Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Director, Clinical Research, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
Dr Najafi is currently serving with the Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery as a tenured Professor and Director of Clinical Research in the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy and Director of Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP). He is also serving as an adjunct Professor at the School of Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX and Adjunct Professor at the Colleges of Engineering and Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. He completed his Ph.D. in Bioengineering followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Applied Biomechanics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Tech (Lausanne, Switzerland), and in Neuroscience at Harvard University, Neuromotor Control Lab. Dr. Najafi's career has focused on developing technologies that improve stability, healing, and mobility worldwide through research and the mentorship of young scientists and engineers and collaboration with clinical and industrial partners. He has over two decades of experience in designing bio-inspired sensors for objective evaluation of healthy state of patients with locomotor dysfunctions, over 200 scientific publications in peer reviewed journals or conference proceeding with more than 8100 citations (H-Index:45, Ref: Google Scholar, June 2020), 20+ issued/pending/provisional patents, and have been PI or a key investigator on over 60 industrial, national and international grants ($70M+). He worked with a wide network of clinical and bioengineering collaborators across the globe primarily in the clinical areas of falls, frailty, gait, digital health, ergonomic/posture, dementia, and diabetes and diabetic foot ulcers. He also serves as Editor, Associate Editor, or guest editor for several scientific journals including Section Editor for Gerontology, 'Technological Section', Associate Editor for PLOS One, and guest editor for Sensors. Thanks to his contribution in successful translation of technologies for various clinical applications, he was recognized as one of the most Influential Health and Medical Leaders by Tucson Local Media in 2014.
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Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
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