Engineer, educator and mentor adept in leading research projects from inception through commercialization. Provides insight and leadership to industry and academia. Contributes through the application of engineering expertise to the development of medical devices which improve outcomes for patients. Develops concepts from initiation through process development, pre-clinical testing, scale-up and regulatory approval to product launch.• Consultant for small to large medical device organizations.• Instructor for graduate and undergraduate university courses.• Developed first commercial biomimetic Hydroxyapatite (HA) coating in the orthopedics’ industry. Over 280,000 Peri-Apatite™ HA coated hip and knee devices implanted since 1995.• Developed a production process and facility for calcium phosphate cements that generates over $30 Million a year in sales. • Developed the first second generation plasma-spray HA coating, including a proprietary hydrolysis-precipitation process for the production of HA for use in plasma spraying.• Initiated the Bioceramics research program at a major orthopaedic implant manufacturer. • Project management of infection control research projects.Specialties: Project Management: Basic Research to CommercializationInfection Control: Basic and Pre-Clinical ResearchCalcium Phosphate Product and Process DevelopmentMaterials CharacterizationCreation and Scale-up of Engineering SystemsTechnical CommunicationsContact information:joseph.zitelli@gmail.com201.410.3646
Listed skills include Xrd, Sem, Particle Size Analysis, Ft Ir, and 16 others.