Guillermo J. Tearney

Guillermo J. Tearney is a professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School, a physicist in the department of dermatology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, a pathologist in the department of pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and runs a research laboratory at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston Massachusetts. Tearney received his BA in applied mathematics, graduating cum laude (1988), his MD graduating magna cum laude (1998) from Harvard Medical School, and received his PhD in electrical engineering (1997) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a well-known name in the field of biomedical optics, castroenterology, and interventional cardiology for his prominent role on the development of endoscopic optical coherence tomography, in particular intracoronary optical coherence tomography,[1] its translation to the clinic[2] and commercialization.[3] He is recognized as one of the inventors of Intracoronary optical coherence tomography.[4] He is also recognized as co-inventor of optical coherence tomography for endoscopic imaging and diagnosis of esophagus disorders,[5] a clinical technology currently commercialized by NinePoint Medical.

Guillermo (Gary) J. Tearney
BornJune 20, 1966
Fontana, CA
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD; Harvard Medical School, MD
Known foroptical coherence tomography;
Scientific career
FieldsBiomedical Optics; Translational Medicine
InstitutionsHarvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital

His research focuses on translational medicine, developing and moving to clinical use optical imaging methods for disease diagnosis. Prof. Tearney has over 100 granted patents and licenses resulting in commercial medical devices. He has served as principal investigator on over 40 grants and published more than 150 papers in peer-reviewed interventional journals.

References
  1. Yun SH, Tearney GJ, Vakoc BJ, Shishkov M, Oh WY, Desjardins AE, Suter MJ, Chan RC, Evans JA, Jang IK, Nishioka NS, de Boer JF, Bouma BE (2006). "Comprehensive volumetric optical microscopy in vivo". Nature Medicine. 12 (6): 1429–33. doi:10.1038/NM1450. PMC 2709216. PMID 17115049.
  2. Tearney GJ, Waxman S, Shishkov M, Vakoc BJ, Suter MJ, Freilich MI, Desjardins AE, Oh WY, Bartlett LA, Rosenberg M, and Bouma BE (2008). "Three-Dimensional Coronary Artery Microscopy by Intracoronary Optical Frequency Domain Imaging". J Am Coll Cardiol Img. 1 (6): 752–761. doi:10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.06.007. PMC 2852244. PMID 19356512.
  3. "Terumo Initiates Vulnerable Plaque Program with Exclusive License from Massachusetts General Hospital". Terumo Europe. 15 December 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. "MGH researchers recognized for new imaging technology". 1 November 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  5. such as Barrett's esophagus, Celiac disease, Eosinophilic esophagitis, and Esophageal cancer "NinePoint Medical Advisory Board". Retrieved 16 September 2016.


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