Abstract
This is the fourth article in our continuing series of biographical pieces with a technical lean. The subject of this paper is Professor Arye Rosen, who - while employed full time at RCA Sarnoff Research Laboratory as an engineer and working on the side more-or-less as a “hobby” - pioneered the use of microwave angioplasty and ablation techniques in cardiology, and later influenced the use of microwaves in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Dr. Rosen's life story is as varied and interesting as his career path, and his contributions both to traditional microwave devices as well as microwaves in medicine will definitely inspire those of you who feel like they are pulled in more than one direction professionally. In Dr. Rosen's case, he did “have it all,” but he worked very hard to make it happen and he took lots of chances as you will hear!
Highlights
Perhaps it was the combined influences of his father, Jacob, a power engineer, and his father-in-law, Boris Tamches, who was a very prominent cardiologist in Egypt, and later in Israel, that Arye Rosen1 was to become one of the few early microwave engineers to recognize, and act upon the application of microwave devices and techniques for medical problems
Back at RCA ( SRI, but still referred to as David Sarnoff Research Center), Rosen continued his mainstream job with the development of high power silicon-based solidstate devices and applications, expanding on the optically controlled PIN diodes [50]–[56], and other devices, including some of the first MEMS switches operating at millimeter-wavelengths [57]
Rosen continued to work on old [64], [65] and new applications [66] for microwave ablation therapies and he especially became involved in neonatal issues, where he was able to spend some time with Harel and students developing RF-based pressure sensors for monitoring children with brain swelling [67], [68] or individuals with traumatic brain injuries [69], [70]
Summary
Perhaps it was the combined influences of his father, Jacob, a power engineer, and his father-in-law, Boris Tamches, who was a very prominent cardiologist in Egypt, and later in Israel, that Arye Rosen1 was to become one of the few early microwave engineers to recognize, and act upon the application of microwave devices and techniques for medical problems. Dr Rosen was in his residence of many years in Cherry Hill, NJ where he could somewhat reasonably commute between Princeton, NJ (RCA David Sarnoff Research Center) and Philadelphia, PA (Jefferson Medical College and Drexel University) – the two cities where he spent most of his professional time.
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