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Education B.Sc. 1973, University College, University of London, England Ph.D. 1978, California Institute of Technology Dr. Yoganathan has been active in the areas of cardiovascular fluid mechanics, cardiovascular devices and biomedical engineering for the past two decades. He has conducted pioneering fundamental research on the fluid mechanics of artificial heart valves and published extensively in this field. His recent work concentrates on using cardiac Doppler ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging for non-invasively studying blood flow patterns in the heart. This work has led to techniques that for the very first time permit quantitative analysis of valvular regurgitation. Dr. Yoganathan's research is supported by both government and industrial organizations. His medical collaborations include the Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Emory University, University of North Carolina, and NIH. In 1985 Dr. Yoganathan was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship from West Germany to spend nine months at the Helmholtx Institute of Biomedical Research, Technical University of Aachen. In 1988, he received the Edwin Walker Prize from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, U.K., and in 1992 he was elected a Founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. In 1992 he spent 6 month in Denmark as a Visiting Professor of the Danish Research Academy. He is a member of the International Standards Organization Subcommittee on Artificial Heart Valves, and a past member (1988-91) of the NIH Surgery and Bioengineering Study Section. He is currently chairman of the ASME Biofluid Mechanics Committee. Dr. Yoganathan is a consultant to the FDA and the heart valve and cardiac ultrasound industries. | 