Seeing Cancer’s Spread Through A Computational Window
Computational model allows researchers to simulate cellular-scale interactions across unprecedented distances in the human vasculature
Biomedical Engineering
A Legacy of Clinical Impact
Recognizing unmet needs in health care and opportunities to build on our strengths, Duke launched the nation’s first BME department in 1971. We’ve never looked back. With numerous programs devoted to placing engineering students alongside clinicians at Duke University Medical Center (just a short walk from our home in the Fitzpatrick Center), we’re discovering and addressing unmet medical needs and developing new technologies to help save lives.
Globally Minded
Duke BME’s efforts to serve society extend far beyond Durham or even the United States. Our faculty and students keep a vigilant eye toward designing solutions that work with and for communities in resource-limited settings around the world.
Duke BME is at the forefront of emerging technologies like using CRISPR to regulate genes, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, and a slew of imaging revolutions from ultrasound to photoacoustic tomography.
BME Faculty
Sonia Bansal
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Cameron Bass
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Elizabeth Bucholz
Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Howard Clark
Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science
Louis DeFrate
Laszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Kafui Dzirasa
A. Eugene and Marie Washington Presidential Distinguished Professor
Paul Fearis
Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Ken Gall
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Charles Gersbach
John W. Strohbehn Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Yiyang Gong
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Warren Grill
Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
John Hickey
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Brenton Hoffman
James L. and Elizabeth M. Vincent Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
G. Johnson
Charles E. Putman University Distinguished Professor of Radiology
David Katz
Nello L. Teer, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, in the Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School of Engineering
Cameron Kim
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Joseph Knight
Executive in Residence in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Aaron Kyle
Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Jason Luck
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Michael Lynch
W. H. Gardner, Jr. Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Megan Madonna
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Robert Malkin
Professor of the Practice Emeritus in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
James McElhaney
Hudson Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
Cassio Mendes Fontes
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Samira Musah
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Kathryn Nightingale
Theo Pilkington Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Mark Palmeri
Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Angel Peterchev
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Nimmi Ramanujam
Robert W. Carr, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Amanda Randles
Alfred Winborne and Victoria Stover Mordecai Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Eric Richardson
Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Michael Rizk
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering
John Sampson
Robert H., M.D. and Gloria Wilkins Professor of Neurosurgery, in the School of Medicine
Cynthia Toth
Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology
Gregg Trahey
Robert Plonsey Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
George Truskey
R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Shyni Varghese
Laszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Tuan Vo-Dinh
R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Blake Wilson
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Lingchong You
James L. Meriam Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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