Clinical Engineering

Azzam Taktak, BEng (Hons), PhD, DipStat, CEng, CSci, FIPEM is Consultant Clinical Scientist at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and an Honorary Professor at the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester. He is a former Vice President of Engineering, CEng Registrar and a Director of the IPEM. He is a national assessor at the Association of Clinical Scientists and lead assessor at the National School for Healthcare Scientists. His main research interests are mathematical and statistical modelling and the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in medicine. To date, he has published more than 75 peer-reviewed articles and edited 2 books. He has in the past led a European project on ocular oncology under the Biopattern Network of Excellence which was funded by the European Commission. Paul Ganney, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, CSci, MIPEM, FIAP, 34 years, 5 jobs, 3 reorganisations, 2 city moves and a PhD later, Consultant Clinical Scientist Dr. Ganney is turning his attention more towards training the next generations of Computer Scientists, of trying to give them the platform, tools and experience they will need in order for Clinical Scientists and Engineers to always make a positive difference through the software that they write. Paul is currently lecturing part-time at three Universities and has a wealth of experience both within the academic and practical hospital environments that he is keen to apply. David Long, BEng (Hons), MSc, CEng, MIPEM, is a Clinical Engineer registered in the UK as a Clinical Scientist with the Health and Care Professions Council. He has over 20 years multi-disciplinary NHS experience in the field of rehabilitation engineering, specialising in the provision of postural management and custom contoured seating. Being a Chartered Engineer as well as a qualified clinician, Dave is particularly able to apply biomechanical principles to the assessment process, and to advise and assist with the more technical aspects of the required equipment. He is employed by AJM Healthcare who deliver a number of wheelchair services on behalf of the NHS. He also retains a contract with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust where he teaches on the Oxford Brookes University accredited Postgraduate Certificate in Posture Management for People with Complex Disabilities. Richard Axell, BEng (Hons), MSc, PhD, CSci, CEng, MIPEM, is a Principal Clinical Scientist and Chartered Engineer and jointly leads the Urodynamics Group at UCLH NHS Foundation Trust. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UCL, London. He is Vice President External of the IPEM. He is a HEE/NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Clinical Lectureship award holder. He is a specialist in clinical measurement with a focus on urodynamics and cardiovascular measurement. The UCLH Urodynamics group has a strong academic reputation working with the Female and Functional Restorative Urology group at UCLH and the Uro-Neurology group at Queen Square. He previously collaborated on the cardiothoracic heart transplant project that led to the first donation after circulatory death heart transplant in Europe. To date, he has published 18 peer-reviewed articles, 7 book chapters, and presented over 70 abstracts at national and international meetings.

Part I: GeneralPart II: Information Technology and Software Engineering IntroductionPart III: Clinical Instrumentation and Measurement IntroductionPart IV: Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Introduction