Mikhail Golman is a graduate student in the department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University in the City of New York, working on his Ph.D. He received his Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from Washington University in Saint Louis, MO, and his undergraduate degree with honors from University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN in 2014.
His scientific interests revolve around (1) understanding structure-function relationship of healthy tendon-to-bone attachment (2) to enhance tendon-to-bone healing after an injury, through use of animal models, biomechanics, advanced imaging techniques, computation models, and clinical data analysis. His Ph.D thesis work focuses on investigating the mechanism of tear initiation and potentiation to ultimate failure in a complex hierarchical structure of the tendon-to-bone attachment though molecular-to-tissue level quantitative measures. In his work, he discovered the energy absorbing transition region that prevents material failure at the interface. In his other work, he investigated the role of inflammation in tendon healing and validated therapeutic potential of an inhibitor to modulate unwanted excessive inflammation and enhance tendon-to-bone attachment healing. He is also keen on working directly with many physicians analyzing clinical data. In his retrospective clinical study, he has developed a novel quantitative MRI-based system for classifying patellar tendon injuries. Using this technique, he has demonstrated the ability to classify tendon injuries and to identify high-risk athletes with high specificity and sensitivity. He has been recipient of number of awards for his scientific work. He has given multiple presentations at national and international conferences, with dozens of abstracts have been accepted at scientific and medical conferences.
