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Robert E. Fischell, chairman and president of Fischell Biomedical LLC, will give the second Whiting-Turner lecture of the spring semester on April 29 at 5 p.m. This lecture is part of 2010 Fischell Festival of Bioengineering.
Date: April 29
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: 1110 Kim Engineering Building |
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Abstract
At this time in history, there is a great deal of interest in improving U.S. health care while decreasing medical costs and creating jobs. Medical costs are rising much faster than inflation in part because new medical therapies have become available that can prolong life. These new drugs, devices and medical procedures have a significant associated cost. However, biomedical engineers can create new medical devices that can actually decrease the cost for patient care while improving the care that those patients receive. For example, a new medical device that is in clinical trials has the capability to essentially eliminate congestive heart failure—the single greatest medical expense category in the United States. There are new stents in clinical trials that can significantly decrease the cost of stenting. There is a new medical device that can cure migraine headaches without requiring expensive drugs. These three devices are just a very short list of what biomedical engineers have already created and there are many more to come. Each new medical device creates new jobs, which helps to offset the high unemployment rate that the United States is experiencing.
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April 29, 2010
5 p.m.
1110 Kim Building
Can't Attend?
The lecture will be webcast live.
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