Amir Manbachi

Amir Manbachi is an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University with dual appointments in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Whiting School of Engineering. He co-directs the HEPIUS Innovation Lab, focusing on wearable and implantable medical ultrasound technologies for spinal cord injury and brain tumor monitoring. He is the engineering co-PI for a $13.48M DoD grant and has mentored over 170 students.

• Academic Appointments: Departments of Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Biomedical Engineering
• Education: PhD (2015) and MSc (2010) from University of Toronto, BSc (2008)
• Postdoctoral Training: Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology

Dr. Manbachi's research spans the physics of medical ultrasound, therapeutic applications (tumor ablation, neuromodulation), and clinical translation of engineering innovations. His work bridges acoustic physics with real-world deployment in trauma care and neurological disorders.

Recent publications highlight advancements in ultrasound elastography for spinal cord tension monitoring, non-contrast blood flow analysis, and neuromodulation for spinal cord injury. His team's implantable ultrasound sensors and wearable devices have achieved FDA breakthrough designation.

• Awards: AIUM Peter Arger Excellence Award (2024), Hisako Terasaki Young Innovator (2024), Baltimore Business Journal's 40 under 40 (2022-2023), FDA Breakthrough Device (2023), teaching awards
• Grants: $13.48M DoD award, Johns Hopkins ICTR Career Development Award
• Patents: 20+ inventions including ultrasonic bone imaging systems and flexible focused ultrasound transducers

As co-founder of Spinesonics Medical, he has commercialized ultrasound-guided spine surgery technologies. He teaches courses in engineering design, medical imaging, and clinical translation at the Whiting School of Engineering.