Dr. Keith E. Cook

The David Edward Schramm Professor and Head, Biomedical Engineering

Education

• B.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1993
• B.S.E., Engineering Science, University of Michigan, 1993
• M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1996
• Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2000

Bio

Dr. Keith Cook is the David Edward Schramm Professor and Head at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in its Department of Biomedical Engineering. Prior to his appointment at CMU, Dr. Cook was a Research Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering and in Surgery at the University of Michigan. It was at the University of Michigan where Dr. Cook obtained his BSE in both Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science. He received his MS and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University.

Dr. Cook’s research interests include:

• Design, development, and testing of artificial and biofabricated lungs
• Development of biomaterials offering endothelial-like properties to increase the longevity of blood processing artificial organs
• Contact system inhibitors to inhibit clot formation at biomaterial surfaces but not in patient tissues

Dr. Cook is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and a member of the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs and the Biomedical Engineering Society. He currently serves as the Faculty Director of the Bioengineered Organs Initiative at CMU and the CMU-side director of the Mayo Clinic - Carnegie Mellon Transforming Transplant initiative.