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    Thomas E. Milner, PhD

    Professor
    Beckman Laser Institute, UC Irvine

    Thomas Milner is the Director of the Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic and a Professor in the Department of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. Milner co-invented the dynamic cooling device that is used on laser dermatological surgical instruments worldwide. He is one of the early developers of optical coherence tomography - a diagnostic imaging technology used clinically in ophthalmology and cardiology. He is the recipient of the Coherent Young Investigator Award, numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health, and Inventor of the Year at the University of Texas at Austin. He is an inventor of 55 issued U.S. patents and five international patents that have been licensed to six companies. He is a co-founder of CardioSpectra and Dermalucent. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles and twelve book chapters. Milner is a member of the National Academy of Inventors, and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and the American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery.

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