Pathophysiology for Medicine and Medical Bioengineering
- 1st Edition - November 3, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Harry Peery, David Strayer, Eric Wallace, Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol, Roberta J. Wong, P. I. Imoukhuede
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 5 1 8 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 5 1 9 - 9
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Request a sales quotePathophysiology for Medical and Biomedical Engineering helps students, clinicians, and researchers understand how diseases begin and evolve. It is a comprehensive reference for students and professionals to learn the principles of pathophysiology of each body system that offers different approaches to treating disease. It’s an excellent starting point or refresher for clinicians to develop new approaches to treating diseases. Sections cover the latest advances in therapeutics to address what students in medical education need to understand.
- Presents key concepts and processes in pathology of full body systems
- Includes hot topics of AI in the production of biologics and a summary of the rapid production and assessment of vaccines
- Provides ~60 case study examples of the latest bioengineering techniques in neurosurgery, cardiology, and other disciplines
Medical students, medical house staff, clinicians, biomedical and pathology researchers
Undergraduate and graduate students
Unit 1: Introduction
1. Introduction to Bioengineering, Pathology and Pathophysiology
2. Introduction to Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Bioengineering
3. Introduction to Innate and Adaptive Immunology in Bioengineering
4. Cell Signaling and Receptors
5. Cell Cycle and Cell Division, Apoptosis and Necrosis.
6. Introduction to Neoplasia
Unit 2: Neuropathophysiology
7. Introduction to the Nervous System
8. The Meninges, Ventricular System and Meningeal Vascular System, Brain Trauma
9. Glia and Gliomas
10. Brain Tracts and their Disorders
11. Encephalitis and Supracellar Teratoma
12. Lysosomal Storage Disease, Cerebral Vascular System
13. Neurodegenerative Diseases
14. Four Major Brain Systems
15. Spinal Cord, Spinal Nerves, Autonomic Nervous System
16. Cranial Nerves and Special Senses
Unit 3: Respiratory Pathophysiology
17. Upper Respiratory Tract Pathophysiology
18. Lower Respiratory Tract Physiology and Pathology
Unit 4: Cardiovascular Pathophysiology
19. Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology; Myocardial Infarction, Cardiomyopathy
20. Cardiac conduction system, ECG (EKG), Cardiac Cycle, Cardiac Innervation, Referred Pain
21. Aneurysms, Aortic Dissection, Marfan Syndrome
22. Traumatic Aortic Rupture, Rheumatic Heart Disease and Murmurs, Congenital Heart Defects, Cardiac Tamponade
Unit 5: Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology
23. Oral Pharyngeal Pathophysiology
24. Esophageal Pathophysiology
25. Gastric Pathophysiology
26. Hepatic Pathophysiology
27. Intestinal Pathophysiology
Unit 6: Endocrine Pathophysiology
28. Hypothalamus and Pituitary Pathophysiology
29. Thyroid Pathophysiology
30. Pancreatic Pathophysiology
31. Adrenal Pathophysiology
Unit 7: Reproductive Pathophysiology
32. Male Reproductive Pathophysiology
33. Female Reproductive Pathophysiology
Unit 8: Renal and Urinary Pathophysiology
34. Renal Pathophysiology
35. Urinary Pathophysiology
Unit 9: Hematopathology
36. Hematopathology
Unit 10: Dermatopathology
37. Dermatopathology
1. Introduction to Bioengineering, Pathology and Pathophysiology
2. Introduction to Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Bioengineering
3. Introduction to Innate and Adaptive Immunology in Bioengineering
4. Cell Signaling and Receptors
5. Cell Cycle and Cell Division, Apoptosis and Necrosis.
6. Introduction to Neoplasia
Unit 2: Neuropathophysiology
7. Introduction to the Nervous System
8. The Meninges, Ventricular System and Meningeal Vascular System, Brain Trauma
9. Glia and Gliomas
10. Brain Tracts and their Disorders
11. Encephalitis and Supracellar Teratoma
12. Lysosomal Storage Disease, Cerebral Vascular System
13. Neurodegenerative Diseases
14. Four Major Brain Systems
15. Spinal Cord, Spinal Nerves, Autonomic Nervous System
16. Cranial Nerves and Special Senses
Unit 3: Respiratory Pathophysiology
17. Upper Respiratory Tract Pathophysiology
18. Lower Respiratory Tract Physiology and Pathology
Unit 4: Cardiovascular Pathophysiology
19. Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology; Myocardial Infarction, Cardiomyopathy
20. Cardiac conduction system, ECG (EKG), Cardiac Cycle, Cardiac Innervation, Referred Pain
21. Aneurysms, Aortic Dissection, Marfan Syndrome
22. Traumatic Aortic Rupture, Rheumatic Heart Disease and Murmurs, Congenital Heart Defects, Cardiac Tamponade
Unit 5: Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology
23. Oral Pharyngeal Pathophysiology
24. Esophageal Pathophysiology
25. Gastric Pathophysiology
26. Hepatic Pathophysiology
27. Intestinal Pathophysiology
Unit 6: Endocrine Pathophysiology
28. Hypothalamus and Pituitary Pathophysiology
29. Thyroid Pathophysiology
30. Pancreatic Pathophysiology
31. Adrenal Pathophysiology
Unit 7: Reproductive Pathophysiology
32. Male Reproductive Pathophysiology
33. Female Reproductive Pathophysiology
Unit 8: Renal and Urinary Pathophysiology
34. Renal Pathophysiology
35. Urinary Pathophysiology
Unit 9: Hematopathology
36. Hematopathology
Unit 10: Dermatopathology
37. Dermatopathology
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 3, 2025
- No. of pages (eBook): 500
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443185182
- eBook ISBN: 9780443185199
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Harry Peery
Harry E. Peery, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada is an assistant professor and teaches medical students at the Cumming School of Medicine. He received his PhD from the University of Saskatchewan and focused his research on the pathogenesis of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, cancer biomarkers, and endometriosis. Dr. Peery holds a Masters degree in microbiology (Ohio State University), and a PhD in molecular neuropharmacology (University of Saskatchewan).
Affiliations and expertise
Cummings School of Medicine, University of Calgary, CanadaDS
David Strayer
Dr. David S. Strayer is a pathologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is affiliated with Jefferson Health-Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals. He received his medical degree from University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences at The Pritzker School of Medicine and has been in practice for ~25 years and has more almost 30 years of teaching experience. He is an invited consultant to both corporate and government agencies, is an international presenter (multi-lingual), and has won several awards and belongs to 8 related organizations.
Affiliations and expertise
Thomas Jefferson University, USAEW
Eric Wallace
Dr. Wallace is actively practicing interventional cardiologist for Kootenai’s HeartClinic's Northwest. He specializes in interventional cardiology, structural cardiology, and vascular medicine. He is the director of Interventional Cardiology and has current board certification with the American Board of Internal Medicine with subspecialty accreditation in cardiovascular diseases, interventional cardiology, nuclear cardiology, and vascular ultrasound. He has published over 20 peer reviewed articles and has served as a reviewer for several cardiovascular journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Kootenai Medical Center, USAAC
Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol
Dr. Aaron Cohen-Gadol is a Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at Indiana University. He also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences-Neurosurgery at Purdue University. Dr. Cohen-Gadol is a member of numerous international editorial boards. His research has been published in more than 500 peer-reviewed articles, three books, and 17 book chapters. He is also a member of several esteemed professional organizations.
Affiliations and expertise
Indiana University, USARW
Roberta J. Wong
Dr. ROBERTA J. WONG is the Co-Director and lead faculty for University of Washington’s PharBE Master’s Degree in Clinical Drug and Device Development, Strategy and Life Cycle Management
She has more than 25 years of graduate and post-graduate teaching experience at the University of Washington, USC School of Pharmacy and UCLA School of Medicine, and UCSF School of Pharmacy.
Affiliations and expertise
University of WashingtonPI
P. I. Imoukhuede
P. I. Imoukhuede is Hunter and Dorothy Simpson Professor and Chair at the Bioengineering School of Medicine & College of Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Hunter and Dorothy Simpson Professor and Chair, Bioengineering School of Medicine & College of Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA