Daniel Palanker
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Department of Ophthalmology and Hansen Experimental Physics
Laboratory, Tel: (650) 725-0059, fax:
(650) 725-8311, e-mail: palanker@stanford.edu http://www.stanford.edu/~palanker/ |
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Professional Interests |
Interactions
of electric field and light with biological cells and tissues, and their applications
to medicine and biology: Laser-tissue
interactions; Effects of pulsed electric field on ion channels and cellular
membranes, Interface of electronics with neural cells; Minimally-invasive
surgical and therapeutic technologies; Optical imaging and spectroscopy. |
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Education
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1996
- 1998: |
Postdoctoral fellowship at Picosecond
Free Electron Laser Center, |
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1989
- 1995: |
Ph.D. in Physics (summa
cum laude - with highest honor), the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Dissertation
Title: "Photoablation of Soft Tissues Using Lensless Optics and its Applications to Medicine and
Biology". |
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1979
- 1984: |
M.Sc. in Physics, Yerevan State University, Thesis:
"X-rays Scattering on |
Academic
carreer
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2007
- 2001
- 2007 |
Department
of Ophthalmology, Associate Professor Department
of Ophthalmology, Assistant Professor |
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1998
- 2000 |
Department
of Ophthalmology and Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Senior Research Scientist |
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1998
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Picosecond
Free Electron Laser Center, Hansen
Experimental Physics Laboratory, Research Associate |
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1996
- 1997 |
Hansen
Experimental Physics Laboratory, Post Doctoral Fellow |
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1994
- 1996 |
Research Scientist |
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1988
- 1994 |
Applied
Physics Division, the Research Assistant |
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1984
- 1987 |
Institute
of Applied Physics, Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, USSR. Research Assistant |
Affiliations APS – American
Physical Society, SPIE - The
International Society for Optical Engineering, OSA – Optical Society of America, ARVO - Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, AAO – American Academy of Ophthalmology, AAAS - American
Association for the Advancement of
Science.
Honors and Awards
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2009 |
Medical Design
Excellence Award for invention and development of the Pulsed Electron Avalanche
Knife (PEAK), with PEAK Surgical Inc. |
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2007 |
R&D 100 award for
invention and development of the Pattern Scanning Laser Photocoagulator
(PASCAL), with OptiMedica Inc. |
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2004 |
Pascal Rol award for the best paper on Ophthalmic Technologies Conference, SPIE meeting BIOS 2004
(Photonics West 2004). |
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2001 |
Winner
of the Collegiate Inventors Competition of the US National Inventors Hall of Fame (advisor
of D. Fletcher). |
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2000 |
First
Place Award in Instrumentation,
Pharmaceuticals and Devices, US Vitreous Society. Awarded for "New
Plasma-based Cutting Instrument for Vitreoretinal
Surgery" (with M.S. Blumenkranz and S. Sanislo). |
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1995 |
Dr.
Shlomiuk award from the board of The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem for outstanding
Ph.D. Research. |
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1992 |
Wolf
Foundation scholarship for outstanding doctoral students. |
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1991 |
Prof.
Rabau award of the Israel Society for Fertility
Research for development of the ArF excimer laser-assisted in-vitro fertilization. |
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Teaching
Lasers in Medicine – 3 units, undergraduate.
Basic Science Course in
Ophthalmology (lectures on Ophthalmic Lasers)
Making Sense of the Human
Senses (part related to restoration of sight through biotechnology)
Technology Transfer
More than 20 issued patents and patent applications have been transferred to industrial development and manufacturing.
Pattern Scanning Laser Photocoagulator (PASCAL) and Pulsed Electron Avalanche Knife (PEAK) are currently in clinical use worldwide.
Other Experience
2004 – present Member of the Editorial Board, Expert Review of
Medical Devices.
2004 - present NIH Scientific Review Panel
2004 – present Department of Veterans Affairs, Scientific Merit Review
Advisory Board
2004 – present Member, Organizing committee, Ophthalmic Technologies
Conference, BIOS, SPIE.
Journal reviewing
Biophysical Journal, Optics Letters, Applied
Physics Letters, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Journal of Biomedical
Optics, Ophthalmic Surgical Lasers, Expert Review of Medical Devices,
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Archives of Ophthalmology, IEEE
Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Journal of Neurophysiology, Lasers in
Surgery and Medicine, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, Journal of
Biomedical Materials Research, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and
Systems, Graefe's Archive for Clinical and
Experimental Ophthalmology, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and
Rehabilitation Engineering, Experimental Eye Research.