3D Printing in Prosthetics and Orthotics: Innovations and Opportunities

Dr. Salman Shaikh is an experienced Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Consultant associated with various hospitals in Pune and Mumbai. He has previously worked as Assistant Professor at Pune University and MIT-School of Bioengineering Sciences and Research, Pune. He continues to be a visiting faculty and mentor at Wadhwani Foundation, Centre for Healthcare Entrepreneurship (IIT Hyderabad) and various engineering and management colleges across India. He obtained his B.E. in electronics engineering from Pune University, M.Tech. in biomedical engineering from Manipal University, Ph.D. from Symbiosis International University, Pune, and Executive Education in Entrepreneurship, Maha60, from Cornell University. Dr. Salman has research interests and expertise in rehabilitation, biomechanics, rapid prototyping, and product development. His research work has been published in reputed international journals in engineering and healthcare. Through his work with Maha60, Dr. Salman is serving as a consultant in drafting the current industrial policy of the government of Maharashtra in India.

沙爾曼·謝赫博士是一位經驗豐富的骨科復健顧問，與浦那和孟買的多家醫院有合作。他曾擔任浦那大學及MIT生物工程科學與研究學院的助理教授，並持續擔任瓦德瓦尼基金會、印度理工學院海德拉巴分校的醫療創業中心及全印度各工程與管理學院的訪問教員和導師。他在浦那大學獲得電子工程學士學位，在馬尼帕爾大學獲得生物醫學工程碩士學位，在浦那的辛比奧西斯國際大學獲得博士學位，並在康奈爾大學完成創業的高階教育課程Maha60。沙爾曼博士的研究興趣和專長包括復健、生物力學、快速原型製作和產品開發。他的研究成果已發表於多本知名的國際工程與醫療期刊。透過與Maha60的合作，沙爾曼博士擔任顧問，協助起草印度馬哈拉施特拉邦政府的現行產業政策。