Research Advisory Committee
The foundation has gathered academic, industry and government thought leaders from fields including focused ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, cancer treatment and focal drug delivery to serve on its Research Advisory Committee. This group is tasked with ensuring that the foundation's External Research Awards Program supports catalytic research, creates awareness of focused ultrasound technology and techniques, and advances innovative clinical applications of focused ultrasound.
Members of the Research Advisory Committee (RAC):
| John Adler, Jr., M.D. | Chief of New Clinical Applications, Varian Medical Systems |
| Jean-Francois Aubry, Ph.D. | Research Officer, Laboratoire Ondes et Acoustique (LOA), ESPCI, Paris |
| Michael Bronskill, Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto |
| Alexander Bystritsky, M.D. |
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles |
| Lawrence Crum, Ph.D. | Principal Physicist and Research Professor, Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, University of Washington |
| Keyvan Farahani, Ph.D. | Bethesda, Maryland |
| Katherine Whittaker Ferrara, Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis |
| Victor Frenkel, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Catholic University of America |
| Hidemi Furusawa, M.D. | Breast Surgical Oncology, Breastopia Namba Hospital, Japan |
| Wladyslaw Gedroyc, M.D. | Professor of Radiology, Director of Interventional MRI, St. Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London |
| Gail ter Haar, Ph.D. | Institute of Cancer Research, London |
| Peter Huber, M.D., Ph.D. | Director, Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) |
| Mark Hurwitz, M.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School; Vice Chief, Genitourinary Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| Joo Ha Hwang, M.D., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Washington |
| Kullervo Hynynen, Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics; Director, Imaging Research, University of Toronto |
| Ferenc Jolesz, M.D., Ph.D. | B. Leonard Holman Professor of Radiology & Vice Chairman of Research, Department of Radiology, Harvard School of Medicine; Director, MRI and Image Guided Therapy, Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| Dan Leksell, M.D. | Executive Vice President, Elekta |
| King Li, M.D., F.R.C.P. | Chairman, Department of Radiology, The Methodist Hospital |
| Ram Liebenthal, M.Sc. | Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, IMRIS Inc. |
| Jay Loeffler, M.D. | Herman & Joan Suit Professor or Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School |
| Russell Lonser, M.D. |
Chair, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health |
| L. Dade Lunsford, M.D. | Lars Leksell Professor & Distinguished Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
| Stephen Meairs, M.D. | Professor of Neurology, University of Heidelberg |
| Edward Oldfield, M.D. | Professor of Neurosurgery and Internal Medicine, Director, Neuro-endocrine Program, University of Virginia |
| Dennis Parker, Ph.D. | Professor of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Director of the Medical Imaging Research Lab, Director of the Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research, University of Utah |
| Kim Butts Pauly, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Stanford University |
| Alan Pollack, M.D., Ph.D. | Chairman and Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami |
| Peter Scardino, M.D., F.A.C.S. | Chair, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Sham Sokka, Ph.D. | Director of HIFU Research & Clinical Science, Philips Healthcare |
| Howard Soule, Ph.D. | Executive Vice President, Prostate Cancer Foundation |
| Jacques Souquet, Ph.D. | CEO, Supersonic Imagine |
| Evan Unger, M.D. | Professor of Radiology, University of Arizona |
| Seung-Schik Yoo, Ph.D., M.B.A. | Associate Professor of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
| Eyal Zadicario, M.Sc. | Director, Neuro Programs, InSightec |
