I successfully defended my PhD
dissertation and will begin my new position as a senior scientist with
Boston Scientific Corp. (CRM)
in November 2007. My dissertation template files can be found here.
Education
Ph.D.
Bioengineering
2007
Dept. of Bioengineering, University of Utah
Appointments
Present:
Research
Assistant
NEH-CardioVascular Research and Training Institute, Univ. of Utah
Past:
Associate
Technology Venture Development, David Eccles School of Business,
Univ. of Utah
2006-2007
Project Assistant
Biomedical Lab,
E&E Dept, Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
1998-2000
Awards
Visiting Scholar
IYPN Sponsored Visiting Research Scholar, Narayana
Hrudayalaya and IIT-Bombay
2008
Young Investigator
Jos Willems Young Investigator Award, ISCE
2007
Travel
Grant
Associated Students of the University of Utah
2007
Travel
Award
University of Utah
Graduate School
2004
Travel
Award
Whitaker Travel Award (Dept.
of Bioengineering )
2004
Travel
Award
BioMedical Engineering Society(BMES)
2004
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal
Publications
1. S. Shome, R. Lux, B. B.
Punske and R. S. MacLeod. Ischemic Preconditioning Protects
against Arrhythmogenesis through Maintenance of Both Active as well as
Passive Electrical
Properties in Ischemic Canine Hearts. J.
Electrocardiol. (In press)
2. J. G. Stinstra, S. Shome,
B. Hopenfeld and R. S. MacLeod. Modeling Passive Cardiac Con-
ductivity During Ischaemia. Med Biol
Eng Comput. 2005 Nov;43(6):776-82.
3. R. S. MacLeod, S. Shome, J.
G. Stinstra and B. Hopenfeld. Mechanisms of Ischemia Induced
ST-Segment Changes. J
Electrocardiol. 2005 Oct;38S:8-13.
4. R. S. MacLeod, B. Punske, B. Yilmaz, S. Shome and B. Taccardi. The Role
of Heart Rate in
Myocardial Ischemia from Restricted Coronary Perfusion. J. Electrocardiol. 2001 34S:43-51.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings
1. S. Shome and R. S.
MacLeod. Simultaneous High-Resolution Electrical Imaging of Endocar-
dial, Epicardial and Torso-Tank Surfaces under varying Cardiac
Metabolic Load and Coronary
Flow.
Proc. Functional Imaging and Modeling
of the Heart. Lecture Notes in Computer Science
4466 (Springer-Verlag), pp. 320-329,
2007.
2. S. Shome, J. G. Stinstra,
B. Hopenfeld, B. B. Punske and R. S. Macleod. A Study of the
Dynamics of Ischemia by Experimental and Modeling Methods.
Proc. IEEE EMBS. Vol 2, 3585:3588,
2004.
3. B. Ylmaz, R. S. MacLeod, S. Shome,
B. B. Punske, and B. Taccardi. Minimally Invasive
Epicardial Activation Mapping from Multielectrode Catheters.
Proc. IEEE EMBS; vol: 1, 290 -293, 2001
Conference Abstracts
1. S. Shome and R.S. MacLeod
Characterization of the transmural myocardial electrocardio-
graphic response in in-vivo canine working hearts under reduced flow
and increased heart
rate.
International Congress on
Electrocardiology 2007.
2. S. Shome, J. G. Stinstra,
C. S. Henriquez, and R. S. Macleod. Influence of Extracellular
Potassium and Reduced Extracellular Space on Conduction Velocity during
Acute Ischemia:
A Simulation Study.
31st Annual Conference of the
International Society for Computerized Electrocardiography,
2006
3. S. Shome and R. S.
Macleod. Simultaneous myocardial bulk tissue impedance measurement
and high resolution epicardial potential mapping during prolonged
coronary occlusion.
Annual Mountain West Biomedical
Engineering Conference, 2006.
4. S. Shome, J. G. Stinstra,
C. S. Henriquez and R. S. MacLeod. The Influence of Tissue
Structure on Cardiac Propagation Velocity.
50th Biophysical Society Annual
Meeting, 2006.
5. S. Shome, J. G. Stinstra,
B. Punske and R. S. Macleod.Dispersion of Activation Times during
Myocardial Ischemia: The Role of Preconditioning.
Annual Mountain West Biomedical
Engineering Conference, 2005.
6. S. Shome, S. Rossi, B.
Punske, J. G. Stinstra, B. Hopenfeld, R. S. MacLeod, and B. Tac-
cardi. Anisotropic Epicardial ST-Potential Patterns Reveal Location and
Depth of Ventricular
Necroses.
BMES 2004 Annual Fall Meeting, 2004.
Teaching
Experience
Teaching Assistant
BE3202: An
Integrated Approach to Human Physiology
2003
Teaching
Assistant BE6000: Physiology for
Engineers
2004
Teaching
Assistant BE3202: An Integrated
Approach to Human Physiology
2005
Service
Member
Student Advisory Panel, 2007
Student Pugwash USA National Conference
2006 - 2007
Student
Co-Director
Technology Titans Innovation
Challenge
Jan 2007 - April 2007
Member
Technology
Venture Development India
Advisory Group
March 2007 - present
Volunteer
Salt lake City Aging Services, Meals on Wheels Program
2005-2007
Member
Dept. of Bioengineering Graduate Student Advisory Council
2005-2006
