Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications
With a select and balanced membership of experts from government, industry, and academia, BEMA functions as a forum focused on the successful navigation of the technical, regulatory, and manufacturing elements that impact product development. Formal meetings are designed to promote candid discussion on issues relevant to biomedical applications of materials, thereby allowing members and other participants to gain insights and information, as well as engage with leaders in the field. As a National Academies roundtable, BEMA is a convening mechanism and does not provide advice or recommendations on any specific issue or policy pending before any government agency.
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Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications Planning Meeting July 2023
- July 25, 2023
- 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
BEMA stakeholders will convene in a planning meeting to discuss efforts to reconstitute the roundtable and to hold scoping discussions on emerging issues in biomedical engineering materials and applic...
Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications February 2021 Meeting
- February 1, 2021
- 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
The BEMA Committee will gather to discuss the selected topic of “Part 2: Issues and Opportunities Related to Biomaterials and Devices (Therapeutic/Diagnostic/Protective) Related to COVID-19”
Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications September 2020
- September 16, 2020
- 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (ET)
- Tele Conference
- Past
Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications presents a focus session on “COVID-19 related materials and devices (therapeutic/diagnostic/protective) issues and opportunities related...
Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications March 2020
- March 8, 2020
- 11:00 PM - 11:00 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
Topic: “Issues and Opportunities Regarding the Availability of Biomaterials and Services for the Medical Device Industry” Featured Speakers: Mike Helmus, Consultant Marvin Slepian (U. of Arizona, Fou...
Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications November 2019 Meeting
- November 11, 2019
- 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (ET)
- Meeting
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"Where Destiny Leads: Important Contemporary Biomaterials Research and Translation from the Labs of BEMA Colleagues” Featured Speakers: Barbara Boyan, Virginia Commonwealth University Mark Boden, Bos...
Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications June 2019
- June 13, 2019
- 11:50 AM - 11:00 PM (ET)
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“Materials used in the Extracorporeal Space and their interactions with Blood” Featured Speakers: Richard Edelson, MD, Yale School of Medicine Biju Parekkadan, PhD., Rutgers University Joerg Gerlach,...
Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications March 2019
- May 24, 2019
- 11:00 PM - 11:00 PM (ET)
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"Law and Medical Devices: The Complex, Interdigitated, Essential and Evolving World” Featured Speakers: Marv Slepian MD Prof Med/ BME, Director – ACABI AZ Center for Accel Biomed Innovation – UA Marc...
Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications November 2018
- November 12, 2018
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)
- Meeting
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“Medical Product Infection and Fouling.” Featured Speakers: Maria Macuare Gorden, MD, Boston Scientific Corporation Satish Pulapura, Medronic, Inc. Thomas Webster, Northeastern University Jonathan Zha...
Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications June 2018
- June 27 - 28, 2018
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“Biology Meets Material Morphology” Featured Speakers: Barbara Boyan, Virginia Commonwealth University Anand Deva, Macquarie University, Australian School of Advanced Medicine Rebecca Taylor, Carneg...
Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications March 2018
- March 25, 2018
- 11:00 PM - 11:00 PM (ET)
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" Medical Product Development: Changes, Challenges, Strategies, Relationships Among Stake-holders” Featured Speakers: Anjali Kumar, Shire Pharmaceuticals Jason Park, Flagship Pioneering Terry Woods,...
Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications November 2017
- November 6, 2017
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)
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“Improving Efficiencies in Clinical and Pre-Clinical Studies through Modeling” Featured Speakers: Grace Peng, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering Craig Myers, Medtronic Vascular...
Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications June 2017
- June 28 - 29, 2017
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This is a closed meeting.
Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications February 2017
- February 27, 2017
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)
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Considerations in Payor Policies for Medical Product Development and Usage - What Does One Need to Know? What are the Emerging Issues? Featured Speakers Marvin Slepian, University of Arizona Louis Jaq...
Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications November 2016
- November 7, 2016
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
The topic of this meeting is "Biofabrication."
Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications June 2016
- June 13 - 14, 2016
- Meeting
- Past
The topic of this meeting is "Orthopedic Biomaterials and Products".