Using AI to Simulate the Body’s Fight Against Disease
A team of students in Duke’s Data+ Program is spending the summer building virtual models to find out how the human body fights diseases in John Hickey’s lab.
Biomedical Engineering
Revolutionizing Clinical Impact
Biomedical engineering recognizes unmet needs in health care and seeks solutions for clinicians and patients. Duke is a pioneer in this space, which is aimed at using innovation to save lives.
Duke launched the nation’s first academic BME department in 1971. We’ve never looked back. Today, our top-ranked department teaches design and entrepreneurship by getting engineering students into the clinics and operating rooms of Duke University Hospital, one of the best in the world.
Globally Minded
Duke BME’s serves society in Durham, in the United States and around the world. Our faculty and students design solutions that save lives.
Join the Duke BME Revolution
We’re using emerging technologies such as CRISPR, tissue engineering and advanced imaging to provide clinicians with new tools to save lives.
BME Faculty
Gaurav Arya
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Sonia Bansal
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Abdul Ibriham Barakt
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Matthew L Becker
Hugo L. Blomquist Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Arriel Benis
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Elizabeth K Bucholz
BME Director of Undergraduate Studies, Claude B. Williams and David M. Hesse Associate Professor of the Practice
David Carlson
Yoh Family Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jen-Tsan Ashley Chi
Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Ashutosh Chilkoti, Ph.D.
Alan L. Kaganov Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Joel Collier
Associate Dean for Doctoral Education, Theodore Kennedy Professor of BME
Leslie M Collins, Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Brian T Crouch
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Lawrence Anthony David
Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Sonal Deshpande
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Al-Hafeez Z Dhalla
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Jessilyn Dunn
Theodore Kennedy Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Kafui Dzirasa
A. Eugene and Marie Washington Presidential Distinguished Professor
Steven Jeffrey Eliades
Associate Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Sina Farsiu, Ph.D.
Associate Chair for Faculty, Anderson-Rupp Professor of BME
Birgit Frauscher
Lincoln Financial Group Distinguished Professor in Neurobiology
Ken Gall
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Sharon Gerecht
Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Paul M. Gross Distinguished Professor
Charlie Gersbach
John W. Strohbehn Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Amy Susanne Gladfelter
Duke Health Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering
Warren M Grill, Ph.D.
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Claudia Gunsch, Ph.D.
Muriel Theodorsen Williams E’46 Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr Brent Hoffman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Dr Roarke Horstmeyer
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Prof Tony Jun Huang
William Bevan Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Louis P Jackson
Executive In Residence in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
G. Allan Johnson
Charles E. Putman University Distinguished Professor of Radiology
David Katz, Ph.D.
Nello L. Teer, Jr. Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering, in the Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School of Engineering
Dr Alastair Khodabukus, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Cameron M Kim
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of BME
Joseph A Knight
Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Aaron M Kyle
Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Jason F Luck
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Dr Mike Lynch, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Master’s Studies, W. H. Gardner, Jr. Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Megan Madonna
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Robert A. Malkin
Professor of the Practice Emeritus in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Dr Cameron McIntyre, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Cassio Mendes Fontes
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Samira Musah, Ph.D.
Alfred M. Hunt Faculty Scholar Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Barry Myers, M.D., Ph.D.
Coulter Program Director, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Wanda Krassowska Neu
Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
Julian Nicenboim
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Kathy Nightingale, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies, Theo Pilkington Distinguished Professor of BME
Mark L. Palmeri
Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Nimmi Ramanujam, Ph.D.
Robert W. Carr, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Lindsay A. Riley
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Michael Rizk
Associate Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering
Dr Phil Romero, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Michael Rubinstein, Ph.D.
Aleksandar S. Vesic Distinguished Professor
Ann Saterbak
Young Director of First-Year Design, Professor of the Practice in the Department of BME
Christoph F. Schmidt
Hertha Sponer Distinguished Professor of Physics
Tatiana Segura
Robert Plonsey Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Stephen William Smith
Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
Bruce Alan Sullenger
Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Distinguished Professor of Experimental Surgery
Nanthia Suthana
Carol Gram Deane Presidential Distinguished Professor in Neurosurgery
Cynthia Ann Toth
Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology
Gregg Trahey, Ph.D.
Robert Plonsey Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
George Truskey, Ph.D.
Associate Chair for Education, R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Shyni Varghese
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr Ophelia Venturelli, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Tuan Vo-Dinh, Ph.D.
R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Olaf Von Ramm, Ph.D.
Thomas Lord Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Charles Wallace
Lecturing Fellow, Senior in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Blake Shaw Wilson
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Patrick D. Wolf
Associate Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
Junjie Yao, Ph.D.
Jeffrey N. Vinik Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Lingchong You, Ph.D.
James L. Meriam Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Michael Rod Zalutsky
Jonathan Spicehandler, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Neuro Oncology, in the School of Medicine
Stefan Zauscher, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies and Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of MEMS
Pei Zhong, Ph.D.
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Latest Duke BME News
Epigenetic Editing Makes Its Mark
BME Professor Charlie Gersbach is one of several researchers worldwide interviewed for an article on using CRISPR to influence gene expression by editing the epigenome with the goal of treating disease.
Duke Engineers Grow Retinal Blood Vessel Cells From Pluripotent Stem Cells
Sharon Gerecht and her laboratory have used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to grow specialized blood vessel cells critical to retinal health for the first time.