Eric S Richardson

Research Interests

Innovation, Medical Device Design, Design Ethnography, Design Pedagogy, Global Health Technologies, Entrepreneurship.

Bio

Eric Richardson is a Professor of the Practice in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University and the Founding Director of Duke Design Health. His research and teaching focus on medical device design and manufacturing in global and underserved markets. He emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches and academic-industry collaborations. In 2018, Richardson transitioned to Duke from Rice University, where he was the Founding Director of the Global Medical Innovation Program, which develops and implements medical technology in emerging markets. He was also the Associate Director of the Texas Medical Center Biodesign Fellowship, a program that offers venture formation curriculum to create digital health and medical device startups. Prior to Rice, he was a Principal R&D Engineer at Medtronic in California, where he developed transcatheter heart valves that currently serve over 500,000 patients worldwide. Richardson has several publications, patents and book chapters related to cardiac medical devices, and is involved with several startups.

Education

• Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2009

Positions

• Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
• Executive Core Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy
• Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

• Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award. Pratt School of Engineering. 2020

Courses Taught

• STRATEGY 898: Special Topics
• INTERDIS 409C: Duke Design Health Research Scholars
• INTERDIS 407C: Duke Design Health Fellows Program
• I&E 722: Design in Healthcare Deploy
• I&E 721: Design in Healthcare 2
• I&E 720: Design in Healthcare 1
• I&E 590: Special Topics in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• HLTHMGMT 898: Special Topics
• BME 791: Graduate Independent Study
• BME 790L: Advanced Topics with the Lab for Graduate Students in Biomedical Engineering
• BME 790: Advanced Topics for Graduate Students in Biomedical Engineering
• BME 775L: Design Health 3: Deliver
• BME 774L: Design Health 2: Design
• BME 773L: Design Health 1: Discover
• BME 590L: Special Topics with Lab
• BME 590: Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering
• BME 590-1: Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering
• BME 494: Projects in Biomedical Engineering (GE)
• BME 493: Projects in Biomedical Engineering (GE)
• BME 474L: Medical Device Design II
• BME 473L: Medical Device Design I

Publications

• Ahlberg SE, Bateman MG, Eggen MD, Quill JL, Richardson ES, Iaizzo PA, et al. Animal Models for Cardiac Valve Research. In: Heart Valves: From Design to Clinical Implantation. 2023. p. 509–24.
• Coniglio AC, Kittipibul V, Pelligra R, Richardson ES, Holley CL, Fudim M. One Small Step for a Patient, One Giant Leap for Orthostatic Hypotension. Cureus. 2022 Nov;14(11):e31612.
• Economopoulos KP, Fearis P, Simmons WN, Richardson ES, Montgomery SP. A Portable Negative Pressure Isolation System as a Solution to Minimize Exposure of Health Care Providers to Infectious Pathogens. Am Surg. 2022 Aug;88(8):1901–3.
• Sheth KR, White JT, Puttmann K, Waters D, Soto M, Bell M, et al. Quantifying the forces needed for ureteral stent removal: Initial evaluation of magnetic stent removal devices on benchtop and porcine models. Journal of pediatric urology. 2020 Oct;16(5):596.e1-596.e8.
• Erickson MM, Richardson ES, Hernandez NM, Bobbert DW, Gall K, Fearis P. Helmet Modification to PPE With 3D Printing During the COVID-19 Pandemic at Duke University Medical Center: A Novel Technique. J Arthroplasty. 2020 Jul;35(7S):S23–7.
• Sack BS, Elizondo RA, Huang GO, Janzen N, Espinoza J, Sanz-Cortes M, et al. Pediatric medical device development by surgeons via capstone engineering design programs. Journal of pediatric surgery. 2018 Mar;53(3):493–8.
• Iles TL, Howard B, Howard S, Quallich S, Rolfes C, Richardson E, et al. Testing the Efficacy of Pharmacological Agents in a Pericardial Target Delivery Model in the Swine. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE. 2016 Jul;(113).
• Richardson ES, Hill AJ, Skadsberg ND, Ujhelyi M, Xiao YF, Iaizzo PA. The pericardium. In: Handbook of Cardiac Anatomy, Physiology, and Devices, Third Edition. 2015. p. 163–74.
• Ahlberg SE, Bateman MG, Eggen MD, Quill JL, Richardson ES, Iaizzo PA. Animal models for cardiac valve research. In: Heart Valves: From Design to Clinical Implantation. 2013. p. 343–57.
• Richardson ES, Rolfes C, Woo OS, Elmquist WF, Benditt DG, Iaizzo PA. Cardiac responses to the intrapericardial delivery of metoprolol: targeted delivery compared to intravenous administration. Journal of cardiovascular translational research. 2012 Aug;5(4):535–40.
• Richardson ES, Iaizzo PA, Xiao Y-F. Electrophysiological mechanisms of the anti-arrhythmic effects of omega-3 fatty acids. Journal of cardiovascular translational research. 2011 Feb;4(1):42–52.
• Xiao Y-F, Chandler N, Dobrzynski H, Richardson ES, Tenbroek EM, Wilhelm JJ, et al. Hysteresis in human HCN4 channels: a crucial feature potentially affecting sinoatrial node pacemaking. Sheng li xue bao : [Acta physiologica Sinica]. 2010 Feb;62(1):1–13.
• Whitson BA, Richardson E, Iaizzo PA, Hess DJ. Not every bulb is a rose: a functional comparison of bulb suction devices. The Journal of surgical research. 2009 Oct;156(2):270–3.
• Stringham SB, Viskovska MA, Richardson ES, Ohmine S, Husseini GA, Murray BK, et al. Over-pressure suppresses ultrasonic-induced drug uptake. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 2009 Mar;35(3):409–15.
• Eggen M, Swingen C, Matta P, Bateman M, Rolfes C, Quill J, et al. Design of a novel perfusion system to perform mr imaging of an isolated beating heart. Journal of Medical Devices, Transactions of the ASME. 2009 Jan 1;3(2):1–1.
• Richardson ES, Whitson MD, Iaizzo PA. A novel combination therapy for post-operative arrhythmias. Journal of Medical Devices, Transactions of the ASME. 2009 Jan 1;3(2):1–1.
• Xiao Y-F, Sigg DC, Ujhelyi MR, Wilhelm JJ, Richardson ES, Iaizzo PA. Pericardial delivery of omega-3 fatty acid: a novel approach to reducing myocardial infarct sizes and arrhythmias. American journal of physiology Heart and circulatory physiology. 2008 May;294(5):H2212–8.
• Richardson ES, Pitt WG, Woodbury DJ. The role of cavitation in liposome formation. Biophysical journal. 2007 Dec;93(12):4100–7.
• Woodbury DJ, Richardson ES, Grigg AW, Welling RD, Knudson BH. Reducing liposome size with ultrasound: bimodal size distributions. Journal of liposome research. 2006 Jan;16(1):57–80.
• Husseini GA, De La Díaz Rosa MA, Richardson ES, Christensen DA, Pitt WG. Ultrasonic drug release from micelles correlates with subharmonic emission. In: AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings. 2005. p. 8304–5.
• Richardson ES, Hill AJ, Skadsberg ND, Ujhelyi M, Xiao YF, Iaizzo PA. The pericardium. In: Handbook of Cardiac Anatomy, Physiology, and Devices: Second Edition. 2005. p. 125–36.
• Husseini GA, Diaz de la Rosa MA, Richardson ES, Christensen DA, Pitt WG. The role of cavitation in acoustically activated drug delivery. Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society. 2005 Oct;107(2):253–61.

In The News

• Engineering Solutions in Durham & the World (Jan 22, 2024 | Pratt School of Engineering)
• Designing Better Healthcare at Duke (Aug 11, 2020 | )
• Solving Pressing Challenges: 3D Printing of Medical Grade Face Shields (Apr 2, 2020 | )
• Eric Richardson: Creating New Opportunities through Engineering Design (Sep 11, 2018 | Pratt School of Engineering)