The Biomechanics Lab supports the research efforts of orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, their residents, bone biologists, as well as both Chemical and Biomedical Engineering students and faculty. The Director of the Lab is Dr. Jeff Nyman, and the Lab Manager is Mr. Sasi Uppuganti. Located in the basement of Medical Center North near the US post office, the lab has the equipment and expertise to mechanical test cadaveric bone, rodent bone, implants (metals, ceramics, and polymers), and other musculoskeletal tissues. It also has histological equipment to prepare samples for sectioning, grinding, and polishing.
Contact information:
1161 21st Avenue South
Medical Center North, Rm B-0213
Nashville, TN 37215
Directions to the lab
Additional information:
Biomechanics Equipment
Histology Equipment
Dr. Nyman's Research
Lab Team
 | Jeffry S. Nyman, PhD Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery |
| VUMC Office MRB IV 1175L Office phone: 615-936-6296 Email: jeffry.s.nyman@vumc.org | VA Office ACRE Building F-519 Lab phone: 615-873-7087 Email: jeffry.nyman@va.gov |
 | Sasidhar Uppuganti, M.S. Lab Manager, Orthopaedic Surgery |
VUMC Office VUMC Office |
 | Rafay Ahmed, PhD Postdoctoral fellow, Orthopaedic Surgery |
| VUMC Office MCN B-0213 Lab phone: : 615-322-7184 Email: rafay.ahmed@vumc.org | VA Location ACRE Building F-505 Lab phone: 615-873-7087 |
