Charles J. Pavlin, M.D.

Charles J. Pavlin MD attained his medical degree at the University of Manitoba, and served in the Canadian Airforce obtaining certification in Aviation Medicine. After residency in Ophthalmology at the University of Toronto, he received his fellowship in 1975. He is certified with the American board of Ophthalmology. He is a Professor in the department of medicine at the University of Toronto, and on the staff of Mt. Sinai Hospital, The Toronto Hospital, The Wellesley Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital.

His research interests have included ultrasound, intra-ocular tumors and computer applications in Ophthalmology. A fortunate meeting with Stuart Foster at the Ontario Cancer Institute led to a collaboration that produced the first use of high frequency ultrasound in ocular imaging. They named this method of imaging Ultrasound Biomicroscopy. Drs. Foster and Pavlin collaborated with Humphrey instruments to produce the first commercial version of this instrumentation which currently has worldwide distribution. Dr. Pavlin has written and lectured widely on this topic, and coauthored a book "Ultrasound Biomicroscopy of the Eye" with Dr. Foster. He has served as president of the American Society of Ocular Ultrasound. He continues extensive research into applications and clinical use of high frequency ultrasound.

F. Stuart Foster, Ph.D.

Francis Stuart Foster received his B.A.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, in 1974, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Medical Biophysics from the University of Toronto in 1977 and 1980, respectively.

From 1980 to 1990 he was a Senior Scientist with the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, Canada. He is presently a Senior Scientist with Sunnybrook and Women's Health Science Centre, and professor, and Associate Chairman of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto. Dr. Foster is a Terry Fox Scientist of the National Cancer Institute of Canada and has been involved with the development of new ultrasonic imaging systems since 1975. He has made important contributions to the development of systems for the detection and evaluation of prostate, breast, and ocular cancers. His current research centres on the development of high frequency imaging systems, tissue characterization, high frequency array technology and intravascular imaging. In spite of his pathological aversion to writing, Dr. Foster has published over 100 papers in the field of medical ultrasound imaging, and has recently authored a book on high frequency imaging. He has twice won the Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Prize. Dr. Foster was the 1995-96 Distinguished Lecturer for the Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society. In 1997 he won the Thomas Eadie Medal for major contributions to Engineering and Applied Science in Canada from the Royal Society of Canada.

Dr. Foster is a member of the IEEE Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society Administrative committee where he serves as the chair of the nominations committee and as a member of the ultrasonics committee. He is on the editorial boards of Ultrasonic Imaging and Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.

Kasia Harasiewicz

  Kasia is an engineer extraordinaire who works in Stuart's Lab and was responsible for many construction aspects of the first ultrasound biomicroscope