CBORT Director
Brett E. Bouma, PhD, is Professor of Dermatology and Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard Medical School and Physicist in the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Since starting his lab at MGH in 1998, he has focused a sustained effort toward the development of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and is internationally recognized for important contributions that have made this technology a clinical reality.
Bouma Team
Brett Bouma’s publications (Google Scholar)
Technological Research and Development PIs
Néstor Uribe-Patarroyo, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. He joined the Wellman Center for Photomedicine in 2012 after working in classical and quantum remote sensing. He is focused on bringing additional structural and functional contrast to OCT, with applications in gastrointestinal imaging, and functional retinal and intravascular imaging.
Uribe-Patarroyo Team
Néstor Uribe-Patarroyo’s publications (Google Scholar)
Ben Vakoc, PhD, is Associate Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School and affiliated faculty member at the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program. After participating in a venture funded start-up company that developed optical devices for the telecommunications market, he joined the Wellman Center for Photomedicine in 2002 to participate in the development and translation of optical instrumentation to the clinic and biology laboratory.
Martin Villiger, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. After completing his dissertation research at EPFL in 2010, he joined the Wellman Center for Photomedicine where he is advancing polarization sensitive imaging for applications including intravascular imaging in the coronary arteries. Within CBORT, he is leading efforts to develop new methods and devices for percutaneous and interstitial imaging.
Villiger Team
Martin Villiger’s publications (Google Scholar)
Program Manager
Petra Bodo is Program Manager for CBORT and joined the Wellman Center for Photomedicine in 2006. She is responsible for managing research administration for the Center.
