Paul Dixon

Experience

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  St Mary's Hospital Medical School

  Jan 1988 - Jun 2000

  Research Assistant
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  EME (Electro Medical Equipment) Ltd

  Feb 2001 - Dec 2003

  Biomedical Engineer
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  VIASYS Healthcare

  Jan 2004 - Feb 2006

  Senior Biomedical Engineer

  Systems engineering for new products in fields of respiratory therapy and diagnostics.

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  Cardinal Health

  Mar 2006 - Dec 2008

  Principal Biomedical Engineer

  Systems engineering and software development for advanced respiratory therapies. Specific projects during this period included AVEA CLiO (closed loop control of oxygen therapy for neonates) and electrical impedance tomography (non-invasive monitoring of regional lung ventilation)

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  CareFusion

  Jan 2009 - Mar 2015

  I have a broad remit, encompassing systems engineering for forthcoming products in the field of lung ventilation; identification and development of novel technology for use in our products; and continuous improvement of engineering processes, for example through adoption of tools such as IBM/Rational DOORS and HP Quality Center, for requirement capture, risk management, and product verification. Primary focus during this period was requirements capture and definition for new ventilation products, and engineering support for ongoing clinical trials of AVEA CLiO

  • Fellow R&D Engineer

    Jun 2012 - Mar 2015

  • Senior Principal Biomedical Engineer

    Jan 2009 - Jun 2012
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  ISO International Organization for Standardization

  May 2013 - now

  UK delegate to ISO TC/121/SC3 Lung ventilators and related equipment

  I am a Barema-nominated member of the UK mirror committee for ISO TC/121/SC3, and a UK delegate to the ISO committee, working to develop and improve international standards for equipment used in respiratory therapy.

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  Becton Dickinson

  Mar 2015 - Oct 2016

  Fellow biomedical engineer
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  Vyaire Medical

  Oct 2016 - Oct 2024

  Senior Research Fellow (Biomedical Engineering)
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  CEN

  May 2019 - now

  Chair Elect, CEN/TC215 Respiratory and anaesthetic equipment (from May 2020)
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  ZOLL Medical Corporation

  Oct 2024 - now

  Research Fellow

  Scientific research, concept and feasibility, and systems engineering tasks related to innovative medical devices for use in critical care medicine and respiratory therapy.