• Home
  • About Our Lab
    • CFM Lab Legacy
  • CFM Lab News
  • People
    • Current CFM Lab Members
    • Next generation CFM lab members
    • Collaborators
    • Alumni
  • Current research
    • Patient-specific predictive models
      • Predictive Modeling of Transcatheter Heart Valve Replacements
      • Predicting post-TAVR Thrombosis
    • Polymeric Valves
    • Pediatric and Fetal Valves
    • Polymeric Valved Conduits
    • Mitral Valve Repair
    • Left Ventricular Assist Devices
    • BTT- Shunt
    • Pediatric Surgical Planning
      • Fontan Physiology
      • Fontan Surgical Planning
  • Past research
    • Mitral Valve Mechanics
    • Aortic Valve Mechanobiology
    • Aortic Valve Mechanics
    • Right Heart Valve Research
    • Left Ventricular Mechanics
    • Prosthetic Heart Valve Mechanics
    • Kidney Injury and Dysfunction Support (KIDS)
    • Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV) Surgical Planning
  • Publications
  • Opportunities
  • Contact Information
  • 4 July 2025

Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

10 August 2020

Dr. Yoganathan honored by American Association for Thoracic Surgery – Sunday Times in Sri lanka

Dr. Y was recently mentioned in the Sunday Times in Sri Lanka article;

Dr. Ajit Yoganathan was in the limelight of both engineering and medicine this year, when the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) named the acclaimed Sri Lankan-born biomedical engineer their first honorary fellow.

He is the first recipient of an award tailormade to recognize persons who are not cardiothoracic surgeons but have made contributions to the fields of cardiac or thoracic surgery.

Dr. Yoganathan who lives in Atlanta, is a Member National Academy of Engineering and Emeritus Regents’ Professor & Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Chair in Biomedical Engineering at The Georgia Institute of Technology.

He can wear the new laurels with ease. One of the most distinguished Sri Lankans living in America, with his work at his Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (CFM Lab) he has saved countless lives.

You can read the full article here!

Article by Sanchita Bhat / Uncategorized

Copyright © 2025 · Education Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in