Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Biomedical Engineering
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, CA

Development and Testing of a Portable Multi-channel Depth Resolved Near Infrared Spectroscopy System for Lower Leg Tissue Oxygenation Monitoring -


Mentor Professor Warren S. Grundfest, M.D., FACS

Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering (GPA 3.83/4.0)

University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, CA

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (Magna Cum Lauda, GPA 3.85/4.0)

University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)
Oxford, MS

Associate of Arts (GPA 4.0/4.0)

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC)
Perkinston, MS

Academic

Professor

Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Information Technology
Durham College
Oshawa, ON
2020 - Present

Associate Professor

Engineering and Engineering Technology
Program Coordinator, BMET/HTM concetration
East Tennessee State University (ETSU)
Johnson City, TN
2018 - 2020

Industry

Principal R&D Engineer, Electrical Engineering
Stryker Corporation
Portage, MI
2013 - 2018

Postdoctoral Scholar in Bioengineering

Departement of Bioengineering
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, CA
2013 - 2013

Project Manager (consultant)
Perseus Medical, Inc.
Dover, DE
2011 - 2013

Scientific Advisor
Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), U.S. Army
Marina del Rey, CA
2009 - 2011

R&D Systems Engineer
Signalife, Inc.
Studio City, CA
2003 - 2008

Publications

  • Vukasovich, C., Negoita, C., Aboueissa, A., & Kostic, M. (accepted for 2023 publication). Health Canada framing during COVID-19 vaccine rollout: Effective or not? Canadian Journal of Communication

  • Vukasovich, C. A., & Kostic, M. N. (2022). Communicating During COVID-19 and Other Acute-Event Scenarios: A Practical Approach. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 36(4), 524–534. DOI: 10.1177/10506519221105493

  • R. M. Wong, I. Ianculescu, S. Sharma, D. L. Gage, O. M. Olevsky, S. Kotova, M. N. Kostic, W. S. Grundfest, D. Hou, and R. B. Cameron (2014). “Immunotherapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Current status and future prospects.” Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 870–875. DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2013-0472TR

  • M. N. Kostic Vartanian, T., Culjat, M., Singh, R., Grundfest, W.S. (2013). “Development of a Novel Portable Multi-Channel Near Infrared Spectroscopy System,” Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, vol. 184, pages 230 - 234. DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-209-7-230

  • M. N. Kostic Fakhar, S., Foxall, T., Drakulic, B.S., Krucoff, M.W. (2007). “Evaluation of Novel ECG Signal Processing on Quantification of Transient Ischemia and Baseline Wander Suppression.” Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. EMBS 2007 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, vol., no., pp.2199-2202, Aug. 2007. DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352760

  • Mauricio Arruda, Budimir S. Drakulic, Marko N. Kostic, Sina Fakhar, Andrea Natale (2006). “A novel portable wireless multi-channel ECG and intracardiac recording system.” Heart Rhythm Society, volume 3, issue 5, Pages S328-S329;. DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.02.983

  • Budimir S. Drakulic, Zoran Konstantinovic, Marko Kostic, Branislav Vlajinic, Garett Nakatsuka (2005). “Electrocardiograph high-pass frequency response revisited.” Journal of Electrocardiology., volume 38, issue 4, Page 141. DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2005.06.077

Patents

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Certificates

  • Certified Quality Manager (CQM) - Medical Devices QMS

  • ISO 13485:2016 Lead Auditor – Medical Devices QMS

  • ISO 14971:2019 Risk Management – Medical Devices

  • FDA 21 CFR 820 cGMP | Requirements

  • Trade Secrets – Risk Management for Protection

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