Fiscal Year 2004 Awards

MEMS-based intravascular devices to diagnose cardiovascular disease
Jerome Ackerman, PhD, MGH

Intravascular MRI coil development
Jerome Ackerman, PhD, MGH

Novel MEMS-based biodetection system
Jeffrey Borenstein, PhD, Draper

Therapy enabling device
Brett Bouma, PhD, MGH

BWH OR of the Future
Raphael Bueno, MD, BWH

Incorporating anti-neoplastic agents into surgical resection margins
Yolanda Colson, PhD, BWH

Non-invasive breath anaylsis
Cristina Davis, PhD, Draper

Bacillus spore identification
Cristina Davis, PhD, Draper

Developing ultra high speed OCT
Johannes de Boer, PhD, MGH

Bioadhesive PMMA microdevices for oral drug delivery
Tejal Desai, PhD, BU

Electrostrictive polymer artificial muscle (EPAM) for MRI
Steven Dubowsky, ScD, MIT

Developing MRI compatible devices for MRI and EP guided cardiac ablation
Laurence Epstein, MD, BWH

OR of the Future outcomes project
G. Scott Gazelle, PhD, MGH

Context-based smart physiologic alarm annunciation
Julian Goldman, MD, MGH

Patient centric networking and application to automated seizure detection
John Guttag, PhD, MIT

Patient centric networking robust patient state sensing
John Guttag, PhD, MIT

Macophage-targeted fluorescent detection and PDT of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque
Michael Hamblin, PhD, MGH

Using RFID tracking system to enhance patient safety in OR of the Future
Keith Isaacson, MD, MGH / Newton Wellesley, & Warren Sandberg, PhD, MGH

Mobile lung pump to recover marginal donor lungs
Michael Jaklitsch, MD, BWH

Liquid repair of inguinal hernia
Daniel Jones, MD, BIDMC

Developing an injectable, self-assessing engineered myocardium
Richard Lee, MD, BWH

Tension induced angiogeneis in wound healing
Dennis Orgill, PhD, BWH

ECG-based cardiopulmonary diagnostics
Chung-Kang Peng, PhD, BIDMC

Anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative drug-eluting stent treatment of vulnerable plaque detected by tomography
Campbell Rogers, MD, BWH

Clinical application of patient-centric anesthesia delivery in OR of the Future
Warren Sandberg, PhD, MGH

Portable gait evaluator and biofeedback intervention tool
Donna Scarborough, MS, PT, MGH

Developing laparoscopic based NIRF detection system for molecular characterization of intraperitoneal cancer
Michael Seiden, PhD, MGH

Microcoils for electrode-free tumor ablation and imaging
Daniel Sodickson, PhD, BIDMC

Immune modulation to enhance detection and treatment of vulnerable plaques
Ahmed Tawakol, MD, MGH

Low coherence interferometry system for guidance in lumbar punctures
Guillermo Tearney, PhD, MGH

Polarization sensitive OCT assessment of collagen in atherosclerotic plaques
Guillermo Tearney, PhD, MGH

Microvascular hemofiltration
Joseph Vacanti, MD, MGH

Advanced ultrasound visualization of vasculature for surgical guidelines
Kirby Vosburgh, PhD, CIMIT

Image registration for MRI-guided electrophysiological interventions
Carl-Fredrick Westin, PhD, BWH

Experimental approach to bioengineer mature tooth and jaw segments
Conan Young, PhD, Forsythe Institute

Interactive platform for MRI-guided cardiac ablation procedures
E. Kent Yucel, MD, BWH