesthesia, Cardiac, Diagnostic imaging, Dialysis, Neurodiagnostic, Infusion therapy, Laboratory instrumentation, Laser, Physical therapy, Sterilization, Surgical, Ventilation
* Medical gas distribution systems, Electrical power distribution systems, Operating room ventilation systems, EtO sterilization exhaust systems

Scope of Medical Equipment Experience
* Design evaluation, Function, User interface, Performance, Safety, Expected life, Interference from other devices
* Application, Pre-use set-up, Preparation and processing,

Biomechanics Electrosurgical Burn Implantable Morphine Pump Defibrillator Failure Infusion Pump Overdose Implantable Defibrillator Pacemaker Orthopedic Anterior Cervical Spine Implant Orthopedic Tibial Nail Implant Orthopedic Femur Fracture Fixation Implant Icu Arrhythmia Analysis System Malfunction Surgical Stapler Radial Keratotomy Blades Hyperthermia Unit Patient Warming System Vascular Radiographic Angiographic Imaging Suite Non Invasive Blood Pressure Monitor

biomechanics, cervical spine implant, defibrillator failure, electrosurgical burn, hyperthermia unit patient warming system, icu arrhythmia analysis system malfunction, implantable defibrillator pacemaker, implantable morphine pump, infusion pump overdose, non-invasive blood pressure monitor, orthopedic anterior, orthopedic femur fracture fixation implant, orthopedic tibial nail implant, radial keratotomy blades, surgical stapler, vascular radiographic angiographic imaging suite