Aaron Fleischman, Ph.D. Assistant Staff Department of Biomedical Engineering (ND20) Lerner Research Institute 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44195 Telephone: (216) 445-3218 Fax : (216) 444-9198 fleisca@ccf.org

Area of general research interest:

Development of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology for biomedical applications - BioMEMS.

Current program:

• BioMEMS Laboratory
• Implantable wireless pressure sensing devices
• Bioartificial kidney
• High-resolution intravascular ultrasound
• Nanoporous membranes
• Pathogen detection
• Rare circulating tumor cell identification
• Spine Sensor
• Tissue Scaffolding

Personnel :

• Ross Smith (Graduate Student)
• Sushma Srivanas (Graduate Student)

Collaborators:

• Edward Benzel, M.D., Dept. of Neurolog. Surg., CCF
• Tejal Desai, Ph.D., Univ. of California, San Francisco
• William Fissell, M.D., Dept. of Biomed. Eng., CCF
• Geoffrey Lockwood, Ph.D., Queen's University, Kingston, Ont., Canada
• Ronald Midura, Ph.D., Dept. of Biomed. Eng., CCF
• George Muschler, M.D., Dept. of Biomed. Eng., CCF
• Shuvo Roy, Ph.D., Univ. of California, San Francisco
• E. Murat Tuzcu, M.D., Cardiovascular Medicine, CCF
• D. Geoffrey Vince, Ph.D., Volcano Corp.
• Maciej Zborowski, Ph.D., Dept. of Biomed. Eng., CCF
• Christian Zorman, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH