Jeffrey Joseph, DO
Jefferson Artificial Pancreas Center, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jeffrey I Joseph, DO has 35 years of experience as a clinical anesthesiologist, researcher, and innovator of medical device technology.  Dr. Joseph is currently a Professor of Anesthesiology, Vice-Chairman and Director of Research for the Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. In 1998, he founded the Jefferson Artificial Pancreas Center to develop an implantable optical glucose sensor, computer algorithm, and insulin delivery system for the management of type 1 diabetes.  Dr. Joseph is also an experienced entrepreneur, co-founding the medical device companies Animas Corporation, Capillary Biomedical, Inc. and RTM Vital Signs, LLC.  He is a co-inventor 33 US and foreign patents related to wearable and implantable vital sign monitoring systems (sensors), diagnostic algorithms, and drug delivery systems. Dr. Joseph has received numerous honors and awards including the Arthur Tarrow Award for Research Excellence, the Becton Dickinson Career Achievement Award for Medical Device Innovation, the American Diabetes Association Award for Research Excellence, and the Artificial Pancreas Research Award from the Diabetes Technology Society. He has also served on the Scientific/Medical Advisory Boards of Medtronic, Edwards Lifesciences, Becton Dickinson, Echo Therapeutics, Thermalin, Flowsion, Capillary Biomedical, Embecta, and RTM Vital Signs. Jeffrey.Joseph@Jefferson.edu