Dr. Sudhi Gautam MBBS, DLO (ENT Surgery), Ph.D. (Biomed Eng), a surgeon-turned-Biomedical Engineer has over 15 years of experience in developing technological solutions to address medical problems. His 8 years of surgical practice motivated him into engineering after realizing the impact that technology could have in addressing clinically unmet needs. He did a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at the renowned IIT and followed it up with a Post-doctoral research at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
As EIR/Adviser to technology incubators such as Girvan & TEN he assesses technologies and develops strategies for biomedical products. As a motivator, a cross-disciplinary biomedical educationist he trains entrepreneurs, physicians, non-medical personnel and provides leadership skills. Areas of expertise include Artificial Organs/Implants, Breast Devices, Extracorporeal Devices, Blood Devices, Non-invasive Physiological Monitoring, Stem Cell-based technologies, Ear, Nose & Throat Technology, Medical/Clinical Info Systems and Engineering Solutions to Medical/Clinical problems.
This talk is not for the faint hearted!! Medicine can be gory, torture at one time in history becomes common practice, tales from the monster genre have become reality in modern medicine, and medicine from the Dark Ages is now in vogue.
The idea of using leeches in modern practice of medicine might seem abhorrent, but leeches are slowly but surely crawling their way back into modern medicine. There are many treatments that medicine ignored as being worthless that are now storming back into the therapeutic center stage. Electroshock therapy (ECT) for one is now back for many patients who can't be helped by drugs or therapy, ECT is their last, best hope. When it comes to healing gangrenous wounds, maggots held in place by wire-mesh bandages are unparalleled. With the recent approvals of some of these by the FDA, you might as well pull yourself together and get prepared to see some of these annelids on your next visit to the local hospital.
