Recognizing unmet needs in health care and opportunities to build on our strengths, Duke launched the nation’s first BME department in 1971. We’ve never looked back. With a growing number of programs devoted to placing engineering students alongside clinicians at Duke University Medical Center (just meters from the engineering campus), Duke BME is discovering and addressing unmet medical needs and developing new technologies to help save lives.
Duke BME’s efforts to serve society extend far beyond Durham or even the United States. Our faculty and students keep a vigilant eye toward designing solutions that work with and for communities in resource-limited settings around the world.
is at the forefront of emerging technologies like using CRISPR to regulate genes, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, and a slew of imaging revolutions from ultrasound to photoacoustic tomography.
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Hugo L. Blomquist Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
BME Director of Undergraduate Studies, Claude B. Williams and David M. Hesse Associate Professor of the Practice
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Alan L. Kaganov Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Dean for Doctoral Education, Theodore Kennedy Professor of BME
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Laszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
A. Eugene and Marie Washington Presidential Distinguished Professor
Director of Master’s Studies, Anderson-Rupp Professor of BME
Associate Director of Master’s Studies, Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of BME
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Paul M. Gross Distinguished Professor
John W. Strohbehn Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Muriel Theodorsen Williams E’46 Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
James L. and Elizabeth M. Vincent Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
William Bevan Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Charles E. Putman University Distinguished Professor of Radiology
Nello L. Teer, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, in the Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School of Engineering
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of BME
Executive in Residence in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
W. H. Gardner, Jr. Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of the Practice Emeritus in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Hudson Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Coulter Program Director, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
Director of Graduate Studies, Theo Pilkington Distinguished Professor of BME
Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Robert W. Carr, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Alfred Winborne and Victoria Stover Mordecai Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Aleksandar S. Vesic Distinguished Professor
Director, First-Year Design Program, Professor of the Practice in the Department of BME
Hertha Sponer Distinguished Professor of Physics
Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology
Robert Plonsey Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Laszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Thomas Lord Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Associate Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
Jonathan Spicehandler, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Neuro Oncology, in the School of Medicine
Associate Chair, Director of Graduate Studies and Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of MEMS
Faculty across biostatistics and bioinformatics, surgery and biomedical engineering will develop models to understand how antibodies protect against severe influenza infection
Kafui Dzirasa wants nothing less than to reengineer the brain’s electrical patterns to treat anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia.
Launched from the lab of Charles Gersbach, the company uses epigenetic editing to control gene expression without modifying the DNA itself
