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Shuvo Roy

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Shuvo Roy
Born (1969-11-10) 10 November 1969 (age 55)
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materMount Union College
Case Western Reserve University
Known forCo-invention of an implantable artificial kidney, medical MEMS
Scientific career
FieldsBioengineering, Biomedical MEMS, Pediatric Devices
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Francisco
Doctoral advisorMehran Mehregany

Shuvo Roy is an American biomedical engineering known for his work with Bio-MEMS including the invention of an artificial kidney.[1] He currently serves as a professor at the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco.

Early life and education

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Shuvo Roy was born on 10 November 1969 in Dhaka (now in Bangladesh) to Ashok Nath Roy, a public health physician, and Ratna Roy, a teacher. His grandfather Nagen Dey was a professor of English at Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee College, Boalkhali. He hails from Chittagong Division, his paternal family being from Rosangiri in Fatikchhari and his maternal family being from Alkaran Ward.[2]

Roy started his elementary education in Siddheswari in Dhaka but moved with his father, mother and siblings to Uganda in 1974 where he received most of his education including at the Jinja Senior Secondary School (his mother being employed at the institution).[1]

The family later moved to the US where Roy completed his education and earned his BS degree from University of Mount Union, Ohio in 1992. He then earned his MS degree in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics from Case Western Reserve University in 1995. He went on to earn his PhD degree from the same school in 2001.[3]

Roy also spent a part of his childhood in India where most of his paternal family has settled (while his maternal family still resides in Bangladesh) and has been described as an Indian American.[1]

He married Monica Matthews, an American, around 2003.[2] He has two siblings: Joy Roy, a vascular surgeon, and Chaiti Roy, an anesthetic.[2]

Career

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Roy has developed silicon nanopore membranes (SNM) to achieve high-efficiency blood ultrafiltration while selectively retaining specific solutes and serving as an immunoprotective barrier for encapsulated cells. The SNM are the fundamental underlying technology for the development of an implantable bioartificial kidney.[4]

Using this technology, he has shown feasibility for an implantable bioartificial pancreas (iBAP). Previous attempts to develop a bioartificial pancreas have been severely limited by insufficient mass transfer and a limited supply of beta cells, but Roy says that ultra-high hydraulic permeability characteristic of the SNM will enable appropriate mass transport (especially oxygen, glucose, and insulin) to achieve optimal beta cell performance, while the ultra-selective pore characteristic of the SNM enable unprecedented immunoisolation. Also the iBAP can utilize a human stem cell derived fully functional beta cell that provides and unlimited supply of beta cells.[5]

He is a founding member of the University of California, San Francisco Pediatric Device Consortium.[3]

Professional positions

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Book chapters

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  • M. Mehregany and S. Roy, "Introduction to MEMS", in Microengineering for Aerospace Systems, H. Helvajian, Ed., Aerospace Press, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1999
  • S. Roy, L.A. Ferrara, A.J. Fleischman, and E.C. Benzel, "MEMS and Neurosurgery", in Encyclopedia of BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology – Volume III: BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology, T.A. Desai, S. Bhatia, and M. Ferrari, Eds., Springer, New York, NY, USA, 2006
  • W.H. Fissell, S. Roy, A.J. Fleischman, and H.D. Humes, “Cell Therapy of Renal Failure”, in Cell Therapy, D. Garcia-Olmo, J.M. Garcia-Verdugo, J. Alemany, and J.A. Gutierrez-Fuentes, Eds., McGraw-Hill, Madrid, SPAIN, 2008
  • A.J. Fleischman, S. Srivanas, C. Chandrana, and S. Roy, “Miniature High Frequency Focused Ultrasonic Transducers for Minimally Invasive Imaging Procedures”, in Biomedical Applications of Electroactive Polymer Actuators, F. Carpi and E. Smela, Eds., John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, West Sussex, UK, 2009[3]

Honors and awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Artificial kidney made by Indian American awaits human trials". Deccan Herald. IANS. 3 December 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "আমাদের শুভ রায়ের কীর্তি" [Merit of our good judgment]. Prothom Alo. 25 December 2010. Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e "UCSF Profiles - Shuvo Roy".
  4. ^ Building an Implantable Artificial Kidney, NIH
  5. ^ Implantable Bio-Artificial Pancreas (iBAP), NIH
  6. ^ "NRIs in MIT's list". Hindustan Times. 6 January 2004.

Further reading

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  • Pettypiece, Shannon (5 December 2005). "Startup senses a need for orthopedic detection device". Crain's Cleveland Business. p. 11.
  • Roy, Sandip (10 December 2010). "Coming full circle". India Abroad. p. M3.
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