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
applications of these interactions 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 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
(with highest honors), 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:
"Scattering of X-rays on Crystals with Various Types of
Deformations" |
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 Research Fellow |
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1994
- 1996 |
Laser
Center of The Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem. Research Scientist |
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1988
- 1994 |
Applied
Physics Division, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 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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2007 |
R&D 100 award for
invention and development of the Pattern Scanning Laser Photocoagulator
(PASCAL) together with M. Blumenkranz and R&D
group of 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 the application of the ArF excimer laser to 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)
Industrial Experince
Several technologies developed by my goup have been transferred to industrial manufacturing. I’m working with several companies on industrial product development and associated medical regulatory issues.
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 Sciencies,
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research.