MAJOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:

1990     Member, Strategic Planning Panel, National Center for Research             Resources, National Institutes of Health

1993     Technical Reviewer, Pennsylvania Department of Commerce Seed             Grant Program

1993 - 1994    Hospital Infrastructure Committee, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA

1995 - 1996    Search Committee for Chief of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery,  United Hospitals, Newark, NJ

1995 - 1996    New Jersey State Cardiac Health Advisory Panel
        Subcommittee on Cardiac Catheterization
        Subcommittee on Technology Assessment

LEADERSHIP ROLES AT NATIONAL MEETINGS:

National Meeting Cochair
    1989 Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Medical
        Instrumentation (AAMI)
    1986 AAMI Annual Meeting

Symposium Chair
    1991 Annual International Meeting of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Engineering in Medicine and Biology Section, "Advocacy for Biomedical Engineering"

Session Chair
    1994 AAMI Annual Meeting, "Cardiovascular Function and Assist"
    1992 AAMI Annual Meeting, "Research Funding for Biomedical Engineering"
    1991 AAMI Annual Meeting, "Medical Technology Transfer"
    1990 AAMI Annual Meeting, "Interventional Cardiology"
    1989 AAMI Annual Meeting, "The Use of Computational Systems in Arrythmia Monitoring, Analysis and Management"
    1986 AAMI Annual Meeting, "Applications of Microcomputers in Medicine"
    1985 AAMI Annual Meeting, "Innovative Biotechnology: Tracing the Path From Invention to Clinical Use"

Session Cochair
    1986 AAMI Annual Meeting, "Microcomputer Technology and Applications"            
Course Codirector
    April 1986 AAMI Annual Meeting, "Basics of Electronics and Computers for                    Physicians"