The BME External Advisory Board (EAB) comprises nationally distinguished leaders from industry, academia and government who provide advice on the department’s academic, research, outreach and other programs.
The EAB meets once a year with students, faculty, and administrators to provide input and feedback for the department to achieve its vision of becoming a national leader in training biomedical engineers who will develop the newest innovative health care technologies. The faculty uses the board’s feedback to improve the department’s programs, services and facilities.
External Advisory Board
![Jennifer Amos, Ph.D.](https://bme.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/EAB-Jenny-Amos.jpg)
Teaching Professor and Laura Hahn Faculty Fellow,
Department of Bioengineering,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
![Jerry Chang](https://bme.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Jerry-Change.png)
![Lola Eniola-Adefeso, Ph.D.](https://bme.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Lola-Eniola-Adefeso.jpg)
University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Chemical Engineering,
Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
University of Michigan
![Jose Fernandez](https://bme.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Jose-Fernandez.png)
![Elizabeth G. Loboa, Ph.D.](https://bme.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Elizabeth-Loboa.jpg)
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs,
Southern Methodist University
![Andrés J. García, Ph.D., F.B.S.E](https://bme.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Andres-Garcia.png)
Executive Director, Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
Regents’ Professor, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
![Ivan Howard, M.B.A., M.S.](https://bme.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Ivan-Howard.png)
![Sarah Mayes, Ph.D.](https://bme.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Sarah-Mayes.png)
![Gary Miller, Ph.D.](https://bme.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Gary-Miller.png)
Co-Founder and Executive Vice-President Research and Development (Emeritus),
Exactech Inc., Gainesville, FL
![Tirth Patel](https://bme.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Tirth-Patel.jpg)
![Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, Ph.D.](https://bme.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Shelly-Sakiyama-Ebert.jpg)
Professor of Bioengineering and Vice Dean, Research and Graduate Education,
University of Washington School of Medicine
![Angelo G. Scopelianos, Ph.D.](https://bme.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Angelo-Scopelianos.jpg)
![Nathan Tenzer](https://bme.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Nathan_Tenzer_HS2_Crop-Web-1024x997.jpg)
![Vanessa Tolosa, Ph.D.](https://bme.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Tolusa.jpg)
![Marjolein van der Meulen, Ph.D.](https://bme.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Marjolein-Meulen.png)
James M. and Marsha McCormick Director & Swanson Professor,
Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
![Jeffrey Willis](https://bme.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Willis-Professional-Pic-1-1.jpg)
Chief Operating Officer, Remedium Healthcare Products,
Atlanta, GA