Andreas A Melzer
Director and Chairman of the Board
Institute for Medical Science and Technology IMSaT
UK
Biography
Andreas Melzer was born in 1960 and after studies in Mainz and Tuebingen he qualified in Dentistry in 1989 and as MD in 1993. He has 20 years experiences in the development of medical technology for laparo-endoscopic surgery, interventional radiology, interventional & intraoperative MRI and image guided robotics, surgical instrumentation, surgical robotics and Nitinol devices with more than 60 patents and over 200 publications, more than 500 oral and poster presentations. He has served as co editor of three medical journals, Co-founder and partner of six start-up companies in the medical technology business and consultant for major vendors in medicine. He serves as organizer or chairman of various medical conferences and board member of six medical and technical societies. He currently is Professor of Medical Technology and Director of the Institute for Medical Science and Technology IMSaT, a joint venture of the Universities Dundee and St Andrews, Scotland.
Research Interest
Applied Biomedical Sciences, Dentistry