Muralidhar Padala, Ph.D.
Dr. Padala is an assistant professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Emory University. He holds a secondary appointment in biomedical engineering in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and is a faculty member of the Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience.
His primary interest is at the interface of engineering, biology and cardiac surgery, with a focus on developing new technologies for heart disease. 2012 Research Fellowship, Imperial College London, UK 2010 Ph.D in Bioengineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA 2008 M.S in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA 2004 B. S in Mechanical Engineering, Osmania University, India. Emory Department of Surgery Faculty Profile Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering Faculty Profile Research Honors 2015 - William W. Parmley Prize from the American College of Cardiology 2014 - American Heart Association National Scientist Development Grant 2011 - Fondation Leducq Career Development Award 2008 - Gandy Diaz teaching fellowship, Georgia Institute of Technology 2008 - American Heart Association Pre-doctoral fellowship Technology Innovation Honors 2014 - IN3 Dublin, MedTechIdol, Top 10 finalist 2011 - Emory University Innovation of the year 2011 - Winner, South East Bio Medical Device Plan competition 2009 - Ventura medical device technology competition Panels 2016 : Ad hoc member, CICS study section, NLHBI, National Inst of Health 2015 -present : Young leadership committee, CVSA Council, American Heart Association 2015- present : American Heart Association Surgery Basic Science Study Section 2014- 2015 : American Heart Association Clinical Bioengineering Study Section 2014 - present: Emory University IRB B1 committee 2014 - present: Editorial Board, Heart Research 2014 - present: Editorial Board, Surgical Research 2012 - present: US-Israel Bi-national Scientific Grant Review Committee 2010-2011 : USFDA Internal research program reviewer |