Is there such thing as a Prosthetic Surgeon?

Bigredmed
Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:23:39 +0000

Well…and I’m no expert on the subject…I think that “bio” engineering and biomedical engineering and biomechanical engineering are all slightly different facets of the same general idea. But they’re not the same.

Again that’s just my opinion/understanding of it. Bioengineering to me sounds more like using biological molecules and tissues to achieve a desired goal. Think about bioengineered food - using genetics to create food easier to grow or more nutritious or whatever. Biomedical engineering to me suggests the design of devices and tools for use by the medical community. Biomechanical seems more prosthesis and brace design using knowledge of how the body moves to design these replacement parts.

Obviously there is going to be a lot of overlap, and I may be making bigger differentiations between the fields than actually exist, but I do think there are concrete differences between the majors that you need to explore.