{"408131":{"#nid":"408131","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Yoganathan Wins AAMI Honor","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe honors keep accumulating for Ajit Yoganathan, Regents\u2019 Professor and associate chair for research and Distinguished Faculty Chair in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EYoganathan recently won a Standards Developer Award from the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EAccording to AAMI, Yoganathan was honored for his ongoing work on revising standards for cardiac valve repair devices, as well as developing a risk assessment paradigm for medical devices. He\u2019s been working on U.S. and ISO Heart Valve Standards for more than 30 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cI am truly honored by this award, since it recognizes my passion for impacting human lives,\u201d Yoganathan told AAMI. \u201cThis is my research philosophy: from bench to bedside.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EEarlier this year, Yoganathan was elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering for his work and achievements in the biomechanics of prosthetic heart valves and the development of heart repair devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EAAMI is a nonprofit organization founded in 1967. It is a diverse community of nearly 7,000\u0026nbsp;professionals united by one mission \u2013 the development, management, and use of safe and effective healthcare technology.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:wrich@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Communications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Yoganathan wins Standards Developer Award from the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EYoganathan wins Standards Developer Award from the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Yoganathan wins Standards Developer Award from the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2015-05-29 09:41:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:21","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-05-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-05-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"411491":{"id":"411491","type":"image","title":"Ajit Yoganathan, Regents\u0027 Professor","body":null,"created":"1449254204","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:36:44","changed":"1475895142","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:22","alt":"Ajit Yoganathan, Regents\u0027 Professor","file":{"fid":"202308","name":"yoganathan-color_less_res.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/yoganathan-color_less_res_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/yoganathan-color_less_res_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":2151851,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/yoganathan-color_less_res_0.png?itok=1JqJEEFs"}}},"media_ids":["411491"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"127201","name":"Ajit"},{"id":"249","name":"Biomedical Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EWalter Rich\u003Cbr \/\u003E Communications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["wrich@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}