Expert Profile
Software Development Consultant to large & medium size US & International Ophthalmic device companies. Expert in Clinical Knowledge Engineering, Medical Device Software, and Medical Image processing.
Consultant, Abbott Medical Optics R&D (Medical Devices industry), Feb '09 – Present.
Consultant, Advanced Medical Optics R&D (Medical Devices industry), Mar '07 – Jan '09.
Consultant, VISX Inc. R&D (Medical Devices industry), Aug '00 – Feb '07.
Consultant, Carl Zeiss Meditec R&D(Medical Devices industry), Oct '99 – Jul '00.
Consultant, EyeSys Technologies R&D (Medical Imaging industry), Jul 93 – Aug '99.
Consultant, VisiOptics, Inc. R&D (Medical Devices industry), Jan '92 – Jul '92.
Consultant, Positron Corp. R&D (Medical Imaging Industry), Jun '84 - Nov '88
May '82 - Jun '84: Ass't Professor, Medical Imaging, dept. of Cardiology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston TX. Research: 3D image reconstruction from 2D cardiac images.
Adjunct Academic Appointment: Adjunct Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering dept., Rice University, Houston TX ,Aug '82- Jun '94).
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, May 82, Rice University, Houston TX: 3-D Simulation & Real-time Image Reconstruction for a Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography (TOFPET) Scanner.
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, May 79, Rice University, Houston TX: Microprocessor Control of an Assist System for the Profound Support of the Failing Heart.
B.S. Electronics & Computer Engineering, June 77, University of Essex, England.
Honors, Grants & Awards:
University of Texas Medical School at Houston Fellowship, 1978-82.
Rice University Graduate Studies Fellowship, 1977-78.
University of Essex Exceptional Merit Grant, 1975-77.
Courses Taught:
Medical Imaging Systems - Graduate level course at Rice University, dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering (Spring 84), and at Texas Instruments, Dallas (Fall 86).
Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems: Graduate level course at Rice University, dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Texas Instruments, Houston, TX ( taught several times from Spring 86 to Spring 89 - also taught at Texas Instruments, Stafford, TX).
Advanced Topics in Machine Intelligence: Neural Networks, Natural Language Understanding, Computational Vision - Graduate level course at Rice University, dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering (Spring 88 and Spring 92).
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