PAHCE 2006
 

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           January 30 to February 3, 2006.  Long Beach - Los Angeles, California

PAHCE 2006  IN PERSPECTIVE      Conference Proceedings available from                                                                                                   InterDok or  PAHCE

 

COOPERATION/CREDITS/ SPONSORS


PAHO/ OPSACSUP ; ACCE; CMIA; EMBS ; IEEE

Cleveland Medical Devices, Inc. ; Replacement Parts Industries, Inc.; Hall Research Technologies, Inc.;

University of California Irvine, Extension; Trauma & Disaster Preparedness, St. Mary Medical Center.

Acknowledgement

Aquarium of the Pacific; Long Beach Memorial Hospital; Pronk Technologies, Pasadena, CA.; Philips Medical; Spacelabs Medical, Inc.; AIV, Inc.; Intusoft, Inc.; LBACVB (Long Beach Area Convention & Visitors Bureau).


RECOGNITIONS / AWARDS


 

PAHCE PROFESIONAL INITIATIVE AWARD*

Christopher Cutler, Ph.D., USA
Dr. Ingrid Oliveros, Colombia
Dr. Josefina Gutierrez, Mexico
*Recognition of the earliest submission of recognized work and conference contribution.

   

PAHCE INSTITUTIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD*

CINVESTAV-IPN, México D.F., México.

Leaders and Members:
Dr. Lorenzo Leija Salas, Dr. Ernesto Suaste
Dr. Arturo Vera Hernández, Alfredo Ramírez, Carlos Cortes, Carlos González,
Gabriela Sanchez, Miguel Diaz Hernandez, Monica Vazquez Hernandez, Ricardo Salido Ruiz, Roberto L. Avitia.  

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú

Leaders and Members:
Prof. Luis Vilcahuamàn, Prof. Rocio Callupe, Ing. Carlos Lara
Prof. Héctor Melgar Sasieta, Prof.  Rossana Rivas, Ing. José del Carmen Piñeyro Fernández, Ing. Willy Mestanza.
* institutional recognition of an  exceptional and  substantial range of scientific/ clinical contributions.

  
 

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PAHCE – SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF INNOVATIVE CLINICAL SOLUTIONS*

Design of Cryosurgical Equipment Technique in Monitoring the Temperature Distribution in cryosurgeRY Eleazar Tortal, Jocelyn F. Tortal, Proserfina R. Tortal; School of Engineering and Industrial Design, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, Sydney, Australia; Alay Scientific Research, NSW 2747,   Australia;   Alay Scientific Research, Los Angeles, CA

HEART RATE VARIABILITY AND PUPILLARY AREA VARIABILITY ANALYSIS   IN HEALTHY AND   DIABETICS (013 - 073)ANÁLISIS   DE VARIABILIDAD DE FRECUENCIA CARDIACA Y VARIABILIDAD DE ÁREAS PUPILARES EN DIABETICOS Y SANOS (013-073)Martínez-Memije R, Estañol B, , Infante O, Flores P. Suaste E; Dpto. de Instrumentación Electromecánica, Instituto Nal. de Cardiología; Mexico D.F.; *Dpto. de Neurofisiología Clínica, Inst. Nal. de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Mexico D.F. **Dpto de Ing. Elect. Sección de Bioelectrónica CINVESTAV-IPN Mexico D.F.

ANALYSIS OF THE LEVEL OF NOISE IN THE INCUBATORS AT THE NEONATOLOGY UNIT OF A PERUVIAN ESTABLISHMENT OF HEALTH (016 - 059); ANÁLISIS DEL NIVEL DE RUIDO EN LAS INCUBADORAS DEL SERVICIO DE NEONATOLOGÍA DE UN ESTABLECIMIENTO DE SALUD PERUANO (016 - 059) Carlos Lara, Rosa Alvarado, Lena Luna, Rocío Callupe, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Departamento de Ingeniería, Sección de Electrónica y Electricidad, Grupo de Bioingeniería, Lima, Peru.

* Format B (Extensive reporting)

  
 

 

  

PAHCE – SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF INNOVATIVE INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING* 

A New Laboratory Course to Teach Electrophysiology in Spanish or English (153)Un Nuevo Curso de Laboratorio para Enseñar Electrofisiologia en Español o Ingles (153) Robert N. Schmidt, Chairman, Cleveland Medical Devices, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, USA

PROTOCOL TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF SERVICES IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS (012- 090)PROTOCOLO PARA ELEVAR LA CALIDAD DE LOS SERVICIOS EN LOS DEPARTAMENTOS DE INGENIERÍA BIOMÉDICA (012- 090)Jacqueline Vidal Rosado, Miguel Angel Bautista León; Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, México, D.F.

M-Ofthos: Medical imaging software for radiology teaching support. (151)M-Ofthos: Software de procesamiento de imágenes médicas como apoyo a la docencia de radiología. (151)  Laura Elena Alvarado Pacheco, Gilberto Velázquez Hernández ; Ingeniería Mecatrónica, Universidad Anáhuac Huixquilucan, Edo. Méx. México,  Gilberto Velázquez Hernández Ingeniería en Tecnologías de Información y Telecomunicaciones, Universidad Anáhuac Huixquilucan, Edo. Méx. México.

* Format B (Extensive reporting)

 
  
 

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PAHCE TRANSCONTINENTAL OUTREACH RECOGNITION*  

 Eleazar Tortal, Australia  
Xiang Chen,  Singapore  
Dr.  Wei Jiang,  China

* A selected recognition of contribution  from beyond  the Pan American continent.

 

  
 

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HOSPITAL/CLINIC  GIFT PRESENTATION

Recipient: HOSPITAL NACIONAL DOS DE MAYO, LIMA, PERU. 
Presenter: PAHCE - DAVID STILES, CBET.

 

 PAHCE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS RECOGNITION

 

 

PAHO’S SUPPORT OF CLINICAL ENGINEERING INTHE AMERICAS/ APOYO DE OPS A LA INGENIERIA CLÍNICA EN LAS AMÉRICAS
Antonio Hernandez*, PAHO/OPS

COMPUTERIZED ECG – WHERE HAVE WE BEEN AND WHERE MUST WE GO?
Michael M. Laks*, M.D. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance,California, USA

STARTING A SUCCESSFUL MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANY// DESARROLLO DE PRODUCTOS MEDICOS DESECHABLES Y REUTILIZABLES: EJEMPLO DEL SISTEMA “KIWI” DE PARTO POR VENTOSA
Christopher Cutler*, Ph.D. Vice President, Clinical Innovations, UT, USA

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING IN PHARMACEUTICAL R&D/ INGENIERÍA BIOMÉDICA EN LA INVESTIGACIÓN Y EL DESAROLLO DE FARMACÉUTICOS.
Brian Rasnow*, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Amgen Inc.
Healthcare Megatrends: THE TOP TRENDS AFFECTING HEALTH

CARE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR THE FUTURE
Kouros Azar*, MD, Los Angeles, CA.

*PAHCE and its members acknowledge and recognize the contributions of the speakers, not only in the form of sharing their expertise, but also for their financial contributions regarding conference expenses.

 

TRACK – C0 CHAIRS


Luis Castro, Christopher Cutler,
Antonio Hernandez , Ernesto Suaste, Marco Antonio Reyna, Josefina Gutiérrez / Claudia Patricia Quiroz Flores, Ingrid Oliveros,  Maryam Moussavi,
 Natalie Gosset, Robert N. Schmidt, Lorenzo Leija, Carola Ana Yucra , Arturo Vera, Suave Lobodzinski.


 

WORKSHOPS


Clinical and Hospital Engineering/
Ingenieria Clínica y Hospitalaria:
American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) and California Medical Instrumentation Association (CMIA)
Coordinators/Coordinadores: Frank Painter, CCE FACCE and Arif Subhan, Senior Clinical Engineer, Masterplan Inc.
Presenters/Presentadores: Arif Subhan Senior Clinical Engineer, Masterplan Inc. (W1A); Malcolm Ridgway PhD, CCE Senior Vice President, Technology Management, Masterplan Inc. (W1B) Marvin Shepherd, PE, FACCE, President, Devteq Consulting Walnut Creek, CA (W2A), Marcia Wylie, Director of Biomedical Engineering, Scripps Health, San Diego, CA. State Chair of the California Medical Instrumentation Association (CMIA), (W2B).

Medical Technology Needs and Trends/
Necesidades y Tendencies de la Technologia Medica
Dr. Jordan Isailovic, President, JRI Technology; Dr. Stanley Wolf, President and Founder, Lattice Press.

 

COUNTRY PROFILE EDITORS

Dr. Alvarez Joaquin Ernesto; Dr. Alvarado Rosa Isabel; Arriola Héctor Gerardo, M. Sc.; Avendaño Cervantes Guillermo E., BME Eng.; Batista Ricardo, MD. MSc.; Calil Saide Jorge, Ph. D; Callupe Rocío, M. en IB; Castro Luis, M.Sc.; Carola Yucra, Eng.; Ciani José L.; Druzgalski Christopher, Ph.D.; Flores José Maria, Eng.; Dr. Gonzalez Gaston; Dra. Gonzalez de Karina Navarro; Guerreiro da Silva Walter, M.Sc.; Lara Alvarado Carlos, M. en Ing.; Pino Alea José Raúl Ponce; Juan Carlos, BSCSE; Dr. Reyna Marco Antonio; Dra. Raphael Zurich Thelma; Dr. Snyder Richard.

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS


CLINICAL TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT AND ISSUES IN A CLINICAL/HOSPITAL SETTING/
TECNOLOGIA CLÍNICA DE SOPORTE Y PROBLEMAS EN EL ESCENARIO CLÍNICO/HOSPITALARIO

Clinical Technology/
Tecnologia Clinica; Panel members: Christopher Druzgalski, Adriana Velázquez Berumen, David Stiles, Mario Castañeda, Natalie Gosset, Robert Schmidt.

Academic and professional linkages/Enlaces académicos y Profesionales; Panel members: Antonio Hernandez , Andrés Melgar, Carola Ana Yucra, Christopher Druzgalski, Ernesto Suaste, Guillermo Avendano, Ingrid Oliveros, Lorenzo Leija, Luis Vilcahuaman,  Marco  Antonio Reyna, Maria Garcia-Gonzalez , Pilar Rivas.

 

PAHCE TEAM

Technical Program Coordinators/ Coordinadores del programa técnico: Nathalie Gosset M.Sc., MBA; Dr. Lorenzo Leija; Dr. Ernesto Suaste; Dr. Marco Antonio Reyna, Christopher Druzgalski, PhD.
Co Editors/ Co Editors: Dr. Lorenzo Leija, Dra. Maria Graça Ruano, Christopher Druzgalski, PhD.
PAHO Liaison/ Representando OPS: Antonio Hernandez, Eng. Organization/

Organización:  Vice Chair/ Vice-Presidente Luis Castro-Pou, MSc.
Clinical and Industrial Liaison / Relaciones clínicas e industrials: David Stiles, CBET, Director BME.
Organizational Support / Apoyo organizacional: Luis Castro-Pou, Henan Gao, Manuel Bravo, Rogelio Rodriguez, William Lopez.
Technical Support and Contributions / Apoyo técnico y contribuciones: Henan Gao, Adrian Druzgalski, Héctor Gerardo Arriola, Paul Ingerson, Rubén Pérez.
Supporting Industrial and Organizational Representatives / Apoyo industrial y organizacional:
Robert N. Schmidt
, Chairman, Cleveland Medical Devices, Inc. http://www.clevemed.com/
Ira Lapides
, CEO & President, Replacement Parts Industries, Inc. http://www.rpiparts.com
Ali Haghjoo
, President, Hall Research Technologies, Inc. http://www.hallresearch.com
Rogelio Rodriguez
, Director, UC Irvine Extension Engineering and Science Department
Andrew Reno
, Director of Trauma & Disaster Preparedness, St. Mary Medical Center.
Endorsed by PAHO (Pan American Health Organization)/ Endosada por OPS (Organización Panamericana de la Salud)
Supporting organizations / Apoyo de las organizaciones: ACSUP, ACCE, CMIA, EMBS, IEEE
And also special thanks for the assistance to: Piedad Prieto,
Dr. Jorge Bermudez, Maria Soledad Kearns, Erica Noriega, Cecile Fisher, Izabella A. Gieras,  Karen Adams, Dr.  Saide Jorge Calil, Carla Dispalatro, Cookie Partansky, Yadin David, John Bradley, Kate Gunther, Cynthia  Duenas Kerenyi, Vimar Laohavichien, Marcela Salazar, Robert Koehl, Alejandro Stern,  and members of the organizing committee as listed at the PAHCE 2006 conference webpage.