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About ENMED

The ENMED program, founded in 2019, is a collaboration between Texas A&M’s School of Engineering Medicine and the state’s top-ranked Houston Methodist Hospital established to transform health care through the development and training of physicianeers, the creation of medical technologies, and translational research.

The ENMED physicianeer is an innovative problem-solving doctor uniquely qualified to address some of health care’s greatest challenges. These graduates receive a Medical Doctorate and Master of Engineering degree focused on the design and implementation of impactful medical technologies in the same four years through a revolutionary curriculum. 

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Roderic Pettigrew - EnMed Executive Dean

ENMED is led by Dean Dr. Roderic I. Pettigrew, founding Director of the National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.

Meet Roderic I. Pettigrew, MD, PhD

In a prophetic video recorded in 2018, prior to the COVID pandemic, Dr. Pettigrew highlights the benefit of converging engineering and medicine from the decade of research by bioengineer Mark R. Prausnitz and his medical colleagues. (Georgia Tech/Emory)

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ENMED’s Learning Community Facilitates Lifelong Excellence Through Mentorship 

The Learning Communities at Texas A&M University’s School of Engineering Medicine (ENMED) offer small group interactions, mentorship, and shared intellectual experiences to foster academic success. They provide students with a supportive environment that encourages personal, academic, and professional growth. This approach integrates academic, social, and peer support to enhance student experiences and outcomes across all […]

NFL Sports Officiating

Eyes on the Field: How Two ENMED Students Are Revolutionizing NFL Officiating 

Hamza Memon and Nicholas Panzo, students at Texas A&M University School of Engineering Medicine (ENMED), are leading an innovative project at the intersection of sports and ophthalmology to improve National Football League (NFL) officiating . Rooted deeply in Houston’s vibrant sports culture, these Class of 2026 students combine their interest in ophthalmology and their love […]

Pettigrew Aspires to Bold Initiatives in A&M System

Pettigrew Aspires to Bold Initiatives in A&M System

Six years ago, Dr. Roderic Pettigrew came to Texas A&M University to start and lead a one-of-a-kind School of Engineering Medicine (ENMED). Today there is nowhere else in the world where students earn a medical degree and an engineering master’s degree in the same four years […]

Regents Approve $15 Million for ENMED Buildout in Houston

Regents Approve $15 Million for ENMED Buildout in Houston

Regents of The Texas A&M University System today approved spending $15 million to expand lab space on two levels of Texas A&M’s ENMED Tower adjacent to the Texas Medical Center in Houston. […]

First 'physicianeer' graduates from Texas A&M and Houston Methodist are hoping to change health care

First 'physicianeer' graduates from Texas A&M and Houston Methodist are hoping to change health care

If there’s one thing that everyone seems to hate about hospitals, it’s the gowns. The “physicianeers” from the EnMed program at Texas A&M University and Houston Methodist are hoping to change that. The gowns, which tie in the back and often leave patients feeling exposed, are designed so staff can put them on someone who is immobile or unconscious […]

Texas A&M Dean Roderic Pettigrew Inspires Development of a Powerful New MRI by Siemens Healthineers

Texas A&M Dean Roderic Pettigrew Inspires Development of a Powerful New MRI by Siemens Healthineers

Health care providers use MRI scanners to diagnose, stage, monitor, and research disease. But what if an MRI could also be used to detect threats early and help prevent severe consequences? A scanner that could see coronary or vascular diseases before they cause a heart attack or stroke, for example, or identify prostate cancer in its earliest stage before a biopsy is done could […]

ENMED Commencement Ceremony

Nobel Laureates & Inventor of the Internet Colloquy

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