Jaydev Desai, PhD, MA
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Jaydev P. Desai, PhD, MA, is a BME Distinguished Faculty Fellow in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Dr. Desai is a member of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Desai received his MA in mathematics, and MS and PhD in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics respectively, all from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University.
Dr. Desai has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his contributions to medical and swarm robotics. He's also a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).
Dr. Desai's research interests are primarily in the area of image-guided surgical robotics, rehabilitation robotics, cancer diagnosis at the micro-scale and grasping.
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5R01HL144714-04 | Ultrasound-guided, Robotically Steerable Guidewire for Endovascular Interventions |
Dr. Desai has more than 160 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medical Robotics Research and editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Medical Robotics.
Title/Journal | Authors | Publication Date |
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npj Robotics |
R Qi, N Malhotra, TA Brumfiel, K Hoang, JP Desai | 01/01/2025 |
Scientific reports |
SR Ravigopal, R Konda, N Malhotra, JP Desai | 11/12/2024 |
Preclinical Evaluation of a Novel Steerable Robotic Neuroendoscope Tool. Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) |
KK Yamamoto, TA Brumfiel, R Qi, JJ Chern, JP Desai | 04/01/2024 |
Image-based Force Localization and Estimation of a Micro-scale Continuum Guidewire Robot. IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics |
TA Brumfiel, R Qi, S Ravigopal, JP Desai | 02/01/2024 |
IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics |
R Qi, NU Nayar, JP Desai | 11/01/2023 |
Design and Modeling of a Sub-2 mm Steerable Neuroendoscopic Grasping Tool. IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics |
TA Brumfiel, R Qi, C Chapman, A Rashid, SN Melkote, JJ Chern, JP Desai | 11/01/2023 |
Model-based Design of the COAST Guidewire Robot for Large Deflection. IEEE robotics and automation letters |
Y Chitalia, A Sarma, TA Brumfiel, NJ Deaton, M Sheft, JP Desai | 09/01/2023 |
Biomedical engineering letters |
P Tran, D Elliott, K Herrin, JP Desai | 08/01/2023 |
Simultaneous Shape and Tip Force Sensing for the COAST Guidewire Robot. IEEE robotics and automation letters |
NJ Deaton, TA Brumfiel, A Sarma, JP Desai | 06/01/2023 |
Telerobotic Transcatheter Delivery System for Mitral Valve Implant. IEEE robotics and automation letters |
R Qi, NU Nayar, JP Desai | 06/01/2023 |
Medical physics |
GC Collins, S Strassle Rojas, ZL Bercu, JP Desai, BD Lindsey | 06/01/2023 |
Evaluation of the FLEXotendon glove-III through a human subject case study. Biomedical engineering letters |
P Tran, D Elliott, K Herrin, S Bhatia, JP Desai | 05/01/2023 |
Real-time Pose Tracking for a Continuum Guidewire Robot under Fluoroscopic Imaging. IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics |
SR Ravigopal, A Sarma, TA Brumfiel, JP Desai | 05/01/2023 |
Kinematic Modeling and Jacobian-based Control of the COAST Guidewire Robot. IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics |
A Sarma, TA Brumfiel, Y Chitalia, JP Desai | 11/01/2022 |
IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics |
NU Nayar, R Qi, JP Desai | 11/01/2022 |
IEEE robotics and automation letters |
SR Ravigopal, TA Brumfiel, A Sarma, JP Desai | 10/01/2022 |
State of the Art and Future Opportunities in MRI-Guided Robot-Assisted Surgery and Interventions. Proceedings of the IEEE. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
H Su, KW Kwok, K Cleary, I Iordachita, MC Cavusoglu, JP Desai, GS Fischer | 07/01/2022 |
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control |
GC Collins, TA Brumfiel, ZL Bercu, JP Desai, BD Lindsey | 04/01/2022 |
Towards Real-time pose estimation of the Mitral Valve Robot under C-arm X-ray Fluoroscopy. IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics |
SR Ravigopal, NU Nayar, JP Desai | 11/01/2021 |
IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering |
GC Collins, A Sarma, ZL Bercu, JP Desai, BD Lindsey | 07/01/2021 |
KRASG12C Inhibition with Sotorasib in Advanced Solid Tumors. The New England journal of medicine |
DS Hong, MG Fakih, JH Strickler, J Desai, GA Durm, GI Shapiro, GS Falchook, TJ Price, A Sacher, CS Denlinger, YJ Bang, GK Dy, JC Krauss, Y Kuboki, JC Kuo, AL Coveler, K Park, TW Kim, F Barlesi, PN Munster, SS Ramalingam, TF Burns, F Meric-Bernstam, H Henary, J Ngang, G Ngarmchamnanrith, J Kim, BE Houk, J Canon, JR Lipford, G Friberg, P Lito, R Govindan, BT Li | 09/24/2020 |
Design, Modeling, and Control of a Coaxially Aligned Steerable (COAST) Guidewire Robot. IEEE robotics and automation letters |
S Jeong, Y Chitalia, JP Desai | 07/01/2020 |
IEEE robotics and automation letters |
Y Chitalia, NJ Deaton, S Jeong, N Rahman, JP Desai | 04/01/2020 |
Image Guided Mitral Valve Replacement: Registration of 3D Ultrasound and 2D X-ray Images. Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering |
JD Dormer, FI Bhuiyan, N Rahman, N Deaton, J Sheng, M Padala, JP Desai, B Fei | 02/01/2020 |
Viscoelastic Properties of Human Autopsy Brain Tissues as Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Diseases. IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering |
null Kihan Park, GE Lonsberry, M Gearing, AI Levey, JP Desai | 06/01/2019 |
Towards Patient-Specific 3D-Printed Robotic Systems for Surgical Interventions. IEEE transactions on medical robotics and bionics |
JP Desai, J Sheng, SS Cheng, X Wang, NJ Deaton, N Rahman | 05/01/2019 |
Modular FBG Bending Sensor for Continuum Neurosurgical Robot. IEEE robotics and automation letters |
N Rahman, N Deaton, J Sheng, SS Cheng, JP Desai | 04/01/2019 |
IEEE robotics and automation letters |
J Sheng, X Wang, TL Dickfeld, JP Desai | 10/01/2018 |
Design, Analysis, and Evaluation of a Remotely Actuated MRI-Compatible Neurosurgical Robot. IEEE robotics and automation letters |
X Wang, SS Cheng, JP Desai | 07/01/2018 |
Active Stiffness Tuning of a Spring-based Continuum Robot for MRI-Guided Neurosurgery. IEEE transactions on robotics : a publication of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society |
Y Kim, SS Cheng, JP Desai | 02/01/2018 |
Development of a Meso-Scale Fiberoptic Rotation Sensor for a Torsion Actuator. IEEE robotics and automation letters |
J Sheng, JP Desai | 01/01/2018 |
Electromechanical Coupling Factor of Breast Tissue as a Biomarker for Breast Cancer. IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering |
K Park, W Chen, MA Chekmareva, DJ Foran, JP Desai | 01/01/2018 |
Toward the Development of a Flexible Mesoscale MRI-compatible Neurosurgical Continuum Robot. IEEE transactions on robotics : a publication of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society |
Y Kim, SS Cheng, M Diakite, RP Gullapalli, JM Simard, JP Desai | 12/01/2017 |
Journal of intelligent material systems and structures |
SS Cheng, Y Kim, JP Desai | 09/01/2017 |
New Actuation Mechanism for Actively Cooled SMA Springs in a Neurosurgical Robot. IEEE transactions on robotics : a publication of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society |
SS Cheng, Y Kim, JP Desai | 08/01/2017 |
Development of a Meso-Scale SMA-Based Torsion Actuator for Image-Guided Procedures. IEEE transactions on robotics : a publication of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society |
J Sheng, D Gandhi, R Gullapalli, JM Simard, JP Desai | 02/01/2017 |
MEMS-Based Flexible Force Sensor for Tri-Axial Catheter Contact Force Measurement. Journal of microelectromechanical systems : a joint IEEE and ASME publication on microstructures, microactuators, microsensors, and microsystems |
HJ Pandya, J Sheng, JP Desai | 02/01/2017 |
Dr. Desai is a recipient of several grants from the National Institutes of Health, an National Science Foundation CAREER award, and was also the lead inventor on the Outstanding Invention of 2007 in the Physical Science Category at University of Maryland, College Park. He is also the recipient of the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award.