Yadin David is a consultant practicing at Biomedical Engineering Consultants, LLC., focusing on improving medical technology and its deployment. Prior to that, he had served as the Director of the Biomedical Engineering Department at the Texas Children's Hospital, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital and Texas Heart Institute since 1982. In this capacity, he directed one of the most comprehensive hospital-based Clinical Engineering Programs in the United States.

He was responsible for the initiation and technical development of the Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital Center for TeleHealth. Dr. David served as the Director of the Center for TeleHealth at Texas Children's Hospital. He was the first elected President of the Board of the Center for Telemedicine Law (CTL) at Washington, D.C. and also of the Healthcare Technology Foundation.

Dr. David received his Master and Doctorate degrees from West Virginia University in 1975, and 1983 respectively. He holds academic appointments of Assistant Professor at the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, and of visiting Professor at the Chinese PLA Postgraduate Medical School, and is on the Biomedical Engineering Advisory Council of Texas A&M University. He is a Registered Professional Engineer, a Certified Clinical Engineer, a Certified International Healthcare Safety Professional and a Certified Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Engineering. He serves as a consultant to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and start-up companies on medical technology issues.

Dr. David is the Chairman of the Laser Safety Committee NFPA-115 as well as the Chairman of Gas Delivery Equipment Technical Committee, and member of the Electrical Equipment Committee of NFPA-99 Health Care Facilities. He served as a member of the General Hospital Devices Panel and of the Neurological Devices Panel of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and was instrumental in securing the first ever dedicated spectrum frequency for use by wireless medical telemetry and received a Special Citation from the FDA Commissioner for leadership in protecting the public health. He is a past member of the Committee on Health Care Safety of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO). He is active in professional organizations where he served as chairman of the IEEE/Health Care Engineering Policy Committee, and on the Clinical Engineering and Medical Technology Management Committee and on the Education Committee of the American Society for Hospital Engineering (ASHE). He is a founding fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and a charter member, fellow, and Past President of the American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE). Dr. David was instrumental in the creation of the Healthcare Engineering and Technology Policy Working Group and served as Vice-Chairman of its Executive Committee within the SPIE Society.

Dr. David has published over 100 abstracts, articles, and chapters in scientific literature. He served as the editor of the book: Clinical Engineering (Principles and Applications in Engineering) published by CRC Press (2003). Together with Thomas Judd he published the book on "Principles and Practices of Medical Technology Management", and the Clinical Engineering Section in the "Biomedical Engineering Handbook" published by CRC Press (1995) and the Electrical Safety and Risk Control Chapter in the Critical Care Monitoring; From Pre-Hospital to the ICU, published by Mosby-Year Book, Inc (1995). He contributed the chapters on Basic Aspects of Instrumentation, Radiation, and Facilities and Basic Science of Blood Pressure Measurement to the book The Science and Practice of Pediatric Cardiology published by Lea & Febiger (1990). Dr. David lectures extensively both nationally and internationally on Biomedical/Clinical Engineering, Technology Management topics, and Telemedicine programs.

Yadin David, P.E., Ed.D., CCE
Biomedical Engineering Consultants, LLC
1111 Hermann Drive, Suite 12B
Houston, Texas 77004
Phone: (713) 522-6666 / FAX: (713) 522-6686
E-Mail: david@biomedeng.com / URL: www.biomedeng.com

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