PRAHLAD G.MENON, PHD

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

MS, Mechanical Engg., Ph.D, Biomedical Engg. Email: menongopalakrip@duq.edu Cell: +1 (412) 259-3031

Websites: www.themedcave.co.nr , Google Scholar

Education:

[1] Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering (GPA: 3.89 / 4.00) Aug. 2010-May 2013

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Thesis: “Medical device design for improved cardiopulmonary bypass perfusion and hemodynamic

optimality during cardiovascular procedures using image-based computational fluid dynamics.”

PhD Adviser: James F. Antaki, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Engg., Carnegie Mellon University.

+ Post-doctoral training (06/2013 - 01/2014) on novel informatics approaches to cardiac MRI biomarker

extraction and discovery applied to pediatric cardiomyopathy classification. Department of Biomedical

Informatics (DBMI), under the guidance of Vanathi Gopalakrishnan, PhD.

[2] M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, (GPA: 3.90 / 4.00) May. 2010 (Tau Beta Pi honors)

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

[3] B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, (GPA: 9.39 / 10.00) May. 2009

National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India

Awards and Distinctions:

- Winner of 2014 JMBE Annual Excellent Paper Award, from the Taiwanese Society of Biomedical

Engineering, for paper titled, "Hemodynamic effects of endoleak formation in abdominal aortic aneurysm

patients with stent-graft implants." Journal of Medical & Biological Engineering (JMBE), DOI: 10.5405/jmbe.1588

- Winner of the prestigious Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Medical Image Computing

and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) 2013, 4th International Workshop on Statistical Atlases &

Computational Models of the Heart (STACOM) event, for paper titled, “"Patient-Specific Hemodynamic

evaluation of an Aortic Coarctation under Rest and Stress conditions.”

- Winner of the prestigious Young Investigator Award at the 8th international conference on pediatric

mechanical circulatory support systems and pediatric cardiopulmonary perfusion, Istanbul, Turkey, for

paper titled, “Pre-Surgical Evaluation of Fontan Connection Options for Patients with Apicocaval

Juxtaposition, using Computational Fluid Dynamics.”

- Member of Scientific Committee and core conference Topic Organization team for the 2015 ASME

International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Symposium (IMECE), to be held at Houston, TX,

between 13-19 Nov 2015. Specific symposiums organized: 1) Multiphase Flow with Bio-applications,

organized through the Forum on Fluids Engineering Systems & Technologies (Co-Organizer); and 2)

Symposium on Quantitative Biomedical Imaging & Analysis, organized as part of the Biomedical and

Biotechnology Track (Lead organizer).

- Member of Scientific Committee for the 4th International CompImage Conference (2014), held in

Pittsburgh, PA, Sept. 3-5, 2014. Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Images. Fundamentals,

Methods, and Applications, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 8641, 2014

- Active peer-reviewer for the Journal of Biomechanics, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Journal of

Artificial Organs, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions and Clinical Cardiology, Journal of

Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology (CVET).

- Reviewer for American Heart Association (AHA) Grants@Heart, as well as international conferences

including the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).

- Winner of 2012 Carnegie Mellon University Cross-Campus business plan competition. [QuantMD, LLC]

- Best exhibition award at 2012 University of Cincinnati Spirit of Enterprise business plan competition.

- Institution of Engineers certificate of merit, B-Tech mechanical engineering class topper, 2005-06.

- Gold Medal, Intel Science Talent Discovery Fair 2004-2005. Project: “The Photon Trap”.

- National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) Scholar, 2003 (India).

PRAHLAD G.MENON, PHD

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

MS, Mechanical Engg., Ph.D, Biomedical Engg. Email: menongopalakrip@duq.edu Cell: +1 (412) 259-3031

Websites: www.themedcave.co.nr , Google Scholar

Fellowships, Grants and Research Funding

- Selected as a Winter 2015 Carnegie Science Communication Fellow, Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh,

PA.

- Awarded the 2014 Faculty Fellowship for the Summer Institute in Israel, sponsored by the Jewish National

Fund.

- Co-PI on National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant (2015/05/01-2020/04/30, NIH R01HL121293-

01A1), from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), entitled, “Geometric Surrogates for

Clinical Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.” PI: Finol, Ender A..

- Co-PI on Highmark Disruptive Health Technology Institute (DHTI) Grant (2014/09/01-2015/09/01), “Pre-

Clinical Readiness Testing of Breast Palpation Aid for Home and Primary Care.” PI: Antaki, James F..

- Co-PI on grant award by CMU-SYSU Collaborative Innovation Research Center (CIRC) (PI: Ole

Mengshoel, CMU Silicon Valley) for proposal titled, “Big Data Techniques for Medical Devices:

Improving Personalization by Design, Optimization, and Machine Learning.” Grant award starting Jan

2014, for a period of one year.

- 2014 CVRI Minority Travel Stipend Award , American Heart Association’s Council on Cardiovascular

Radiology & Intervention (CVRI)

- Awarded $50,000 from Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund, for QuantMD, LLC. [June 2013].

- 2011 Dowd-ICES fellow, for research on, "Hemodynamic control of neonatal aortic outflow cannula jet

flow regimes for improved cardiopulmonary bypass using computational fluid dynamics."

http://www.ices.cmu.edu/prahlad-menon.asp

- Co-PI on Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (NSF XSEDE resource - formerly Teragrid) allocations based

on my successful grant proposal titled, “Computational Fluid Dynamics Investigation & Hemodynamic

Performance Characterization of Single and Multiple Jet Flows in Physiological Cardiovascular

Geometries” (2011 startup allocation award #CCR080013) and “Computational fluid dynamics applied to

medical device design for improved cardiopulmonary bypass perfusion and cardiovascular surgical

planning” (2012 research allocation award # BCS120006). Active period: April 2011 to Present.

- PI on computing allocation grant from the Guangzhou Pilot Supercomputing Center, based on a successful

grant proposal titled, “Computational fluid dynamics and in-vitro analysis on the impact of aortic

cannulation on myocardial perfusion during neonatal cardiopulmonary bypass.”

- Awarded Carnegie Mellon Graduate Student Small Project Help (GuSH) funds (June 2012) for project

titled "Computational design, evaluation and in-vitro testing of a novel aortic outflow cannula designed for

pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass procedures.”Graduate Student Assembly and the Provost's Office.

- Awarded i6 Agile Innovation System program grant for QuantMD, LLC. [June 2012].

- Awarded Heinz Endowment Gap Fund as startup funding for QuantMD, LLC. [July 2011].

- Recipient of the Bharat Petroleum Scholarship for Higher Studies, 2009-2010. Funding for graduate

education (for Masters studies).

Professional memberships

2010 - present Member, Tau Beta Pi (TBP) Engineering Honor Society

2011 - present Member, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)

2012 Student member, Society for Neuroscience (SfN)

2013 - present Member, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR)

2013 - present Member, American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

2013 - present Professional member, American Heart Association (AHA) – Council

member of Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention.

2014 - present Associate member, Society for Thoracic Surgeons.

PRAHLAD G.MENON, PHD

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

MS, Mechanical Engg., Ph.D, Biomedical Engg. Email: menongopalakrip@duq.edu Cell: +1 (412) 259-3031

Websites: www.themedcave.co.nr , Google Scholar

Research Experience (Selected)

Primary Investigator, Menon Medical Diagnostics & Cardiovascular Engineering Lab, The MeDCaVE

Tenure track at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 1 June 2013-

Affiliations:

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duquesne University,

Pittsburgh, PA (USA).

Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Department of BioEngineering at University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,

PA (USA).

Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Department of Biomedical Engineering at University of Texas at San

Antonio, San Antonio, TX (USA).

Adjunct Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University - Carnegie Mellon

University (SYSU-CMU), Pittsburgh, PA (USA), SYSU-CMU, Shunde International Joint Research

Institute, Guangdong (China). [Full-time / tenure track between Jun 2013 and May 2015].

My Research group: The MeDCaVE (www.themedcave.co.nr). Quantitative, Computational and

Experimental diagnostic screening, simulation-driven medical device design, surgical planning and real-time

physics-informed intra-operative guidance for improve outcomes of neonatal, pediatric and adult

cardiovascular procedures.

Post-doctoral Researcher, Pattern Recognition from Biomedical Evidence (PRoBE) Lab,

Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, June 2013- February 2014.

- Worked on extracting standard and novel shape-based biomarkers from cine cardiac MRI datasets

extracted from the CardiacAtlas.org database of MESA and DETERMINE trial datasets, for the

purpose of identifying strong physics-based features which are machine trainable for identifying sub-

clinical signs of heart disease.

- Funded for salary support, travel and publication costs through NIH R01 grants from the National

Institutes of Health, awarded to Prof. Vanathi Gopalakrishnan.

Graduate Student (PhD) Researcher, Pekkan Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics Lab,

Carnegie Mellon University. May 2010-May 2013.

- Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based outflow cannula jet hemodynamic performance

characterization and surgical planning in single and multi-jet physiological cardiovascular models,

using an in-house Fortan cardiovascular flow solver.

- Investigation of the early chick heart embryogenesis using high performance CFD: Simulating internal

flows with moving walls to investigate the significance of muscle actuated vessel-wall motion and

blood flow dynamics in embryonic chick heart development.

Researcher, Cardiac MRI, Allegheny General (Mark Doyle, PhD; Robert W Biederman, MD) Aug 2010-

Developing image analysis techniques and conducting computational fluid dynamics studies based upon

cardiac MRI data, for diagnostics for pulmonary hypertension and ischemic cardiomyopathy.

Researcher, Anesthesiology Research Laboratory ( Steve Jones, PhD) January 2011 – May 2013

Developed an automatic method of identifying the temporal movement of peri-infarct depolarizations (PID)

around the ischemic cortex of a rat brain, using an in-house developed C++ & Matlab image analysis code.

Researcher, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (Shobhit Madan, MD, MPH) May 2011 – May 2013

Developed in-house image processing software for automatic quantification of hepatic and myocardial iron

based on cardiovascular T2-star (T2*) magnetic resonance imaging. Currently involved in projects relating

to several clinical case reports on congenital heart defects. Working on creating new IP for recreating intra-

PRAHLAD G.MENON, PHD

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

MS, Mechanical Engg., Ph.D, Biomedical Engg. Email: menongopalakrip@duq.edu Cell: +1 (412) 259-3031

Websites: www.themedcave.co.nr , Google Scholar

myocardial strain for characterization of right ventricular myocardial strains in children using SSFP cine

cardiac MRI scans (without conducting tagged image acquisition sequences).

Research Assistant, BioThermal Technology Lab, Carnegie Mellon Univ. Aug. 2009-May 2010

- Heat transfer modeling for computational surgical planning of Cryosurgery using implantable sensors

for real-time relay of cryo-specimen temperature information.

Industry Experience

GLG - Gerson Lehrman Group Dec 2013 –

- Member of the Healthcare and Biomedical Council.

QuantMD, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (www.Quant.MD) Founder and CEO, May 2011-

- Web: www.quant.md and www.quantmd.co.nr

- QuantMD is a healthcare diagnostics company, a Carnegie Mellon spin-off, incorporated in the state of

Pennsylvania. Our flagship product is dedicated to diagnosing coronary heart disease at the earliest

stage through a proprietary imaging service. We provide technology and consulting solutions that

augment efficiency of existing healthcare infrastructure. We are strongly associated with the Allegheny

Singer Research Institute (ASRI) and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).

- Our primary areas of expertise and innovation fall under three categories: a) Medical image diagnostics:

gatekeeper to the invasive labs; b) Surgical planning: using non-invasive imaging and high performance

computing to allow surgeons to benefit from hemodynamic information that will guide vascular

surgeries; and finally c) Surgical / procedural guidance: bringing a combined representation of non-

invasive imaging from multiple relevant imaging modalities into the operating room for intra-operative

guidance – currently being applied to cardiac resynchronization therapy (pacemaker lead implantation).

- From the standpoint of our flagship product, we remain steadfast on reducing costs and increasing the

sensitivity and specificity for cardiac MRI based diagnostics for improving delivery primary prevention

control of cardiovascular disease risk by means of a novel health-care delivery model that capitalizes on

non-invasive imaging; thus:

a) Extending a physician’s diagnostic capabilities to making more informed yet objective decisions

regarding treatment options for mid- and high-range cardiovascular risk patients; and

b) Reducing the number of expensive invasive and ionizing catheterization procedures by establishing

MRI as a ‘gate-keeper’ system to the catheterization laboratory.

113 Industries, Pittsburgh, PA USA (http://113industries.com/) Scientist in Residence, Feb. 2013-Jan 2014

- Member of the 113 Industries think-tank working on consulting and creation of knowledge-bases

defining of the 'state-of-the-art' in research and development of innovative products and ideas, for

clientele across a multitude of industries.

Mercedes Benz Research & Development, India (MBRDI), Bangalore, INDIA Summer Intern 2008

- Simulation of diesel engine power-train systems in MATLAB / Simulink, focusing on computational

modeling of combustion phenomena leading to exhaust gas formation.

Prior to 2008

Yuken India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, INDIA Summer Intern

Worked on the design of pneumatic and hydraulic equipment using basic design principles as well as with

computational modeling tools.

• Participated in the Kaizen workshop on the shop floor of the plant manufacturing Vane Pumps.

• Performed 5S audits, process mapping & other studies to ensure On-Time-Delivery of pumps.

Bosch, Bangalore, INDIA Summer Industrial Trainee

PRAHLAD G.MENON, PHD

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

MS, Mechanical Engg., Ph.D, Biomedical Engg. Email: menongopalakrip@duq.edu Cell: +1 (412) 259-3031

Websites: www.themedcave.co.nr , Google Scholar

Trainee on the shop floor of the plant manufacturing parts for a fuel injector pump.

• Was involved in a project to study the manufacturing processes for the barrel-plungers arrangement

of the fuel injector pump, at the Bangalore plant. The purpose of the study was to identify the cause for rejects

and order replacement parts for the machinery causing defects.

Unima Aqualama, MADAGASCAR. Summer Trainee

Worked as an in-plant trainee at large scale refrigeration plants, on the maintenance of compressors and their

diesel engine power supply, in Mahajanga, Madagascar.

• Maintained and repaired compressors and other commercial freezing equipment parts.

• Gained experience in the mechanism of industrial and commercial freezing facilities and equipment.

Teaching, Mentoring, Academic Diversity & Community Service

(My teaching website: http://justcallharry.com/teaching.html)

- Course instructor for Fall 2015 undergraduate course (open to graduate student enrollment) titled,

Biomedical Imaging (BIOENG-1330 / 2330), listed in the department of Bioengineering of the University

of Pittsburgh, at Pittsburgh, PA. BIOENG 1330 was previously instructed by Prof. George Stetten, prior to

2015. The course introduces the fundamental principles of imaging and image processing from major

modalities – X-ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound and Optical Imaging systems – used in clinical medicine and

biomedical research and was previously instructed (prior to 2015). The course is a combination of lectures

as well as demonstrations which introduce the fundamentals of acquiring and processing images from a

signals & systems standpoint, grounded on mathematical modeling of imaging systems. Therefore, while

the emphasis will be on imparting an understanding of physics behind tomographic imaging devices, the

course provides students with some intuition in regard to engineering effective image processing pipelines

for visualization or analysis of acquired images. More about this course including its syllabus, course

objectives and texts may be found at the course webpage. This class includes 51 enrolled undergraduate

students from the department of Bioengineering, in University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University.

- Course instructor for Spring 2015 graduate course on Engineering Medical Devices for Quantitative

Image Analysis & Visualization, BIOENG-2385 - listed in the department of bioengineering of the

University of Pittsburgh, at Pittsburgh, PA. The goals of this course are to introduce students the

fundamentals of medical image formation, image processing, computational geometry, numerical methods

for analysis of medical image data and data visualization as they relates to engineering medical devices

ready for clinical translation. Additionally, medical device regulations on device safety and efficacy

specifically in the context of image post-processing technologies for clinical workflow augmentation are

discussed.

- Course instructor for Fall 2014 graduate course on Biomedical Imaging & Analysis, listed across

department of electrical & computer engineering (ECE J1-791) of the SYSU-CMU Joint Institute of

Engineering (JIE), at Guangzhou, China. The goals of this graduate course are to familiarize students with

biological and medical imaging data from various imaging modalities, how these data are acquired as well

as how to process 2D, 3D and 4D (3D + time) data for quantification and visualization purposes through

programming in Matlab as well as contemporary software tools / open-source libraries (SimpleITK, ITK,

VTK).

o Hosted the SYSU-CMU Joint Institute of Engineering’s Biomedical Imaging & Analysis

Course (J1-791) Final Projects Conference on Image Processing Algorithms & Pipelines,

on Thursday, 4 Dec 2014, at the SYSU East Campus in Guangzhou, China.

PRAHLAD G.MENON, PHD

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

MS, Mechanical Engg., Ph.D, Biomedical Engg. Email: menongopalakrip@duq.edu Cell: +1 (412) 259-3031

Websites: www.themedcave.co.nr , Google Scholar

- Course instructor for Spring 2014 graduate course on Methods In Medical Image Analysis, listed across

departments of biomedical engineering, electrical & computer engineering and the robotics institute at

Carnegie Mellon University (16-725 (CMU RI) : 18-791 (CMU ECE) : 42-735 (CMU BME) as well as

course number cross listed as BioE 2630 in University of Pittsburgh's school of bioengineering. This class

was co-taught with Dr. John Gaelotti, Senior Project Scientist, with Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics

Institute.

- Course instructor of Bio-Image Informatics, listed across departments of biomedical engineering,

electrical & computer engineering and the computational biology (course number BME42-731 / ECE18-

795 / CB02-740), at Carnegie Mellon University. This class was co-taught with Prof. Ge Yang, Assistant

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, at Carnegie Mellon University.

- Course instructor for Fall 2012, Introduction to Biomechanics (course number BME42-431) Primarily

involved in conducting lectures, tutorials and experiential learning exercises in biofluid mechanics and

hemodynamics in the circulatory system, to a class of 20 mechanical / biomedical engineering juniors,

seniors and graduate students.

- Conducted a weekly workshop on Communicative English in Fall 2014, for students of Sun Yat-sen

University (SYSU), which was held in one-hour sessions at the central courtyard of the school of software,

in SYSU’s East Campus, at Guangzhou, China. The goal of this workshop was to encourage non-native

English speakers to practice English and learn some through conversations with native English speakers.

- Conducted a workshop on 5 April 2014 for high-school teachers titled, “Teaching Science with an

Engineering Twist”, to demonstrate the value of invoking engineering principles into the high-school

science & math curriculum, through interactive demonstrations of the applications and scope of

interdisciplinary science in the biomedical sciences. This workshop was sponsored by Carnegie Mellon

University Educational Outreach & The Leonard Gelfand Center for Service Learning & Outreach,

and was attended by 20 pre-college educators from schools across Pennsylvania. It was funded by the

Siemen’s foundation.

- Category judge for the annual Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair (2014).

- Teaching assistant for 42-341, Introduction to Biomechanics, in Fall 2011. Instructor: Dr.Kerem Pekkan.

- Mentored students and interns from Carnegie Mellon’s Master of Software Engineering (MSE and MSIT)

programs, as project sponsor for the Fall 2011 MSE Studio program and the Summer 2012 MSIT e-business

technology summer practicum. Project work for QuantMD, LLC.

- Mentor and industry sponsor of the 2012 Computational and Systems Biology / Biomedical Informatics

Summer Academy (CoSBBI) program. Trained a high school student to operate on proprietary advanced

medical imaging programs, and mentored him to contribute to my ongoing independent research study on,

“Assessing morphometric differences between patient-specific MRI reconstructed left ventricular models

and an averaged left ventricular myocardial stereotactic atlas using parametric spherical harmonic

technique.” Machine learning approaches and Baysian Rule Learning was employed to correlate resulting

morphometric differences with clinical metrics for left ventricular function.

- Mentored high school student’s abstracts that have been accepted to appear in the Journal of Pathology

Informatics covering a special review: “Discovering Biomarkers for Cardiovascular Disease Using Rule

Learning.” Mara Staines, Lailonny Morris, Prahlad G. Menon, Joao Lima, Daniel C. Lee, Vanathi

Gopalakrishnan.

Invited lectures / talks (selected)

- Invited talk on "Patient-specific Medical Image Quantification for Prognosticating Timely Treatment

Response & Informing Therapeutic Strategy for Improved Cardiovascular Outcomes" at University of

Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, hosted by Prof. Michael Sacks. This talk was part of the ICES

Cardiovascular Engineering Seminar Series on Friday, Nov 21, 2014 from 1PM to 2PM (POB 6.304).

- Invited by Prof. Jaywant Arakeri, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc),

Bangalore (India), to deliver a lecture on my research program, The MeDCaVE, titled, “Engineering

PRAHLAD G.MENON, PHD

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

MS, Mechanical Engg., Ph.D, Biomedical Engg. Email: menongopalakrip@duq.edu Cell: +1 (412) 259-3031

Websites: www.themedcave.co.nr , Google Scholar

surgical practice through cloud-based technology at the confluence of radiology, physics and informatics.”

(16 Dec 2013).

- Invited to lecture on present and future directions based on lessons learned from computational fluid

dynamics and computational function analysis applied to right ventricular biomechanics in pulmonary

artery hypertension, at the 2013 Allegheny General Hospital / Allegheny Singer Research Institute Right

Ventricular Function Meeting (9 Feb 2013).

- Invited by Prof. Jian-Gang (Jimmy) Zhu, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie

Mellon University, Pittsburgh (USA), to deliver a lecture on, “Personalized Healthcare: Improving

Healthcare through Quantitative Evaluation of Cardiovascular Morphology, Mechanics and

Hemodynamics.” (27 Nov 2012).

- Delivered invited lecture titled, "Medical Device Innovation & Commercialization, from Concept to Exit –

A Lesson on Entrepreneurship," at the 2012 CoSBBI program.

- Delivered a lecture and conducted a workshop for a class of 20 students from the STEMM academy of the

Fox Chapel High School (Pittsburgh, PA) on image-guided surgery applied to cardiovascular interventions

and demonstrated the value of the same in a live pig whose heart was accessed minimally invasively using a

pericardial access needle introduced by sub-xyphoid access, under only image-guidance. Surgery was

performed at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Presbyterian hospital’s animal labs (20 July

2013).

Recorded conference talks and video profile

Video profile – Overview of my research program & QuantMD:

2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiygPRup_Hc

2013: http://youtube.com/watch?v=sZZissS1cGg

2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR318u-H24E

SPIE Medical Imaging 2014, San Diego, CA:

http://justcallharry.com/sts-orlando-2014.html . This link includes a Google Glass

recording of the oral presentation, on YouTube (http://youtu.be/vPJV5peRr_Y).

AHA Fellows Research Day 2014, Pittsburgh, PA:

http://justcallharry.com/aha-frd-2014.html . This link includes a Google Glass recording

of the moderated poster presentation session, on YouTube (http://youtu.be/fLE6-

Nx4bkY).

BMES 2013, Seattle, WA:

http://justcallharry.com/bmes-seattle-2013.html

Talk on surgical planning and evaluation using quantitative morphology analytics and

computational fluid dynamics: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/39324402

PRAHLAD G.MENON, PHD

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

MS, Mechanical Engg., Ph.D, Biomedical Engg. Email: menongopalakrip@duq.edu Cell: +1 (412) 259-3031

Websites: www.themedcave.co.nr , Google Scholar

PUBLICATIONS

Patents (Notified of Acceptance / Awarded)

[1] Prahlad Menon Gopalakrishna, Mark Doyle, “Physics Based Image Processing and Evaluation Process

of Perfusion Images From Radiology Imaging.” United States Patent Application 61/520,992, filed June

15, 2011. Non-provisional US patent application 13/525,298 and international application, PCT

US12/42834, filed June 16, 2012. The central premise of this patent is physics based image processing

and evaluation techniques applied to diagnosis of left ventricular ischemia using cardiac MRI first-pass

contrast perfusion imaging. http://www.google.com/patents/US20120323118

Patents (Selected, Pending)

[1] Prahlad Menon Gopalakrishna, “Novel design and design methodology for swirl inducing aortic

outflow cannula with a diffuser tip for pediatric and neonatal cardiopulmonary bypass procedures.”

United States Patent Application 61/689,280, filed June 1, 2012. (Provisional Patent)

[2] Prahlad Menon Gopalakrishna, David Schwartzman, Daniel Ludwig, “Structure-function fusion for

cardiac interventions.” United States Patent Application 61/795,152. CMU disclosure 2012-085. Filed

October 11, 2012. The invention pertains to post-acquisition fusion of anatomically accurate image-derived

structural information with custom processed functional evidence depicting morphology, perfusion,

function and electrophysiology simultaneously in a single 3D rendering, using proprietary algorithmic

registration technology. (Provisional Patent)

[3] Prahlad Menon Gopalakrishna, David Schwartzman, “System and method for personalized planning of

renal denervation therapy using in-silico surgery in patient-specific vascular models to guide optimal

catheter choice and ablation strategy.” United States Patent Application number 61/797,021. CMU

disclosure 2013-074. Filed November 27, 2012.

[4] Stephen C. Jones, Alexander Kharlamov, Prahlad Menon Gopalakrishna, Phillip M. Sauter, Nicolas A.

Alba, Samuel J. Hund, “Method and device for detection of cortical spreading depression for the detection

and diagnosis of concussion and brain injury.” United States Patent Application number 61/902/997. Filed

November 18, 2013.

Journal / Peer-Reviewed Publications (Selected. Full list at http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YVOmX-wAAAAJ&hl=en )

[1] Gao, Y., Zhang, Y., & Menon, P. G. (2015). 3D shape comparison of cardiac geometries using a Laplace

spectral-shape-matching approach. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering:

Imaging & Visualization, (ahead-of-print), 1-12.

[2] Gopalakrishnan, V., Menon, P. G., & Madan, S. (2015). CMRI-BED: A novel informatics framework for

cardiac MRI biomarker extraction and discovery applied to pediatric cardiomyopathy

classification. Biomedical Engineering Online, 14(Suppl 2), S7.

[3] Ludwig, D. R., Menon, P. G., Fill, B., Gartner, M., & Schwartzman, D. (2015). A Novel Toolkit to

Improve Percutaneous Subxiphoid Needle Access to the Healthy Pericardial Sac. Journal of

Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. DOI: 10.1111/jce.12643

[4] Menon, P. G., & Hong, H. (2015, March). Evaluating MRI based vascular wall motion as a biomarker of

Fontan hemodynamic performance. In SPIE Medical Imaging (pp. 94132Q-94132Q). International Society

for Optics and Photonics.

[5] Ludwig, D. R., Menon, P. G., & Schwartzman, D. (2015). "CT-Electromagnetic Three-Dimensional

Tracking for Renal Endovascular Sympathetic Ablation Catheter Positioning in an Animal Model." J Vasc

Interv Radiol. 2015 Jan 27. pii: S1051-0443(14)01151-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2014.11.025. PubMed PMID:

25636671.

[6] Menon, P.G., Adhypak, S.M., Williams, R.B., Doyle, M., Biederman, R.W.W.. "Investigating Cardiac

MRI Based Right Ventricular Contractility As A Novel Non-Invasive Metric of Pulmonary Arterial

Pressure." Clin Med Insights Cardiol. 2014; 8(Suppl 1): 45–50.

PRAHLAD G.MENON, PHD

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

MS, Mechanical Engg., Ph.D, Biomedical Engg. Email: menongopalakrip@duq.edu Cell: +1 (412) 259-3031

Websites: www.themedcave.co.nr , Google Scholar

[7] Menon, P. G., Hong, H. (2015). “Interactive pre-surgical design of optimal extra-cardiac Fontan

connections starting with cardiac MRI reconstructions of the Glenn anastomosis.” Journal of

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance,17(Suppl 1), P197.

[8] Lindsey SE, Menon PG, Kowalski WJ, Shekhar A, Yalcin HC, Nishimura N, Schaffer CB, Butcher JT,

Pekkan K. Growth and hemodynamics after early embryonic aortic arch occlusion. Biomech Model

Mechanobiol. 2014 Nov 23. PubMed PMID: 25416845.

[9] P.G Menon, A.S Rao*, 2014. Presurgical planning using image-based in silico anatomical and functional

characterization of Tetralogy of Fallot with associated anomalies. Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg (2014).

DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu368.

[10] Menon, P.G., Ludwig, D., Lacomis, J., Schwartzman, D., Toma, C., 2014. Computed Tomographic

Analysis of Left Ventricular Volumes and Function after Implantation of the Parachute® Endoventricular

Partitioning Device. Journal of Interventional Cardiology.

[11] Menon, P.G., Muller, J.H., 2014. Characterization of a Novel Imaging-Based Metric of Patellofemoral

Separation Using Computational Modeling, Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Images.

Fundamentals, Methods, and Applications. Springer International Publishing, pp. 188-203.

[12] Kruzick, S., Mengshoel, O., Menon, P.G., 2014. Detection of Myocardial Perfusion Defects Using First

Pass Perfusion Cardiac MRI Data, Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Images.

Fundamentals, Methods, and Applications. Springer International Publishing, pp. 248-254.

[13] Piao, D., Menon, P.G., Mengshoel, O.J., 2014. Computing Probabilistic Optical Flow Using Markov

Random Fields, Computational Modeling of Objects Presented in Images. Fundamentals, Methods, and

Applications. Springer International Publishing, pp. 241-247.

[14] Friehling, M, P.G Menon, D R Ludwig, D Schwartzman, SPECT-CT Fusion Image Integration to Support

Left Ventricular Substrate Ablation.” (2014). Case report accepted by The European Journal of Pacing,

Arrhythmias and Cardiac Electrophysiology (EP-Europace).

[15] Adhyapak, S. M.*, Menon, P. G.* & Rao Parachuri, V. (2014). “Restoration of optimal left ventricular

apical geometry and rotation following surgical ventricular restoration using rectangular patch plasty

technique: a pilot study using cardiac magnetic resonance.” Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic

surgery, Accepted as an Original article on 2 May 2014. [* - joint first authors]

[16] Adhyapak, S. M.*, Menon, P. G.* & Rao Parachuri, V. (2014). “Characterization of dysfunctional remote

myocardium in left ventricular anterior aneurysms and improvements following surgical ventricular

restoration using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging-preliminary results.” Interactive cardiovascular and

thoracic surgery, Accepted as an Original article on 2 May 2014. [* - joint first authors]

[17] Adhyapak, S. M.*, Menon, P. G.*, Mehra, A., Tully, S., & Rao Parachuri, V. (2014). “Rapid

Quantification of Mean Myocardial Wall Velocity in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy by Cardiac Magnetic

Resonance: An Index of Cardiac Functional Abnormalities during the Cardiac Cycle.” J Clin Exp

Cardiolog,5(288), 2. [*joint first authors] [18] Menon PG, Morris L, Staines M, Lima J, Lee DC, Gopalakrishnan V. “Novel MRI-derived quantitative

biomarker for cardiac function applied to classifying ischemic cardiomyopathy within a Bayesian rule

learning framework.” Proc. SPIE 9034, Medical Imaging 2014: Image Processing, 90341L (March 21,

2014); doi:10.1117/12.2042118.\

[19] Adhyapak, Srilakshmi M., Prahlad G. Menon, and Venkateswara Rao Parachuri. "Optimization of surgical

ventricular restoration by in-silico simulations." Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals (2014). DOI:

10.1177/0218492314528341. [*joint first authors]

[20] P.G Menon, A Mehra, M Doyle, R W W Biederman, E Finol, “Rapid 4D regional wall motion

characterization of abdominal aortic aneurysms with intra-luminal thrombus using cine cardiac MRI.”

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2014, 16(Suppl 1):P385. doi:10.1186/1532-429X-16-S1-

P385.

[21] Adhyapak, S. M.*, Menon, P. G.*, & Parachuri, V. R. (2014). “Restoration of optimal ellipsoid left

ventricular geometry: lessons learnt from in silico surgical modelling.” Interactive cardiovascular and

thoracic surgery, 18(2), 153-158. DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt464. [*joint first authors]

PRAHLAD G.MENON, PHD

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

MS, Mechanical Engg., Ph.D, Biomedical Engg. Email: menongopalakrip@duq.edu Cell: +1 (412) 259-3031

Websites: www.themedcave.co.nr , Google Scholar

[22] Adhyapak, S. M., Menon, P. G., & Parachuri, V. R. (2013). “Characterization of Left Ventricular Regional

Morphology and Function Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for Planning Optimal Surgical Ventricular

Restoration.” Circulation,128(22 Supplement), A10590.

[23] Kowalski, W. J., Teslovich, N. C., Menon, P. G., Tinney, J. P., Keller, B. B., & Pekkan, K. (2014). Left

atrial ligation alters intracardiac flow patterns and the biomechanical landscape in the chick

embryo. Developmental Dynamics. Accepted on 20 September 2013.

[24] Chen CY, Antón R, Hung MY, Menon PG, Finol EA, Pekkan K. “Effect of intraluminal thrombus on

patient-specific abdominal aortic aneurysm hemodynamics via stereoscopic PIV and CFD modeling.” J

Biomech Eng. 2013 Dec 1. doi: 10.1115/1.4026160.

[25] Yueh-Hsun Lu, Chia-Yuan Chen, Prahlad G. Menon, Kuan-Ting Liu, Hsing-Hung Lin, "Hemodynamic

effects of endoleak formation in abdominal aortic aneurysm patients with stent-graft implants." Journal of

Medical and Biological Engineering, In Press Uncorrected Proof, Available online 15 Oct 2013. DOI:

10.5405/jmbe.1588

[26] P.G Menon, J.F Antaki, A Undar, K Pekkan," Aortic outflow cannula tip design and orientation impacts

cerebral perfusion during pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass procedures." Accepted for publication in

Annals of Biomedical Engineering, journal of the Biomedical Engineering Society on 21 June 2013.

[27] Prahlad G Menon, Robert W Biederman, “Automated 3D morphometric difference biomarker for

abnormal ventricular morphology.” Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 2013. 15(Suppl

1):E35. http://www.jcmr-online.com/content/15/S1/E35

[28] Haifa Hong*, Prahlad G. Menon*, Haibo Zhang, Hucheng Li, Zhongqun Zhu Huiwen Chen, Kerem

Pekkan, Jinfen Liu, "Post surgical comparison of pulsatile hemodynamics in five unique Fontan

connections – identifying an ideal connection strategy." Annals of Thoracic Surgery Journal. [*joint first

authors]

[29] P.G Albal*, P.G Menon ," MRI & CT image-fusion based aorta & coronary artery model for in-silico

feasibility evaluation of perfusion with an ascending aortic pump, using computational fluid dynamics."

ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering (Published conference paper). [* PhD student with The

MeDCaVE]

[30] Prahlad G Menon, Nikola Teslovich, Chia-Yuan Chen, Akif Undar, Kerem Pekkan, " Characterization of

neonatal aortic cannulae jet flow regimes for improved cardiopulmonary bypass.” Journal of

Biomechanics, January 2013 special issue on Biofluid Mechanics.

[31] Prahlad G. Menon, Masahiro Yoshida, Kerem Pekkan, “Pre-Surgical Evaluation of Fontan Connection

Options for Patients with Apicocaval Juxtaposition, using Computational Fluid Dynamics,” Artificial

Organs journal for publication in January 2013 issue.

[32] Prahlad G Menon., Shobhit Madan, Kerem Pekkan, "Quantitative Hemodynamic Evaluation in Children

with Coarctation of Aorta: Phase Contrast Cardiovascular MRI versus Computational Fluid Dynamics."

Springer LNCS (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) series #7746. Presented at the '2012 International

Workshop on Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart' at the 15th International

Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Nice, France.

1-5 October 2012.

[33] Priti G. Albal*, Prahlad G. Menon*, William Kowalski, Akif Undar, Kerem Pekkan, "Computational

evaluation and in-vitro analysis of a novel fenestration design for controlled venous flow shunting in

failing Fontans with systemic hypertension,” Artificial Organs Journal, January 2013. [* joint first

authors]

[34] Yoshida, M, P.G Menon, K Pekkan, C Chrysostomou, P Wearden, Y Oshima, Y Okita, V Morell, "Total

cavopulmonary connection for patients with apicocaval juxtaposition: Consideration about the optimal

route of conduit using preoperative angiography and flow simulation." Eur J Cardiothorac Surg first

published online March 25, 2013. doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezt118. [Summary: This paper is focused at the

pressure / hemodynamic effects of kinking or compression of Fontan conduits in patients with apicocaval

juxtaposition.]

Received editorial comment from Marc R. de Leval, International Congenital Cardiac Centre, London,

UK: de Leval MR. Re: Total cavopulmonary connection in patients with apicocaval juxtaposition: optimal

PRAHLAD G.MENON, PHD

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

MS, Mechanical Engg., Ph.D, Biomedical Engg. Email: menongopalakrip@duq.edu Cell: +1 (412) 259-3031

Websites: www.themedcave.co.nr , Google Scholar

conduit route using preoperative angiogram and flow simulation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2013 Apr 10.

doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt170.

[35] Chia-Yuan Chen, Prahlad G Menon, William J. Kowalski, and Kerem Pekkan, “Time-resolved OCT-

µPIV: A new microscopic PIV technique for noninvasive depth-resolved pulsatile flow profile

acquisition,” accepted for publication in Experiments in Fluids journal. Online publication link:

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00348-012-1426-x

[36] David A. Steinman, Yiemeng Hoi,Paul Fahy, Liam Morris, Michael T. Walsh, Nicolas Aristokleous,

Andreas S. Anayiotos, Amirhossein Arzani, Shawn C. Shadden, Philipp Berg, Gabor Janiga, Joris Bols,

Patrick Segers, Neil W. Bressloff, Merih Cibis, Frank H. Gijsen, Salvatore Cito, Jordi Pallares, Leonard D.

Browne, Jennifer A. Costelloe, Adrian G. Lynch, Joris Degroote, Jan Vierendeels, Wenyu Fu, Aike Qiao,

Simona Hodis, David F. Kallmes, Hardeep Kalsi, Quan Long, Vitaly O. Kheyfets, Ender A. Finol, Kenichi

Kono, Adel M. Malek, Alexandra Lauric, Prahlad G Menon, Kerem Pekkan, Mahdi E. Moghadam,

Alison L. Marsden, Marie Oshima, Kengo Katagiri, Veronique Peiffer, Yumnah Mohamied, Spencer

Sherwin, Jens Schaller, Leonid Goubergrits, Gabriel Usera, Mariana Mendina, Kristian Valen-Sendstad,

Damiaan F. Habets, Jianping Xiang, Hui Meng, Yue Yu, George E. Karniadakis, Nicholas Schaffer,

Francis Loth, “Variability of CFD Solutions for Pressure and Flow in a Giant Aneurysm: The SBC2012

CFD Challenge.” Accepted for publication in ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.

[37] Lara M, Chen C-Y, Mannor P, Dur O, Menon P.G, Yoganathan A.P, and Pekkan K, “Hemodynamics of

the Hepatic Venous Three-Vessel Confluences using Particle Image Velocimetry”. Ann Biomed Eng.

2011 Sep;39(9):2398-416. Epub 2011, May 24. PubMed PMID: 21607758.

Conference Presentations (Selected. Posters, Talk Videos available from links @ http:// http://justcallharry.com/press.html)

[1] M. Alperin, S. D. Abramowitch, D. Easley**, P. G. Menon, M. S. Cook, W. Barone (2015). “A Novel

Approach to Map Quantified Fascicle Data onto a 3D Model of Pelvic Floor Muscles.” American

Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) 36th Annual Scientific Meeting Tuesday, October 13 - Saturday, October

17, 2015. Seattle, WA (CONTROL ID: 2281303).

[2] Prahlad G. Menon, Priti G. Albal*, Brian A. Mosier, Lance Maynard, John Christoforetti, "Regional

characterization of effective joint space & hip-joint capsule volume from magnetic resonance imaging."

BMES Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. October 22-25, 2014. (Poster Presentation) [*PhD Student,

The MeDCaVE]

[3] P.G Menon, A.S Rao*, "4D mitral valve motion analysis using multi-plane cine cardiac MRI

reconstructions for functional classification of patients with mitral regurgitation." ASME 2014 International

Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. Nov 14-20, 2014 [IMECE2014-39910]. (Oral

Presentation). [*Student, The MeDCaVE]

[4] P.G Menon, P.G Albal*, "In-silico evaluation of effects of swirl direction and intensity on aortic flow

patterns induced by an aortic pump using computational fluid dynamics." ASME 2014 International

Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. Nov 14-20, 2014 (IMECE2014-39711, Oral Presentation).

[* PhD Student, The MeDCaVE]

[5] P.G Menon, S.M Adhyapak, Parachuri, V Rao, " Regional mean myocardial velocity of remote

myocardium following surgical ventricular restoration in heart failure patients with anterior aneurysms: An

index of improved post-operative left ventricular performance." AHA Fellows Research Day 2014

Pittsburgh, PA. February 14, 2014.

[6] P.G Menon, A Mehra, M Doyle, R W W Biederman, E Finol, “Rapid 4D regional wall motion

characterization of abdominal aortic aneurysms with intra-luminal thrombus using cine cardiac MRI.”

Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) 17th Annual Scientific Sessions, New Orleans,

LA. 16-19 January 2014. Control ID: 1806186.

[7] Prahlad G. Menon, Lailonny Morris, Mara Staines, Joao Lima, Daniel C. Lee, Colin Lee, Vanathi

Gopalakrishnan, “Novel MRI-derived quantitative biomarker for cardiac function applied to classifying

ischemic cardiomyopathy within a Baysian rule learning framework.” SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium.

18 February 2014, San Diego, CA.

PRAHLAD G.MENON, PHD

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

MS, Mechanical Engg., Ph.D, Biomedical Engg. Email: menongopalakrip@duq.edu Cell: +1 (412) 259-3031

Websites: www.themedcave.co.nr , Google Scholar

[8] P.G Menon, A.S Rao*, Priti G. Albal*, "Surgical planning using in-silico anatomical and functional

characterization of Tetralogy of Fallot with associated anomalies." Society of Thoracic Surgeons 50th

Annual Meeting, January 25-29, 2014, Orlando, FL. [* Students of The MeDCaVE]

[9] V Gopalakrishnan, P. G Menon, S Madan, “A novel framework to enhance scientific knowledge of

cardiovascular MRI biomarkers and their application to pediatric cardiomyopathy classification.” IWBBIO

2014 (2nd International Work-Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering), Granada, Spain.

April 7-9, 2014.

[10] J.F Antaki, A Daly, M Jamiolkowski, M.V Kameneva, M Massoudi, A Martin, P Menon, W.R Wagner, W-

T Wu, “Trafficking of Platelets and Red Blood Cells: Theoretical and Experimental.” 7th World Congress

of Biomechanics, Boston, MA. July 6-11, 2014.

[11] P.G Albal*, P.G Menon ," MRI & CT image-fusion based aorta & coronary artery model for in-silico

feasibility evaluation of perfusion with an ascending aortic pump, using computational fluid dynamics."

ASME/FDA 1st Annual Frontiers in Medical Devices, Applications of Computer Modeling and Simulation

(ASME FMD 2013). (Oral presentation & published paper in conference proceedings).

[* PhD student with The MeDCaVE]

[12] S. C. Jones, P. G. Menon, R. J. Sclabassi, A. Kharlamov, E. Yushmanov, "Concussion detection scheme."

Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Nov 13, 2013. Poster#: 811.15/J4.

[13] P.G Menon, S.M Adhyapak, Parachuri, V Rao, "Quantitative analysis of regional morphology and

mechanical dyssynchrony using cardiac MRI for optimal surgical ventricular restoration." AHA Scientific

Sessions, Dallas, Texas, November 17, 2013. (Poster Presentation).

[14] M.Eckman*, P.G Menon ," 4D shape analysis applied to post-operative wall motion function assessment of

extracardiac total cavopulmonary connections." BMES 2013 annual meeting, September 25-28, 2013.

Seattle, Washington. [* Undergraduate student with The MeDCaVE] (Oral Presentation).

[15] A.Mehra*, S.Tully, S.M.Adhyapak, P.G Menon ," Quantification of cardiac function by shape analysis for

early diagnosis of ventricular remodeling, from 4-D cardiac MRI." BMES 2013 annual meeting, September

25-28, 2013, Seattle, Washington. [* Undergraduate student, The MeDCaVE] (Poster Presentation).

[16] P.G Albal*, T Montidoro, O Dur, P.G Menon," Patient-Specific Hemodynamic evaluation of an Aortic

Coarctation under Rest and Stress conditions." 2013 International Workshop on Statistical Atlases and

Computational Models of the Heart at the 16th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and

Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), Nagoya, Japan. 26 September 2013. (Poster presentation.

Paper to be published in Springer LNCS). [* PhD student with The MeDCaVE]

[17] A.S Rao*, P.G Menon, "Patient-specific hemodynamic evaluation and in-silico surgical planning for

optimal interventions in Tetralogy of Fallot patients." Submitted to ASME 2013 International Mechanical

Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 15-21, 2013, San Diego, CA. [*-- Student researcher with

The MeDCaVE & QuantMD intern]

[18] P.G Menon, Adhyapak, S.M, "Cardiac MRI based in-silico quantitative comparison of morphology and

mechanics after surgical ventricular restoration by the Dor procedure vs. linear endoventricular patch-

plasty." BMES 2013 annual meeting, September 25-28, 2013.

[19] P.G Albal*, Menon, P.G, "In-silico mechanical analysis and feasibility study on the InSitu-Lok – a flexible

external tubing connector for extracorporeal circuitry." BMES 2013 annual meeting, September 25-28,

2013, Seattle, Washington. [* PhD student with The MeDCaVE]

[20] A.S Rao*, Menon, P.G, "Morphological characterization to inform complex surgical decisions in Tetralogy

of Fallot." BMES 2013 annual meeting, September 25-28, 2013, Seattle, Washington. [* Student

researcher with The MeDCaVE & QuantMD intern]

[21] Menon, P.G, S.M Adhyapak, "Shape Analysis for Automatic and Objective Visualization of Pathological

Cardiovascular Remodeling from Cine Cardiac MRI." Accepted for presentation and published in

proceedings of ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference, June 26-29, 2013, Sunriver, Oregon.

[Summary: Demonstration of two shape analysis techniques based on spherical harmonics (SPHARM) and

Hausdorff distance, to analyze ventricular function in a patient with a post-infarct ventricular aneurysm.

(Poster Presentation)

PRAHLAD G.MENON, PHD

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

MS, Mechanical Engg., Ph.D, Biomedical Engg. Email: menongopalakrip@duq.edu Cell: +1 (412) 259-3031

Websites: www.themedcave.co.nr , Google Scholar

[22] D R Ludwig, Menon, P.G, M Friehling, D Schwartzman, "Feasibility of SPECT-CT Guided Left

Ventricular Lead Deployment for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.” American Society for Nuclear

Cardiology annual meeting, Chicago, IL (Poster presentation). Proceedings in Journal of Nuclear

Cardiology, 2013. [3 patient SPECT-CT guided lead-placement study fueled by QuantMD image-fusion

technology].

[23] Yoshida, M, P.G Menon, C Chrysostomou, K Pekkan, P Wearden, Jacqueline Kreutzer, Vivekanand

Allada, V Morell, "右室流出路導管の術後流出路形状の評価とそれにあわせてデザインされたPTFE

弁付き導管の早期成績: Early clinical results of specially designed valved polytetrafluoroethyleme

conduit for right ventricular outflow." 66th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Association for

Thoracic Surgery. 16-19 October 2013, Sendai, Japan.

[24] Menon, P.G, W.J Kowalski, K Pekkan, "Computational fluid dynamics analysis of early embryonic aortic

arch-ligation." Accepted for presentation and published in proceedings of ASME Summer Bioengineering

Conference, June 26-29, 2013, Sunriver, Oregon. (Poster Presentation)

[25] Menon, P.G, R.W.W Biederman, "Automated 3D morphometric difference biomarker for abnormal

ventricular morphology." Accepted for e-poster presentation at Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic

Resonance (SCMR) 16th Annual Scientific Sessions, San Francisco, CA. 30 January - 3 February 2013.

[26] Menon, P.G, V Rao Parachuri, S.M Adhyapak, "Quantitative analysis of regional function and mechanical

dyssynchrony using CMR for patients with post-infarction left ventricular remodeling." AHA Fellows

Research Day 2013. February 15, 2013. [Summary: We sought to first characterize basal and apical

rotation in a 7 patients with post-infarction antero-apical aneurysms and secondly to study whether

the extent of LV remodeling, characterized by regional LV volumes (RLVV), was related to

severity of mechanical dyssynchrony in these patients.] [27] Menon, P.G, Undar A, Pekkan K, "Computational evaluation and in silico testing of a novel aortic outflow

cannula designed for pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass procedures." Oral presentation in BMES 2012

Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. October 24-27, 2012.

[28] Prahlad G. Menon, Alexander Kharlamov, Victor E. Yushmanov, Stephen R. Yutzy, Paul A. Schornack,

Erik C. Wiener, Fernando E. Boada, and Stephen C.Jones, “Automatic spatial identification and 4D

tracking of peri-infarct depolarizations in ischemic rat brain using fast ADC MRI,” in Society for

Neuroscience (SfN) Neuroscience 2012 conference paper, New Orleans, LA. October 13-17, 2012.

[29] Priti G. Albal, Prahlad G. Menon, William Kowalski, Akif Undar, Kerem Pekkan, "Computational

evaluation and in-vitro analysis of a novel fenestration design for controlled venous flow shunting in failing

Fontans with systemic hypertension." Poster presentation in the 8th International Conference on Pediatric

Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion, Istanbul, Turkey, June

13-15, 2012.

[30] Kerem Pekkan, Doug Bernstein, Prahlad G Menon, Onur Dur, William Kowalski, Masahiro Yoshida,

“Modeling and Optimization of Bicuspid-Valved Conduit for RVOT Reconstruction”, in conference on

Scientific Innovations in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease (Sponsored by the Oak Foundation),

Stanford, CA. April 30, 2012. Invited talk.

[31] Madan S, Mandal S, Tudorascu D, Menon P.G, Tadros S.S, “Early signs of iron-mediated cardiomyopathy

in transfusion dependent children as assessed by the cardiovascular magnetic resonance technique of

myocardial tagging,” in the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) 2012 Annual Meeting and Postgraduate

Course, San Francisco, CA. April 16-20, 2012. Pediatr Radiol (2012) 42 (Suppl 2):S177–S401.

[32] Chia-Yuan Chen, Brian Chang, Michael J. Patrick, Prahlad G Menon, William J. Kowalski, and Kerem

Pekkan, “Characterization of in vivo hemodynamics using micro-particle image velocimetry (µPIV),” in the

14th International Congress of Biorheology and 7th International Conference on Clinical Hemorheology,

Istanbul, Turkey. July 4-7, 2012.

[33] Menon P.G, Teslovich N, Chen C-Y, Sotiropoulos F, Undar A, Pekkan K, “Device specific aortic outflow

cannula jets studied using 2D PIV and high-performance 3D CFD simulation,” in Proceedings of the ASME

2012 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. June 20–23, 2012.

PRAHLAD G.MENON, PHD

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

MS, Mechanical Engg., Ph.D, Biomedical Engg. Email: menongopalakrip@duq.edu Cell: +1 (412) 259-3031

Websites: www.themedcave.co.nr , Google Scholar

[34] Menon P.G, Sotiropoulos F, Pekkan K, “CFD Challenge: computational hemodynamics analysis of patient-

specific internal carotid artery aneursym using an in-house finite difference cardiovascular flow solver,” in

Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. June 20–23,

2012.

[35] Prahlad G.Menon, Masahiro Yoshida, Kerem Pekkan, "Pre-Surgical Evaluation of Fontan Connection

Options for Patients with Apicocaval Juxtaposition, using Computational Fluid Dynamics," 8th

International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric

Cardiopulmonary Perfusion (Oral Presentation), Istanbul, Turkey, June 13-16, 2012.

M Yoshida, K Pekkan, P Menon, C Chrysostomou, P Wearden, Y Oshima, Y Okita, V Morell, “Simulation

of Fontan for Apicocaval Juxtaposition.” Scientific abstract in scientific sessions on congenital heart

disease at 26th European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Annual Meeting, Barcelona,

Spain, 27-31 October 2012.

[36] Prahlad G.Menon, Kerem Pekkan, "Pre and Post Surgical Evaluation of Patient-Specific Total

Cavopulmonary Connections, using Computational Fluid Dynamics." The 3rd Annual Conference on

Engineering Frontiers in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, Stanford, CA (USA) May 1- 2, 2012.

[37] Menon P.G, Doyle M, Biederman R.W.W, “Non-invasive diagnosis and monitoring of pulmonary artery

hypertension using computational fluid dynamics for simulating patient-specific right ventricular ejection,”

American Heart Association (AHA) Fellows Research Day (Oral Presentation), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

February 17, 2012.

[38] Victor E. Yushmanov, Alexander Kharlamov, Stephen R. Yutzy, Prahlad G. Menon, Paul A. Schornack,

Erik C. Wiener, Fernando E. Boada, and Stephen C.Jones, “PID tracking of transient peri-infarct

depolarizations in ischemic rat brain by fast ADC mapping,” International Society for Magnetic Resonance

in Medicine (ISMRM) 2012 conference paper (2012 Annual Meeting - ISMRM), Melbourne, Australia,

May 5 - 11, 2012. http://www.ismrm.org/12/ep_05.htm

[39] Menon, P.G, Sotiropoulos, F, Undar, A, Pekkan, K, "Device specific analysis of neonatal aortic outflow

cannula jet flows for improved cardiopulmonary bypass hemodynamics," in 64th Annual Meeting of the

APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Baltimore, Maryland, 2011. Publication link:

http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/DFD11/Event/153734

[40] Menon P.G, Trumble D.R, Undar A, Pekkan K, “Computational fluid dynamics characterization of

neonatal cardiopulmonary by-pass outflow cannula jets for better hemodynamic performance,” in BMES,

Hartford 2011. Poster presentation.

[41] Masahiro Yoshida, Peter D. Wearden, Onur Dur, Doug Bernstein, Prahlad G Menon, Constantinos

Chrysostomou, Kerem Pekkan, and Victor O. Morell, “Midterm results of bicuspid valved PTFE conduit

for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction,” in STS (Society of Thoracic Surgeons) Annual Meeting,

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2012. Poster presentation.

[42] “3D tracking of peri-infarct depolarization (PIDs) during focal brain ischemia in rats using whole-brain fast

ADC.” Society for Neuroscience (SFN) '11 conference, Washington, DC. Poster presentation.

[43] Menon P.G, Doyle M, Biederman R.W.W, “Physics based image processing and evaluation techniques

applied to preventative diagnosis of left ventricular ischemia using short axis cardiac MRI contrast

perfusion imaging”, The 5th World Conference on Bioengineering (WACBE), Tainan, Taiwan, 2011.

[44] Menon P.G, Rabin Y, “Temperature Field Reconstruction from Implantable Sensors for Cryosurgery”, The

Bennett Conference, Bio-Engineering and Biotechnology Research Symposium, Pittsburgh, 2010.

[45] Menon P.G, Mohanan P, “Optimizing Brake Specific Fuel Consumption in Low-NOx, Emission Standard

Compliant Compression Ignition Engines, by Tuning Engine Parameters”, 7th Asia Pacific Conference on

Combustion (ASPACC), Taipei, Taiwan, 2009.