Elazer R. Edelman

About

Elazer R. Edelman, M.D., Ph.D., is the Edward J. Poitras Professor in Medical Engineering and Science at MIT, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Senior Attending Physician in the coronary care unit at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Edelman directs MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) and Clinical Research Center (CRC) as well as the Harvard-MIT Biomedical Engineering Center (BMEC). His research interests meld his medical and scientific training to better understand underlying biology for application towards improved clinical decision making and device design. Many of his findings have been or are now in clinical trial validation. More than 300 students and postdoctoral fellows have passed through Dr. Edelman’s laboratory enabling publication of over 680 original scientific articles and some 80 patents. Dr. Edelman is a fellow of multiple prestigious organizations including the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the National Academy of Engineering. He served as a member of FDA’s Science Board and an ORISE fellow in the FDA EIR. He was awarded the Spanish Order of Civil Merit by the Spanish Parliament and King Juan Carlos.