Biomedical Engineering Faculty

Primary appointment to the University of Miami Department of Biomedical Engineering

Ozcan Ozdamar, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Auditory and neural engineering, biomedical signal processing.

Fotios Andreopoulos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Biomaterials, artificial heart, circulatory devices.

Jorge Bohorquez, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Microcomputer based medical instrumentation, neural signal processing.

Herman S. Cheung, Ph.D.
Knight Professor
Tissue engineering.

Edward A. Dauer, M.S.B.E., M.D. Research Associate Professor Diagnostic radiology, medical sciences, electron microscopy.

Weiyong Gu, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor
Soft tissue biomechanics

Cherie Stabler, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor
tissue engineering, biomaterials, and noninvasive monitoring of implants.

Baruch B. Lieber, Ph.D.
Professor
Hemodynamics and intravascular devices

Fabrice Manns, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Medical applications of lasers, ophthalmic optics.

Peter P. Tarjan, Ph.D.
Professor
Instrumentation, implantable and assistive devices.

Dejan Tepavac, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Rehabilitation engineering, microcomputer-based medical instrumentation.

Weizhao Zhao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biomedical image processing, brain imaging.

Primary appointment to a University of Miami Department, Secondary Appointment to the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Shihab S. Asfour, Ph.D. 
Professor of Industrial Engineering
Ergonomics and rehabilitation.

Jeffrey Augenstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery
Medical informatics, trauma.

Horst Baier, M.D.   
 Professor of Medicine
Respiratory physiology.

Norman Block, M.D. 
Professor of Urology
Artificial bladder, urologic oncology.

Barry Hurwitz, Ph.D. 
Professor of Psychology Physiological psychology.

Norma S. Kenyon, Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery Immunology, Cell transplants.

Tarek M. Khalil, Ph.D. 
Professor of Industrial Engineering. Ergonomics, technology management.

Robert Knighton, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Retinal physics.

Loren Latta, Ph.D.
Professor of Orthopaedics. Orthopedic instrumentation and devices.

Philip M. McCabe, Ph.D. 
 Professor of Psychology. Neuroscience.

Jean-Marie Parel, Ph.D. 
Research Professor of Ophthalmology
Ophthalmic instrumentation, implants, drug-delivery.

Kenneth G. Proctor, Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery
Scientific Director of Research Blood substitutes, fluid resusitation, traumatic brain injury, reperfusion, adenosine.

Camillo Ricordi, M.D.
Stacy Joy Goodman Professor of Surgery
Islet cell transplantation.

Neil Schneiderman, Ph.D. 
Professor of Psychology
Psycho-physiological systems.

Fred F Telischi, M.D.
Professor of Otolaryngology
Cochlear implants, neurotological monitoring.

 
Adam Wanner, M.D. 
Professor of Medicine
Pulmonary function mechanics.

 
Brant Watson, Ph.D. 
Professor of Neurology Biophysics, photochemistry, photobiology.

 
Xiodong Wu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Precision radiation therapy.

 Primary appointment to another University or Industry Adjunct or Part-Time Teaching Appointment to the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Dario de Azevedo, Ph.D. (University of Miami); Adjunct Professor. Image processing, instrumentation for vision.

Redmund P. Burke, M.D.  (Harvard Medical School); Adjunct Professor. Minimally invasive techniques in pediatrics, cardiothoracic surgery.

Rafael E. Delgado, Ph.D. (University of Miami); Adjunct Assistant Professor. Hearing instrumentation and software engineering.

Roberta Goode, M.S. (University of Miami); Part-time Lecturer. Medical device regulation and manufacturing.

Harry Herscovici, Ph.D. (University of Bucharest, Romania); Adjunct Professor. Electronics, instrumentation design.

Jean-Marc Legeais, M.D. (University of Paris, France); Adjunct Instructor. Ophthalmology.

Leonard Pinchuk, Ph.D. (University of Miami); Adjunct Professor. Biomaterials and devices.

Thorne Shipley, Ph.D.  (Johns Hopkins University); Adjunct Professor. Psychophysiology of vision.

Per G Söderberg, M.D., Ph.D.  (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden); Adjunct Professor. Ophthalmic research.

Alvin J. Salkind Ph.D. (Polytechnic Institute of  New York); Visiting Professor. Implantable Devices.

Administration

Staff Associate:  Yesenia Capi

Senior Staff Assistant:  Shelly Dominguez

Senior Staff Associate:  Roberta Turner