Dr. Edelman is the Thomas D. and Virginia W. Cabot Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at MIT, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a coronary care unit cardiologist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He and his laboratory have pioneered basic findings in vascular biology and the development and assessment of biotechnology. Dr. Edelman directs the Harvard-MIT Biomedical Engineering Center (BMEC), dedicated to applying the rigors of the physical sciences to elucidate fundamental biologic processes and mechanisms of disease. Dr. Edelman completed internal medicine training and clinical fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine at the BWH and a research fellowship at the Department of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Edelman received his MD degree from Harvard Medical School and a PhD in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics from MIT. |