PAHCE 2008   
January 28 - February 1, 2008
  Long Beach - Los Angeles, California

        

 


   

PAHCE 2008  IN PERSPECTIVE     
                                                       Conference Proceedings
available.
ISBN 970–94677–0–0(2006), ISBN 970–94677–2–7 (2007)
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™; CMA Certification in CME
ISBN 978-1-60585-006-1 (2008)
;
PAHCE 2009: ISBN 978-1-4244-3669-9; Library of Congress: 2008911781; IEEE Catalog Number: CFP0918G

Linking health care needs and technology across the continent

              An independent forum for patient care and technology support.

 

COOPERATION/CREDITS/ SPONSORS


 PAHO/OPSWHO/OMS ; IFMBE ; IUPESM ; ACSUP ; ACCE; CMIA; EMBS ; IEEE; UABC

Baxter BioSurgery, Baxter BioScience; Masimo Corporation; Ameritus Medical Products, Kentec Medical, Inc.

Acknowledgement:
St. Mary Medical Center, Clinical Engineering; St. Mary Medical Center Disaster Resource Center; Trauma & Disaster Preparedness, St. Mary Medical Center;  The VA Long Beach Healthcare System.  

Aquarium of the Pacific; Long Beach Gas & Oil Department; LBACVB (Long Beach Area Convention & Visitors Bureau)

 


RECOGNITIONS / AWARDS


 PAHCE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS RECOGNITION

 

Human Infertility - Engineered Systems for Artificially Culturing Human Embryos
Dr. James P. Ary,  HCLD, Laboratory Director, Reproductive Specialty Medical Center, Newport Beach, CA

Getting ready for mandatory transition to digital television in healthcare facilities and by all of us.
Dr. Jordan Isailovic, President, JRI Technology, Anaheim, CA 

Localized Health Centers in Sub-Saharan Africa Provides Access to Quality Healthcare.
Dr. Colette Cozean, CEO Abela Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Lake Forest, CA

Healthcare Equipment Donations (WHO guidelines and their country applications)
Andrei Issakov, MD MPH PhD, Coordinator, Health Technology and Facilities Planning (TFP), Department for Health Policy, Development and Services (HDS), World Health Organization WHO/HDS/TFP, Geneva, Switzerland.

   

 PAHCE PROFESIONAL INITIATIVE AWARD 2008*

Dr. Marco Antonio Reyna, Mexico
Thomas Judd, WHO Consultant, USA
Dr. Martha Nava, Mexico

*Recognition of the earliest formal submission of recognized work and conference contribution.

   

PAHCE INSTITUTIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD 2008*

CINVESTAV-IPN, México D.F., México.
Leaders and Members:
Dr. Lorenzo Leija Salas, Dr. Arturo Vera Hernández; Dr. Ernesto Suaste;  Alfredo García, Herlinda Araiza, Ivonne Bazán Trujillo,  Juan Gutierrez,  Jessica Romero Citlalli, Mario Francisco Rubio, Velasco Mario Ibrahín.  

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú.
Leaders and Members:
Prof. Luis Vilcahuamàn, Dr. Nilia Abad
,
Prof. Rocio Callupe, Prof.  Rossana Rivas.


* institutional recognition of an  exceptional and  substantial range of scientific/ clinical contributions.

  
 

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PAHCE – SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF INNOVATIVE CLINICAL SOLUTIONS 2008*

Application of an electronic tongue in environmental monitoring (222E-054S)
J.M. Gutiérrez
1, M. Gutiérrez 2, F. Céspedes2, L. Leija 1, L, Favari 3, R. Muñoz 1, M. del Valle2.; 1 Sección de Bioelectrónica, Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, CINVESTAV,  México; 2 Grupo de Sensores y Biosensores, Departamento de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Catalunya, Espanya. 3 Sección de Farmacología, CINVESTAV, Ciudad de México, México.

Binational Surveillance of Air-Pollution-Related Illnesses as Environmental Health Indicator in Imperial County and the Municipality of Mexicali (200-051E)
Reyna MA
, Dowling KC ‡  Bravo ME, Nava ML¥, Lomelí M¥; Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Mexicali, BC., México.; Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany; ¥ Hospital General de Mexicali.

Development of an ultrasonic phantom to mimic soft tissue with a regular-scatterer structure
(214E-058S) 
1Bazán I., 1Vera A., 1Leija L, 2Ramos A.;(1) Electrical Engineering Department. (CINVESTAV-IPN). México D.F.(2) Dpt. Ultrasonic Signals, Systems & Techn. Acoustic Institute (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.

DISEÑO DE UN SIMULADOR DE MARCHA BASADO EN EL MECANISMO PARALELO TIPO PLATAFORMA DE STEWART-GOUGH (205S-078S)
Sevillano Gainza, G.(1) - Elias Giordano, D.(1) - Barriga Gamarra, B.(1) - Callupe Pérez, R.
(2)
(1) Sección de Ingeniería Mecánica (2) Equipo de Aplicaciones en Bioingeniería EBIO – Área de Bioingeniería - Sección de Electricidad y Electrónica Departamento de Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

* Format B (Extensive reporting)

  
 

 

  

PAHCE – SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF INNOVATIVE MEDICAL RECORDS AND INSTRUCTION* 

Development and Deployment of a Comprehensive Electronic Patient Record (202E-074E)   
Marco A. Gutierrez, Sergio S. Furuie, Fabio A. Pires; Heart Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Medical School Sao Paulo, Brazil.
 
Modelo Funcional del PACS-INR/ Functional Modeling for PACS-INR Design
(203S-079S)
Josefina Gutiérrez Martínez, MarcoAntonio Nuñez Gaona, Ruth Delgado Esquerra; Subdirección de Investigación Tecnológica, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Distrito Federal, México.

 

Automatic Delineation of Regions of Interest in US Breast Images Based on Gray-Level Analysis (215E-059E)
1W. Gómez, 1L. Leija, 2W. C. A. Pereira, 2A. F. C. Infantosi;
1Department of Electrical Engineering, Bioelectronics, CINVESTAV-IPN, México, D.F., México; 2 Biomedical Engineering Program – COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

APLICACIÓN SISTEMATICA DE GUIA DE  PRÁCTICA CLÍNICA Y SU IMPACTO EN LA MORTALIDAD DE PACIENTES CON SÍNDROME DE DISTRES RESPIRATORIO AGUDO. // SYSTEMATIC IMPLEMENTATION OF CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDE AND ITS IMPACT ON THE DEATH OF PATIENTS WITH  ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (212S-088SE)
Abad, Nilia;  Vilcahuaman, Luis; Maestría Ingeniería Biomédica,   Lab. Bioingeniería – SEE, Maestría Ing. Biomédica,
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima – Perú. 

* Format B (Extensive reporting)

 
  
 

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PAHCE TRANSCONTINENTAL OUTREACH RECOGNITION 2008*  

Dr. Kim  Kyeong;  Korea
Song Xindong  and Zou Xiaowei; China

* A selected recognition of contribution  from beyond  the Pan American continent.

 

  
 

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WORKSHOPS

 

Impact of Clinical Alarms on Patient Safety (010E)
Tobey Clark, Director, Instrumentation & Technical Services, BME/CCE, University of Vermont, VT.

Collaboration in Healthcare Technology, Global Engineering Leadership and Knowledge Sharing (011E)
Tobey Clark, Director, Instrumentation & Technical Services, BME/CCE, University of Vermont, VT. 

Scalable Image and Video Compression Techniques in Medical Applications - Methods and Practical Implementation (012E)
Dr. Jordan Isailovic, President, JRI Technology, Anaheim, CA. 

Congestive Heart Failure: Comprehensive Review of Pathophysiology and Guidelines for Medical Therapy (013E)
Coordinator: Fahed Bitar, MD; Mazda Motallebi, MD; Yousef Bitar.  University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. 

Acute Coronary Syndrome: Overview and Current Medical Therapy (014E)
Coordinator: Fahed Bitar, MD; Mazda Motallebi, MD; Yousef Bitar.  University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

 

FEATURE PRESENTATIONS

 

WHO and GAME: Kosovo Health Technology Policy Framework
and
WHO iHTP: Mexico’s 2007 Caravan Project
 
Thomas Judd, GAME Leader; WHO Consultant, Atlanta, Georgia.

Evolution of Pulse CO-Oximetry
PT Barnum; Director, Field Clinical Services; Masimo Corporation, Irvine, CA

 

TRACK – C0 CHAIRS

Manlio F. Márquez, Juan Valencia, Lorenzo Leija, Rocio Callupe Pérez, Tom Judd, Ron Leder, Josefina Gutiérrez Martínez, Ernesto Suaste, Arturo Vera, Colette Cozean, Marco A. Gutierrez,  Marco Antonio Reyna, Mario Castaneda,  Martha Nava.

                                     

 

PAHCE LIAISONS and COUNTRY PROFILE EDITORS

 

PAHCE LIAISONS: Arturo Vera (Mexico); Carola Yucra (South America/Bolivia); Guillermo Avendaño (South America/Chile); Esther Rodriguez-Villegas (Europe/England); Juan Valencia (South America/Colombia); Kim Kyeong (Asia/Korea); Marco A. Reyna (Northern Mexico); Marco Gutierrez (South America/Brazil); Mario Castaneda (Northern California); Monique Frize (Canada); Pablo Laguna (Europe/Spain); Rocio Callupe (South America/Peru); Sabina Figari (South America/Argentina); Salah Aiesh (Middle East/Jordan); Tobey Clark(Eastern US); Tom Judd (Central US); PAHCE Team (Southern California and all other regions)

COUNTRY PROFILE EDITORS: Dr. Alvarez Joaquin Ernesto; Dr. Alvarado Rosa Isabel; Arriola Héctor Gerardo, M. Sc.; Avendaño Cervantes Guillermo E., BME Eng.; Batista Ricardo, MD. MSc.; Calil Saide Jorge, Ph. D; Callupe Rocío, M. en IB; Castro Luis, M.Sc.; Carola Yucra, Eng.; Ciani José L.; Druzgalski Christopher, Ph.D.; Escobar Juan Dario Ortigoza,Dr.; Flores José Maria, Eng.; Dr. Gonzalez Gaston; Dr. José María Maya; Dra. Gonzalez de Karina Navarro; Guerreiro da Silva Walter, M.Sc.; Lara Alvarado Carlos, M. en Ing.;  Ortigoza Juan Nicolas, Est. de Ing.;  Pino Alea José Raúl Ponce;  Ponce Juan Carlos, BSCSE; Dr. Reyna Marco Antonio; Dra. Raphael Zurich Thelma; Dr. Snyder Richard; Dr. Juan Esteban Valencia.

 

PAHCE TEAM

                                           
Organization / Organización
                                            PAHCE Team / Equipo PAHCE


Co Editors/ Co Editors: Dr. Lorenzo Leija, Christopher Druzgalski, PhD

PAHO Liaison/ Representando OPS: Antonio Hernandez, Eng., PAHO, Washington
WHO Liaison/ Representando OMS: Andrei Issakov,MD, MPH, PhD; WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
Technical Program Coordinators/ Coordinadores del programa técnico: Dr. Lorenzo Leija; Dr. Marco Antonio Reyna; Dr. Ernesto Suaste.

CME (Continuing Medical Education) Liaison: Chris Reist, MD, MBA
Clinical and Industrial Liaison / Relaciones clínicas e industrials: David Stiles, BMET, Dir. BME.
Publication Liaison: Dr. Ron Leder

Technical Support and Contributions / Apoyo técnico y contribuciones: Clara Druzgalski, Carlos Lara,  Rubén Pérez Valladares, Marbella Stevens, Luis Castro-Pou. 

Sponsorship / Patrocinio:
Dr. Bill Tawil
, Director of Global Strategy at Baxter BioSurgery, Baxter BioScience

Supporting Industrial and Organizational Representatives / Apoyo industrial y organizacional:
Rody Azar
, Masimo Corporation
Debbie Reeder
, Ameritus Medical Products, Kentec Medical, Inc.
Gerard Derbonne
, St. Mary Medical Center, Clinical Engineering.

In cooperation with: PAHO (Pan American Health Organization), WHO (World Health Organization) // En cooperación con OPS (Organización Panamericana de la
Salud), OMS (Organización Mundial de la Salud)

Endorsed by/ Endosada por: IFMBE , IUPESM

Supporting organizations/ Apoyo de las organizaciones:
(Past and present) ACSUP, ACCE, CMIA, EMBS, IEEE, UABC, CINVESTAV IPN

PAHO Liaison - Antonio Hernandez, Eng., PAHO
WHO Liaison - Andrei Issakov, MD, MPH, PhD; WHO
IFMBE Liaison – Magjarevic Ratko, PhD
IUPESM Liaison - Nagel Joachim, Dr., D.Sc.
ACCE Liaison - Painter Frank, M.Sc.

Workshop coordinators:
Tobey Clark
, Director, Instr. & Technical Services, BME/CCE, University of Vermont, VT
Dr. Jordan Isailovic, President, JRI Technology, Anaheim, CA
Fahed Bitar
, MD; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

Keynote speakers:
Dr. James P. Ary,  HCLD, Laboratory Director, Reproductive Specialty Medical Center, Newport Beach, CA
Dr. Jordan Isailovic, President, JRI Technology, Anaheim, CA 

Dr. Colette Cozean, CEO Abela Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Lake Forest, CA
Andrei Issakov, MD MPH PhD, Coordinator, Health Technology and Facilities Planning (TFP), Department for Health Policy, Development and Services (HDS), World Health Organization WHO/HDS/TFP, Geneva, Switzerland.

Special thanks for the assistance to: Piedad Prieto, Maria Soledad Kearns, Erica Noriega, Dr. Maryam Moussavi, and members of the organizing committee as listed at the PAHCE 2008 conference webpage...
and to the logistic support staff: Arash Saidi, Mohammed Sardaruddin, Devan Sandiford, Zainab Jaber, Sandra Hernandez  who made the events rewarding.