Abhay Pandit
Professor
Engineering and Informatics
NUI Galway
Ireland
Biography
Abhay Pandit is the Director of a Science Foundation Ireland funded Centre for Research in Medical Devices (CÚRAM) at the the National University of Ireland, Galway. Prof Pandit’s postgraduate work focussed on the modification of a fibrin scaffold to deliver a therapeutic biomolecule and resulted in a clinical trial at the Burn Centre at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Prof. Pandit is listed in the International Who's Who of Professionals and is listed in Who's Who in American Universities. Prof. Pandit's subsequent research in the Wound Care R & D Group at The Kendall Company resulted in a patent and FDA approval for a commercial wound dressing. Prof. Pandit led the Biomaterials Research Group at Surgical Sealants, Inc. where he received IDE approval for a collagen-based vascular sealant. He has received FDA 510k approval for a hydrophilic wound dressing. Prof Pandit has over twenty-five years of experience in the field of biomaterials. After a seven-year stint in industry he has worked in academia for the last twelve years.
Research Interest
His research is currently funded by Science Foundation Ireland, the 7th EU Framework programme, Enterprise Ireland, Health Research Board, AO Foundation and industry sources amongst others.
