Mohamad Omar Al Kalaa received a Bachelor’s degree in electronics and telecommunication from Damascus University, Damascus, Syria, in 2008, the M.E. degree in advanced telecommunication from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications de Bretagne, Brest, France, in 2012, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA, in 2014 and 2016, respectively. He is a Staff Fellow Electrical Engineer with the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). His research interests include healthcare applications enabled by wireless technology, wireless coexistence of technologies in unlicensed bands, coexistence testing methodologies, cognitive radio, PHY and MAC design, and the application of machine learning in wireless communication. Dr. Al Kalaa currently serves as the co-chair of the medical device innovation consortium (MDIC) 5G-enabled medical device working group and the secretary of the ANSI C63.27 standard for evaluation of wireless coexistence working group.
Mohamad Omar Al Kalaa received a Bachelor’s degree in electronics and telecommunication from Damascus University, Damascus, Syria, in 2008, the M.E. degree in advanced telecommunication from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications de Bretagne, Brest, France, in 2012, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA, in 2014 and 2016, respectively. He is a Staff Fellow Electrical Engineer with the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). His research interests include healthcare applications enabled by wireless technology, wireless coexistence of technologies in unlicensed bands, coexistence testing methodologies, cognitive radio, PHY and MAC design, and the application of machine learning in wireless communication. Dr. Al Kalaa currently serves as the co-chair of the medical device innovation consortium (MDIC) 5G-enabled medical device working group and the secretary of the ANSI C63.27 standard for evaluation of wireless coexistence working group.