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Tulane Biomedical Engineering Board of Advisors

(Excerpts from the Board Charter)
The entire Charter is available as a PDF file

Mission

The Biomedical Engineering Board of Advisors is an independent body that will be chartered to advise and support the Chair of Biomedical Engineering in the continual development and improvement of the Department.

Objectives

The role of the Board of Advisors is to provide assistance to the Chair for academic planning and accreditation, instructional and research program expansion, and financial management of the Department. To fulfill its advisory role, the board maintains an ongoing relationship with University and School administration.

The Board shall have the responsibility to regularly:

  1. Receive and react to a reports on the state of the Department
  2. Advise and assist the Department Chair regarding the development and operation of the Department

Strategic objectives for the Board include:

  1. Providing a link between the Department of Biomedical Engineering and practicing engineers
  2. Enhancing visibility of the Department of Biomedical Engineering both regionally and nationally
  3. Facilitating continued professional development of the faculty
  4. Assisting in recruitment of high quality undergraduate and graduate students
  5. Supporting fund raising and sustaining growth of Biomedical Engineering planning and reviewing physical plant improvements

Members of the Board

Richard B. Ashman, Ph.D.
Board Chair
(Ph.D. 1982; Tulane faculty 1982-1984)
President, Charter Research Inc.

Sherri A. Longo, M.D.
Board Vice-Chair
(BMEN class of 1986; MD 1990)
Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology
Tulane University School of Medicine

Neil B. Beals
(BMEN class of 1983)
Group Director, Biologics
Medtronic Sofamor Danek

James T. Bennett, M.D.
(ChE class of 1974; MD 1978)
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Tulane University School of Medicine

Pat Borgen

Michael D. Carbo
(BSEE in 1978; JD from Tulane in 1981)
Michael D. Carbo, P.L.C.

Stephen C. Cowin, Ph.D.
(Tulane Faculty 1963-1988)
Director, New York Center for Biomedical Engineering
The City College of New York

Donna Dean

Sam Hulbert

Stephanie Kute

Monroe Laborde

Donna Dean

Alan J. Stone
(BMEN class of 1983; JD from Tulane in 1987)
Morris, Nichols & Associates

Kevin Thomas

Nisra Thongpreda
(BMEN class of 1984; MS in 1988)
Synthes Spine

Marta L. Villarraga, Ph.D.
(BMEN class of 1990; MS 1992; Ph.D. 1996)
Exponent® Failure Analysis Associates®, Inc.

Ex-Officio Members of the Board

Nicholas J. Altiero, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Engineering

Donald P. Gaver, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering