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BMES Annual Meeting

The 2025 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual meeting will be in San Diego, California, October 8 - 12, and promises to be another banner year. This year’s event will bring together over 5,500 attendees focusing on health and wellness through engineering innovation.

We’re thrilled that the University of Rochester Department of Biomedical Engineering will once again be represented at BMES 2025—and we look forward to reconnecting with familiar faces and meeting new ones!

• Visit us at Booth #523
  October 8-11, 2025
  San Diego Convention Center
  111 W Harbor Drive
  San Diego, CA 92101
  
  
• Attn: URochester BME alumni, faculty, students, friends, and industry members: Please let us know if you are planning to attend this year's BMES, by completing our Participation Form. This will help us connect, and allow us to highlight URochester presentations! 
  🔗 BMES 2025 UR Participation Form
  

This year's URocheser BME 

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  • Friday Presentations
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Participants*

*Please Note: This listing only includes those that responded to our (optional) participation survey. We hope to see many more alumni and friends at #BMES2025!

Faculty Attending Include*

• Benjamín Castañeda, Primary Faculty
• Stephen McAleavey, Primary Faculty & Chair
• Greg Gdowski, Primary Faculty
• Whasil Lee, Primary Faculty

Current Students Attending Include*

• Hossein Abolhassani, Grad Student
• Chiao Yun Chen, Grad Student
• Anabelle Creveling, Undergrad Student
• Annika Deans, Undergrad Student
• Yimei Du, Undergrad Student
• Zachary Greenwell, Undergrad Student
• Brayden Hirotsu, Undergrad Student
• Miriana Kelley, Undergrad Student
• Isabelle Linares, Graduate Student
• Liam O'Donnell, Undergrad Student 
• Julia Sides, Undergrad Student

Staff Attending Include*

• Melissa Vera, Graduate Coordinator UR BME Department

Alumni Attending Include*

• Baizar Alamiri
• Katie Broun
• Hana Kalco
• Christopher Lu
• Faisal Reza

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Presentations 

#UofRBME @ #BMES2025 Presentations

(Please see the BMES searchable schedule for complete, and most up to date information.)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11

Check back soon for updates! 

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Related Links:

• #URochester BME @ #BMES2025 
  • Participants (alumni, faculty, students and staff attening this year's event!)
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• BMES Annual Meeting
  • Program (at a glance)
  • Full Searchable Schedule
  • BMES Registration Info
  • Exhibitor Hall Floorplan
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