Padina Pezeshki

VP Strategy and Operations, OPTT Inc.

Medical technology, medical device, biomedical engineering, translational research, mental health, mental health therapy, digital health, biomedical health

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Padina Pezeshki: Zapping bone cancer with radio frequency waves

Padina Pezeshki is a biomedical engineering PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, who is working on developing and validating radio frequency techniques to help patients with cancer that has spread to their bones.

Providing Optimal Care for Cancer Patients | Padina Pezeshki | TEDxSacredHeartCHS

It you've lived, you've met a cancer patient. Dr. Pezeshki provides an outline on how we can better care for those patients thanks to the help of new research methods.

Dr. Pezeshki has authored over 40 journal and conference papers, delivered several national and international invited lectures, and is a co-inventor of four medical devices that have been patented. Dr. Pezeshki has also presented at a 2012 TED talk.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Biography

Dr. Pezeshki is a biomedical engineer who has been the driving force in a number of clinically-translated projects in the areas of dental implants, spine, cancer, and mental health. She has four medical device patents, over 40 peer reviewed publications, and a number of presentations. Pezeshki enjoys solving human health problems and is currently active in the digital health space.

Expertise

  • Medical technology
  • medical device
  • biomedical engineering
  • translational research
  • mental health
  • mental health therapy
  • digital health
  • biomedical health