Authors
Rogelio L. Ochoa, Eng. M.Sc., is an engineer that has worked in the Biomedical Engineering field
for 30+ years as well as at the Electromedicine Center of Santiago de Cuba, as a Senior Biomedical
Engineer. Rogelio has experience in medical imaging, ECGs, defibrillators, electrosurgical, infusion
pumps, autoclaves, etc. He is also an assistant professor at the University of Oriente (East) in Biomedical Engineering. Lastly, he has worked as a service engineer in Jamaica and Honduras, and
has received extensive training in Tokyo, Japan in ultrasound and ontology theory, operation, and
troubleshooting systems.
Gregory J. Ward, is a clinical engineering manager that has worked in the Biomedical Engineering
field for 12+ years. Greg has specialized factory training at Erbe, ConMed, and ValleyLab. Currently,
he works at Sierra-View District Hospital for Renovo Solutions, in Porterville, CA. We have a Team
of 3 at our facility, and our recent accomplishment have been bringing our 45 Dialysis Machines in
house. We now take care of the Central R.O, Bicarb, and Acid Systems, on our 45 Dialysis machines. My basic electronics training came from the US Navy, Electricity and Electronics school in
San Diego, CA in the early 80’s. I attended submarine training and sonar school too, before starting
a long list of self-study courses the Navy offered. I quickly became a Sonar Supervisor, and specialized in “Russian Submarines”. In 1994, I entered the biomed industry, by doing an internship at the
Long Beach Veterans Hospital. I was assigned to work with the Dialysis Repair technician, and did
full days for a little over 6 months. I really liked this kind of work, and later had my first biomed job,
and that was it, there was no stopping me now. Well, 26 factory training schools later, I still love the
job, and enjoy the unique challenges we as biomed’s face on a day-to-day basis. I believe we have a
responsibility to always be looking out for the safety aspect of all the equipment we deal with. We
are Patient Safety Advocates, looking out for the patient, to ensure the equipment he may be exposed to in the hospital is in excellent working order at all times.