Obituaries
Honoring and celebrating the lives of individuals
who have contributed to the field of medical and biological engineering.
In Memoriam – Dr Siew Lok Toh (1951 – 2021)
In MemoriamDr Siew Lok Toh1951 - 08 September 2021 Our former colleague and friend, Dr Toh Siew Lok has passed on this morning. He was battling cancer for the last year. His son wrote to me to say that Siew Lok “stayed strong and fought a long battle even till the...
In Memoriam – Máximo E. Valentinuzzi (1932 – 2021)
In MemoriamProfessor Máximo E. Valentinuzzi, PhDFebruary 24, 1932 - January 2, 2021 A great driver behind the recognition of Biomedical Engineeringin Argentina and Latin America Dr. Valentinuzzi was the founder of the Regional Council of Biomedical Engineering...
In Memoriam – Sergio S. Mühlen (1956 – 2020)
In MemoriamProfessor Sérgio Santos Mühlen (1956 - 2020) CORAL Vice President 2017-2020CORAL President 2020 Professor Sérgio S. Mühlen, president of IFMBE’s Latin American Council for Biomedical Engineering (CORAL), passed away suddenly on June 27, 2020. He is...
In Memoriam – Robert Nerem (1937 – 2020)
In MemoriamProfessor Emeritus Bob Nerem Founding Executive Director of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA President, IUPESM (1991–1994) President, IFMBE (1988–1991) Chair, U.S....
In Memoriam – Niilo Saranummi (1946 – 2018)
In Memoriam Professor Niilo Saranummi Niilo Saranummi was a distinguished engineer and remarkable scientist who left a deep impact in the field of biomedical engineering and health informatics worldwide: in his home country, Finland, in Europe as one of the founders...
In Memoriam – Herbert Frederick Voigt (1952 – 2018)
27 October 1952 - 25 January 2018 In Memoriam Professor Herbert Voigt IFMBE President 2009 - 2012 IUPESM President 2012 - 2015 Professor Herbert Frederick Voigt III, Past President of the International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM),...
In Memoriam – Joachim H. Nagel (1948 – 2017)
February 1948 - July 2017 In Memoriam Prof. Dr. ret. nat. Joachim H. Nagel IFMBE President 2003 - 2006 IUPESM President 2006 - 2009 I met Prof. Nagel more than 20 years ago at one of the Mediterranean Conferences in Biomedical Engineering, when Joachim was already an...
In Memoriam – Nozomu Hoshimiya (1941 – 2017)
1941 - 25 January 2017 Dear colleagues of Biomedical Engineering, We are sad to announce that our colleague Professor Nozomu Hosimiya passed away on 25 January 2017. Nozomu Hoshimiya was born in Japan, 1941. He received the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from...
In Memoriam – Antonio F. C. Infantosi (1947 – 2016)
1st September 1947 - 16th March 2016 Dear colleagues of Biomedical Engineering, The board of the Brazilian Society of Biomedical Engineering (SBEB) is sad to announce that our colleague Professor Antonio Fernando Catelli Infantosi passed away on 16 March 2016. Prof....
In Memoriam – Robert Albert Brown (1952 – 2016)
15th January 1952 - 4th February 2016 Our friend and our colleague Prof Robert Brown sadly passed away on 4th February 2016 at the age of 64. An extraordinary human being, Robert is survived by his mother Doris Brown, his daughter Elizabeth Pelichet, his son Michael...
In Memoriam – Keith Copeland (1921 – 2011)
28 August 1921 – 14 September 2011 On September 14, Keith Copeland, one of IFMBE’s most distinguished members, passed away. Keith Copeland was born on the 28th of August 1921 in Bury St. Edmunds, UK, and received his education at Cullford School in Suffolk. After...