Doctoral thesis: Clinically Translatable Real-Time Estimation and Adaptive Closed-Loop Control of the Cardiovascular System: In Silico to In Vivo.
Ragon Institute, First Floor Auditorium | 600 Main St, Cambridge, MA 02139
Thesis Defense: Clinically Translatable Real-Time Estimation and Adaptive Closed-Loop Control of the Cardiovascular System: In Silico to In Vivo.
Presenter: Taylor Baum
I will be presenting a set of systems and methods that support and automate cardiovascular management decision-making in the OR and ICU. Most excitingly, this will be the first public look at my main PhD thesis contribution: an adaptive closed-loop system for arterial blood pressure control. In experiments in swine, we achieved mean absolute error levels of just 1- 2 mmHg (less than the pressure change you might experience simply standing up) using phenylephrine (to raise arterial blood pressure) and clevidipine (to lower it), where the system is built for each individual patient or animal using no prior subject-specific information.
Date: April 16, 2026 | 2:00 – 4:00 pm EST
Location: Ragon Institute, First Floor Auditorium | 600 Main St, Cambridge, MA 02139
Virtual Option: Please fill out the RSVP form for Zoom details.
A reception will follow immediately afterward in the Area 4 courtyard from 4:00 – 5:00 pm EST.
This presentation is open to the public, and a virtual option will be available. However, if you attend in person… there may be wigs. No, you don’t get more context than that. You’ll just have to come and see.
Details
- Date: Thursday, April 16
- Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Category: Thesis Defense
- Location: Ragon Institute, First Floor Auditorium | 600 Main St, Cambridge, MA 02139