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Daniel Palanker

Email:
Phone:(650) 725-0059
Profile: http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Daniel_Palanker/

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Title: http://www.stanford.edu/~palanker/index.htm

Academic Appointments
Appointment
Organization
Associate Professor (Research)
Ophthalmology
Member
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Honors & Awards
Title
Organization
Date(s)
R&D 100 Award for the Pattern Scanning Laser Photocoagulator (PASCAL). Together 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 of the US National Inventors Hall of Fame
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
7  honors and awards: view full list
Administrative Appointments
Title
Organization
Start Year
End Year
Director of Research
Department of Ophthalmology
2003
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Professional Education
Degree
Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
PhD
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Lasers in Medicine
1995
Web Site Links
Research/Lab website:   Palanker Lab Home Page
Research Interests

Mechanisms of interaction of electric field an light with biological cells and tissues and development of diagnostic, therapeutic and prosthetics applications; Specific fields of interest include: Microsurgical and cell-surgical technologies; Optical imaging and spectroscopy; Interfacing of electronics with neural cells; Electronic control of tissue properties; Minimally-invasive surgical and therapeutic technologies.

Current research projects include:

1) Pulsed Electron Avalanche Knife:
Precise and cost-effective tractionless cutting, ablating and tissue manipulating tool for microsurgery in liquid media.

2) Artificial Sight:
Optoelectronic system for restoration of sight in blind patients suffering from degenerative retinal diseases.

3) Laser-Tissue Interactions: Study of the effects of pulsed hyperthermia on ocular tissues and development of selective and minimally-traumatic ocular laser therapies. Study of dynamics of multiphoton interactions and their applications to laser surgery.

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

Publications
  • Jain A, Blumenkranz MS, Paulus Y, Wiltberger MW, Andersen DE, Huie P, Palanker D "Effect of pulse duration on size and character of the lesion in retinal photocoagulation." Arch Ophthalmol 2008; 126: 1: 78-85 More »
  • Loudin JD, Simanovskii DM, Vijayraghavan K, Sramek CK, Butterwick AF, Huie P, McLean GY, Palanker DV "Optoelectronic retinal prosthesis: system design and performance." J Neural Eng 2007; 4: 1: S72-84 More »
  • Palanker D, Vankov A, Freyvert Y, Huie P "Pulsed electrical stimulation for control of vasculature: Temporary vasoconstriction and permanent thrombosis." Bioelectromagnetics 2007; More »
  • Butterwick A, Vankov A, Huie P, Freyvert Y, Palanker D "Tissue damage by pulsed electrical stimulation." IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2007; 54: 12: 2261-7 More »
  • Toytman I, Cohn K, Smith T, Simanovskii D, Palanker D "Wide-field coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy with non-phase-matching illumination." Opt Lett 2007; 32: 13: 1941-3 More »
34 publications:   view full list