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“Biomedical engineering is very challenging and every bit of it requires a lot of thinking and effort to grasp and make a contribution. The requirement to handle real data/environment/ application in biomedical engineering makes it unique among other engineering disciplines that usually allow theoretical models for many of its topics. Biomedical engineering is quite important to our region due to the existence of some challenges that do not have a match in other regions. Examples include Hepatitis C Virus strands that differ in Egypt from other strands in other parts of the world. This makes the development of customized diagnostic and therapeutic instrumentation in the region a necessity. Unfortunately, there are very few schools that offer a biomedical engineering program and therefore, the field is dominated by electrical and mechanical engineers who offer suboptimal expertise in this field.”
Dr. Yasser Mostafa Kadah, a professor of biomedical engineering at Cairo University in Egypt
biomedical engineer involves training of medical doctors, nurses and staff on newly acquired technologies, supervising the selection, procurement and installation process of new biomedical technologies. Biomedical engineers also work with government officials and auditors. They are also expected to help medical doctors in their medical research by designing or acquiring the necessary instrumentations or devices. Biomedical materials is also an exciting
field where engineers work towards studying the mechanical, biocopatability, transport and electrical properties, composition, and performance of different materials used in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Latest developments in biomedical materials include improvements of coatings that fight infection, scaffolds for tissue engineering, materials to enhance and control drug delivery, bioceramics, nanoparticles for biosensing, diagnosis and treatment. The analysis of mechanical forces in static and dynamic biological systems falls under the area of biomechanics. Human motion, fluid mechanics and material deformation are of interest to biomedical engineers. This area helps in understanding blood circulation and joint mechanics. It is also used in designing and developing prosthetic limbs, artificial hearts and designing heart valves. For more information, the reader is advised to refer to literature and statistics available in countless number of professional bodies that represent biomedical engineering including: The International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering
www.ifmbe.org (IFMBE), IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
www.embs.org (EMBS), and the Biomedical Engineering Society
www.bmes.org/aws/BMES/pt/sp/home_ page (BMES). ■
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MORE INFO: Dr Hasan Al-Nashash is chairing the new Biomedical Engineering conference at the Arab Health Congress from 25-26th January. For more information, visit www.
arabhealthonline.com. You can also email the author on
hnashash@aus.edu
REFERENCES References available on request (
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