MEDICAL AUTOMATION EXPERTS


Robin Felder's bio:

Dr. Felder is Associate Director of Clinical Chemistry, the former Director of the Medical Automation Research Center, and a Professor of Pathology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. His affiliation with professional organizations included: Past President and Founder of the Association for Laboratory Automation and Founding Editor of its journal, Fellow of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research (a council of the American Heart Association), and a Fellow of the National Association for Clinical Biochemists. Dr. Felder has published over 260 research papers, has been awarded 12 patents, has presented over 140 lectures in 15 countries (in four languages). He has received numerous awards including the International Engelberger Award for Robotics in 2009, the Research Award by the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry and American Association for Clinical Chemistry in 2010, and one of his inventions was named a Top 10 technology by The Scientist for 2009.

Business Background:
In addition to his academic career, Dr. Felder has co-founded 9 private ventures spun out from the University of Virginia, including http://www.medicalautomation.com, http://globalcellsolutions.com, http://hypogen.com>, http://labautomation.org , http://medicalautomation.org, http://wellawaresystems.com , BioPhile, Inc., Ibetics, LLC, and Medical Robotics, LLC.



Disclosure: Robin A. Felder, PhD has disclosed that the following companies have been influenced by the speaker’s interests and opinions and have provided, honoraria, or grant support (or are anticipating giving grant support) for his continued activities: Abbott ,Acuity, Affymetrix, American Association for Clinical Chemistry, AMDEC, Association for Lab Automation, Bayer, Beckman, BDC, Becton Dickinson, BIOPHILE, Inc. (Chair, SAB; shareholder), Boehringer Mannheim, BSI proteomics (Scientific Advisor), Carilion Biomedical Institute, CCRI (Lake Arrowhead, California), CRS (Toronto, Canada), Chiron, Ciba Corning, Columbia HCA, Coulter/IDS, Dade, DuPont, Enterprise Analysis Corporation, Genesis Therapeutics, Inc. (SAB), Genetics Diagnostics Inc. (SAB), Gilson, GDI, Global Cell Solutions, Guidance Interactive Technology, Helpmate Robotics Incorporated, Home Guardian (principal shareholder), Hybritech, Hypogen (principal shareholder), Ibetics, LLC, Inova Health System, J&J Clinical Diagnostics, Linear Drives, MAS, MDS Health Group Limited, Medical Systmes, SpA, NextStar, Organon Tecknika, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Packard Instruments, Pevco, Sagian, Serologicals/Chemicon, Tecan, Trillium (Grafrath, Germany), and Ventana.

Robin Felder's posts:

Passive Home-Based Monitoring in an Era of Telemedicine


Successful pervasive wellness programs require subject compliance and receptivity to personalized wellness information and advice. Novel technology focused approaches can [MORE]

Artificial Intelligence, Medical Robotics and Medical Automation Education

July 18, 2011 | Robin Felder | Posted in Ask the Experts

Much of medical decision making is matching symptoms with known diseases. Thus artificial intelligence (AI) will certainly make this process more efficient…

Automating the Clinical Laboratory

September 14, 2010 | Robin Felder | Posted in Ask the Experts

Question submitted by Carlo Gasperoni:      Which is the clinical analysis laboratory throughput (tubes/h or tubes/day or tests/year)  to [MORE]

Clinical Laboratory Links

September 13, 2010 | Robin Felder | Posted in Clinical Laboratory Links, Links, Resources

Clinical Laboratory Links

MUSING - Where-Oh-Where Is My Clinic and My Doctor?

September 7, 2010 | Robin Felder | Posted in Newsletter

The recent launch of ShopKick iPhone app (application) allows stores to know when you ( a potential customer) has arrived [MORE]

Wireless Health Conference 2010, October 4 -7, San Diego

August 31, 2010 | Robin Felder | Posted in Newsletter

The new technologies and new business models that are emerging from the convergence of wireless communications and life sciences technologies [MORE]

Medical Automation Books

July 30, 2010 | Robin Felder | Posted in Publications, Resources

Alwan M, Felder RA (Eds.).  Eldercare Technology for Clinical Practitioners, Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, USA,, 2008. ISBN 978-1-58829-898-0

Felder RA,  [MORE]

Self-Balancing Centrifuge Rotor

July 6, 2010 | Robin Felder | Posted in Newsletter

In a clinical laboratory, loading specimens into a centrifuge can be time consuming because different quantities have to be [MORE]

Laboratory Automation - Opportunity for More Efficiency

April 20, 2010 | Robin Felder | Posted in Newsletter

Robin Felder, PhD writing for The Dark Daily, talks about the current state of lab automation and the opportunities for [MORE]

MUSING - Hypertension and the Chinese: Impact of Genetic Disease on the World’s Largest Population

March 30, 2010 | Robin Felder | Posted in Newsletter

Invisible Health Risks on a Grandiose Scale
They have no symptoms, but hypertension and salt sensitivity will be the eventual cause [MORE]

MUSING - Kiosk-Based Healthcare Delivery

March 2, 2010 | Robin Felder | Posted in Newsletter

Kiosk-based medicine has suddenly taken a new step with the next wave in direct to consumer marketing that is sweeping [MORE]

7th Annual International Laboratory Automation Conference

January 19, 2010 | Robin Felder | Posted in Newsletter

On April 15-17, 2010, the International Conference of Clinical Laboratory Automation and Robotics, also call “Cherry Blossom Sympositum“, will be [MORE]

Leading International Clinical Laboratory Automation Conference Announces 7th Program

January 5, 2010 | Robin Felder | Posted in Newsletter

The 7th biannual Cherry Blossom Symposium (also known as the  Conference of Clinical Laboratory Automation and Robotics) to  be held in [MORE]

Dr. Robin Felder is Recipient of the 2009 Engelberger Robotics Award

March 10, 2009 | Robin Felder | Posted in Newsletter

Dr. Robin Felder of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, received the 2009 Engelberger Robotics Award for Leadership at [MORE]