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Expert in Artificial Cardiac Pacemaker and Heart Failure
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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• R& D of Cardiac Resynchronization Management Devices (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
• Cardiac Resynchronization therapy (CRT) and related pacing paradigms (Cleveland Clinic)
• Providing preoperative, operative, and postoperative physiological monitoring and care of animal test subjects in preclinical device trials (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
• Cardiovascular signal monitoring protocols using PONEMAH physiology platform software (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
•Clinical Research Trial Design & Implementation for cardiovascular devices (Cleveland Clinic & University of Pittsburgh)
•Medical device consulting (Cleveland Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, Intota Expert Witness services & Orbital research LLC)
•Medical Device project management (Cleveland Clinic & University of Pittsburgh)
•Medical device regulatory & quality control issues (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
•Intellectual Property Issues related to medical devices and imaging systems (Cleveland Clinic Foundation Innovation Office)
•FDA/CDRH medical device submissions (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
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Show Only Primary Areas of Expert Consulting
Secondary Expertise
artery, atrial flutter, bioabsorbable material, biocompatibility, biocompatible polymer, bioethics, biomedical application, bradycardia, brugada syndrome, cardiac sinus arrest, cardiovascular disease, catheter, computerized electrocardiology , Current Good Manufacturing Practice, defibrillator, electrocardiography, electronic medical device, electrophysiology catheter, gamma-stable plastic material, heart block, hemostat, hip replacement, hospital equipment safety, in vivo biodegradable polymer, irradiation sterilization, liquid silicone rubber, long QT syndrome, medical coating material, medical device auditing, medical device coating material, medical device endotoxin detection, medical device evaluation, medical device inspection, medical device liability, medical device manufacturing automation, medical device manufacturing troubleshooting, medical device package testing, medical device packaging process, medical device process validation, medical device product improvement, medical device reporting, medical device safety, medical device sterility, medical device testing, medical electronics science, medical filter, medical polymer extrusion, medical polymer selection, medical pressure-sensitive adhesive, medical product packaging process, medical pump, medical seal, medical technology, medical telemetry, medical X-ray equipment, natural cardiac pacemaker, nuclear-powered artificial cardiac pacemaker, orthopedics, pacemaker lead, peritoneovenous shunt, plastic medical device, polymer implantable device, pre-excitation syndrome, premature cardiac complexes, prosthetics, scalpel, silicone polymer, surgery, surgical instrument, tachyarrhythmia, therapeutic device, transvenous lead, ventricular flutter
Basic Expertise
anterior cruciate ligament, antimicrobial medical device, bone mechanics, calcium phosphate, liquid silicone rubber injection molding, medical adhesive tape, medical instrument plasma cleaning, medical lexicon, medical lexicon development, orthosis, positive-displacement pipette, precision liquid dispensing, precision liquid dispensing device, surgical adhesive tape, wheelchair | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: New York, New York;
Yonkers, New York;
Newark, New Jersey;
Jersey City, New Jersey;
Paterson, New Jersey;
Elizabeth, New Jersey;
Bridgeport, Connecticut;
New Haven, Connecticut;
Stamford, Connecticut;
and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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2008
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Doctor of Engineering
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Biomedical Engineering
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Cleveland State University
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2002
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MS
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Bioengineering
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University of Pittsburgh
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1981
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MEng
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Biomedical Engineering
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University of Virginia
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2013 to
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Biomedical Engineering
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Adjunct Professor
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Worked on revising an existing biomedical engineering instrumentation course
•Responsible for the development and delivery of coursework in bioinstrumentation design related courses
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2009 to 2012
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Expert's Firm
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Senior Medical Device Consultant
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•Provided expertise to clients in the following areas: Cardiac Resynchronization Devices including both pacemaker devices and ICD devices from Medtronic, St Jude Medical, and Boston Scientific
•Provided intellectual property advice on cardiac devices to patent attorneys and have provided expertise in the area of FDA device controls.
•Served as an expert witness on cardiac device failure related cases
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2005 to 2008
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Cleveland Clinic
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Biomedical Engineering
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Post Doctoral & Pre-doctoral Fellow in Biomedical Engineering
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Developed/designed all device modifications for pacing system related to implementation of new cardiac pacing paradigm.Responsible for the monitoring and collection of data during implantation of pacing devices during acute and chronic phases of our study involving the utility of a new stimulation paradigm as a sustained therapy for chronic HF with or without AF. Cardiovascular signal monitoring protocols using PONEMAH physiology platform and other software analysis modules. Providing preoperative, operative, and postoperative physiological monitoring and care of animal test subjects in preclinical pacemaker device trials.
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Associations/Societies
The Biomedical Engineering Society, Tau Beta Pi Honorary, IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society
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Professional Appointments
Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Staten Island/City University of New York, Engineering Science & Physics Department
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Awards/Recognition
Received the Cleveland Clinic's Innovation Award (research in novel cardiac pacing paradigms), October, 2008;
Received the Cleveland Clinic's Innovation Award (research in novel cardiac pacing paradigms), November, 2007;
Elected into the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honorary (University of South Florida Chapter), 1996;
Received the US Patent & Trademark's Office Superior Achievement Award, 1983.
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Publications and Patents Summary
3 peer-reviewed publications in cardiac pacing and heart failure and 2 abstracts in coupled cardiac pacing.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- Europace
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- The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
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1982 to 1983
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United States Patent & Trademark Office
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Assistant Patent Examiner
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His duties as an Assistant Patent Examiner had been in the area of biomedical instrumentation, devices, and medical imaging systems including reviewing patent applications in medical imagining and physiological monitoring devices/systems, searching patents and scientific literature databases for prior art in cardiovascular medical devices and systems, and examining patent applications substantively.
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1987 to 1989
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United States Air Force Medical Service Corp
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Clinical Engineer
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His duties as a Clinical engineer for the United State Air Force Service Corp included procurement of medical devices/sytems for the Andrews AFB Medical center and facilities planning for the implementation of new radiographic systems
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| Selected Consulting Examples: |
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Christopher Shakib-Attorney-at-LawTerrell Hogan Ellis Yegelwel, P.A.233 East Bay Street, 8th FloorJacksonville, Florida 32202April, 2012-PresentCardiac Implantable Device Case
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Consultant for for John Laughlin, LLCDecember, 2010-Present
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GLG - Gerson Lehrman GroupHealthcare & Biomedical Council MemberJuly, 2012-Present
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Checkpoint Systems, Inc.Cardiac Devices and Related SystemsOctober, 2011-March, 2012
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Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP IP InfringementNovember, 2011-February 2012
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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•Consultant on a ICD device failure case, i.e., patient was subjected to unnecessary shock delivery
•Consultant on an ICD Device failure case due to lead failures issues
•Consultant Patent Infringement case related to a heart monitoring system
• Consultant on a respiratory systems and biocompatibility issue
• Consultant for a private firm on a the safety of a security system related to patients who wear cardiac pacing and ICD devices
• Consultant on the issues related to the imaging of cardiac pacing devices and leads for a private firm.
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Recent Litigation Client Requests:
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Heart rate monitor expert for consulting in the field of heart rate monitors.
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Pacemaker expert for consulting on Medtronic Adapta DR Pacemaker and CapSure Novus Lead case.
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•Actively involved with consulting with Field Clinical engineers from Medtronic and St. Jude Medical Corporation on all programming changes and modifications to St. Jude and Medtronic Implantable Pacemakers related to his research in coupled pacing paradigms and cardiac resynchronization management therapy devices at the Cleveland Clinic, 2005-2008.
•Collaborated/Consultant with Data Science International (DSI) Imaging Specialists on their PONEMAH physiology platform software analysis modules, 2006-2008.
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Training/Seminars
•Presentation- Rutgers University, Mechanical Engineering Department, 2012, “Launching a Medical Device System”
•Presentation-Cleveland State University, 2008, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Department, “Intellectual property Issues in Medical Device Design”
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Other Skills and Services
Specialties: Cardiac Resynchronization Management Therapy Devices, Artificial Organ Design, Cardiac Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Therapy Devices, Medical Device Project Management, Clinical Studies, Neurological Therapy Devices/Systems, Cardiology, Cardio-vascular Monitoring, Clinical Medical Device Trials, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Heart Failure Studies, Cardiac Echocardiography, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Pulse Oximetry, Biocompatibility Studies, Interpreting Physician Needs to Engineering Requirements, FDA Device Design Controls (510 K and PMA process), Field Clinical Engineering, and Patent Prosecution.
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