Robert Fischell Biography

Robert Fischell is a physicist inventor and holder of more than 200 U.S. and foreign medical patents, worked at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory full time for 25 years and part time for an additional 13 years. His inventions have led to the creation of several biotechnology companies. Robert contributed to APL's satellite navigation work and later developed a rechargeable implantable pacemaker that could be programmed with radiowaves. He and his team at Hopkins also helped miniaturize the implantable cardiac defibrillator. Robert went on to invent the implantable insulin numerous coronary stents used to open clogged arteries two extraordinary feedback systems that provide early warning of epileptic seizures and heart attacks. Robert donated $30 million to the University of Maryland College Park Foundation to establish a bioengineering department and an institute for biomedical devices at the A. James Clark School of Engineering. In 2005 he was awarded the TED Prize receiving $100000 and three wishes including a braintrust on medical liability and the successful design of a device to cure migraines. Robert received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University in 1951 and M.S. in Physics from the University of Maryland. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Maryland.

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