AIMBE
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Board of Directors
President (2020-2022)
Tejal Desai, Ph.D.
Ernest L. Prien Professor and Chair
Department of Bioengineering
University of California, San Francisco
Executive Director
Milan Yager, MPA
Executive Director
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Secretary-Treasurer (2020-2022)
Alyssa Panitch, Ph.D.
Edward Teller Professor and Executive Dean/Associate Dean of Personnel
College of Engineering
University of California, Davis
Chair, College of Fellows (2020-2021)
Joyce Wong, Ph.D.
College of Engineering Distinguished Faculty Fellow
Boston University
Past President
Christine E. Schmidt, Ph.D.
Pruitt Family Professor and Chair
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida
Directors
Vice President, At-Large (2019-2021)
Naomi Chesler, Ph.D.
Director, Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Irvine
Vice President, At-Large (2020-2022)
Beth L. Pruitt, Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and BioMolecular Science and Engineering
Director, Center for Bioengineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
Vice President, At-Large (2020-2022)
Sanjeev Shroff, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and McGinnis Chair
Bioengineering
University of Pittsburgh
Vice President, At-Large (2019-2021)
Michael Yaszemski, MD, Ph.D.
Krehbiel Family Endowed Professor
Mayo Clinic
Chair, Academic Council (2020-2022)
Michele J. Grimm, Ph.D.
Wielenga Creative Engineering Endowed Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Michigan State University
Chair, Industry Council (2019-2021)
Nadine Ding, Ph.D.
Volwiller Fellow
Abbott Laboratories
Chair, Council of Societies (2019-2021)
Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, Ph.D.
Fletcher Stuckey Pratt Chair in Engineering
University of Texas at Austin
Ex Officio Members
Chair-Elect, College of Fellows
Susan S. Margulies, Ph.D.
Wallace H. Coulter Chair
Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University
Chair, Awards Committee
Guillermo Ameer, Sc.D.
Daniel Hale Williams Professor
Biomedical Engineering and Surgery
Northwestern University
Chair, CURM Committee
Norma A. Alcantar, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
University of South Florida
Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Cynthia Reinhart-King, Ph.D.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Vanderbilt University
