Appointments and affiliations
Research Associate, Division of Cardiac Surgery
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Ottawa
Dr. Labrosse is a Research Associate in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ottawa. He currently serves as interim Vice-Dean, Graduate Studies, in the Faculty of Engineering. He previously served as Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies, for the Biomedical Mechanical Engineering program in the Faculty of Engineering from 2011 till 2014, and as Director of the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Biomedical Engineering from 2009 till 2012.
Background
Dr. Labrosse received a Diplôme d’Ingénieur from the École Centrale de Nantes, France, in 1993, with a specialization in structural engineering. He obtained a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the same institution in 1998 and pursued his research work in the USA on the finite element modelling of wire ropes and cord-rubber materials during a post-doc at the University of Akron in Ohio. He then spent five years with the Heineman Medical Research Laboratory at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, working on problems in cardiovascular mechanics related to clinical topics, with Drs. Robicsek and Thubrikar.
Dr. Labrosse joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ottawa in 2005 and was tenured in 2008. He teaches mechanical and biomedical engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Research and clinical interests
Dr. Labrosse’s research interests revolve around theoretical and computational structural analysis and its applications to the diagnosis and surgical treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The clinically oriented aspects of his research include computational simulations of native and prosthetic aortic and mitral valves, and stress analysis of the aorta in different pathologies. Collaborators include the University of Heidelberg in Germany, Concordia University on Montreal, and the Food and Drug Administration in the USA. The work is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Ontario Centres for Excellence.
Publications
LATEST PUBLICATIONS
- Labrosse MR , Beller CJ, Mesana T, Veinot JP. Mechanical behavior of human aortas: experiments, material constants and 3-D finite element modeling including residual stress. Journal of Biomechanics 2009;42:996-1004. [Note, in Table 2, constant c1 is in kPa, and not Pa.]
- Beller CJ, Maurer T, Labrosse MR , Mesana T, Karck M, Veinot JP. Gender-specific differences in aortic sinus curvature during aging: an anatomical and computational study. Cardiovascular Pathology 2009;18:148-155.
- Beller CJ, Labrosse MR , Hagl S, Gebhard MM, Karck M. Aortic root motion remodeling after aortic valve replacement: implications for late aortic dissection. Interactive Cardio Vascular Thoracic Surgery 2008;7:407-411.
- Labrosse MR , Beller CJ. Aortic valve leaflet sizer: a new device for aortic valve sparing. Journal of Heart Valve Disease 2007;16:145-147.
- Beller CJ, Labrosse MR , Robicsek F, Thubrikar MJ. Quantitative approach to aortic valve sparing. Interactive Cardio Vascular Thoracic Surgery 2006;5:526-530.
PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS
- Labrosse MR, Beller CJ, Mesana T and Veinot JP, Mechanical behavior of human aortas: experiments, material constants and 3-D finite element modeling including residual stress. Journal of Biomechanics , 42:996-1004, 2009. Note, in Table 2, constant c1 is in kPa, and not Pa.
- Beller CJ, Maurer T, Labrosse MR, Mesana T, Karck M and Veinot JP, Gender-specific differences in aortic sinus curvature during aging: an anatomical and computational study. Cardiovascular Pathology , 18:148-155, 2009.
- Beller CJ, Labrosse MR, Hagl S, Gebhard MM and Karck M, Aortic root motion remodeling after aortic valve replacement – implications for late aortic dissection. Interactive Cardio Vascular Thoracic Surgery , 7:407-411, 2008.
- Labrosse MR and Beller CJ, Aortic valve leaflet sizer: a new device for aortic valve sparing. Journal of Heart Valve Disease , 16:145-147, 2007.
- Beller CJ, Labrosse MR, Robicsek F and Thubrikar MJ, Quantitative approach to aortic valve sparing. Interactive Cardio Vascular Thoracic Surgery , 5:526-530, 2006.
- Labrosse MR, Beller CJ, Robicsek F and Thubrikar MJ, Geometric modeling of functional trileaflet aortic valves: development and clinical applications. Journal of Biomechanics , 39:2665-2672, 2006.
- Thubrikar MJ, Labrosse MR, Zehr KJ, Robicsek F, Gong GG, Fowler BL, Aortic root dilatation may alter the dimensions of the valve leaflets. European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery , 28:850-856, 2005.
- Beller CJ, Labrosse MR, Thubrikar MJ, Robicsek F and Hagl S, Are there surgical implications to aortic root motion? Journal of Heart Valve Disease , 14:610-615, 2005.
- Beller CJ, Labrosse MR, Thubrikar MJ, Szabo G, Robicsek F, and Hagl S, Increased aortic wall stress in aortic insufficiency: clinical data and computer model. European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery , 27(2):270-275, 2005.
- Beller CJ, Labrosse MR, Thubrikar MJ and Robicsek F, The role of aortic root motion in the pathogenesis of aortic dissection. Circulation , 109(6):763-769, 2004.
- Thubrikar MJ, Robicsek F, Labrosse M, Chervenkoff V and Fowler B, Effect of thrombus on abdominal aortic aneurysm wall dilation and stress. Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery , 44:67-77, 2003.
- Thubrikar MJ, Labrosse M, Al-Soudi J, Fowler B and Robicsek F, Mechanical properties of abdominal aortic aneurysm wall. Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology , 25(4):133-142, 2001.