For physicianeer Kenneth Sims IV and some other EnMed students, COVID-19 spawned a highly useful challenge: How could they take some of the guess work out of the process of finding a properly fitting N95 mask. Sims and the team developed a mobile phone app in response to many people having to use trial-and-error to […]
Ryan Nguyen and Team Proposing Project for Amazon Alexa to Help Stem Delirium Occurrences
For graduating EnMed physicianeer Ryan Nguyen, working to help patients who display symptoms of delirium is an outgrowth of his journey toward becoming a neurologist. The enterprising Texan from Plano discovered firsthand on a neurological rotation just how difficult it can be for medical staff to provide care to delirium patients. He saw how the […]
Priya Arunachalam Works to Even the Field for Left-Handed Surgeons
There are advantages to being a left-hander in fields like baseball, where a pitcher throwing a ball from a different angle creates challenges for hitters. But for left-handed surgical trainees, learning to use instruments that were made for right-handed users can be a challenge. Physicianeer Arunachalam hopes to use robotic technology to help left-handed trainees […]
Excitement Mounts for Inaugural EnMed Graduation
In less than one month, the world’s first class of Physicianeers will make history and transform health care, forever. On Saturday, May 20, 2023, Texas A&M University School of Engineering Medicine will host the inaugural graduation of EnMed students. Four years of unparalleled hard work and determination culminate as the health care community embraces […]
Identifying Rare Abnormalities in Health Care
Uniquely equipped to address and problem solve health care’s greatest challenges, Sarah Hakam and Brandon Look Fong, two first-year EnMed students, each discovered anatomical variations during routine donor dissections. Their findings landed them a spot at the Anatomy Connected 2023 conference of the American Association for Anatomy (AAA). In just their first year of medical […]