Expert Details
Laser Accidents, Medical and Otherwise
ID: 728542
California, USA
Expert has provided consulting services in the area of laser sasfety to corporate and government groups for more than two decades.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1970 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Physics | Institution: University of California, Riverside |
| Year: 1966 | Degree: M.S. | Subject: Physics | Institution: University of California, Riverside |
| Year: 1962 | Degree: B.S. | Subject: Physics | Institution: La Sierra University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2010 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Consultant | Department: |
Responsibilities:He is the sole proprietor and provides services including serving as a laser injury expert witness and laser safety training and consulting. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1983 to 2009 | Employer: High-Rez Diagnostics, Inc. | Title: Vice President & Consultant | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert was President or Vice President of High-Rez Diagnostics, Inc. for 26 years and during this time he served as a trainer and consultant in the field of radiation (laser, radio frequency and x-ray/nuclear) safety. Since 1996 he has served as an expert witness on laser injury cases. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1980 to 1988 | Employer: Pacific Union College | Title: Professor of Physics | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert was a research professor with both teaching and research responsibilities. Courses taught included biophysics and quantum mechanics, etc., and his primary research speciality was photoacoustic microscopy. It was during this period that he started training and consulting in radiation safety for High-Rez Diagnostics, Inc., the company he formed. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1962 to 1980 | Employer: Naval Weapons Center | Title: Physicist | Department: |
Responsibilities:As a physicist, Expert worked on several projects during this 18-year period. These projects included: 1) sea water optical properties; 2) laser, laser amplifier and laser Q-switaching development; 3) rapid wavelength tuning techniques for organic dye lasers; and 4) laser-based search & rescue system development (based on 2 patents he was awarded). During this 18-year period he was awarded 23 patents in the fields of lasers and electro-optics. |
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Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert has served on five laser injury cases through completion and is currently working on two additional cases. These cases range from laser induced airway fires to facial injuries induced by hair removal laser systems. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Expert is an active member of the Laser Institute of America and serves on the ANSI Z136 consensus committee and an number of Z136 subcommittees including that for the safe use of lasers in health care facilities. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has been awarded 23 patents in the fields of lasers and electro-optics and has an equal number of publications. |