Drexel engineering students at the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems found that they could not form an accurate picture of the needs that exist in clinical practice because they had limited familiarity with the clinical patient environment. DrExcel Health provides an opportunity for engineering students to identify projects that would benefit from collaboration between clinical faculty, College of Medicine alumni and senior medical students.

DrExcel Health project labs establish connections throughout the University that bring together students and faculty from multiple disciplines in an independent, extracurricular manner that encourages long-term efforts and commitment to original projects.

DrExcel Health provides a model for encouraging students to pursue their interests and thrive under a supportive environment so that they have the potential to take their projects from conception to startups, venture funding, or late-stage prototyping and beyond.

Labs Program 2021

Team 2 - Post-Operative Pain Tracking Software
Easy-to-use application enabling rapid communication about post-operative pain severity, sensation and location to the patient’s physician.
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• Student Team:
  • MED: Robin Kumaratunga, Nicholas Piarulli, James Cross, Soham Bharne, Simone Udeh, Zane Sejdiu
  • BME: Maria Renee Ordonez, Ahsan Sarwar, Keyan Cusick
• Advisors: Aysha Hasan, MD; Marek Swoboda, PhD

Team 4 - Assistive Walking Device for Parkinson’s
Enhanced walker that can decrease the likelihood of retropulsive falls in patients with Parkinson Disease.
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• Student Team:
  • MED: Karl Kamanousa, Shane Tripp, Samir Jambhekar, Andrew Maza, Willow Pastard, Samantha Nishimura
  • BME: Morgan Jerin, Anusha Kureekattil, Manisha Mathew, Dakshith Ragupathi
• Advisors: Anh-Thu Vu, MD; Jaimie Dougherty, PhD; Joseph Sarver, PhD

Team 5 - Supplemental Zimmer Total Ankle Replacement (TAR) Cutting Guide
Guide that helps surgeons improve cut trajectory during total ankle replacement and reduces the need for later surgical revision.
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• Student Team:
  • MED: Gregory Connors, Samik Patel, Esther Tsyngauz, Nicole Villa, Justin Camancho, Mayank Patel
  • BME: Mia Obradovic, Sidney Ortiz, Melisa Uraz
• Advisors: Thomas Sherman, MD; Joseph Sarver, PhD

Team 9 - Achilles Repair Bio-Tape Applicator
Improving function and healing of the Achilles tendon after surgery with a wrappable bio-adhesive.
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• Student Team:
  • MED: Alexander Becsey, Sulabh Singhal, Ghita Benjelloun, Emily Demmert, Javier Chavez, Caroline Quindlen
  • BME: Rachel Bernard, Emily Hoddeson, Emily Shekhtman, Riley Caffrey
• Advisors: Thomas Sherman, MD; Joseph Sarver, PhD; Jaimie Dougherty, PhD; Ben Freedman, PhD

Team 19 - Pediatric Nasotracheal Intubation Assist Device
Nasal trumpet critical for guiding challenging nasotracheal intubations in pediatric patients.
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• Student Team:
  • MED: Jaret Nishikawa, Kishan Patel, and Michael Moradi, Cenk Atillasoy
  • BME: Casey Fuoco, Sophia Macchia, Hanna Mikkelsen, Dominic Razo-Castaneda, Sarthak Sharma
• Advisors: Aysha Hasan, MD; Marek Swoboda, PhD

Team 20 - Liver Transplant Viability Probe
Using a probe to assess the viability of the liver to improve transplantation efficiency and outcomes.
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• Student Team:
  • MED: Kishan Ghodasara, Rohan Joshi, Benjamin Chu, Joseph Loftus, Rabia Baig, Carrie Forman
  • BME: Thomas Donnelly, Zachariah Noble, Ashley Ranere, Kyle Smith
• Advisors: David Reich, MD; Meera Harhay, MD; Kambiz Pourrezaei, PhD

Team 21 - WheezeSense Algorithm - Home Monitoring Device for Pediatric Asthma
Program that detects and monitors episodes of asthma and guides treatment decisions.
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• Student Team:
  • MED: Aura Cristina Agudelo Rivera, Jasmine Lu, Kiertana Kannan, Maria Kazantsev, Serin Varughese
  • BME: Kiana Colbert, Gina Liberto, Abigail Turley
• Advisors: Pramath Nath, MD; Kenneth Barbee, PhD

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