Leuthardt selected as AIMBE fellow
Prestigious biomedical engineering institute recognizes outstanding contributions to the field
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has named Eric C. Leuthardt, MD, the Shi H. Huang Professor of Neurological Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering, to its College of Fellows.
Leuthardt and Robi Mitra, PhD, the Alvin Goldfarb Distinguished Professor of Computational Biology in the Department of Genetics at WashU Medicine, were inducted March 31 in Arlington, Va. along with 169 other new fellows from across the United States. The two faculty members join 30 of their WashU colleagues already in the organization, including seven who were inducted last year.
The AIMBE’s College of Fellows is highly selective; candidates are nominated each year by their peers for their outstanding contributions to engineering and medical research, practice or education.
Leuthardt is a neurosurgeon and inventor who owns or co-owns more than 600 patents. His work includes a wide range of different types of neurotechnology, including brain-computer interfaces, advanced brain mapping solutions and novel neuromodulation devices to improve diagnoses and treatments for neurological diseases and injuries. He is a co-inventor of the IpsiHand, which was the first FDA-approved Brain Computer Interface. He also is the inventor of NeuroAccess, a device that uses ultrasound to increase the permeability of the blood-brain barrier so that biomolecules can leave the brain and enter the patient’s bloodstream where they can be collected and analyzed by physicians. Both devices received a “Breakthrough Device” designation from the FDA.
Leuthardt is vice chair for innovation and chief of the Division of Neurotechnology in the Taylor Family Department of Neurosurgery and director of the Center for Innovation in Neuroscience and Technology.
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