Amir Manbachi
{{Short description|Iranian-Canadian academic and researcher}}
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Amir Manbachi ({{langx|fa|امیر منبع چی}}) is an Iranian-born, Canadian-American academic and researcher, currently working as an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and known for his work in Medical Ultrasound.{{Cite web|url=https://thedailyrecord.com/2021/03/12/hopkins-professors-earn-grants-through-bisciotti-foundation-translational-fund/|title=Hopkins professors earn grants through Bisciotti Foundation Translational Fund|first=Daily Record|last=Staff|date=March 12, 2021}} He is the co-founder and current director of HEPIUS Innovation Lab at Johns Hopkins University.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2022/11/17/40-under-40-amir-manbachi-johns-hopkins-university.html |title=40 Under 40: Amir Manbachi, Johns Hopkins University}}
Biography
Manbachi is of Iranian descent. He attended the University of Toronto, where he completed his bachelor's degree in applied sciences (BASc) in the Engineering Science (Physics) program.{{Cite web|url=https://discover.bme.utoronto.ca/the-path-to-a-faculty-position-q-a-with-alumnus-amir-manbachi/|title=The path to a faculty position: Q & A with alumnus Amir Manbachi|date=June 23, 2016|website=Biomedical Engineering - University of Toronto}} Later, he obtained his master's degree and a PhD in biomedical engineering at the University of Toronto.{{Cite web|url=https://thevarsity.ca/2007/01/23/princely-persian-performers/|title=Princely Persian performers|date=January 23, 2007|website=The Varsity}} During his third year as a PhD candidate, he, along with his university advisers, established Spinesonics Medical which developed a sensor designed to aid in vertebral screw insertion procedures.{{Cite web|url=https://macleans.ca/work/jobs/job-situation-may-get-worse-for-ontario-graduates/|title=Job situation may get worse for Ontario graduates|agency=The Canadian Press|date=September 11, 2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/challenges-just-beginning-for-ontario-canada-s-most-populous-have-not-province-1.1449657?cache=yes%3FclipId%3D89926|title=Challenges just beginning for Ontario, Canada's most populous have-not province|first=Maria|last=Babbage|date=September 11, 2013|website=CTVNews}} They received $850,000 of grant funding to support their research and development efforts.
In 2016, Manbachi joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University as a research faculty member.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-trump-immigration-20170130-story.html|title=Trump fires acting AG over her stance not to enforce travel ban|date=January 31, 2017|website=Baltimore Sun}} At Johns Hopkins University, he co-founded HEPIUS Innovation Labs and now serves as its director.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/potmsearch/detail/submission/6521998/Dr_Amir_Manbachi|title= Amir Manbachi}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/inno/stories/news/2023/02/06/johns-hopkins-hepius-lab-fda-approval.html |title=Johns Hopkins lab aiming to improve spinal cord injury care hits FDA milestone}} He also served as an associate director of the Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2018/01/31/hopkins-venture-using-ultrasound-to-treat-tumors.html |title=Hopkins-born venture aims to use ultrasound technology to treat brain tumors}}
In 2018, Manbachi and Nao J. Gamo began researching ultrasound technology with the potential to target and "burn" brain tumors. They received a total of $750,000 in grant funding from Hopkins, Maryland Technology Development Corp., and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation for this purpose.
In 2020, Manbachi and a team co-led by Nicholas Theodore at Johns Hopkins Medicine were awarded a $13.5M grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to research wearable and implantable ultrasound technologies for spinal cord injury patients.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fusfoundation.org/posts/focused-ultrasound-for-spinal-cord-injury-johns-hopkins-receives-funding-for-new-device/|title=Focused Ultrasound for Spinal Cord Injury: Johns Hopkins Receives Funding for New Device|date=October 30, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://ventures.jhu.edu/news/spinal-cord-ultrasound-implant-darpa-collaboration/,%20https://ventures.jhu.edu/news/spinal-cord-ultrasound-implant-darpa-collaboration/|title=$13.48M Awarded to Johns Hopkins Scientists to Develop Implantable Ultrasound Devices for Patients with Spinal Cord Injury - Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures|date=October 30, 2020|website=ventures.jhu.edu}}
In 2022, Manbachi received Baltimore Business Journal's 40 under 40 award, and secured a Johns Hopkins Discovery award.
In 2023, the HEPIUS Innovation Lab at Hopkins, led by Manbachi, received a Food and Drug Administration Breakthrough Device Designation for a novel ultrasound imaging implant.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/inno/stories/awards/2023/04/14/fire-awards-2023-hepius-innovation-lab.html |title=Fire Awards 2023: HEPIUS Innovation Lab}}
In 2024, he received American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine's Peter Arger Excellence in Medical Student Education Award as well as the Hisako Terasaki's Young Innovator Award. {{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aium-recognizes-leaders-in-ultrasound-medicine-at-ultracon-2024-302126260.html |title=AIUM Recognizes Leaders in Ultrasound Medicine at UltraCon 2024}} {{Cite web|url=https://www.aium.org/press/press-releases/view/2024/04/24/aium-recognizes-leaders-in-ultrasound-medicine-at-ultracon-2024 |title=AIUM Recognizes Leaders in Ultrasound Medicine at UltraCon 2024}}
Awards and recognition
- 40 under 40 by Baltimore Business Journal
- Hisako Terasaki's Young Innovator Award 2024
- AIUM's Peter Arger Excellence in Medical Student Education Award 2024
- University of Toronto's Engineering Alumni Network (EAN) Research & Innovation Award 2024 {{Cite web|url=https://alumni.engineering.utoronto.ca/engineering-alumni-network/eanawards/ean-2024/|title=UofT Alumni Award 2024|website=UToronto EAN}}
- University of Toronto's 2015 Inventor of the year award
- Robert B. Pond Sr. Excellence in Teaching Excellence Award, Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering{{Cite web|url=https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/amir-manbachi|title=Amir Manbachi, Ph.D., M.Sc., Associate Professor of Neurosurgery|website=Johns Hopkins Medicine}}
- Johns Hopkins Inst for Clinical and Translational Research’s KL2 Clinical Research Scholar, 2020
- FDA Breakthrough designation pathway awarded to his MUSIC device invention, 2023
Selected publications
- {{Cite journal|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1258/ult.2011.011027|title=Development and Application of Piezoelectric Materials for Ultrasound Generation and Detection|first1=Amir|last1=Manbachi|first2=Richard S C|last2=Cobbold|date=November 2, 2011|journal=Ultrasound|volume=19|issue=4|pages=187–196|via=CrossRef|doi=10.1258/ult.2011.011027|s2cid=56655834 }}
- {{Cite journal|title=Automatic detection of foreign body objects in neurosurgery using a deep learning approach on intraoperative ultrasound images: From animal models to first in-human testing|first1=Haley G.|last1=Abramson|first2=Eli J.|last2=Curry|first3=Griffin|last3=Mess|first4=Rasika|last4=Thombre|first5=Kelley M.|last5=Kempski-Leadingham|first6=Shivang|last6=Mistry|first7=Subhiksha|last7=Somanathan|first8=Laura|last8=Roy|first9=Nancy|last9=Abu-Bonsrah|first10=George|last10=Coles|first11=Joshua C.|last11=Doloff|first12=Henry|last12=Brem|first13=Nicholas|last13=Theodore|first14=Judy|last14=Huang|first15=Amir|last15=Manbachi|date=February 2, 2022|journal=Frontiers in Surgery|volume=9|pages=1040066|doi=10.3389/fsurg.2022.1040066|doi-access=free |pmid=36532130|pmc=9748097}}
- {{Cite journal|title=Ultrasound monitoring of microcirculation: An original study from the laboratory bench to the clinic|first1=Fariba|last1=Aghabaglou|first2=Ana|last2=Ainechi|first3=Haley|last3=Abramson|first4=Eli|last4=Curry|first5=Tarana Parvez|last5=Kaovasia|first6=Serene|last6=Kamal|first7=Molly|last7=Acord|first8=Smruti|last8=Mahapatra|first9=Aliaksei|last9=Pustavoitau|first10=Beth|last10=Smith|first11=Javad|last11=Azadi|first12=Jennifer K.|last12=Son|first13=Ian|last13=Suk|first14=Nicholas|last14=Theodore|first15=Betty M.|last15=Tyler|first16=Amir|last16=Manbachi|date=October 2, 2022|journal=Microcirculation |volume=29|issue=6–7|pages=e12770|doi=10.1111/micc.12770|pmid=35611457|pmc=9786257}}
- {{Cite book |last1=Kempksi Leadingham |first1=K.M. |last2=Abramson |first2=H.G. |last3=Perdomo-Pantoja |first3=A. |last4=Thombre|first4=R.|last5=Liu |first5=J. |last6=Norman |first6=M. |last7=Chavez |first7=F. |last8=Morrison |first8=K. |last9=Suk |first9=I. |last10=Gordon |first10=C. |last11=Armand |first11=M. |last12=Manbachi |first12=A.|chapter=Design of a Custom Flexible Ultrasound Transducer as an Implantable Cranial Sensor for Long-Term Post-Operative Monitoring of Brain Tumor Regrowth |title=2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) |year=2022 |pages=1–4 |doi=10.1109/IUS54386.2022.9958345|isbn=978-1-6654-6657-8 |s2cid=254155937 |chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9958345}}
- {{Cite book|title=2022 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS)|first1=Denis|last1=Routkevitch|first2=Andrew M.|last2=Hersh|first3=Kelley M.|last3=Kempski|first4=Max|last4=Kerensky|first5=Nicholas|last5=Theodore|first6=Nitish V.|last6=Thakor|first7=Amir|last7=Manbachi|chapter=FlowMorph: Morphological Segmentation of Ultrasound-Monitored Spinal Cord Microcirculation |date=October 2, 2022|volume=2022|pages=610–614|doi=10.1109/biocas54905.2022.9948639|pmid=36695674|pmc=9870043|isbn=978-1-6654-6917-3 }}
- {{Cite journal|title=Tethered spinal cord tension assessed via ultrasound elastography in computational and intraoperative human studies|first1=Max|last1=Kerensky|first2=Abhijit|last2=Paul|first3=Denis M.|last3=Routkevitch|first4=Andrew|last4=Hersh|first5=Kelley M|last5=Kempski Leadingham|first6=Nitish V.|last6=Thakor|first7=Nicholas|last7=Theodore|first8=Amir|last8=Manbachi|journal=Nature Communications Medicine |date=January 5, 2024|volume=2024|issue=1 |page=4 |doi=10.1038/s43856-023-00430-6|pmid=38182729|pmc=10770351}}
Bibliography
- Manbachi, Amir; M. Kempski Leadingham, Kelley; J. Curry, Eli (28 November 2022). The Abundant Promise of Ultrasound in Neurosurgery: A Broad Overview and Thoughts on Ethical Paths to Realizing Its Benefits. ISBN 9781510657250.
- Manbachi, Amir (27 May 2018). Towards Ultrasound-guided Spinal Fusion Surgery. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783319806648.
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