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EnMed in the News, Research & InnovationA phone book-sized surgical kit designed for the world’s most extreme environments
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Soft tissue diseases and injuries often go undetected until they cause serious health issues, making early monitoring and prevention critical in modern medicine. At Texas A&M University School of Engineering Medicine (EnMed), Dr. Chandler Benjamin is addressing this challenge by studying soft tissues at their most fundamental level; work that is shaping biomedical research while […]
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For medical students, learning neuroanatomy from a textbook is like trying to learn to drive from photographs; it’s technically accurate, but far from enough. The brain’s complexity demands more than flat images to truly learn it. Recognizing this gap, Texas A&M School of Engineering Medicine (EnMed) student Duncan Salmon decided not to just struggle through […]
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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. […]
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EnMed in the News, LeadershipEngineering the Physicianeer: EnMed Program Flourishes Under Key Leadership
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Designing medical prototypes that are small enough to operate within the human body—yet strong and precise enough for surgical use—poses a unique challenge. This challenge gets even more difficult when working with metals such as stainless steel and nitinol wire. Both are stiff and hard to manipulate, requiring special tools for bending, cutting, or shaping. […]
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EnMed in the NewsTexas A&M Develops New Nerve Detection Technologies To Aid Surgeries
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Texas A&M University’s School of Engineering Medicine (EnMed) marked a significant milestone this summer, welcoming its largest class yet to the White Coat Ceremony. For the first time, 50 newly admitted students — the program’s cap — donned white coats, marking both their start of their medical education and the continued growth of EnMed’s physicianeer […]
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More than 30 faculty from Texas A&M University and Houston Methodist came together for the Engineering Medicine Research (EMR) Summit, a collaborative event launched by Texas A&M School of Engineering Medicine (EnMed) to spark new ideas at the intersection of medicine and engineering. Attendees shared insights, explored emerging research directions, and discussed potential collaborations focused […]
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EnMed in the NewsHouston students launch monthly free food pop-up to fight hunger
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Dr. Simi Gunaseelan, a nationally recognized leader in health professions education, has joined the Texas A&M University School of Engineering Medicine (EnMed) as assistant dean of evaluation and assessment and instructional professor. With more than 15 years of experience in competency-based assessment, programmatic evaluation, and accreditation for health professions programs, Gunaseelan brings a student-centered, data-driven […]
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In orthopedic oncology, surgeons often face a difficult trade-off: remove a bone tumor completely or preserve the bone’s structural integrity. Current tools, like fixed-angle curettes, make it difficult to fully extract tumors without enlarging the surgical window. Often, however, making the surgical window bigger increases the risk of fractures and long-term bone instability or damage. […]