Founder, Director of Clinical Product Development
Other
VQ Biomedical, LLC
· June 2023
Latest company founded as a Duke spinout to develop an intravascular membrane oxygenating catheter to aid distressed lungs. Patients needing support may have mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). But ECMO exists in <1% of hospitals worldwide. Our novel catheter can be used in any hospital setting, revolutionizing care of respiratory distress.
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Keynote Speaker
International
First International Conference on Tattoo Safety
· 2013
In 2013, the German agency that assesses health risk sponsored an international conference to discuss the safety of tattoo ink. Dr. Klitzman was one of the invited speakers. The conference resulted in a publication in The Lancet in 2016.
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Best Paper Award
National
Musculoskeletal Infection Society
· 2009
Invention of the Year, Fashion category
National
TIME magazine
· 2007
Lost the overall "Invention of the Year" to the iPhone
Best Paper
International
World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
· 2003
Chair, Experimental Forum
International
World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
· 2003
Invited Keynote Speaker
International
First World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
· November 2001
Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Board Member
International
International Liaison Committee of Microcirculation Societies; 1999-2009
· 1999
President
National
The Microcirculatory Society
· 1998
President
National
The Microcirculatory Society; 1998-1999
· 1998
Founder
State
North Carolina Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine Society
· 1998
Founder; Twice Conference Chair, Treasurer 1998-2018
Chair; Vascular Development in Engineered Tissues
National
Experimental Biology '98
· 1998
Outstanding Paper Award
National
Society for Biomaterials
· 1995
Visiting Professor
National
Chang Gung Memorial School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
· 1994
Machiko-Kuno Medical Student Research Award, mentor
National
UNC Chapel Hill
· 1992
First Prize, Basic Science
National
Am. Assoc. Hand Surgery
· 1988
Chairman, Laser Session
International
Fourth World Congress for Microcirculation
· 1987
First Prize, Basic Science
National
Am. Assoc. Hand Surgery
· 1986
First Prize, Basic Science Award
National
Am. Assoc. Hand Surgery
· 1986
Invited Keynote Speaker
International
Australia/New Zealand Symposium on Microcirculation
· 1983
