Our Team
Caitlin Romanczyk
Team Leader
Caitlin is a Junior Biomedical Engineering Major at Johns Hopkins University. She is the team leader for this project. In her free time, she likes to Irish Dance!
Clayton Andrews
Clay is a Junior Biomedical Engineering Major at Johns Hopkins University. In his free time he likes to bake (especially for the team)!
Quinn Salditch
Quinn is a Junior Biomedical Engineering Major at Johns Hopkins University. In her free time she likes to play lacrosse.
Scott Sterrett
Scott is a Junior Biomedical Engineering Major at Johns Hopkins University. He is on the Johns Hopkins Varsity Swimming Team!
Joshua Punnoose
Josh is a Junior Biomedical Engineering Major at Johns Hopkins University. In his free time, he likes to play tennis.
Paige Frank
Paige is a freshman Biomedical Engineering Major at Johns Hopkins University. She also writes for the science and technology section of the Hopkin's Newsletter.
Ananya Gupta
Ananya is a freshman Biomedical Engineering Major at Johns Hopkins University. She is also the Mentoring Chair for JHU Biomedical Engineering Society and tutors elementary school students for The Tutorial Project.
Zack Buono
Zack is a freshman Biomedical Engineering Major at Johns Hopkins University.Zack's hobbbies include playing and listening to music, especially classic rock.
Committee Members
Peter V. Johnston
M.D.
Peter Johnston is our clinical sponsor and spearheads the team's endeavour with his clinical expertise, giving us an insight into the clinical needs of interventional cardiologists. He is the Medical Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Howard County General Hospital.
Chao - Wei Hwang M.D.
Dr. Hwang is our clinical advisor. He practices Interventional Cardiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Howard County General Hospital and Frederick Memorial Hospital.
George Coles
George Coles is our technical advisor. He is a Principal Scientist at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. He specializes in microelectronics/MEMS process development and medical device innovation and has worked in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Hospital - Divisions of Cardiology, Neurology/neurosurgery, Oncology.
Youseph Yazdi, PhD.
Dr. Yazdi is our technical and business advisor. He is the Executive Director of JHU Center for Bioengineering
Innovation and Design. He is an Assistant Professor for the Biomedical Engineering Department and the Carey School of Business at JHU.
Jon Resar M.D.
Dr. Resar is the Director of the Adult Catheterization Laboratory and Interventional Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. His field of specialization is percutaneous management of coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, and adult congenital heart disease.
Clifford Weiss M.D.
Dr. Weiss is the Medical Director of The Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering, Innovation and Design. He is also the Director of Interventional Radiology Research.
Jeffrey Brinker M.D.
Dr. Jeffrey Brinker directs the cardiac pacemaker service and is an expert in interventional cardiology including pacemakers and implantable cardio defibrillators (ICDs), angioplasty, heart catheterization and lead extraction.
Adam Dodson
Adam presently is a technical advisor for the Johns Hopkins University Biomedical Department. He is the Lead Simulation Specialist and has been in Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for over 20 years.
Faculty Advisors on Committee
Elizabeth Logsdon PhD.
Elizabeth Logsdon is our primary faculty advisor and the Director of Design Studio at JHU.
Nicholas Durr PhD.
Nicholas Durr is one of our faculty advisors and the Undergraduate Program Director, Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design.
Robert Allen PhD.
Robert Allen is one of our faculty advisors and the Undergraduate Program Director, Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design.
Special Thanks
Additionally, we'd like to thank the following people for their contribution!
Lawrence Aronhime MBA, MS - Business Education Director, Center for Bioengineering, Innovation and Design, Johns Hopkins University.
Chad M. Schneider, P.E. - President, Root3 Labs Inc.
Aditya Polsani - Director of Business Development, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.
Chuck Montague - Director of Business Development, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.
Kelly Lacob - Graduate Advisor, Center for Bioengineering, Innovation and Design, Johns Hopkins University.