VIJAY K. GOEL, PH. D.

 

Endowed Chair & McMaster-Gardner Professor of Orthopaedic Bioengineering

 

Co-Director,  Engineering Center for Orthopaedic Research Excellence (E-CORE)

 

Departments of Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery

Colleges of Engineering and Medicine

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH 43606

 

Other Society Activities

Member, Executive Committee and Program Committee WENMISS (World Society for Endoscopic, Navigated & Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery)
June 21 and 22
2008
Spine Arthroplasty Reviewer

Member Review Panel

Miami, FL

2008
Visiting Professor

Spine Institute

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, OH

2007
Spine Arthroplasty Reviewer

Program Chair

Basic Science Section

Berlin, Germany

2007
Spine Arthroplasty Reviewer

Basic Sciences

SAS 5
Society Vienna, Austria

2005
Member, Consulting Bio-engineer

Board of Directors

Board of Disc Motion Technologies

2005
Member

Van C. Mow Medal Committee

2004-07
Member

HR Lissner Award Committee

2003-06
Member, Executive Board

American Society of Biomechanics

2003-04
Meeting Chair

American Society of Biomechanics

Annual Meeting

2003
Faculty

2nd Annual DePuy AcroMed Emerging Technologies Meeting

Washington, DC.

2003
Seminar Speaker

The Spine Program - "Functional Biomechanics of Spine"

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor

2003
Member, Fellow, Nomination Sub-Committee

AIMBE

2003
Past-Chair

American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Bioengineering Divison

2002-03
Member

Executive Board, American Society of Biomechanics

2002-03

External Reviewer, Graduate Program

Mechanical Engineering

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

2002
Chair

American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Bioengineering Division

2001-02
Chair, Overall Development

Bioinformatics Symposium for Drug

Department of Bioengineering

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

Nov. 16 - 17

Total Attendees ~ 250, helped raise about $20,000 for the conference)

2001
Secretary

American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Bioengineering Division

2000-01
Member

Technical Program Committee

World Congress 2000

Chicago, Ill

2000
Chair

Track 15: Orthopedic Biomechanics and Ergonomics

World Congress 2000

Chicago, Ill

2000
Member

International Scientific Committee

6th Meeting on Ceramics, Cells and Tissues

Drug Delivery Systems

Faenza, Italy

Mar. 9 - 11

2000
Secretary-Elect

American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Bioengineering Division

1999-00
Chair

Technical Program, ASME-BED Summer Conference

1999
Member

Executive Committee, ISSLS

(also Representative for the Central United States)

1998-01
Chair

ASEE Biomedical Engineering Division

1998-99
Chair-Elect & Program Chair

ASEE Biomedical Engineering Division

1997-98
Member, Faculty

Continuing Medical Education Activity

The North Spine Society's Update

New York, NY

Oct. 22

1997
Member

International Advisory Committee

9th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering

Singapore

1997
Member

Technical Program Committee,

IEEE-EMBS Conference

Chicago, ILL

Oct. 29 - Nov. 2

1997
Organizer

Mini Symposia on Spinal Implants

IEEE-EMBS Conference

Chicago, ILL

Oct. 29 - Nov. 2

1997
Member

Cervical Spine Research Society,

Research Awards Committee

1996-02
Member, Executive Board          

American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Bioengineering Division

(Member-in-Charge External Affairs)

1996-99
Chair, Nominating Committee

Council of Chairs of Bio and Biomedical Engineering Programs

1996-97
Chair

Council of Chairs of Bio and Biomedical Engineering Programs

1995-96
Member

American Institute. for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)

Academic Council Special Committee

1995-
Vice Chair (Chair Elect)

Council of Chairs of Bio and Biomedical Engineering Programs

1994-95
Fellow

American Institute. for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)

1994
Member

Subcommittee on Adult Spine Evaluation

1993-00
Secretary

Council of Directors of Bio and Biomedical Engineering Programs

1993-94
Member and Chair of Industrial Liaison Committee

Council of Directors of Bio and Biomedical Engineering Programs

1991-
Member

ASTM Task Force on Spinal Implants

(Co-Chairman, Spinal Connectors, Plates and Rods Section)

1989-