Amir Manbachi Explained

Amir Manbachi
Nationality:Iranian-born Canadian-American
Occupation:Professor
Alma Mater:University of Toronto
Notable Works:Towards Ultrasound-guided Spinal Fusion Surgery (2018)

Amir Manbachi (fa|امیر منبع چی) is an Iranian-born, Canadian-American academic and researcher, currently working as an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and known for his work in Medical Ultrasound.[1] He is the co-founder and current director of HEPIUS Innovation Lab at Johns Hopkins University.[2]

Biography

Manbachi is of Iranian descent.[2] He attended the University of Toronto, where he completed his bachelor's degree in applied sciences (BASc) in the Engineering Science (Physics) program.[3] Later, he obtained his master's degree and a PhD in biomedical engineering at the University of Toronto.[3] [2] [4] During his third year as a PhD candidate, he, along with his university advisers, established Spinesonics Medical which developed a sensor designed to aid in vertebral screw insertion procedures.[5] [6] They received $850,000 of grant funding to support their research and development efforts.[5]

In 2016, Manbachi joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University as a research faculty member.[3] [7] At Johns Hopkins University, he co-founded HEPIUS Innovation Labs and now serves as its director.[8] [9] He also served as an associate director of the Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design.[10]

In 2018, Manbachi and Nao J. Gamo began researching ultrasound technology with the potential to target and "burn" brain tumors.[10] They received a total of $750,000 in grant funding from Hopkins, Maryland Technology Development Corp., and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation for this purpose.[10]

In 2020, Manbachi and a team co-led by Nicholas Theodore at Johns Hopkins Medicine were awarded a $13.5M grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to research wearable and implantable ultrasound technologies for spinal cord injury patients.[11] [12]

In 2022, Manbachi received Baltimore Business Journal's 40 under 40 award, and secured a Johns Hopkins Discovery award.[2]

In 2023, the HEPIUS Innovation Lab at Hopkins, led by Manbachi, received a Food and Drug Administration Breakthrough Device Designation for a novel ultrasound imaging implant.[9] [13]

In 2024, he received American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine's Peter Arger Excellence in Medical Student Education Award as well as the Hisako Terasaki's Young Innovator Award. [14] [15] [16]

Awards and recognition

Selected publications

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hopkins professors earn grants through Bisciotti Foundation Translational Fund. Daily Record. Staff. March 12, 2021.
  2. Web site: 40 Under 40: Amir Manbachi, Johns Hopkins University.
  3. Web site: The path to a faculty position: Q & A with alumnus Amir Manbachi. June 23, 2016. Biomedical Engineering - University of Toronto.
  4. Web site: Princely Persian performers. January 23, 2007. The Varsity.
  5. Web site: Job situation may get worse for Ontario graduates. The Canadian Press. September 11, 2013.
  6. Web site: Challenges just beginning for Ontario, Canada's most populous have-not province. Maria. Babbage. September 11, 2013. CTVNews.
  7. Web site: Trump fires acting AG over her stance not to enforce travel ban. January 31, 2017. Baltimore Sun.
  8. Web site: Amir Manbachi.
  9. Web site: Johns Hopkins lab aiming to improve spinal cord injury care hits FDA milestone.
  10. Web site: Hopkins-born venture aims to use ultrasound technology to treat brain tumors.
  11. Web site: Focused Ultrasound for Spinal Cord Injury: Johns Hopkins Receives Funding for New Device. October 30, 2020.
  12. Web site: $13.48M Awarded to Johns Hopkins Scientists to Develop Implantable Ultrasound Devices for Patients with Spinal Cord Injury - Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures. October 30, 2020. ventures.jhu.edu.
  13. Web site: Fire Awards 2023: HEPIUS Innovation Lab.
  14. AIUM Recognizes Leaders in Ultrasound Medicine at UltraCon 2024.
  15. Web site: AIUM Recognizes Leaders in Ultrasound Medicine at UltraCon 2024.
  16. Web site: eurekalert 2024: Hisako Terasaki Younge Innovator Award.
  17. Web site: UofT Alumni Award 2024. UToronto EAN.
  18. Web site: Amir Manbachi, Ph.D., M.Sc., Associate Professor of Neurosurgery. Johns Hopkins Medicine.

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