The Children’s Pediatric Technology Center at Georgia Tech (PTC) has named a new co-lead for its work in Technology and Devices (Pillar 3)—Jay Shah, MD, DABR. Dr. Shah will co-lead Pillar 3 with Omer Inan, PhD, who has been a co-lead since last summer.

Dr. Shah is an interventional radiologist at Children’s and holds joint appointments as Associate Professor in the Emory University School of Medicine Department of Radiology and Department of Pediatrics. His clinical interests include vascular anomalies and ablative therapies for a variety of conditions. He has a deep understanding of what it takes to translate and implement medical technologies to help improve the lives of children. 

Dr. Inan is Regents Entrepreneur and Linda J. and Mark C. Smith Chaired Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. Over the past 12 years, he has worked with multiple investigators at Children’s on dozens of projects. He is interested in designing clinically relevant medical devices and systems and translating them from the lab to patient care applications. Developing new technologies for monitoring chronic diseases, such as heart failure, at home is a focus of his research. 

As we welcome Dr. Shah to this role, we would also like to express gratitude to Steven Goudy, MD, for his work as co-lead of Pillar 3. Dr. Goudy left his role as Division Chief of Otolaryngology at Children’s to pursue an opportunity in Virginia at the end of last year but plans to continue to be involved with PTC initiatives. 

We look forward to watching the work of Pillar 3 soar under the leadership of Dr. Shah and Dr. Inan. 

Sincerely,

Stanislav Emelianov, PhD

Co-Director, Children’s PTC, Georgia Institute of Technology

Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD

Co-Director Children’s PTC, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Natasha Rishi-Bohra, MPH

Deputy Director, Children’s PTC