Dr. Narendra Bhadra

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Case Western Reserve University
Case School of Engineering
Neural Engineering Center
Principal ResearcherAppointed: 2008
Louis Stokes Veterans Administration Cleveland Medical Center
Research
Biomedical EngineerAppointed: 2007

Mailing Address

Case Western Reserve University
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Neural Engineering Center
Wickenden 110
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
United States

Contact Information

Qualifications

Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, Biomedical Engineering, 2001.
M.S., Case Western Reserve University, Biomedical Engineering, 1993.
M.S., University College of Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, 1983.
MB BS, University of Calcutta, Medicine and Surgery, 1977.

Expertise and Research Interests

Design and fabrication of neural stimulation electrodes for 'Functional Electrical Stimulation'.
Neuroprostheses for Lower Urinary Tract Rehabilitation.
Neurourology and Urodynamics

Other Expertise

Rehabilitation of the paralyzed shoulder
Biomechanics of Recurrent Shoulder Dislocation
Machining characteristics of Hard Tissues

Future Research

Feedback control in Lower Urinary Tract Neuroprosthesis.
Novel sensory stimulus paradigms.
Applications of high frequency nerve block .

Industrial Relevance

Design and specification for implementing systems for neuromuscular and autonomic electrical stimulation.
Design parameters for electrodes for peripheral nerves.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Biomedical Engineering.

Additional Terms:

Bioelectric Phenomena, Bioinstrumentation.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Bengali: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

Indian Society for Biomaterials & Artificial Organs
Indian Society for Medical Statistics

Honors and Awards

1969, National Science Talent Scholarship, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
1969-1974, Science Talent Scholarship, JC Bose Institute of Science, India

Previous Positions

2004-2007, NIH Research Fellow, Case Western Reserve University, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Orthopedics
2002-2003, Research Fellow, Applied Neural Control LAboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering
1995-2001, Staff Scientist, Axon Engineering Inc
1991-1995, Research Assistant, Case Western Reserve University, Department of Biomedical Engineering
1988-1990, Assistant Professor, National Institute for Orthopedic Handicap, Calcutta, India
1985-1987, Research Scientist, Jadavpur University, School of Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering Center
1981-1983, Research Clinician, University College of Medicine, Bioengineering Unit
1981-1983, Clinical Tutor, Calcutta Medical College and Hospitals, Department of Surgery

Patents

Methods for bladder control, Patent Number: Provisional: U.S. Serial No. 61/041753, 2008, Institution, United States of America.
Combined stimulation of ventral and dorsal sacral roots for control of bladder function, Patent Number: 7142925, 2006, Institution, United States of America.
Nerve cuff electrode carrier, Patent Number: 5899933, 1999, Institution, United States of America.

Funding Received

  • Coulter Foundation: Nerve Stimulation Device for Urinary Retention, 2008 to 2010.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Producing Micturition by Combined Afferent and Efferent Electrical Stimulation, 2007 to .
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Microstimulation of the Lumbosacral Spinal Cord - Mapping, 1995 to 1998.
  • Department of Science and Technology, Government of India: Development of indigenous lower limb prosthesis, 1989 to 1990.

Publications

  • Bruns TM, Bhadra N, Gustafson KJ (Mar 2009) Intraurethral stimulation for reflex bladder activation depends on stimulation pattern and location., Neurourology and urodynamics Abstract
  • Mariano TY, Bhadra, N, Gustafson, KJ (2009) ) Suppression of reflex urethral responses by afferent stimulation in an acute spinalized feline model, Neurourology and Urodynamics, In Press
  • Timothy M Bruns, K J Gustafson, Narendra Bhadra (2008) Reflex Bladder Activation via Pudendal Nerve and Intraurethral Stimulation Depends on Stimulation Pattern and Location, 30th IEEE EMBS Conference, 2760-63 pages
  • Narendra Bhadra, K J Gustafson (2008) Afferent stimulation to reduce sphincter reflexes: Bladder voiding without rhizotomy, NINDS Neural Interfaces Conference, NIH/NINDS, Unpublished
  • Timothy M Bruns, Narendra Bhadra (2008) Reflex Bladder Activation via Pudendal Nerve and Intraurethral Stimulation, NINDS Neural Interfaces Conference, NIH/NINDS, Unpublished
  • Adam S Boger, Narendra Bhadra, Kenneth J Gustafson (2008) High Frequency AC Transmission Block of Nerve Impulses in Sacral Parasympathetic Efferent Fibers to the Urinary Bladder, NINDS Neural Interfaces Conference, NIH/NINDS, Unpublished
  • Boger A, Bhadra N, Gustafson KJ (2008) Bladder voiding by combined high frequency electrical pudendal nerve block and sacral root stimulation., Neurourology and urodynamics, 27 (5), 435-9 Abstract
  • Bruns TM, Gustafson KJ, Bhadra N (2008) Reflex bladder activation via pudendal nerve and intraurethral stimulation depends on stimulation pattern and location., Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference, 2008, 2760-3 Abstract
  • Tim M Bruns, Narendra Bhadra, Kenneth J Gustafson (2008) Variable patterned pudendal nerve stimuli improves reflex bladder activation, IEEE Trans. Neural. Sys. Rehabil. Eng., 16 (2), 140-8
  • J. Thomas Mortimer, Narendra Bhadra (2008) Fundamentals of Electrical Stimulation, Neuromodulation, Submitted (bookchapter)
  • Adam Boger, Narendra Bhadra, Timothy Bruns, Kenneth Gustafson (2007) Bladder Voiding Using High Frequency Electrical Pudendal Nerve Block, BMES 2007 Annual Fall Meeting, Biomedical Engineering Society
  • Timothy Bruns, Narendra Bhadra, Adam Boger, Kenneth Gustafson (2007) Variable patterned stimulation improves pudendal nerve evoked bladder activation, BMES 2007 Annual Fall Meeting, Biomedical Engineering Society
  • Timothy Y Mariano, Narendra Bhadra, Kenneth Gustafson (2007) Characterizing reflex external urethral sphincter activity in the acute spinalized feline, Society for Neuroscience
  • Bhadra N, Bhadra N, Kilgore K, Gustafson KJ (Jun 2006) High frequency electrical conduction block of the pudendal nerve., Journal of neural engineering, 3 (2), 180-7 Abstract
  • Bhadra N, Mortimer JT (Jun 2006) Extraction force and tissue change during removal of a tined intramuscular electrode from rat gastrocnemius., Annals of biomedical engineering, 34 (6), 1042-50 Abstract
  • Bhadra N, Grünewald V, Creasey GH, Mortimer JT (2006) Selective activation of the sacral anterior roots for induction of bladder voiding., Neurourology and urodynamics, 25 (2), 185-93 Abstract
  • Bhadra N, Grünewald V, Creasey GH, Mortimer JT (2006) Selective activation of the sacral anterior roots for induction of bladder voiding., Neurourology and urodynamics, 25 (2), 185-93 Abstract
  • Bhadra N, Mortimer JT (Oct 2005) Selective block of external anal sphincter activation during electrical stimulation of the sacral anterior roots in a canine model., Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society, 17 (5), 721-6 Abstract
  • J. Thomas Mortimer, Narendra Bhadra (2004) Peripheral Nerve and Muscle Stimulation, Neuroprosthetics: Theory and Practice, World Scientific Pub Co Inc (bookchapter)
  • Narendra Bhadra, Br. Mural Bhai (2003) Instructions for the Mind., English translation of the original Bengali text by Shri Annada Thakur, Kolkata (Calcutta), India, Dakhshineswar Ramkrishna Sangha Adyapeath, 80 pages
  • Bhadra N, Grünewald V, Creasey G, Mortimer JT (2002) Selective suppression of sphincter activation during sacral anterior nerve root stimulation., Neurourology and urodynamics, 21 (1), 55-64 Abstract
  • Bhadra N, Grünewald V, Creasey G, Mortimer JT (Aug 2001) Urethral pressure profiles in the female canine implanted with sacral anterior nerve root electrodes., World journal of urology, 19 (4), 272-7 Abstract
  • Narendra Bhadra, Volker Grünewald, Graham H Creasey, J. Thomas Mortimer (2001) Urethral pressure profiles in the female canine implanted with sacral anterior nerve root electrodes., World J. of Urology, 19 (4), 272-7
  • Grill WM, Bhadra N, Wang B (Jul 1999) Bladder and urethral pressures evoked by microstimulation of the sacral spinal cord in cats., Brain research, 836 (1-2), 19-30 Abstract
  • Wang B, Bhadra N, Grill WM (Feb 1999) Functional anatomy of the male feline urethra: morphological and physiological correlations., The Journal of urology, 161 (2), 654-9 Abstract
  • Grünewald V, Bhadra N, Creasey GH, Mortimer JT (1998) Functional conditions of micturition induced by selective sacral anterior root stimulation: experimental results in a canine animal model., World journal of urology, 16 (5), 329-36 Abstract
  • Bhadra N, Mortimer JT (1997) Extraction forces and tissue changes during explant of CWRU-type intramuscular electrodes from rat gastrocnemius., Annals of biomedical engineering, 25 (6), 1017-25 Abstract
  • Volker Gruenewald, Narendra Bhadra, Gunter Wipfler, Graham Creasey, J. Thomas Mortimer (1995) Micturition without activation of the somatic urethral sphincter by selective sacral anterior root stimulation in the dog, 25th. Annual meeting, International Continence Society, 507-509 pages
  • Narendra Bhadra (1991) Management of common deformities of the spine, 2nd National Seminar on Rehabilitation Medicine, Cuttack, India, Unpublished
  • Subrata Pal, Sanjoy K Dutta, Narendra Bhadra (1989) Orthogonal cutting of tooth enamel, 1st. World Cong. of Biomechanics, 1: 7 pages
  • Subrata Pal, Narendra Bhadra (1987) Orthogonal cutting of bone, , , Biomaterials Medical Devices and Artificial Organs, p. 124 pages
  • Subrata Pal, Narendra Bhadra (1987) Machining characteristics of Bone., Transactions of the 13th Annual Meeting, Society for Biomaterials
  • Saha AK, Bhadra N, Dutta SK (Dec 1986) Latissimus dorsi transfer for recurrent dislocation of the shoulder., Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica, 57 (6), 539-41 Abstract
  • Narendra Bhadra, K S Bose (1986) Sagittal plane knee movements during level walking, Ind. Journal of Surgery, 48, 244-50
  • Narendra Bhadra, Subrata Pal, Sanjoy K Dutta (1986) Mechanics of chip formation during orthogonal cutting of bone, , , Indian Soc. for Theoretical & Applied Mechanics
  • Narendra Bhadra (1983) Knee flexion-extension during level walking: Evaluation by electrogoniometry, . First International Symp. in Bioengineering, Jadavpur, India, Unpublished
  • Narendra Bhadra (1982) Frequency analysis of knee angular movements for the assessment of human gait, 5th National Biomedical Science & Engineering Symposium, Calcutta, India, Unpublished

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