Daniel Palanker

Administrative Appointments

• Director of Research, Department of Ophthalmology (2003 - present)
• Faculty Member, Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory (2000 - present)

Honors and Awards

• R&D 100 Award for the Pattern Scanning Laser Photocoagulator (PASCAL). with OptiMedica Inc., R&D Journal (July 1, 2007)
• Pascal Rol award for the best paper on Ophthalmic Technologies Conference (SPIE, Photonics West), SPIE (January, 2004)
• Winner of the Collegiate Inventors Competition, US National Inventors Hall of Fame (2001)
• First Place in Instrumentation and Devices: Plasma-based Cutting Instrument for Vitreoret. Surgery, US Vitreous Society (2000)
• Dr. Shlomiuk award for outstanding Ph.D. Research., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (1995)

Professional Education

Web Site Links

• Palanker Lab Home Page

Industry Relationships

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Research Interests

Mechanisms of interaction of electric field and light with biological cells and tissues and their applications to diagnostics, therapeutics and prosthetics.

Specific fields of interest include:
Minimally-invasive optical and electrical therapeutic technologies;
Interface of electronics with neural cells and tissues;
Microsurgical and cell-surgical technologies;
Optical imaging and spectroscopy;
Electronic control of cells and tissues.

Current research projects include:

1) Laser-Tissue Interactions: Effects of pulsed hyperthermia on cells and tissues; selective and computer-guided ocular laser therapies. Multiphoton interactions and their applications to laser surgery.

2) Electronic Retinal Prosthesis:
Optoelectronic system for restoration of sight to the blind patients suffering from degenerative retinal diseases.

3) Pulsed Electron Avalanche Knife:
Tractionless cutting, ablating and hemostatic tool with cellular precision, based on plasma-mediated microscecond electrical discharges applied via micrometers-thin insulated electrodes.

4) Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Microscopy (CARS):
Imaging of biological cells and tissues utilizing their intrinsic vibrational molecular contrast in a non-scanning wide-field approach.

Publications

• Dynamics of retinal photocoagulation and rupture. Sramek C, Paulus Y, Nomoto H, Huie P, Brown J, Palanker D. J Biomed Opt. 2009 May-Jun; 14 (3): 034007
• Effect of shape and coating of a subretinal prosthesis on its integration with the retina. Butterwick A, Huie P, Jones BW, Marc RE, Marmor M, Palanker D. Exp Eye Res. 2009; 88 (1): 22-9
• On illumination schemes for wide-field CARS microscopy. Toytman I, Simanovskii D, Palanker D. Opt Express. 2009; 17 (9): 7339-47
• Effect of pulse duration on size and character of the lesion in retinal photocoagulation. Jain A, Blumenkranz MS, Paulus Y, Wiltberger MW, Andersen DE, Huie P, Palanker D. Arch Ophthalmol. 2008; 126 (1): 78-85
• Pulsed electrical stimulation for control of vasculature: temporary vasoconstriction and permanent thrombosis. Palanker D, Vankov A, Freyvert Y, Huie P. Bioelectromagnetics. 2008; 29 (2): 100-7