Forensic Biomedical Engineering: Becoming A Forensic Consultant In Bioengineering

Thursday, October 9, 2025

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM PDT

Location: Room 23A

Organizer/Submitter(s)

Kevin K. Toosi, MD, PhD

BioEx Consulting/University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Session Chair(s)

Kevin K. Toosi, MD, PhD

BioEx Consulting/University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Speakers(s)

Kevin K. Toosi, MD, PhD

BioEx Consulting/University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Yashar Aucie, PhD

Exponent, United States
Ruth Ochia, PhD

Professor of Instruction, Department of Bioengineering
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Michele Grimm, PhD

University at Albany, United States

Session Title for Website and App: Forensic Biomedical Engineering: Becoming A Forensic Consultant In Bioengineering

Special Session Program

Description: In this special session, a panel of experts, consisted of members of academia and industry, will discuss the paths for a biomedical engineer to become a forensic consultant. The panel will answer the questions from the audience and make examples from their own experiences. This will be an interactive session where the audience and the panel equally participate in discussing the opportunities for the bioengineers to a have a career as a consultant, either full-time or part-time, as they remain in academic invironemnt.