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Anesthesiology Bioengineering Laboratory, University of Utah

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Mission Statement

We aspire to design, develop and apply bioengineering technology to create and improve medical devices and to improve medical care. We will provide educational opportunities for residents and graduate students through the application of engineering technology. We will apply computer graphics, information visualization techniques, neural networks, software, hardware/firmware engineering, and signal processing to address problems in anesthesia. We will develop missing link technologies.

History

The Anesthesiology Bioengineering Laboratory was established in 1976 at the Department of Anesthesiology, Health Sciences Center, University of Utah. To date, the culmulative research in this laboratory has resulted in the ME, MS, or PhD of over 75 graduate students in biomedical engineering and medical informatics at the University of Utah.

Current Faculty, Researchers, and Students

• Directors
  • Dwayne Westenskow, PhD, Professor, Director
  • Joseph A. Orr , PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Assistant Director

• Clinical Research
  • Talmage Egan M.D., Professor
  • Steve Kern, PhD, Assistant Professor
  • Ken Johnson M.D., Assistant Professor
  • Derek Sakata M.D., Clinical Instructor
  • Diane Tyler R.N., Research Study Coordinator
  • Julia White R.N., Research Study Coordinator

• Research Staff
  • Lara Brewer
  • Scott McJames, Animal Studies
  • Noah Syroid, Research Computer Scientist

• Graduate Students
  • Santosh Balakrishnan
  • Lara Brewer
  • Matthias Görges
  • Bryce Hill
  • Cameron Jacobson
  • Sven Koch
  • Cris LaPierre
  • Olinto J. Linares
  • Srinath Lingutla
  • Paul Murdock
  • Carl Tams

• Medical Students - Research Rotation
  • David Lamborn
  • Parley Williams

• Visiting Students
  • Frederike Brühschwein

Contact Information

Department of Anesthesiology
University of Utah Health Sciences Center
30 N. 1900 E., SOM 3C444
Salt Lake City, UT 84132-2304
Tel. (801) 581-6393 or (801) 587-4817

Directions/Maps

• How to get to the University of Utah Hospital
  • Map
• How to get the Bioengineering Division of Anesthesiology:
  • In the hospital take the "B" elevators to the 3rd floor. Make a left turn as you exit the elevators. The third door on the left side is the entrance to the bioengineering division. If you get lost in the hospital, ask for the Department of Anesthesiology.
• Other Univ Utah hospital and campus maps