Biomedical Engineering Expert Witnesses
What is a biomedical engineering expert witness?
Biomedical engineering expert witness candidates typically have knowledge in an engineering discipline as well as biology. These experts have advanced degrees in biomedical engineering, often with specialties in bioinstrumentation, biomaterials, biomechanics, tissue engineering, genetic engineering, and prosthesis. The chosen expert may be a member of an industry association, such as the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), the Society of Biological Engineering (SBE), or the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMB). In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, counsel may request an expert with prior expert witness testimony experience.
What types of cases require a biomedical engineering expert witness?
Biomedical engineering brings together medicine and biology to advance health care treatment. Matters requiring the services of a biomedical engineer often involve intellectual property, such as patent infringement litigation or trade secret disputes. A forensic engineer can reverse engineer components to prove (or disprove) intellectual property infringement or theft. A biomedical or biomechanical engineer could also be called in on a medical malpractice case, accident reconstruction, or a product liability case involving the failure analysis of a medical device.
Biomedical engineering expert witness case examples
Representative matters that Cahn Litigation Services has experience placing biomedical engineering experts for include:
- traumatic brain injury causation study at a prestigious New York university,
- biomechanical analyses,
- injury biomechanics expert,
- toxicology,
- medical device expert to support a trade secret case,
- kinematics,
- neurology,
- biomechanical engineering expert for a motor vehicle collision case in Arizona,
- in vitro diagnostics,
- cardiovascular engineering,
- orthopedic medical devices patent infringement,
- a personal injury case in Connecticut,
- Florida hospital patient safety, and
- cervical spine implants labeling.
What litigation support work might a biomedical engineering expert witness be expected to perform?
Litigation support by a biomedical expert witness could include reverse engineering, research, authoring expert opinions and expert reports, depositions, and trial court testimony. On behalf of the plaintiff or defendant, Cahn Litigation Services has the experience required to turn a search for a biomedical engineering expert witness around quickly, providing the right balance of expertise and testimony experience.
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Biomedical Engineering Expert Witness - Representative Bios
Please Note: All Cahn Litigation expert witness searches are customized to attorneys' precise specifications and preferences. Attorneys are encouraged to discuss search parameters with a Cahn search specialist.
The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Biomedical Engineering experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Biomedical Engineering landscape.
Expert Witness #262816
This expert serves as Practice Lead and Senior Biomedical Consultant for a major consultancy. This expert joined this consultancy from a technology institute as a Professor of Biomedical Engineering. In addition, this expert worked as a Biomedical Consultant. This expert tested spinal products and other surgical implant devices for modes of failure and quality control.
This expert is responsible for forensic testing and evaluation of incidents involving medical products and devices. This expert also focuses on the biomedical analysis of failure modes and its relationship to product failures.
This expert earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics, a Master of Science in Physics, and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #249795
This expert is Director of Biomedical Informatics and Biomedical Signal and Image Processing, Director of a State Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (M-CIRCC) Biosignal-Image and Computational (BIC) Core program, and an Associate Professor at departments of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, and Emergency Medicine at a State University. This expert holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, an M.Sc in Biomedical Engineering, and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. The focus of this expert's research is on the design of signal/image processing and machine learning methods to create computer-assisted clinical decision support systems that improve patient care and reduce the costs of healthcare. This expert's lab also designs sensors to collect and analyze physiological signals and images. In particular, this expert's research focuses on creating decision support systems to manage traumatic brain injuries, traumatic pelvic/abdominal injuries and hemorrhagic shock, cardiac arrest and other critical care states. Some of this expert's research and technologies have been applied directly in dental situations. This expert's research has been funded by agencies such as the National Science Foundation and Department of Defense. This expert is also a member of the editorial board of many journals and serves as the guest editor of special issues for several journals in the field. This expert has over 150 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications including a highly referenced textbook in the field of biomedical signal and image processing.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #261696
This expert is an Associate and scientific consultant, providing opinions and expert witness services on matters involving medical devices, medical equipment, and medical procedures. This expert is a biomedical engineer with many years of experience in academia and the medical device industry. This expert obtained an Aerospace Engineering degree followed by Engineering Mechanics Master of Science degree as well as a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, specializing in biomechanics. This expert has been involved in the research and design of implantable medical products and surgical instruments and tools (extensively utilized computational methods for failure analysis and drafting applications such as SolidWorks), the management of pre-clinical studies, and worked along numerous surgeons conducting experimental surgeries for research and product development. This expert serves on The International Technical Committee in The Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices field.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #211550
This expert holds a Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering and serves as:
- Associate Professor with Tenure
- Director of Graduate Studies
- Director - Laboratory for Translational, Experimental and Computational Cardiovascular Research
- Adjunct Professor - Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
This expert is also the Founder, Member and Manager of a prolific consultancy and medical device innovation firm.
This expert's familiarity with medical device design and innovation dates back years while working as a cooperative education student in a Quality Assurance and Research & Development continuing through this expert's Postdoc in Pediatrics and Bioengineering. During this time, this expert advanced several concepts for a progressive expansion diameter stent through the patentability, market assessment and prototype stages of development. This expert subsequently started a company to focus R&D efforts on a pediatric stent for the staged treatment of stenoses in children.
This expert has served as an expert for litigation in about a dozen cases, none have been patent matters. This expert has written expert reports for both plaintiff and defendant, been professionally prepped for deposition, given one deposition, helped prepare attorneys for deposing opposition experts, and been prepped for trial. This expert has not yet had the opportunity to testify in court. This expert is however, very familiar with the patent process and understands the role of the subject matter expert in associated litigation.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #210424
This expert is currently Vice President for Research and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at a prestigious university, and also holds joint appointments in the departments of Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Biology. This expert's skills are in enzyme technology, including preparation and use of enzymes in industrial and biomedical applications specific to generating enzymes for various basic and applied studies. Where enzymes are not commercially available, this expert clones, expresses, and purifies relevant enzymes using a number of different expression hosts (e.g., E. coli, bacillus, mammalian cells, etc.). This expert's research group includes chemical engineers, bioengineers, materials scientists, biologists, chemists and microbiologists - all focused on gaining a quantitative understanding of biological principles and applying them to advanced bioengineering, nanobiotechnology, drug discovery, and biomanufacturing. This expert has received numerous awards from the American Chemical Society, presently serves on Scientific Advisory Boards for several biotechnology companies and venture capital firms, and has cofounded a number of companies. This expert has a B.A. degree in Biochemistry and Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering, has published over 330 papers, and is a named inventor on nearly 40 patents and patent applications.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #261650
This expert has a Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering, and another in Engineering Management. This expert currently leads a medical device design and consulting firm and provides services to corporations and law firms as a manufacturing consultant and expert witness. Before founding this company, this expert supervised Manufacturing and Research and Development for a medical device manufacturer and had responsibility for Product Development at another. This expert is well acquainted with manufacturing and deviation tolerances, and other characteristics of machining and the manufacturing process. This expert boasts over 60 medical device (US) patents. This expert is well-published and serves as an adjunct professor at a University. As an expert witness this expert has provided services in patent infringement litigations, IPR post-grant proceedings and an array of products and injury matters involving medical devices. This expert has specific experience in validity, infringement claim construction and Markman hearings.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #261725
This expert is a biomaterials and medical device product development expert with many years of experience. This expert leads a global team that develops pediatric Craniomaxillofacial implants from concept to global commercialization at a Fortune 500 medical firm. This expert has successfully developed, FDA cleared, and launched Bioresorbable, Bone Cement, and Distraction technologies.
This expert is the author of several published scientific articles and inventor of patents on Craniomaxillofacial products. This expert conducted a doctoral research in Biomaterials. This expert's degrees are Aerospace Engineering B.S., Mechanical Engineering M.S., and Biomedical Engineering Dr. Eng.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #266924
This expert has many years of experience in the field of plastic surgery, including work with burn injuries. This expert has focused reconstructive surgical skill on patients with chronic wounds of the lower legs and on patients with traumatic injuries requiring microsurgical reconstruction.
This expert has provided testimony in several matters, including cases involving burn victims. Named consistently to the list of Best Doctors® in the nation, this expert is recognized as an exceptional leader in the field of plastic surgery. This expert is an adjunct professor of biomedical engineering. This expert is a professor of surgery and cell biology and recently stepped down as chief of surgery.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #261675
This expert holds a doctorate in Medical Science and Engineering and a master's degree in materials science. This expert is an ASTM member for standards Committees F04, Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices and E58 on Forensic Engineering. This expert has specific experience with cutting instruments, having developed and manufactured prototypes of septum piercing probes. These were hollow tubes with a cutting edge. This expert has performed analysis on many types of cutting instruments and has personally used biopsy punches in skin research including in animal surgeries. This expert specializes in consultation and expert opinions related to product development, intellectual property, risk, and failure analysis. As a licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer, this expert is actively involved in design, product development and research. This expert has been a Teaching Associate and has provided consulting services on issues of Biomedical Engineering, Metallurgy, Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering. This expert is a prolific author of journal articles, abstracts, industry publications, books and bulletins, and presents at industry and academic seminars and conferences.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #231534
This forensic biomedical engineering expert holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Food and Drug Administration, and specializes in FDA approval, medical devices, and forensic biomedical engineering. This expert has served as a lead medical device reviewer at the FDA specializing in Class III and Class II medical devices, co-chaired a medical-device standards task group, taught at multiple universities, and developed original engineering courses.
Since leaving the FDA, this expert has worked in the medical device industry in Regulatory Affairs and has consulted for firms seeking FDA clearance or approval for devices. This expert operates an engineering consulting firm focused on forensic expert witness work and medical devices, works with a federal consumer product safety agency, and teaches engineering courses at universities and community colleges. This expert specializes in forensics, medical devices, engineering and reverse engineering, and R&D.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #261633
This medical device expert holds a Ph.D. and a doctorate in Medical Science, has FAHA credentials, and is a professor of biomedical engineering at a university.
This expert has extensive experience with spinal cord stimulators and similar regulated medical devices, including device failure modes and design and manufacturing defects. This expert's background includes electronics, data and device programming, and device biomechanical interaction with human tissues and the human body. This expert has over 25 years of industry and academic experience in electrical and biomedical engineering, along with experience involving failed electronic implants due to defects, design and manufacturing issues, and operator errors.
As a university professor, this expert teaches federal regulations concerning the design and manufacturing of electro-surgical devices in college-level courses.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #261645
This medical device expert holds a Ph.D. and is a Cardiovascular Device Product Development and Research Engineer with experience in medical device research and development. This expert has published peer-reviewed articles and abstracts in heart failure device therapy R&D and has an ongoing interest in the R&D of medical devices used in atrial fibrillation (AF), heart failure (HF), cardiac pacing, and congestive heart failure devices.
This expert has extensive knowledge of the design, manufacturing, and related issues associated with IVC filters used to prevent pulmonary embolisms, including stainless steel, nitinol, and cobalt-chromium-nickel alloys used in IVC strut construction. This expert has taught coursework in biomedical engineering design theory to biomedical engineering students at well-regarded universities, including aspects of IVC filter design and the structural properties of these materials, and has been involved in product-liability matters involving several implantable devices, including cardiac pacemakers and stents. This expert is also writing a textbook on medical device design, development, and research for biomedical engineering students, with chapters related to the design, development, and use of biomaterials used in the construction of IVC filter stents, including stainless steel, nitinol, and cobalt-chromium-nickel alloys, as well as medical polymers used in various implantable devices such as IVC filters, stents, Watchman devices, and related implanted devices.
This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant with experience in medical device design, analysis, evaluation, and medical device liability matters.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #269598
This medical device expert has worked in the medical device industry for over 40 years and holds an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in biomedical engineering. This expert has served as CEO of over 5 medical device companies in multiple countries and has served on the boards of over 10 companies, including in board chair roles. This expert is an inventor on over 50 issued U.S. patents and is an author or co-author of several peer-reviewed papers, including papers related to cardiac diagnostic tests.
This expert is a biomedical engineer with extensive experience in Class III implantable medical devices, including implantable defibrillators, pacemakers, and LVADs. This expert has also had responsibility for an implantable defibrillator business within a medical device company.
This expert has been engaged as an expert witness in many cases, has written reports, been deposed, and testified at trial. This expert's experience includes patent disputes involving infringement, ownership, IPR, and ITC matters, as well as alleged misappropriation of trade secrets, alleged breach of fiduciary duty, product liability, and commercial disputes.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #278014
This orthopaedic biomedical engineering and medical device expert holds a PhD in Engineering Mechanics with a specialty in Orthopedic Biomechanics and has over 40 years of experience leading an independent engineering consultancy specializing in orthopaedic medical device analysis and medical device design, review, and testing. This expert assists clients with injury mechanics and causation, biomechanical analysis, product design and evaluation, structural analysis, dynamic analysis, and medical and mechanical device design and testing.
This expert has experimentally tested, designed, redesigned, and testified about medical devices, including fixation plates, screws, rods, lumbar and cervical spine fixation devices, total knee replacements, and total hip replacements. This expert also holds academic roles in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering and directs a biomechanics laboratory at a university.
This expert has extensive prior litigation experience involving medical device design and failure.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #280024
This biomechanical causation expert holds a Ph.D. in Ergonomics, an M.Sc. in Movement Science/Biomechanics Specialization, and a B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering, and has held a senior consulting role with a leading engineering and scientific investigation consultancy.
This expert has acted directly as a project manager for litigation matters related to premises safety and specializes in the human factors and biomechanics of accidents, including slips, trips, and missteps.
This expert has investigated over 850 accidents overall and nearly 200 slip/trip/fall incidents, including incidents involving people going up or down stairs.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #280330
This biomechanical engineering expert is a Professional Engineer (PE) who has investigated incidents involving amusement park rides, including roller coasters, automobiles, railroad equipment, commercial aircraft interiors, watercraft, walking surfaces, industrial, railroad, and hospital equipment, and product failures.
As a licensed biomedical and mechanical engineer, this expert can analyze the mechanics of an accident or product failure and determine its relationship to claimed injuries. This expert has extensive expert witness experience and has testified over 70 times in deposition and trial.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #282140
This medical device and patent expert earned a B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering and a J.D., and has worked in medical device patent litigation since graduating from law school, including medical device patent prosecution, drafting and filing patent applications and amendments, and preparing freedom-to-operate opinions.
This expert later held senior patent counsel leadership roles at a spine surgery company focused on spinal implants, instrumentation, and biologics.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #286732
This automotive test and component failure analysis expert holds a BS in Biomedical Engineering and leads a local consultancy specializing in traffic accident reconstruction and automotive test engineering.
This expert has over 20 years of experience running automotive handling tests, component testing, component failure analysis, setting up test instrumentation, and performing automotive crash testing. The work involves inspection, repair, and troubleshooting of various automotive systems and components, as well as making sure that test vehicles are functioning correctly and according to manufacturer specifications.
This expert has also been involved with numerous low-speed crash tests with instrumented volunteers. The results of some of these tests have been published through a prominent automotive engineering association. This expert has prior expert witness experience, including deposition and testimony.
Start Biomedical Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #294180
This reverse engineering expert holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from a well-regarded university-affiliated microelectronics research center, with specialization in integrated circuit reliability and testing.
This expert has reverse engineering experience involving integrated circuit chips, components, printed circuit boards, sub-systems, electrical and electronic systems, mechanical systems, hydraulic systems, and biomedical systems.
Key reverse engineering principles include identifying specific objectives, possessing detailed and in-depth understanding of the underlying physics, and having the necessary hardware and software tools to carry out disassembly and analysis. This expert uses academic laboratories, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, and public and private company facilities for access to specialized tools and equipment, including scanning electron microscopes, focused ion beam systems, and x-ray inspection systems.
Undergraduate engineering courses developed by this expert were designed to teach students how systems work by teaching how systems fail and by employing effective reverse engineering, diagnostic, and repair methodologies. This expert has also applied reverse engineering expertise in past expert-witness matters.
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