Echo Therapeutics, Inc. announced the appointment of Elazer Edelman, M.D., Ph.D. to its Board of Directors.  Currently a professor at MIT and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Edelman is widely recognized for his vision, leadership and significant, long-term contribution to the advancement of technological innovation. Dr. Edelman brings to Echo Therapeutics over 30 years experience in facilitating medical inventions and clinical implementation. Elazer R. Edelman is the Thomas D. and Virginia W. Cabot Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at MIT, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Senior Attending Physician in the coronary care unit at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.