Biomedical Engineering Expert Witnesses in Oklahoma

This expert is a world renowned Biomedical Engineer specializing in prosthetics. He received a BA in mathematics and a BAI in microelectronics and electrical engineering from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, in 1983. After working as a control engineer in England, he moved to the USA and obtained his MS and PhD degrees in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. He has extensive experience working with lower and upper limb prosthetics research. His recent research is focused on the development an artificial hand replacement capable of true dexterous manipulation for use by persons with upper-limb loss. He covers all aspects of the problem ranging from neural control and sensing, mechatronic design and development, novel actuator technologies, and clinical deployment of these systems. He is currently the Director of the Biomechatronics Development Laboratory at a university in CO. He is also a Research Healthcare Scientist for a VA Health Care System, and holds Research Associate Professor appointments in the Departments of Bioengineering and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

This licensed engineer earned his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri and is a certified fire & explosion investigator. He has held a number of electrical engineering and products safety positions throughout his career, specializing in EE, product development, technical management, design verification, advanced troubleshooting, and failure analysis. This expert is currently a Senior Professional Engineer at a private Engineering consultancy.

This highly credentialed biomedical engineer has significant experience in the design and development of cardiothoracic medical devices. He earned his Master's degree from Georgia Tech and the Emory University School of Medicine; After six years of industry experience he returned to academia and obtained the PhD from the University of Aarhus in Denmark. Then at the Aarhus University Hospital he achieved the Doctor Medicinae (DrMed) degree, which denotes medical research expertise above and beyond a PhD. He is an active member of several scholarly societies in the biomedical field and is a regular reviewer of the Annals of Biomedical Engineering, the Journal of Surgical Research, and Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. He currently serves on the biomedical engineering faculty of a major Southern university.

This FDA regulation expert earned her B.S. in Environmental Chemistry from Purchase College and her M.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Colorado Denver. She began her career with the FDA in 1987 as a Chemist in the Denver Districts Laboratory and then became a Compliance Officer in 1992, specializing primarily in medical device and biologics cases. She later managed a group of eight investigators as a Supervisory Consumer Safety Officer and then became a Compliance Officer, tasked with evaluating reports and lab analysis to determine compliance with regulation. The expert finished her FDA career as a Senior Case Review Expert, a role she held from 2008 until the end of 2015. In this position, she was responsible for reviewing and evaluating proposed judicial actions to determine if they were compliant with the requirements of the the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act and other regulations. Currently, the expert runs her own consulting business.

This qualified expert of Hospital Procurement obtained his AA from Enterprise State Community College and his BS from Troy State University. He is a certified Pharmacy Technician, Licensed Practical Nurse, and an Emergency Medical Technician. He is a Member of The Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management and is Currently a Senior Sales Executive for a Healthcare/Medical Device Corporation.

This well-qualified expert earned his MS in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest [Romania], his MBA in International Economic Relations from the Academy of Economic Sciences [Romania], and his PhD in Engineering from North Dakota State University. He is active in his field as a member of several professional organizations, including the American Society for Engineering Education, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Automotive Engineers and the American Management Association. This expert has been granted 10 patents as contribution to innovation in his field. Formerly, he was the Vice President of Engineering for PRISM Enterprises, Inc., an Adjunct Professor of Physics, Engineering and Architecture Department at San Antonio College, and a Senior Design Engineer & Project Manager for Kinetic Concepts, Inc. He is currently an Engineering Coordinator for a top college, the Co-Director for a Science & Mathematics Education Program in a top university, as well as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Engineering for a top university.

This expert has successfully aided many national and international medical device companies with on-site help during FDA audits, FDA-483 responses, Warning Letter Responses, Consent Decree Corrections, ISO audits and readiness, developing and implementing compliant quality systems. She is a former FDA Regional Medical Device Expert and currently provides personalized, FDA regulatory and quality solutions and training to both small and large companies, and entrepreneurs. This expert has been invited to speak nationally, and has authored 6 publications in FDA regulatory and quality matters.

This highly qualified expert has nearly 25 years of experience in electronic engineering. He received his BS in electrical engineering from the University of California Irvine before earning his PhD in electronics engineering and control systems at the University of Colorado. This expert is a licensed professional engineer. He is active in his field as a member of IEEE and currently holds 3 patents. He has formerly served as a principal engineer for ETO/ASTeX and NeoCore, as well as the chief architect for Xpriori and a researcher in the electrical and computer engineering department of Valdez International. Currently, this expert serves as the COO for an engineering consultancy in Colorado.

This highly qualified expert has over 15 years of experience specializing in the electro-mechanical systems in medical devices. Specifically, this expert specializes in oxygen concentrators, oxygen conserving devices, breathe detection, power circuit design, instrumentation, and sensing. He earned his BS in electrical engineering from Northwestern and his MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management and has his six sigma black belt certification. He has held several roles including VP of engineering at Joslyn Hi-Voltage, director of electrical engineering at Baxter Healthcare and director of device risk management at Hospira. This expert also served as the director of global respiratory engineering in the home medical equipment division of Invacare. Currently, this expert owns a consultancy focused on the medical device product development in TX.

This expert has 40 years of experience as a mechanical engineer. His work has focused on heat transfer, cryogenics, high vacuum, structural and thermal analysis, thermodynamics, vibration analysis, safety, electromagnetics, explosives, printed circuit boards (PCBs), and fluid flow. He obtained his BS in mechanical engineering at San Diego State University and earned a graduate certificate in systems engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology. He actively participates in professional development to stay up to date on the latest practices in his field. This expert is a registered professional engineer in New Mexico and is active in his field as a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He has formerly served as a test conductor for Martin Marietta, lead design engineer for Beech Aircraft/Ball Aerospace, and an engineer for Cryogenic Companies, JAYCOR, and UTC/Goodrich. Currently, this expert is an engineer for a missiles manufacturer in New Mexico.

This expert has over 40 years of experience in engineering and construction, with more than 35 years of experience in the field of natural gas and propane incidents, pipeline construction and operation, and water and sewer systems. He is currently the president of a reputable forensic engineering and failure analysis company. His primary areas of expertise include residential, commercial and industrial natural gas and LP gas fires, explosions and carbon monoxide incidents. He has experience with gas processing plants, regulator stations, compressor stations, and other facilities and has conducted numerous investigations and has testified about issues at these types of facilities. He has investigated many carbon monoxide incidents and has conducted major carbon monoxide testing programs throughout the country. He has a great deal of experience and has testified on numerous occasions regarding carbon monoxide issues.

This expert has been working with floating drilling and production vessels for over 40 years. He completed his undergraduate studies in Civil Engineering in Hong Kong prior to earning an M.S. and Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of Houston. He began his career as a Design Engineer and Computer Specialist with The Offshore Company, where for 6 years he performed analyses for the design and operation of floating drilling vessels, including conducting mooring and riser analyses. He then joined Exxon's upstream research affiliate Exxon Production Research Company, where he worked for 22 years. As a Senior Research Specialist in their Offshore Division, this expert conducted research in the areas of mooring and risers and provided technical support to Exxon's offshore operations worldwide, while he also taught internal training courses on mooring and riser systems. Furthermore he has been teaching mooring short courses at the University of Texas and in Singapore. He was the recipient of awards and honors such as the American Petroleum Institute's Citation for Distinguished Meritorious Service, DeepStar's Outstanding Contribution Award, and Who's Who in the South and Southwest. He was the chairman of API Mooring Resources Group for 24 years (1982-2006) responsible for the development of API RP 2SK (mooring design), API RP 2I (mooring inspection), and API RP 2SM (fiber rope mooring). He also played a key role in the development of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) mooring codes, which required a thorough understanding of both American and European mooring codes. Currently, this expert is a Technical Advisor for a private offshore industry consulting group, as well as an independent consultant to the offshore industry. Some of his activities in these roles have included writing mooring standards for Chevron, revising the American Bureau of Shipping Guidance Notes on Application of Fiber Rope for Offshore Mooring, and directing a joint industry project on Arctic mooring systems. He has served as a mooring expert in 7 litigation processes concerning mooring failures.

This highly experienced biomedical engineer has directed comprehensive hospital-based biomedical engineering department at the largest medical center in the country, taught at both medical and technical post-secondary institutions, including the Baylor College of Medicine, West Virginia University, and a prominent Mexican university. He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in electrical engineering from West Virginia University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and certified as a Clinical Engineer. He is member of technical standards writing bodies, and is widely published in his field and his expertise is frequently sought by hospitals, manufacturers, and litigators. He received numerous professional awards including the FDA Commissioner, Special Citation for protecting the public safety.

This expert joined the Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering at a major TX University in June 2013 as an Assistant Professor. Prior to joining that university, he was a Research Scientist at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University. This expert investigates the control mechanisms of human locomotion for the development of high-performance wearable control systems (e.g., robotic prostheses and orthoses) to enable mobility in persons with disabilities. He is a recipient of the NIH Director's New Innovator Award and the Career Award at the Scientific Interface from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. His work has been recognized with the Best Student Paper Award of the American Control Conference and the IEEE Conference on Decision & Control, the Best Technical Paper Award of the 2011 CLAWAR Conference, and the O. Hugo Schuck Award from multiple control conferences and councils, respectively. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE Control Systems Society and the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society.

This expert has experience with toxic environmental contamination, industrial chemical exposures and occupational health. this expert is a physician (The Ohio State University), board certified in Occupational Medicine (American Board of Preventive Medicine), who holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Toxicology (University of Cincinnati, Kettering Laboratory). He has served on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati and the New York University Medical Center and joined the faculty of the University of Texas School of Public Health in 1992 in its Environmental Sciences Discipline and Occupational and Environmental Health and Aerospace Medicine Module. He is Associate Professor of Occupational Health, directs the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program and is a member of the research team for an education and research center. He is a graduate of the Health Educators Fellowship and serves as a member of the Center for Interprofessional Collaboration, Steering Committee. He maintains a clinical practice of occupational medicine and medical toxicology and is a frequent consultant to governments, corporations and the legal community on matters related to industrial chemical exposure, toxicology and environmental justice. His research interests include: environmental and occupational chemical exposures, inhalation injuries, the relationship between metal exposures and cancer, and professional training and learning. As a teacher, he specializes in reducing complex subjects to familiar and recognizable concepts that are accessible to a broadly diverse audience.