Bruce H.
Barkalow, Ph.D., PE, CCE
490 Quarterline SE
Newaygo, MI 49337-9125
Tel: (231) 652-2228
Fax: (231) 652-7912
Email: bhbi@riverview.net
Web page: www.bhbi.com
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Educational Background:
| Degree |
University/College |
Year |
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Doctorate
(Ph.D.) |
College of
Engineering, University of Wyoming |
1972 |
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Master
of Science |
College
of Physics, Michigan Technological University |
1967 |
| Bachelor
of Science Applied Physics |
College
of Physics, Michigan Technological University |
1964 |
| Associate in Science |
Grand Rapids
Community College |
1962 |
Licenses and Certification:
Registered
Engineer - Michigan
Registered Electrical Engineer - California
Registered Safety Engineer (Medical Instrumentation) - California
Certified Clinical Engineer
Professional Experience:
06/86-present: Biomedical Engineer consultant for hospitals, medical device companies, legal firms, insurance carriers, Federal Food and Drug Administration, and other biomedical engineering consultants or firms. Work experience includes the performance of independent expert medical technology related accident or incident investigations in areas such as anesthesia, physiological monitoring, life support ventilation, pacemakers, infusion pump support, radiology, hospital electrical power distribution, fires, and burn injuries. More specifically for client hospitals, services include: performing consulting projects related to biomedical and clinical engineering program quality assurance; vendor maintenance service contract review; establishment of hospital based biomedical departments; contract management of BME departments; biomedical engineering support to hospital architects for facility design or renovations; strategic medical technology and capital budget planning; medical equipment selection; custom medical instrumentation design or modification; provision or establishment of computerized medical device control programs for preventive maintenance and maintenance; assistance in biomedical technical labor contract negotiations; hospital advocacy for state law changes regarding technology; JCAHO compliance reviews and pre-inspection surveys; nursing education related to medical equipment safety and usage; electrical power distribution systems for electrically sensitive areas; surgical laser technology programs; establishment of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty programs; selection, acquisition, and implementation of physiological monitoring systems; and assistance in hospital risk management as related to applied medical technology. Industrial client projects include product development, risk management, user training programs, and assistance in medical device market feasibility studies. Experienced in fire investigations related to medical devices and in human burn injuries as caused by hot water or other sources.1/84-6/86: Biomedical Engineer consultant to the Harvard Medical Center (HMC), Boston, MA. Selected as the expert consultant biomedical engineer for HMC under a Federal program (JECOR) to work on assignment at King Faisal University (KFU), Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. Established a comprehensive biomedical engineering support service and M. S. degree program in Clinical Engineering for the College of Medicine and the associated 450-bed teaching hospital. Served as a liaison between KFU and HMC to transfer medical technology and resources to Saudi Arabia. In addition, served as the technical member of the Medical Research Advisory Committee to the Dean of the Medical College.
9/71-9/77: Department Head of Biomedical Engineering for Sutter Community Hospitals, Sacramento, CA. Originator of the present day Sutter Hospital Biomedical Engineering program. Established one of the first, largest, and most successful hospital based biomedical engineering programs. The department provided clinical engineering support for a 650-bed acute-care hospital system (two separate tertiary care hospitals). All preventive maintenance and maintenance was provided for approximately 3000 medical devices. Services also included medical equipment purchase advice, evaluation, implementation, maintenance, preventive maintenance, and user training. Department personnel participated in facilities planning and hospital computer applications. A clinical engineering internship program for M.S. biomedical engineering graduate students was established with California State University, Sacramento, CA.
9/64-9/65: Engineer for Texas Instruments, Inc. Science Services Division, Dallas, TX. Advised technician crew - seismic data processing.
Academic Experience:
1/92-Present: Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. Adjunct professor in Biomedical Engineering. Graduate level courses in clinical engineering and biomedical engineering. Thesis advisor for Biomedical Engineering students. Advisor to the Graduate Biomedical Engineering program.
1/84-6/86: Harvard University, Boston, MA. Harvard University faculty member as a Biomedical Engineering consultant to establish a graduate biomedical engineering program for College of Medicine of the King Faisal University, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
9/71-1/84: California State University, Sacramento, CA. Adjunct professor in Biomedical Engineering. Graduate level courses in clinical engineering and biomedical engineering. Thesis advisor for Biomedical Engineering students. Advisor to the Graduate Biomedical Engineering program.
9/67-8/71: University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. Electrical Engineering Department. Substitute lecturer. Research associate in the development of a bio-telemetry system. Taught electronic instrumentation.
1969 (summer): University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. Natural Resources Research Institute. Engineering development and application of a temperature-sensing telemetry system for an equine fertility study.
1968 (summer): Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. Biological Sciences Department. Research assistant in development and application of instrumentation for hibernator energy budgets. Development of computer software to process all data.
9/65-9/67: Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. Physics Department. Teaching assistant. Summer of 1966, employed by the Institute of Wood Research. Summer of 1967, supported by the Biological Sciences Department (NSF grant), worked on a biological direct calorimeter.
Selected Publications and Presentations:
Oxygen Freeze Injury by B. H. Barkalow, Ph.D., PE, CCE. A presentation of a forensic investigation of a patient facial freeze burn incident in a nursing home. AAMI Meeting June 2000 in Palo Alto, CA.
Recommended Practice for a Medical Equipment Management Program American National Standard, ANSI/AAMI EQ56:1999 available through the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) Arlington, VA. B. H. Barkalow is a member of the AAMI Medical Equipment Management Committee and contributing author.
Are You Complying With Equipment Standards? Interview article with OR Manager, July 1994. Review of hospital compliance with JCAHO medical device standards.
Peripheral
Vessel Diagnostic Angiography Using Mobile and Fixed C-Arm Systems
by B. H. Barkalow, Ph.D., PE, CCE.
A presentation comparing technical and user features of mobile
versus fixed C-Arm imaging
systems for vascular surgeons. Presented
at The International Congress VI on Endovascular Interventions.
Phoenix, AZ,
January 28, 1993.
Surgical Lasers and Applications by B. H. Barkalow, Ph.D., PE, CCE. An 8 hour continuing education for credit course for clinical engineers and biomedical equipment technicians. Presented at The Canadian Annual Meeting of Biomedical Engineering in Medicine and Biological Sciences. Toronto, Ontario, June 1989.
Hospital
Electrical Safety
- An Update, B. H. Barkalow,
Ph.D., PE, CCE. Presented
at the American Society for Hospital Engineering of the American
Hospital Association 26th Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition,
Grand Rapids, MI, March 16, 1989.
Recommendations
for Clinical Engineering Department Management
by B. H. Barkalow, Ph.D.,
PE, CCE. Presented at the
Biomedical Engineering Program Quality Assessment - New Standards
Requiring New Methods B. H. Barkalow, Ph.D., PE, CCE, Session
Chairman and Speaker. The
AAMI 1988 Philadelphia Regional Meeting,
Cherry Hill, NJ, October 25, 1988.
The Role of Biomedical Engineering Consulting in Hospital Management by B. H. Barkalow, Ph.D., PE, CCE. Banquet Speaker. Presented at The Oregon Society for Hospital Engineering, Inc., Annual Meeting and Banquet, Eugene, OR, May 1982.
Management of Technology, B. H. Barkalow, Ph.D., PE, CCE. General Session Chairman and Moderator. Presented at The AAMI National Convention, May 1980.
Hospital Based vs. Consulting Clinical Engineering by B. H. Barkalow, Ph.D., PE, CCE. Invited Speaker. Presented at The AAMI National Convention, May 1979.
The Clinical Engineering Program by B. H. Barkalow, Ph.D., PE, CCE. Chapter 6 in the text, Clinical Engineering: Principles and Practices, edited by J. G. Webster and A. M. Cook. Published by Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1979.Meetings Attended (Partial List):
Radiological
Society of North America - 2000 - Chicago, IL
Association for the
Advancement of Medical Instrumentation-2000
- Palo Alto, CA
American College of Orthopedic Surgeons – 2000 - Orlando, FL
American College of Orthopedic Surgeons – 1999 - Anaheim, CA
Radiological Society for North America - 1994 - Chicago, IL
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation - 1994 -
Washington, D.C.
Society for Technology in Anesthesia - 1994 - Orlando, FL
Radiological Society of North America - 1993 - Chicago, IL
American Heart Association - 1993 - Atlanta, GA
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation - 1993 -
Boston, MA
International Congress VI Endovascular Interventions - 1993 - Phoenix,
AZ
American Society of Anesthesiologists - 1992 - New Orleans, LA
MEDMARC Fifth Annual Seminar on the Defense of Health Care Product
Liability Claims-1992- Kauai, HI
Laser Centers of America: Holmium Lasers for Surgery - 1991 -
Cincinnati, OH
American Society for Lasers in Medicine - 1990 - Nashville, TN
International Congress IV Endovascular Interventions - 1990 - Phoenix,
AZ
Radiological Society of North America - 1989 - Chicago, IL
American Society for Lasers in Medicine - 1989 - Washington, D.C.
AAMI/Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation - 1989 - Cherry Hill,
NJ
ECRI Technology Management - 1989 - Traverse City, MI
Professional Affiliations Present and Past:
Association
for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Group on Engineering
in Medicine and Biology
International Certification Commission - Trustee
National Society of Professional Engineers
International Society for Endovascular Surgery
American Society for Healthcare Engineering
Selected Client and Reference List (Details on Request):
Emergency
Care Research Institute (ECRI), Plymouth Meeting, PA
Harvard Medical Center, Boston, MA
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
MidMichigan Medical Center, Midland, MI
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
New York University Medical Center, New York, NY
United Memorial Hospital, Greenville, MI
British Oxygen Corporation, Murray Hill, NJ
Ohmeda, Inc., Madison, WI
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, Inc. (3M), St. Paul, MN
Zoll Medical Corporation, Woburn, MA
Saint Paul Insurance Company, Saint Paul, MN
Federal Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD
California Food and Drug Administration, Sacramento, CA
California State University, Sacramento, CA
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
International Certification Commission (for Clinical Engineers),
Arlington, VA
Baxter Healthcare Corp Fenwal, Deerfield, IL
Pfizer Hospital Products Group, Inc., New York, NY
Apria Health Care, Inc., Itasca, IL
Lawrence Hospital, New York, NY
Datex-Ohmeda, Tewksbury, MA
Sutter Community Hospitals, Sacramento, CA
Gerber Memorial Hospital, Fremont, MI
Aequitron Medical, Minneapolis, MN
Drager Medical, Inc., Telford, PA
Other Honorarium:
Sigma
Xi (National Research Honorary)
Sigma Tau (Engineering Honorary)
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