Board of Advisors

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:

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

Strategic objectives for the Board include:

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

Members of the Board

Industry:

Richard B. Ashman, Ph.D.

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

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

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)
Principal Engineer
Exponent Failure Analysis Associates®, Inc.

Kevin A. Thomas, Ph.D.
(BMEN class of 1981; MS 1983; PhD 1985)
Senior Director, Research & Technology and Product Development
MacroPore Biosurgery, a division of Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.

Stephanie Kute, Ph.D.
(BMEN Class of 1995, MS 1996)
Staff Engineer, Women's Health and Urology R&D
ETHICON, Inc

Medical:

James T. Bennett, M.D.

(ChE class of 1974; MD 1978)
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Tulane University School of Medicine

J. Monroe Laborde, M.S., M.D.
(Tulane Engineering Curriculum Class of 1969, MD 1973; CWRU MS BME 1976)
Touro Infirmary

Academic:

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

Legal:

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

Alan J. Stone
(BMEN class of 1983; JD from Tulane in 1987)
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP

Government/Government relations:

Donna J. Dean, Ph.D.
Senior Science Advisor
Lewis-Burke Associates LLC

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