Fiscal Year 2005 Awards

Micromirror based 3-D endoscopy
Jonathan Bernstein, PhD, Draper

Therapy enabling device: in situ, real time monitoring of laser ablation
Brett Bouma, PhD, MGH

Hybrid simulation system for stroke therapy team training
Stephane Cotin, PhD, MGH

Bacillus spore identification using FAIMS and bio informatics pattern recognition
Cristina Davis, PhD, Draper

Novel clinical diagnostics using FAIMS and bioinformatics pattern recognition
Cristina Davis, PhD, Draper

Development of a bedside cerebrovascular monitor for identifying premature infants at risk for brain injury
Andre du Plessis, MD, Children’s Hospital

Warming hypothermic patients through the respiratory system during medical evacuation
Massimo Ferrigno, MD, BWH

Improved deep tissue sensitivity for intraoperative near-infrared fluorescence imaging
John Frangioni, MD, BIDMC

Development of light scattering-based in vivo flow cytometry
Irene Georgakoudi, MD, MGH

Use of radiofrequency ID to reduce patient identification errors in the neonatal intensive care unit
James Gray, MD, BIDMC

Endoscopic full-field optical coherence microscopy system for clinical diagnosis
Nicusor Iftimia, MD, MGH

Freehand ultrasound image guided laparoscopic surgery
Karl Krissian, MD, BWH

Tissue engineering of pulmonary valves for congenital heart disease
John E. Mayer, MD, Children’s Hospital

Development of an injectable chondrocyte/matrix in a semi-permeable pouch manipulated using physical stimuli
Shuichi Mizuno, PhD, BWH

Warm irradiation and tocopherol stabilization of a high-pressure crystallized UHMWPE for total knees
Orhun K. Muratoglu, MD, MGH

Enhanced arthroscopic repair of knee injuries
Martha Murray, MD, Children’s Hospital

Multimodal pressure flow (MMPF) analysis: a Doppler-based method to measure cerebral autoregulatory dynamics
Vera Novak, MD, BIDMC

Application of micro-mechanical forces to accelerate wound healing
Dennis Orgill, MD, BWH

DSI-guided TMS: a system to improve focal precision of transcranial brain stim
Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, BID-Saper

Fetoscopic treatment of congenital heart block
Frank A. Pigula, MD, Children’s Hospital

Photochemical tissue bonding – a nanosuture approach to vascular repair
Robert W. Redmond, MD, MGH

Use of a seizure detector to activate the vagus nerve stimulator: feasibility study
Steven Schachter, MD, BIDMC

Initiation of an near-infrared imaging platform in women with ovarian cancer
Michael Seiden, MD, MGH

Biodegradable elastomeric scaffolds for soft tissue engineering
Cathryn Sundback, MD, MGH

Endoscopic transgastric surgery of the lower abdomen and pelvis
Christopher Thompson, MD, BWH

Per-oral endoscopic gastrojejunal anastomosis
Christopher Thompson, MD, BWH

Microvascular hemofiltration: precursor to a MEMS-based renal replacement system
Joseph P. Vacanti, MD, MGH

Chemomechanical profiling of living cell surfaces for diagnostic imaging
Krystyn Van Vliet, PhD, MIT

Dynamic tracking of cardiac depolarization to estimate risk of life-threatening arrhythmias
Richard Verrier, MD, BIDMC

Improved guidance for minimally invasive surgery
Kirby G. Vosburgh, PhD, CIMIT

Application of automation and tissue engineering to construct heart valves
Jennifer White, MD, MGH