WEEKLY GUEST LECTURES BY NATIONAL EXPERTS: The course will explore technologies that physically enhance the human body and will impact healthcare in the 21st century. Technologies include artificial organs and joints, robots as replacement for human parts, genetic engineering, cloning, transplantation, limb regeneration, and man-machine interfaces.

Prof. Peter Robbie & Dr. Joe Rosen will introduce the Course, and discuss themes of Innovation and Re-Designing Humans. The course addresses current world events and scientific research, such as the December 2008 first U.S. facial transplant will be presented and discussed. Past speakers have included Dr. Maria Siemionow, who led the transplant team at the Cleveland Clinic.

Bio: Joseph M. Rosen, M.D.: Dr. Rosen is Professor of Surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive) at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He also teaches two courses at the Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College - Healthcare and Biotechnology in the 21st Century and Virtual Medicine and Cybercare. Dr. Rosen is a member of the Melanoma Tumor Board and Affiliate Member of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital. He received his B.A. from Cornell University and an MD from Stanford University School of Medicine.

Dr. Rosen's major research interests are: Nerve Repair and Human Machine Interfaces, Microsurgery and Transplantation of Limbs, Computer-Aided Surgery, Virtual Reality Simulators and methods of Education, Telemedicine and informatics, Healthcare Delivery for Medical Disasters and Counter Measures for Bio-Terrorism. He is a former Director, Section, Emerging Technologies Assessment at the Institute of Security Technology Studies at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. He is a committee member on the Bio-terrorism Working Group at the IEEE - USA Medical Technology Policy Committee and a consultant at the Institute of Defense Analysis in Washington, DC. Dr. Rosen is a member of the Plastic Surgery Research Council, American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, and is a member of the Strategic Committee of the Association of Plastic Surgery. Since 1981, Dr. Rosen has done volunteer surgery in developing countries for Interplast, Inc.and other groups.

Bio: Peter J. Robbie is a product designer, Associate Professor of Engineering and Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Sciences at Dartmouth.

Robbie's research focus is medical imaging and treatment planning. He was a co-founder of Medical Media Systems (MMS) where he was senior vice president for product design and clinical affairs. MMS is now an industry leader in cutting-edge imaging technology for treatment planning. At MMS his team designed and developed an advanced imaging system,  Preview Treatment Planning Software, which received FDA and HICFA approvals for advanced minimally invasive procedures such as endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms.  Currently he is a consultant on the design team for the MIST Project, a microwave imaging system for detection of breast cancer.   

At Dartmouth Robbie teaches product design, creative problem solving, and design for human use.  He received an M.F.A. from Cornell University (1972) and for several years taught three-dimensional design in the Visual Studies program at Dartmouth.  He is a professional member of the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA) and has served as a design consultant for several corporations.

http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/faculty/peterrobbie.html

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Readings

Readings, Slides, and Videos can be accessed from Blackboard course Engs005. Use your Dartmouth ID to login to Blackboard.

Blackboard:Healthcare\Biotech 21st Cent (SP09)

Guest access to the course readings can be arranged by contacting Prof. Peter Robbie or Ann Marion.

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