UNM Rainforest Innovations

Executive Vice Chair and Vice Chair of Research

Regents’ Professor and Chief of Medical Physics

Department of Radiology

Professor (Secondary Appointment)

Department of Nuclear Engineering

The University of New Mexico

Issued U.S. Patent:

  • 8,771,640, System and Method for Using Glass Microspheres Containing a Positron- Emitting Isotope to Image Blood Flow and Distribute a Radiomedical Treatment Species, issued July 8, 2014

Pending U.S. Patent Application:

  • Microfluidic Fabrication of Infused Silica Microspheres

Research Activities:

  • Radioactive microsphere treatment for liver cancer

  • Patient-specific radiation dosimetry for targeted radionuclide therapy

  • Advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of mild concussion and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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