Industry

 

Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.

Matt Everett, Chief Scientist

Matt Everett is the Chief Scientist for Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., the USA subsidiary of Carl Zeiss Meditec. Carl Zeiss Meditec is a world-leading medical technology company that provides complete solutions for diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases, innovative visualization solutions for microsurgery, and promising, future-oriented technologies such as intraoperative radiotherapy.

 

General Electric

Perry Frederick, Academic Research Manager

An Academic Research Manager for GE Healthcare, Perry develops research relationships with key US luminary accounts in the Western US. He acts as the primary contact for site/investigator/project identification and selection, as well as scientific/legal/regulatory and compliance approvals associated with both GE-Sponsored and Investigator-Initiated research engagements.
Joining GE in 1988, Perry has held several key, cross-functional roles in both domestic and overseas markets. He is a native of greater Chicagoland, lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and holds a Master’s Degree in both Electrical Engineering and Business Administration.
 

Mirabilis Medical, Inc.

Jessi Parsons, Clinical Science Manager

Jessi Parsons is Clinical Science Manager at Mirabilis Medical, Inc., a clinical-stage privately-held women’s healthcare company in Bothell that is commercializing a portable noninvasive ultrasound-guided treatment platform for uterine fibroid tumor management. Since joining in 2007, she has had various roles in therapeutic ultrasound R&D, Engineering, and Clinical Affairs as the company transitioned from initial concept to product development to execution of clinical trials. She holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Histotripsy Group in the Biomedical Ultrasonics Lab at the University of Michigan.

 

Optovue

Utkarsh Sharma, Director, Advanced Development

I have over 15 years of experience in building OCT imaging systems and technology in academia and industry. I have over 50 research publications and 22 issued/pending patents in the field. I am currently leading the the Advanced Development Team at Optovue.
Optovue, Inc. (Fremont, CA) is an ophthalmic device company dedicated to working with eye care professionals, doctors and researchers to improve patient care through sustained technological innovation. The Advanced Development Team at Optovue is primarily responsible for identifying, evaluating and developing cutting-edge technologies in the field of ophthalmic and optical imaging.

 

Philips Healthcare

Chris Hall, Senior Director

Dr. Hall is a Philips leader in healthcare innovation with emphasis on analytics for risk management, cost reduction, outcome improvements, and increased patient satisfaction.
 

Dr. John MacQuarrie, Senior Product Manager

          Dr. Hall is a Philips leader in healthcare innovation with emphasis on analytics for risk management, cost reduction,

          outcome improvements, and increased patient satisfaction.

 

Jeff Powers, Principal Scientist

I received a PhD in EE with specialty in medical ultrasound from UW in 1980.  I've worked at ATL / Philips ever since, pioneering the development of color flow and contrast imaging and now investigating minimally invasive therapy with ultrasound and microbubbles.

 

Matt Rielly, Clinical Research Board Regional Manager

Matthew R. Rielly was born in Walsall, England. He received a B.Sc. degree in physics with astrophysics from the University of Leeds England, in 1994 and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Bath, England in 2001. His research centered on both theoretical and experimental investigations of nonlinear propagation of ultrasound through tissue mimicking media. He joined Philips Healthcare, Bothell, WA in 1999 where he now owns and manages the portfolio of research collaborations between Philips Healthcare and The University of Washington; defines and helps create joint collaborations that align emerging medical needs with business strategy and drive the communication of these ideas back into the businesses to promote improved Innovation to Market; creates relationships between Philips and key thought leaders at UW who have the ability to practice current medicine, but have a vision of what is needed for future healthcare.

      

Onno Wink, Clinical Scientist

Clinical Scientist for Philips Healthcare's Interventional Guided Therapy Systems (X-Ray).

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Jim Walchenbach, Senior Director, Product Management

Jim is Senior Director in the general imaging ultrasound group at Philips.

 

Siemens Ultrasound

Andy Milkowski, Sr Director R&D

Andy Milkowski is the Senior Director of R&D at Siemens Ultrasound. This group is charged with delivering innovations to market on a regular basis. It is made up of scientists that can innovate directly on product as well as collaborators that facilitate research at universities.

 

Tasso, Inc.

Erwin Berthier, VP of R&D

I am a Biomedical Engineer with a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a background in cell-based microfluidics for research and diagnostic applications. I co-founded a startup, Tasso, that focuses on novel approaches for capillary blood collection and sample preparation in order to make healthcare more convenient, accessible, and unlock new promising diagnostic approaches such as precision medicine.

 

VerAvanti, Inc.

Gerald McMorrow, Founder and CEO

Because of my aspirations, connections, skills and experience I can execute on innovative product strategies, build excellent teams, create strong market positions, and create superior financial returns. I am currently the founder and CEO of a high technology start-up with innovative technology Licensed from University. Dedicated to creating a winning combination of People, Products, and Happy Customers.

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Vision Research, Inc.

Mark Doerfler, Sales Manager

Mark is current the Sales Maneger at Vision Research, Inc.

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PET/X, LLC.

William Hunter, CEO & CSO

William Hunter is the CEO and CSO of start-up company PET/X. He graduated wih PhD in Nuclear Physics from University of Arizona.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          

University of Washington

 

Applied Physics Lab

Hassan Arbab, Senior Research Scientist

Research topics include applications of terahertz spectroscopic imaging as a new diagnostic modality for early detection of cancerous cells, and corneal diseases such as glaucoma and Fuchs' dystrophy, and guiding surgical interventions in skin burns.

 

Bryan Cunitz, Research Engineer

Sr. Electrical Engineer at the Applied Physics Lab, Co-founder of Sonomotion, Inc.

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Matthew Frederick Bruce, Principal Scientist/Engineer

I worked previously for Philips Ultrasound, while completing a PhD at UW in bioengineering. I spent 8 years in France working for a company building the first premium-level totally software based ultrasound system. 

 

Averkiou Lab

Mike Averkiou, Associate Professor

My lab develops imaging and therapy ultrasound methods and technology to address medical problems in oncology and cardiology.

 

Ine De Cock, Postdoc

Ine is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at Averkiou Lab.

 

Biomedical Image Computing Group (BICG)
Mengyuan Liu, Graduate Student

          Mengyuan Liu is a doctoral candidate with research interest focused on developing computational methods for autoamted

          analysis of human brain MRI images.

 

Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound   (CIMU)

Tom Matula

Tom Matula is the Director of the Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound (CIMU) and the ultrasound-based Molecular Imaging and Therapy Center (uWAMIT). We are an interdisciplinary group whose research spans the range from fundamental understanding to clinical trials, device development and commercialization.

 

Giachelli Lab

Mary Wallingford

Mary Wallingford is a postdoc in the Giachelli Lab. She is a developmental biologist who is studying developmental mechanisms of phosphate transport and the role of phosphate transporters in placental vascular development and pathophysiology.

 

Ho Lab

Rodney Ho, Professor

Dr. Ho is an entrepreneurial fellow of UW, and has served as an adviser to small and large pharmaceutical companies for many years. He is a founder of a number of UW startup companies including Impel NeuroPharma and Nova TheraNostics. His is a founding member of the Institute for Translational Health Sciences’ DDAC board of advisers. His research focuses on biology and treatments of cancer and viral infectious diseases. Some topics include (1) Systems approach to drug and protein transport, delivery, and drug targeting to improve efficacy and safety; (2) Drug-interaction and genetic basis of inter-individual variations in AIDS and cancer therapies; (3) Drug and lipid or biomaterial interaction studies that enable engineering and development of drug delivery systems that enhance drug potency and safety.

 

Human Photonics Lab

Eric Seibel, Research Professor

Education: BS/MS mechanical engineering, 4-years US medical device industry experience, and 1996 PhD from UW Bioengineering. Experience: 20 years developing and translating novel medical imaging systems from the Human Photonics Lab, UW Mechanical Engineering, http://www.me.washington.edu/people/faculty/seibel/ .

 

Yang Jiang, Graduate Student

Yang Jiang is a first year PhD student working on early detection of bile duct cancer using fluorescence labeled peptide probes and multimodal scanning fiber endoscope.

 

Imaging Research Lab   (IRL)

Adam Alessio, Research Associate Professor

Adam Alessio’s research focuses on tomographic image reconstruction for PET and CT systems. He is involved in numerous translational research projects for topics including cardiac perfusion imaging, radiation dose optimization for PET and CT, accurate system modeling, and statistical estimation of parametric images. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and has been at UW since 2003. Details on Dr. Alessio’s background can be found at http://faculty.washington.edu/aalessio/.

 

Efren Lee, Graduate Student

I am a third-year PhD student at the UW-BioE department, and I am also a trainee at the Imaging Research Lab of Radiology. My research topic is mainly focus on the ultra-low dose CT imaging and its accuracy of attenuation correction for PET imaging.

 

Larry Pierce, Research Scientist

I have been at UW for 8 years working in PET, CT, SPECT, Ultrasound, and other medical imaging modalities. I have published many papers on those topics and written many software tools that used used in industry for device calibration and image reconstruction.

 

Kristen Wangerin, Graduate Student

My current research focuses on PET imaging simulations and image processing to improve detection of tumors as well as measurement of tumor response to therapy.

 

Molecular Biophotonics Lab

Jonathan T.C. Liu, Assistant Professor

Dr. Jonathan T.C. Liu is an assistant professor in the mechanical engineering department at the University of Washington, and was previously a faculty member in the biomedical engineering department at Stony Brook University (2010 - 2014). Jonathan received degrees in mechanical engineering at Princeton (B.S.E., 1999) and Stanford (M.S., 2000 & Ph.D., 2005). He was a postdoctoral fellow in the department of electrical engineering (Ginzton Labs) and the Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (2005-2009), and was later appointed as an instructor within the Stanford University School of Medicine (2009-2010). Dr. Liu's laboratory for molecular biophotonics is currently funded by the NCI, NIBIB, and NIDCR to develop optical strategies for improving the diagnosis and treatment of various cancers. http://www.me.washington.edu/liu

 

Adam Glaser, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Adam Glaser received his Ph.D. in 2015 from Dartmouth College under the guidance of Dr. Brian Pogue and is currently a postdoctoral research associate in Dr. Jonathan Liu's Molecular Biophotonics Lab at the University of Washington.

 

Yu Wang, Postdoctoral Associate

Dr. Yu Wang is a postdoc working in the Molecular Biophotonics Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. His research interest is in biomedical optical solutions for diagnostics, especially in developing miniature spectral-imaging device for multiplexed molecular imaging of disease biomarkers.
 

Linpeng Wei, Graduate Research Assistant

Chengbo Yin, Graduate Research Assistant

Linpeng Wei and Chengbo Yin are Ph.D. students from the molecular biophotonics laboratory in the department of mechanical engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. The lab develops biomedical optical solutions for diagnostics and therapy, primarily focused on the early detection of cancer and guiding the surgical resection of tumors.

 

Partridge Lab

Savannah Partridge, Research Associate Professor

As a research associate professor in radiology, my background is in biomedical imaging with extensive experience in developing new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition and analysis tools for clinical and translational applications. A primary goal of our lab's research is to aide in personalizing breast cancer treatment by using advanced MRI techniques to characterize breast cancer and assess response to therapy.

 

Averi Kitsch, Research Scientist

Averi is currently a research scientist in Partridge Lab at SCCA. She graduated from UW Bioengineering in 2014.

 

Pozzo Lab

Yi-Ting Lee, Graduate Student

I'm a PhD student in Dr. Lilo Pozzo's lab in Chemical Engineering. My project is focused on making nanoparticle stabilized emulsions. We are collaborating with Dr. Matt O'Donnell's lab to create a nanobomb that could not only act as a new photoacoustic contrast agent but also have the ability to mechanically break blood clots.

 

Radiation Oncology

Sara St. James, Assistant Professor

At UW Radiation Oncology, we treat patients using many modalities (external beam photons, electrons, protons and neutrons, as well as brachytherapy). My research interests are in developing custom hardware and software solutions for radiation oncology.

 

Thomas Lab

Wendy Thomas, Associate Professor

I am developing new smart medical adhesives by utilizing biological adhesive molecules that can be triggered to bind or dissociate. I am also developing and using new instruments to study the biophysics of adhesive molecules involved in infection and thrombosis.

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uWAMIT

Matthew O'Donnell, Professor and Dean Emeritus

Ultrasound and optics guy with previous MRI experience and many war scars.

 

UW Medicine

Ray Yeung, Professor

Clinical and translational research related to liver cancer

 

Vascular Imaging Laboratory (VIL)

Jin Liu, Graduate Student

Jin Liu is a Ph.D. candidate working on motion correction and intraplaque hemorrhage detection in MRI.
The Vascular Imaging Laboratory (VIL) at the University of Washington is comprised of a multi-disciplinary group of researchers who are dedicated to advancing scientific knowledge, education, and training in the field of medical imaging. Our primary focus is atherosclerosis research using high-resolution MRI and other imaging modalities such as CT, PET and ultrasound. We also provide training, pathology and clinical trial services.