Filip Stefanovic PhD
Filip Stefanovic
PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Education and Training:
- PhD, Biomedical Engineering, McGill University (2013)
- MS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Belgrade (2007)
- BS, Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics), University of Toronto (2005)
Employment:
- Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo (2024-present)
- Associate Professor of Teaching, Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo (2023)
- Research Assistant Professor (v), Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (2018–2023)
- Assistant Professor of Teaching, Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (2015–2023)
- Research and Development Engineer, Echologics Engineering, Ltd., Toronto, Canada (2012–2014)
Awards and Honors:
- UB Teaching Innovation (2023)
- Student Accessibility in Teaching (2020)
- Best Teaching Faculty of the Year (2018)
Research Expertise:
- AI tools for medical assessment and diagnostics: Development of novel longitudinal databases to predict outcomes for therapeutic intervention or disease progression, including the development of AI/ML systems for personalized care in neurorehabilitation
- Assistive Systems in Neurorehabilitation: Development of 3D printed variable rigidity assistive devices such as ankle-foot orthoses to optimize post-stroke gait rehabilitation
- Human Performance Quantification: Development of metrics to define neural and muscular performance adaptation during training and rehabilitation. Applications in post-stroke rehabilitation and sports performance
- Neuromuscular Control of Movement: Developing computational models of cortical and spinal level systems for the development of novel neurorehabilitation technology
- Wearable Medical Devices: Development of medical devices for non-invasive monitoring. This include high-density electrode systems for physiological monitoring, non-invasive tissue imaging, and neurostimulation electrodes
Grants and Sponsored Research:
- November 2021–October 2024
SEPCORPS Model - SEParating CORtical and SPinal -level motor control responses using transcranial direct current stimulation and transcutaneous electrical stimulation
National Science Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
Patents:
- External Noise Maker for Pipe Systems. (2017)
Journal Articles:
- Stefanovic F, Martinez JA, Saleem GT, Sisto SA, Miller MT, Achampong YA, Titus AH. (2023) A blended neurostimulation protocol to delineate cortico-muscular and spino-muscular dynamics following neuroplastic adaptation. Frontiers in neurology (Jan), 14: 1114860. doi:10.3389/fneur.2023.1114860
- Stefanovic F, Gomez-Caminero A, Jacobs DM, Subramanian P, Puzanov I, Chilbert MR, Feuerstein SG, Yatsynovich Y, Switzer B, Schentag JJ. (2022) Neural Net Modeling of Checkpoint Inhibitor Related Myocarditis and Steroid Response. Clinical pharmacology : advances and applications (Jan), 14: 69-90. doi:10.2147/CPAA.S369008
- Stefanovic F, Ramanarayanan S, Karkera NU, Mujumdar R, Sivaswaamy Mohana P, Hostler D. (2022) Rate of change in longitudinal EMG indicates time course of an individual's neuromuscular adaptation in resistance-based muscle training. Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences (Jan), 3: 981990. doi:10.3389/fresc.2022.981990
- Puzanov I, Subramanian P, Yatsynovich YV, Jacobs DM, Chilbert MR, Sharma UC, Ito F, Feuerstein SG, Stefanovic F, Switzer B, Hicar MD, Curtis AB, Spangenthal EJ, Dy GK, Ernstoff MS, Vachhani P, Page BJ, Agrawal N, Khunger A, Kapoor A, Hattoum A, Jerome SJ. (2021) Clinical characteristics, time course, treatment and outcomes of patients with immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated myocarditis. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer (Jun), 9(6).
- Kha V, Foerster AS, Bennett S, Nitsche MA, Stefanovic F, Dutta A. (2018) Systems Analysis of Human Visuo-Myoelectric Control Facilitated by Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Healthy Humans. Frontiers in neuroscience (Jan), 12: 278. doi:10.3389/fnins.2018.00278
- Jacobs DM, Stefanovic F, Wilton G, Gomez-Caminero A, Schentag JJ. (2017) An integrated epidemiological and neural net model of the warfarin effect in managed care patients. Clin Pharmacol (May), 9: 55-64.
- Stefanovic F, Galiana H. (2015) Efferent Feedback in a Spinal-Like Controller: Reaching With Perturbations. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng (Jun).
- Stefanovic F, Galiana HL. (2014) An adaptive spinal-like controller: tunable biomimetic behavior for a robotic limb. Biomed Eng Online (Nov), 13: 151-151.
- Stefanovic F, Galiana HL. (2014) A Simplified Spinal-Like Controller Facilitates Muscle Synergies and Robust Reaching Motions. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng (Jan), 22(1): 77-87.
- Stefanovic F, Popovic DB. (2009) Control of the lower leg during walking: a versatile model of the foot. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng (Feb), 17(1): 63-69.
- Popovic DB, Dosen S, Popovic MB, Stefanovic F, Kojovic J. (2007) Control aspects of motor neural prosthesis: sensory interface. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc (Jan), 2007: 4361-4363.