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

Conferences (Session Chair, Organizer of the Sessions, Invited Speaker, etc.)

Basic Science Program Member	Spine Arthroplasty Society (SAS8) Miami, Fl May 5 – 9	2008
Leader	Pod cast - Pick the 10 most important biomechanics paper from SPINE (Invited on behalf of the Journal by the Publisher and Synthes Spine, Inc.)	2008
Invited Talks and Course Faculty	Biomechanics of the Intersponous Spacers Appropriate for use with MIS Procedures and Total Disc Replacement Arthroplasty - Lesson Learned from Total Hip Replacement Artroplasty ISSLS Instructional Course Ganga Hopsiptal Coimbatore, India Jan 17-18	2008
Invited Talks	1. Navigated Disc Replacement - A Biomechanical Perspective. 2. Biomechanics of the Intersponous Spacers Appropriate for use with MIS Procedures. 3. Is Posterior Disc Arthroplasty an Answer - Biomechanical Perspective. WENMISS, 2nd Annual Meeting, London, UK Jan 12-14	2008
Invited Talk	Finite Element Analysis of the Facet Joint: The Science of Facet Joint Repair and Total Posterior Arthroplasty Workshop For Industry (Organized by Robin R. Young on behalf of the industry) Austin, TX Oct. 22	2007
Video Interview	Video on engineering for high school students WGTE Public Broadcasting Toledo, OH May 14	2007
Basic Science Program Chair	Spine Arthroplasty Society (SAS7) Berlin, Germany April 30 – May 3	2007
Invited Member	Working Group of Japanese Spine Industry Meeting Kobe, Japan Oct 8	2006
Invited Talk	8th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology Kamakura, Japan Oct 9-14	2006
Invited Talk	107th Biannual meeting of the Central Association of Orthopaedic Surgery And Traumatology Kobe, Japan Oct 6 and 7	2006
Invited Talk	Meeting of Surgical Treatment of Spine Tumors Hospital Universitario La Fe de Valencia Avda. de Campanar, 21 - 46009 Valencia, Spain Sep 29	2006
Co-Chair	Spine Arthroplasty Workshop ASME-BED Summer Bioengineering Conference Amelia Island, FL June 21-25	2006
Co-Chair	BioMEMS Session ASME-BED Summer Bioengineering Conference Amelia Island, FL June 21-25	2006
Conference Chair	ASME-BED Summer Bioengineering Conference Amelia Island, FL June 21-25	2006
ABET Mock Reviewer	Department of Biomedical Engineering Rutgers University June 11-12	2006
Moderator First Session	Spine Arthroplasty Society meeting Montreal, Canada May 9-13	2006
Invited Talks (2)	Preservation of the Motion in the Spine Hawk’s Cay, Duck Key, FL April 5-8	2006
Invited Talks	3-hour talk on Biomechanics of Spine and Spinal Instrumentation 3rd Spinal Instructional Course Durban, South Africa Feb 9-11	2006
Invited Talk	8th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology 2006 Kamakura, Japan Oct 9-14	2006
Meeting Chair	American Society of Mechanical Engineering – Bioengineering Division Summer meeting Amelia Island, Fl	2006
Research Collaborations	(a) Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan (b) Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo, Japan (c) School of Physiotherapy, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (d) University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Two invited talks	Asia Pacific Orthopedic Association Annual meeting Taipei, Taiwan Nov 23-27	2005
Two Invited talks	Ulrich, Inc. Ulm, Germany Nov 11-13	2005
Two Invited talks	Artificial Disc Mechanics 31st Annual Congress of Spine Chania, Island of Crete, Greece Oct 27-30	2005
Invited Talk	Artificial Disc vs Other Joint Replacements 4th Emerging Technologies in Spine Surgery Washington, DC Sep 15-17	2005
Invited Talk	Protocols for Spinal Implants NIH Sponsored AAOS Symposium on Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Test Chicago, Ill Sep 16-18	2005
Invited Talk	Biomechanical basis of lysis & listhesis in paediatric patients	2005
Invited Talk	Annual meeting of Association of Spine Surgeons in India Conference Taiwan Orthopedic Society Taiwan	2005
Session Organizer	Summer ASME-BED meeting Implant Biomechanics	2005
Member Program Committee	Spine Arthroplasty Society Meeting New York, NY	2005
Invited Talk	Biomechanics of the Spine and Spinal Implants University of Ulm Ulm, Germany May 10th	2004
Invited Talks	Theken Spine During NASS meeting Chicago, ILL Oct 26-29	2004
Faculty, Course	Spondylolysis, Spondylolisthesis and Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Brussels, Belgium Nov 19 and 20	2004
Faculty, Course	3rd Emerging Technology in Spine Washington, DC Sep 30 – Oct 2	2004
Invited Reviewer	IASTED Biomechanics International Conference	2004
Meeting Chair	American Society of Biomechanics Conference University of Toledo, OH Sep, 25-27 (Total attendees – about 500, helped raise about $40,000 for the conf.)	2003
Invited Speaker	World Spine II Chicago, ILL Aug. 10-13 (two talks)	2003
Keynote Speaker	Biomechanics of Spinal Fixation Midwest Graduate Student Biomechanics Symposium University of Toledo Toledo, OH April 4-5	2003
Chair/Co-Chair	Disc Discussion Group Sponsored by AcroMed, Inc.	2002,03,04
Keynote Speaker	Functional Biomechanics of Spine 31st Japanese Spine Research Society Meeting Miyazaki, Japan June 6-7	2002
Invited Speaker	Design and Development of Spinal Implants ASME Toledo Chapter Hilton, Toledo Nov. 5	2002
Faculty	Spine Surgery Review Course American College of Spine Surgery Naples, Fl	2002
Guest Speaker	Mechanics of Spine Surgery (One-day Symposium on Biomechanical Engineering) ASME International Central Ohio Section Columbus, OH March 23	2002
Chair	Disc Discussion Group Sponsored by AcroMed, Inc. Oct. 28	2001
Invited Speaker	International Symposium on Disc Degeneration Berne, Switzerland Jan. 18-19	2001
Faculty	Spine Surgery Review Course American College of Spine Surgery San Antonio, TX	2001
Invited Speaker	Functional Biomechanics of Lumbar Spine 9th Annual Spine Conference on Low Back Pain – Different Treatment Modalities Aug. 25	2001
Invited Speaker	Biomechanics of the Lumbar Spine, Implant-Design Zurich, Switzerland April 24	2001
Invited Speaker	Orthovita, Inc. Philadelphia, PA April 10	2001
Invited Speaker	Biomechanics of Spinal Instrumentation Current Concepts in Spinal Surgery in the New Millenium Cape Town, SA June 1	2000
Co-Chair	Spine Biomechanics Session WAM-IMECE Orlando, Fl Nov. 6-11	2000
Faculty	Spine Surgery Review Course American College of Spine Surgery San Antonio, TX	2000
Invited Speaker	The South African Spine Society Congress 2000 Cape Town, SA	2000
Session Chair	Joint Biomechanics – I ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition Nashville, TN Nov. 14-19	1999
Invited Speaker	Biomechanics of Spinal Instrumentation Iowa Orthopaedic Alumni Association Meeting Sep. 24-25	1999
Session Chair	Spine Biomechanics III Summer Bioengineering Conference Big Sky, Montana June 16-20	1999
Invited Speaker	American Society of Spine Radiology San Diego, CA May 28	1999
Chair	Technical Program ASME-BED Summer Conference	1999
Faculty	Spine Surgery Review Course American College of Spine Surgery San Antonio, TX June 2 and 3 (Two lectures, Spinal Instability and SSCS Instrumentation)	1999
Invited Speaker	5th Ceramics Conference Faenza, Italy Oct. 1-3	1998
Session Chair	Spine Session World Congress Sapparo, Japan Aug.8-10	1998
Invited Speaker	71st Japanese Orthopedic Association Meeting Tokushima, Japan April 17-20	1998
Guest Lecture	Ethicon, Johnson and Johnson New Jersey Oct. 15	1998
Invited Speaker	Rutgers University Department of Mechanical Engineering Piscatway, NJ Oct. 16	1998
Consultant/Speaker	Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Oklahoma Norman, OK Jan. 21-22	1998
Invited Speaker	Korea Orthopedics &Rehabilitation Engineering Center (KOREC) In'chon, Korea Dec. 27	1997
Invited Speaker	Yonsei University Seoul, Korea Dec. 26	1997
Invited Speaker	Tokyo Medical and Dental University Japan Dec. 22	1997
Invited Speaker	Tokyo Denki University (at both campuses) Japan Dec. 18-23	1997
Invited Speaker	Spine Society of Western Australia Royal Perth Hospital Perth, Western Australia Aug. 12	1997
Chair	Session on General Biomechanics ASME-BED Summer Conference Sunriver Resort, Sunriver, Oregon June 11-15	1997
Consultant	Osteotech, Inc. New Jersey July 31- Aug. 1	1997
Member Technical Program Committee,	19th. International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society	1997
Invited Speaker	Spineology Minnepolis, MN Sep. 29	1997
Program Chair	ASEE Biomedical Engineering Division	1997-98
Member	Technical Program Committee IEEE-EMBS Conference Chicago, Ill Oct.29-Nov. 2	1997
Invited Speaker	School of Physiotherapy Curtin University of Technology Perth, Western Australia Aug. 12	1997