Prof. Steven S. Saliterman

Prof. Steven Saliterman is a VentureWell Faculty Grant Recipient, and teaching faculty of the Department of Biomedical Engineering for over 23 years. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and Senior Member of SPIE. Prof. Saliterman has been serving as a scientific community participant in the Artemis Program Lunar Surface Science Workshops (Lunar & Planetary Institute).

He is presently teaching Introduction to BioMEMS and Medical Microdevices. Topics include Micro- & nanofabrication of silicon & polymers; Microfluidics - design, transport, & electrokinetics; Lab, organ and body-on-a-chip systems; Biosensors; Nanotransducers - quantum dots & nano-particles; Micro- & nanosensors; Biomedical micro- & nanorobotics; Actuators & drug delivery; and Biocompatibility, FDA & ISO 10993. He previously founded and taught courses in medical device prototyping.

A graduate of Mayo Medical School and Mayo Internal Medicine, he also worked at the NASA Johnson Space Center as an intern in Life Sciences Division, and as a Research Fellow at the NASA Ames Research Center Cardiovascular Lab. He is a past Chair, Dept. of Medicine, Methodist Hospital. He was a cofounder and past president of the Mayo Medical School Alumni Society.

Selected to attend the renowned National Youth Science Camp in West Virginia, Prof. Saliterman has spent a lifetime engaged in science, volunteerism (having never accepted compensation for teaching), and working towards resolving social strife. While having authored peer-reviewed articles and books, he considers his students' accomplishments far more important than his own. Students and others are invited to meet and discuss their classes and projects at his office in Nils Hasselmo Hall.

He recently served as moderator for Advances in Medical Devices (2025) and co-Chair of the Design of Medical Devices (DMD) Medical Education Training Contributing Papers Topic (2023-25). Previously he was co-Chair and moderator of the DMD COVID-19 Session.