Baruch Barry Lieber

Professor
Biomedical Engineering

University of Miami
P.O. Box 248294
Coral Gables, FL 33124-0620
blieber@miami.edu

EDUCATION TEACHING RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS EXPERIENCE HONORS  SERVICE

EDUCATION:
BS Tel-Aviv University, MS Georgia Institute of Technology, PhD Georgia Institute of Technology

TEACHING:
BME 460 - Introduction to Physiological Fluid Mechanics

BME 528 - BME Class

BME 615 - Advanced Engineering Hemodynamics

BME 680 - BME Seminar

RESEARCH:
Hemodynamics and intravascular devices

PUBLICATIONS:
Recent Publications:

1.      Seong, J., Lieber, B.B., Wakhloo, A.K., “Morphological age-dependent development of the human carotid bifurcation”, Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 38, 453-465, 2005.

2.      Lieber, B.B., Sadasivan, C., Gounis, M.J., Seong, J., Laszlo Miskolczi, L., Wakhloo, A.K., “Functional Angiography”, Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 33(I) pp. 1-102, 2005.

3.      Raz, A., Lieber, B.B., Soliman, F., Buhle, J., Lee, L., Ill, L., Quackenbush, G., Jonathan Posner, J., Posner, M.I., “Ecological nuances in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI): Psychological stressors, posture, and hydrostatics”, NeuroImage, Vol. 25, pp. 1-7, 2005. (Figure also featured on the cover of Vol. 25 (1))

4.      Gounis, M.J., Spiga, M.G., Regina M. Graham, R.M., Lieber, B.B., Wakhloo, A.K., Webster. K.A., “Angiogenesis is confined to the transient period of VEGF expression that follows adenoviral gene delivery to ischemic muscle”, Gene Therapy 12, 762–771, 2005.

5.      Wakhloo, A.K., Lieber, B.B., Siekmann, R., Eber, D.J., Gounis, M.J., “Acute and Chronic Swine Rete AVM Models: Hemodynamics and Vascular Remodeling” AJNR American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol. 26, pp 1702-1706, 2005.

6.      Lieber, B.B., Wakhloo, A.K., Siekmann, R., Gounis, M.J., “Acute and Chronic Swine Rete AVM Models: Effect of Ethiodol and Glacial Acetic Acid on Penetration, Dispersion, and Injection Force of N-Butyl 2-Cyanoacrylate” AJNR American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol. 26, pp 1707-1714, 2005.

7.      Lieber, B.B., Siebes, M., Yamaguchi, T. “Correlation of Hemodynamic Events with Clinical and Pathological Observations”, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 33, No. 12, pp. 1695–1703, 2005.

8.      Seong, J., Sadasivan, C., Onizuka, M., Gounis, M.J., Christian, F., Miskolczi, L., Wakhloo, A.K., Lieber, B.B., “Morphology of Elastase-Induced Cerebral Aneurysm Model in Rabbit and Rapid Prototyping of Elastomeric Transparent Replicas”, Biorheology, Vol. 42(5), pp. 345-361, 2005.

9.      Onizuka, M., Miskolczi, L., Gounis, M.J., Jaehoon J., Lieber, B.B., Wakhloo, A.K. “Elastase-Induced Aneurysms in Rabbits - Effect of Post-Construction Geometry on Final Size”, AJNR American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol. 27, pp. 1129-1131, 2006.

10.  Jaehoon J., Wakhloo, A.K., Lieber, B.B., “In Vitro Evaluation of Flow Divertors in an Elastase-Induced Saccular Aneurysm Model in Rabbit”, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 129, pp. 863-872, 2007.

11.  Cha K.S., Balaras, E., Lieber, B.B., Sadasivan, C., Wakhloo, A.K., “Modeling the Interaction of Coils with the Local Blood Flow after Coil Embolization of Intracranial Aneurysms”, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 129, pp. 873-879, 2007.

12.  Gounis, M.J., Lieber, B.B., Webster. K.A., Wakhloo, A.K., “A Novel Angiographic Methodology for the Quantification of Angiogenesis”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 55. pp. 996-1003, April 2008.

EXPERIENCE:
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami (Sept. 2001- Present)
Director, Center for Bioengineering (July 1997 - August 2001)
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Sept. 1998 - Aug 2001)
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo.
Research Professor of Neurosurgery (July 1994 - August 2001)
School of Medicine and Biomedical sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo.
Adjunct Research Associate Professor (December 1996 - August 2001)
Roswell park Cancer Institute, Graduate Division, Department of Biometry
Co-Director  Toshiba Stroke Research Center (May 1995 - August 2001)
State University of New York at Buffalo Associate Professor, Department of mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 
(Sept. 1993 - 1998)
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo.
Visiting Associate Professor (July 1994 - January 1995)
Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Sept. 1987 - Aug. 1993), School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo.
Summer Fellow (June 1989 - Aug. 1989)
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Jan. 1986 - Aug. 1987)
School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Summer Fellow (July 1986 - Aug. 1986)
Department of Electrical Engineering, Imperial College.
Consultant (Feb. 1986 - Dec. 1986)
Activator Methods Inc. Wilmar, MN Research Assistant (Sept. 1980 - Dec. 1985)
School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Research Engineer (Nov. 1979 - Aug. 1980)
“Atidim”, Goldschmidt, Center of High Technology Industries, Tel-Aviv Israel.
Visiting Research Engineer (July 1979 - Sept. 1979)
Sulzer, Zurich, Switzerland.
Teaching Assistant (Sept. 1976 - July 1979)
School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University

HONORS:
Summa Cum Laude Award for Excellence of Scientific Exhibit
   The American Society of Neuroradiology, 42nd Annual
   Scientific Meeting, Seattle, Washington June 7-11, 2004.
Fellow - American Society of  Mechanical Engineers, 2005.
2005 Johnson A. Edosomwan Researcher of the Year, University of Miami, College of Engineering

SERVICE:
Professional Affiliation and Activities

Associate Editor, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering (2005-present)
Member of the Editorial Board, Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering (2005 - present)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (Member 1985 - Present)
Program Chair, ASME Bioengineering Division IMECE 2001
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
(Student Member 1981-1985, Member 1985 - 1994, Senior Member 1995 - 1997)
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) (1987 - present)