James F. Antaki PhD
Technical Advisory Board Chairman
Dr. Antaki currently serves as the Lowell and Susan McAdam Professor of Heart Assist Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Most recently, he served as Professor, Biomedical Engineering & Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Dr. Antaki is a recognized specialist in the field of ventricular assist devices and associated fluid flow technology. He has been involved in artificial heart research since the first implantation of the Jarvik-7 in Pittsburgh in 1985. He is a widely published author, and an award winning engineer specializing in the design and deployment of blood-wetted medical devices. He is recognized by his peers as a pioneer in biomedically engineered cardiac assist devices. Over the past 24 years has contributed to the development of number of cardiac assist devices used clinically including Heartmate-II, Novacor, Ventracor, TandemHeart and Levacor.
