David Wootton


Associate Professor
Director, Maurice Kanbar Center for Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D. (ME), Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998
M.S. (ME), M.I.T, 1990
B.S. (ME), Cornell University, 1987

Contact Information:
(212) 353-4393
e-mail

Selected Publications:
Wootton DM, Ku DN,
Fluid Mechanics of Vascular Systems, Diseases, and Thrombosis,
Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, V. 1, pp. 299-329, 1999.

Jerius H, Karolyi DR, Mondy JS, Beall A, Wootton D, Ku D, Cable S, Brophy CM,
Endothelial-dependent vasodilation is associated with increases in the phosphorylation of a small heat shock protein (HSP20),
Journal of Vascular Surgery, V. 29, pp. 678-84, 1999.

Wootton DM, Markou CP, Hanson SR, Ku DN,
A Mechanistic Model of Acute Platelet Accumulation in Thrombogenic Stenoses,
Annals of Biomedical Engineering, V. 29, pp. 321-329, 2001.

Wootton DM, Popel AS, Alevriadou BR,
An Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Dissolution of Mural Fibrin Clots by Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator,
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, V. 77, #4, pp. 405-419, 2002.

Xu C, Wootton DM,
Platelet Near-Wall Excess in Porcine Whole Blood in Artery-Sized Tubes Under Steady and Pulsatile Flow Conditions,
Biorheology, V. 41, pp 113-125, 2004.

Arens R, Sin S, McDonough JM, Palmer J, Dominguez T, Meyer H, Wootton DM, Pack AI,
“Changes in Upper Airway Size during Tidal Breathing in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome,
Am. Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care, V. 171, #11, pp. 1292-1297. 2005.

Xu C, Sin S, McDonough M, Udupa JK, Arens R, Guez A, Wootton DM,
Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of the Upper Airway of Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Steady Flow,
Journal of Biomechanics, V. 39, #11, pp. 2043-2054, 2006.

Mondrinos M, Dembzymsky R, Lu L, Byrapogu, VKC, Wootton DM, Lelkes PI, Zhou GJ,
A Porogen-based Solid Freeform Fabrication of Polycaprolactone-Calcium Phosphate Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering,
Biomaterials, V. 27, #25, pp. 4399-4408, 2006.

Ergezen E, Appel M, Shah P, Kresh JY, Lec RM, Wootton DM, Real-Time Monitoring of Adhesion and Aggregation of Platelets using Thickness Shear Mode (TSM) Sensor, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, V. 23, #4, pp. 575-82, 2007.

Zhou J, Lu L, Byrapogu K, Wootton DM, Lelkes PI, Fair R, Electrowetting-based multi-microfluidics array printing of high resolution tissue construct with embedded cells and growth factors, Virtual and Physical Prototyping, V. 2, #4, pp. 217-223, 2007.

Marcus C, Smith RJH, Mankarious L, Arens R, Mitchell G, Elluru RG, Forte V, Goudy S, Jabs EW, Katz E, Paydarfar D, Reeves RH, Richtsmeier JT, Ruiz RL, Thach BT, Tunkel DE, Whitsett JA, Wootton D, Blaisdell CJ, Developmental Aspects of the Upper Airway, Report from an NHLBI Workshop March 5-6, 2009. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, V. 6, #6, pp. 513-20, 2009.

Xu C, Brennick MJ, Dougherty L, Wootton DM, Modeling of Upper Airway Collapse by Regional Tissue Properties in a Finite Element Model, Medical Engineering and Physics, V. 31, #10, pp. 1343-1348, 2009.