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UVM

Director, Instrumentation & Technical Services

Adjunct Lecturer, School of Engineering

Faculty, Biomedical Engineering

280 East Avenue, Suite 2

Burlington, VT 05401

Phone : (802) 656-0069

Fax : (802) 656-8561

Electronic mail

Areas of Interest

Areas of Responsibility

Director, Instrumentation & Technical Services, Univ. of Vermont (1993-Present)

·        Instrumentation & Model Facility (IMF) - IMF designs, develops, fabricates and services custom research instruments for the University of Vermont, other universities, non-profit state and health organizations, and Vermont emerging technology companies.

·        Technical Services Program (TSP) - TSP provides healthcare technology management assistance and direct technical services to twenty-six hospitals in Vermont, New York and New Hampshire

Adjunct Lecturer, School of Engineering/Faculty, Biomedical Engineering, University of Vermont (1989-Present)

Advisor, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Washington, DC and World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland (1991-Present)

Recent Presentations

IMF: Turning Ideas Into Instruments, Invention to Venture, April 11, 2008 and InventVermont July 10, 2008

Impact of Clinical Alarms on Patient Safety, Colombian Society for Biomedical Engineering, Pereira, Colombia, June 5, 2008

Medical Equipment Quality Assurance and Safety Systems in the USA, Japanese Society for Medical Instrumentation, Tokyo, Japan, May 30, 2008 (Real Player video)

Collaboration in Healthcare Technology, Global Engineering Leadership and Knowledge Sharing, Pan American Health Care Exchange, Long Beach, CA, January 28, 2008

Clinical Alarm Notification and Management, Webcast, Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Project, November 29, 2007

Profile and Importance of the Engineer in the Context of Globalization, International Seminar, Colegio de Ingenieros del Peru, Lima, Peru, November 7-8, 2007

Medical Equipment Technology and Clinical Engineering: On-line Course, 3rd Annual Forum on Health Technologies, CENETEC, Ministry of Health, , Mexico City, Mexico,  September 19, 2007

Electrical Safety: Medical Devices and the Patient Care Environment, Workshop, Commission for the Advancement of Healthcare Technology Management in Asia (CAHTMA), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 10-14, 2007

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Recent Publications

Medical Equipment Quality Assurance, Fluke Biomedical Corp., 2008, (co-authors Leah Rafuse and Mike Lane)

Medical Equipment Replacement, Chapter in: A Practicum for Biomedical Engineering & Technology Management, Editor, Les Atles, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2008 (co-author Ray Forsell)

A National Online Survey on the Effectiveness of Clinical Alarms, American Journal of Critical Care, Volume 17:Pg. 36-41, January 2008 (co-authors Denise Korniewicz and Yadin David)

Impact of Clinical Alarms on Patient Safety, Editor and Task Force Co-Leader, ACCE/AHTF White Paper, 2006

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Grant Support

Medical Equipment Technology and Clinical Engineering: On-line Course, Pan American Health and Education Foundation, $158,500, June 06-July 31, 2008

Interactive Simulations of Physical Phenomenon for Online and Classroom Learning, UVM Instructional Incentive Grant, $2,465.50, July 1-2007 – June 30, 2008

Principles and Management of Medical Device Quality Assurance, Book Contract, Fluke Electronics Corp., $11,000, Start date - July 2007

Healthcare Technology Management in Developing Counties, UVM International Initiatives grant for speaker travel and meetings, $1,280, Start date - November 2007

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Patent

1994/2006 - Simulation for Pulse Oximeter, RE39,268, Merrick, et al, Assigned to Fluke Electronics. Corp.

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Awards and Certifications

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Recent Professional Service

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Education

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Additional information: Complete listing of professional work