THE 3^rd ANNUAL FISCHELL FESTIVAL:

Dr. Johannes Bonatti, M.D.

Dr. Robert E. Fischell, Ph.D.

Dr. Harvey Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Bartley Griffith, M.D.

10:00 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction, presented by William Bentley, Fischell Professor of Bioengineering and Chair, Fischell Department of Bioengineering.

10:05 a.m.

Dr. Robert E. Fischell will present his latest work on the revolutionary new "Svelte Stent."

10:45 a.m.

Live, streamcast surgical procedure performed by Dr. Johannes Bonatti, M.D., from the Department of Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and one of the world’s most experienced in minimally invasive coronary operations using the DaVinci robot; and narrated by Dr. Bartley Griffith, M.D., Director of the Division of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiothoracic Transplantation and professor of the Department of Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Procedure to be announced.(More about Dr. Bonatti » | More about Dr. Griffith »)

11:45 a.m.

Announcement regarding the Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices by Professor and Chair William Bentley.

11:55 a.m.

Announcement of the 2008 Fischell Fellow by Dr. Robert E. Fischell, medical device inventor, entrepreneur and member, National Academy of Engineering; and Professor and Chair William Bentley.

12:00 p.m.

1st Annual Fischell Capstone Design Awards presented by Mrs. Susan Fischell and members of the Class of 2009, and featuring 3 senior bioengineering design projects.

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Student Poster Presentations
First Floor, West Corridor

Career Information Fair and Exhibitor Expo
Rotunda and Innovation Hall of Fame

Biotechnology and healthcare organizations scheduled to participate so far include:

• Amethyst Technologies
• APC Biotechnologies, Inc.
• Atlantic Technology Group
• Biomedical Engineering Society
• CC Biotech
• Chesapeake PERL
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Devices & Radiological Health
• FDA Office of Regulatory Affairs
• Fisher BioServices
• Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
• Igene Biotechnology
• MedImmune, Inc.
• Medtronic, Inc.
• Perinatronics Medical Systems
• SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation)
• University of Maryland School of Medicine

3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Current Trends and Innovations in Bioengineering
Kay Boardrooms 1 and 2

Parallel seminars and discussion presented by faculty and guests in 30 minute sessions.

• "Imaging Physics and the Assessment of New Medical Imaging Technologies"
  Dr. Aldo Badano, Imaging Physics Laboratory, Division of Imaging and Applied Mathematics, Office of Science and Engineering Labs, FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health
• "Image-guided Surgical Robotics: From Macro-scale to Meso-scale"
  Jaydev P. Desai, Associate Professor, Director—RAMS Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland
• "Developing Trends in Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine"
  John Fisher, Associate Professor, Director—Tissue & Biomaterials Engineering Laboratory, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland
• "Drug Targeting and Imaging Approaches Using
  Nanotechnology"
  Peter Swaan, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Center for Nanomedicine and Cellular Delivery, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Reception for the Whiting-Turner Business and Entrepreneurial Lecture

5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Whiting-Turner Business and Entrepreneurial Lecture Series Presents "Innovation in Medical Technology: Implications for Cost and Quality of Health Care"
Lecture Hall

Delivered by Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D., president of the National Academies' Institute of Medicine. (About Dr. Fineberg »)