Speaker:
Avinash Eranki, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India.
CEO, Eranki Labs Private Limited
Topic: “Ultrasound Imaging and Therapy for Solid Tumors”
Objectives
📌 Quantitative Ultrasound methods to image Breast Tumors
📌 Ultrasound Therapy to turn ‘cold’ tumors ‘hot’
Avinash Eranki, Ph.D. is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India. He directs a lab, Medical Ultrasound Research Laboratory (MURL), that focuses on developing novel ultrasound imaging and therapy options for solid tumors such as breast tumors and liver tumors, amongst others. MURL also develops novel algorithms and sensors for image-guided ultrasound therapy and novel genomic work to supplement the effort to better understand and treat these tumors.
He is also the Chief Executive Officer at Eranki Labs Private Limited, which develops and manufactures high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) systems for treating solid tumors.
He received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Bangalore, India, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, and a Ph.D. in Medical Imaging/Therapy from Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Before his current position, he was a Research and Staff Development Engineer at Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC, and a Research Collaborator at the Department of Interventional Radiology at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, from 2014 through 2020.
