[bioundgrd] BMES Lecture Series Wed, Oct 18 6:30pm

[Janice Chang]

>From:
>Chensi Ouyang
>co-Vice President
>MIT BE-BMES
>
>
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>Members of the MIT Community,
>
>The BE-BMES cordially invites you to the eighth presentation of the 2006
>Distinguished Lecture Series:
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>Wednesday, October 18, 2006.
>Refreshments at 6:30 pm.
>Lecture at 7:00 pm.
>Room 66-110.
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>*Automated Neuropathy Assessment Devices - Medicine, Technology and Health
>Care Politics
>*
>Shai Gozani, Ph.D.
>President & Chief Executive Officer
>NeuroMetrix Inc.
>Waltham, MA
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>Neuropathies are diseases of the peripheral nerves and parts of the spine.
>They are closely linked to carpal tunnel syndrome, low back and leg pain,
>and diabetes, and affect tens of millions of patients annually in the US.
>Neuropathies cause pain, disability and are associated with increased
>mortality. For this reason, early and accurate diagnosis is important to
>optimizing short and long term clinical outcomes. Nerve conduction studies
>(NCS), an electrophysiological measurement of nerve function, are objective
>and widely regarded as the gold standard neuropathy assessment method.
>Although traditionally performed by certain specialists, access to NCS has
>been greatly expanded through the introduction of automated NCS technology
>based on advances in biosensors, bioelectronic instrumentation, signal
>processing, and decision support software. In this talk, the physiological
>basis for neuropathies will be provided. Automated NCS technology will be
>discussed. Finally, the complicated health care issues surrounding this
>disruptive innovation will be outlined.
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>co-sponsored by the IEEE EMBS, Boston Chapter.
>Contact: John Healy, <mailto:healy at mit.edu>healy at mit.edu, BE VP of 
>Special Programs
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