People

 

Center Staff, Technicians, and Students

(Although the center is in its infancy, the following are already associated with the center.)

 

Staff

Vijay K. Goel, Ph.D.

Professor & Chair, Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, University of Toledo

Professor & Director, Spine Research Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Ohio

 

Nabil Ebraheim, M.D.

Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Ohio

 

Dr. Ashok Biyani, MD

Assistant Professor, Orthopedics, MCO

 

Dr. Aki Puryear, MD

Assistant Professor, Orthopedics, MCO

 

Ron Fournier, Ph.D.

Professor, Bioengineering Department, The University of Toledo

 

Dr. Hans JG Holdener, M.D. ,Switzerland

 

Terry Madsen, MD                             

Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Ohio

 

Dennis McGowan, MD

Kearney Bone & Joint Clinic

1215 1st Ave.st, Kearney, NB 68848

 

Setti S. Rengachary, M.D.

Professor and Associate Academic Chairman, Neurological Surgery Department, University Health Center, Wayne State University

4201 St. Antoine 6E, Detroit, MI 48201

 

Dr. Steve Garfin, MD

Professor and Chair, Orthopedics, UCSD

 

Dr. Chris Bono, MD

Boston, MA

 

Dr. T Patel, MD

Washington, DC

 

Dr. Jonathan Grauer, MD

Yale Medical School

 

Martin C. Skie, M.D.

Assistant Professor & Director, Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Ohio

 

Marco Schuurmans Stekhoven, Switzerland

Physiotherapist, Switzerland

 

Richard A. Yeasting, Ph.D.                  

Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Medical College of Ohio

 

Tamara Phares                                     

Bioengineering Department Laboratory Coordinator,

The University of Toledo

1151 Palmer Hall, Toledo, Ohio 43606

 

NAMSA                                             

Dr. Joe Carraway, Director of Toxicology

Dr. Tim Muench, Veterinary Pathologist

 

Graduate Students, Residents and Fellows                           

Faizan Ahmed                      Craig Butler

Prasenjit Das                        David Dick

Jayant Jangra                        Anuj Khere

Ali Kiapor                            Aaron Matyas

Ankit Mehta                         Suneeth Mohan

Aditya Muzumdar                 Ajay Seth

Chiragkumar Shah                Ramy Zaki

 

  

                    

   

 

 

 

 

Mary Jackson, a former graduate student and Prashant                                         Dr. Goel looks on as Mary Jackson prepares

Khandekar, a former undergraduate student, are setting                                    biaxial MTS machine for an experiment.

 up the biaxial MTS machine.  The biaxial MTS

machine is used to assess the torsional fatigue

strength of a vertebral body replacement device.