Category: Stories
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When endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) fails, surgeons are often faced with a high‑risk and technically demanding problem: safely removing a rigid endograft that was never designed to be taken out. These explant procedures can carry mortality rates as high as 30%, underscoring just how dangerous and complex they can be. For patients, the risks are significant. For surgeons, the lack of tools built specifically for endograft removal has long added to the difficulty of performing these procedures safely.
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Research & Innovation, StoriesThinking at the Cellular Frontier: Biophysics, torenes, and teaching independent minds
At EnMed, Ashutosh Agrawal, PhD, is driven by a fundamental question: How do forces at the smallest scales shape life itself? His work operates at the level of cellular and organelle interfaces, where structure, mechanics, and electrostatics intersect. Rather than focusing solely on biological outcomes, Agrawal investigates the physical principles that govern them.
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Emily Minner almost didn’t visit West Point. Now, she’s preparing to serve as an Army officer, physician and engineer; three roles shaped by that single decision. At the Texas A&M School of Engineering Medicine (EnMed), she traces her journey back to that unexpected visit that set everything in motion.
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Research & Innovation, StoriesBefore the Tear: Can Engineering Predict When the Aorta Will Fail?
At the intersection of engineering, physics, and medicine, Chandler Benjamin, PhD, is uncovering new ways to understand how soft biological tissues behave under stress. As an assistant professor in the Texas A&M University School of Engineering Medicine (EnMed), Benjamin leads the Soft Matter Mechanics Laboratory.
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As both a physician and engineer, Mehri Mobaraki-Omoumi, MD, PhD, approaches patient care through a unique lens, one that views the body not only biologically but also as a complex system that can be analyzed, optimized, and improved. Trained first as a physician, she spent the early part of her career working in a variety of clinical settings, where she saw the clinical, functional and social factors that […]
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When Anthony Eshareturi looks back on his journey, it doesn’t follow a straight line, and it didn’t begin in medicine. Instead, it reflects a life already in motion – one shaped by service, family and a growing sense that he was meant to do something more.
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Research & Innovation, StoriesStrengthening Immune Defenses: A New Approach to Infectious Disease Prevention
At a time when emerging infectious diseases continue to challenge global health systems, Moriya Tsuji, MD, PhD, is advancing a distinct approach to prevention and treatment, one that focuses not on a single pathogen but on strengthening the immune system’s ability to respond broadly and effectively. Now joining the Texas A&M University School of Engineering Medicine (EnMed) as a professor, Tsuji brings […]
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Patients and volunteers attend a community vaccination clinic on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, at Madrasah Islamiah in Houston, TX. The clinic was organized by Texas A&M University School of Engineering Medicine students through Project S.H.I.F.A. to provide free vaccines to uninsured community members.
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Texas A&M EnMed student Nicholas Panzo becomes the first “physicianeer” to match at the nation’s top ophthalmology residency program.
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The Texas A&M University School of Engineering Medicine (EnMed) program celebrated Match Day for its 2026 cohort.
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At 8 a.m., the treadmills are already running, but not in a gym. They’re in Texas A&M’s School of Engineering Medicine (EnMed) library, where students walk while they work between anatomy notes and engineering schematics. Here, wellness is more than an extracurricular activity; it’s an integral part of the learning process itself. Students push forward health care innovations, tackle inventive engineering projects, and pursue entrepreneurial ideas, all while […]
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Most medical schools begin the semester with lectures and memorization. At Texas A&M School of Engineering Medicine (EnMed), it starts with engineering in action. From the first week, the Class of 2029 jumped straight into designing devices, testing code, and tackling clinical challenges. Here, innovation isn’t a future promise; it’s how students learn to become physicianeers. […]