Our September webinar featured Adam Maxwell, Ph.D. from Virginia Tech presenting:
"Burst wave lithotripsy: The road from concept to clinical testing"
This session was moderated by Robin Cleveland, Ph.D. from the University of Oxford.
Virginia Tech
Dr. Maxwell is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics at Virginia Tech. His research career spanning 20 years has centered on therapeutic ultrasound technologies including lithotripsy and high-intensity focused ultrasound. His doctoral work investigated the physical mechanisms of histotripsy and its application for thrombolysis. His postdoctoral work at University of Washington included the invention of burst wave lithotripsy, where he led most of the preclinical and technological development of this modality as part of a large multi-institutional team. In 2024, he joined the Therapeutic Ultrasound Lab at Virginia Tech to expand his research into new areas of focused ultrasound.
About the Moderator
Robin Cleveland is Professor of Engineering Science and Tutorial Fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, carried out at post-doc at the University of Washington in Seattle, spent 14 years on the faculty of Boston University in Mechanical Engineering, before being appointed at the University of Oxford in 2011. His research is focused on therapeutic uses of ultrasound including: shock wave and laser lithotripsy, transcranial ultrasound neuromodulation, disruption of bacterial biofilms, ablation of soft tissue, and ultrasound mediated drug delivery. He was the scientific co-chair of the 19th ISTU in Barcelona, was on the organising committee of the 20th ISTU in Korea and the 5th ISTU in Boston, and is a past ISTU board member.