Steven S Saliterman

Dr. Steven S. Saliterman is Chairman of the Department of Medicine, Methodist Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is in private practice in Internal Medicine. His research is in optical and microwave applications of bioMEMS. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches bioMEMS and Physiology. He is also a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration. He is a diplomat of the...See more

Dr. Steven S. Saliterman is Chairman of the Department of Medicine, Methodist Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is in private practice in Internal Medicine. His research is in optical and microwave applications of bioMEMS. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches bioMEMS and Physiology. He is also a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, and CLIA certified Clinical Laboratory Director. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Summa cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1973; and Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota in 1977; and Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in 1980. He is a former intern at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas and research fellow at the NASA Ames research Center in Mountain View, California. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, cofounder and past President of the Mayo Medical School Alumni Society, and member of the Mayo Plummer Society. His interest also include electrical and mechanical engineering, computer design, and software development. His early work in computer design received achievement awards from the Professional Engineers Society of Minnesota and the United States Army. he participated in early designs of the Space Shuttle Space Lab and developed implantable devices for space research. He has designed and patented a system for simulating critical care patient management, inclusive of a manikin apparatus for practicing heart catheterization. His work has been published in such peer-reviewed journals as Biopolymers, MayoClinic Proceedings, and Expert review of Medical Devices. He has been a guest lecturer at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Mayo Clinic; and recently has been a guest speaker at the design of Medical Devices conference sponsored by University of Minnesota, and the MedEdge International conference sponsored by Minnesota Medical Alley. See less