Ofer BarneaOfer Barnea received a B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 1980 and a M.Sc. degree in biomedical Engineering in 1983 both from Tel Aviv University. In 1987 he received a Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering form Drexel University in Phila-delphia. After teaching and doing research in the area of cardiac assistance for two more years at Drexel University, he joined the department of Biomedical Engineering at Tel Aviv University. Presently, Ofer Barnea is an Associate Professor and Department Chairman at Tel Aviv University. His research interests are analysis and estimation in physiological systems, biomedical signal processing, and medical instrumentation. Ofer Barnea is also active in financially encouraging small innovative biomedical projects through the Tnufa project in the Ministry of industry Trade and Labour and is involved in the Ministry of Education where he develops educational program in Biomedical Engineering for High Schools.- In addition he consults to Biomedical Devices companies mostly at the initial entrepreneurial and development stages. As an ordinary member of the IFMBE Administrative Council I offer to work to increase collaboration between higher education institutes, medical centres and industry with the aim of improving biomedical engineering education and applied scientific research and development. I will make special efforts to promote formation of regional international collaboration between universities in the Middle East. I believe that the major role of biomedical engineering today, in addition to basic research, is to develop affordable diagnostic and therapeutic methods and systems that will enable healthcare systems all over the globe to provide decent treatment to large populations. Medical needs are common to all peoples in the world. They may serve as common grounds for development of collaboration between neighbouring countries in conflict. A good biomedical engineer is the basis for medical research and for the development of new affordable systems. To improve BME education it is important to combine experience gained in all higher education institutes with the experience of the industrial sector into a continuous synergistic effort resulting in optimal adapting educational programs.
Associate Professor
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