James G. Fujimoto is Elihu Thomson Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a visiting professor of ophthalmology at

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, Boston, Massachusetts. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from MIT in 1981 and 1984 respectively. He has been part of the MIT faculty since 1985 and is currently Elihu Thomson Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT and Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at

. He is known for his leading role in the invention of a novel medical imaging modality named optical coherence tomography that is now a standard of care for diagnosis and treatment of several diseases with widespread adoption in ophthalmology. In addition to his work on OCT he has also contributed to the development of femtosecond lasers. Professor Fujimoto was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2001 for pioneering contributions to and commercialization of optical coherence tomography (OCT). He is also a fellow of the

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, the

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and the

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. He has published over 400 journal articles.

Awards and honors

* 2001 Member of the National Academy of Engineering * 2001

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* 2001 * 2011 * 2012 Champalimaud Vision Award * 2013 SPIE Britton Chance Biomedical Optics Award * 2014

IEEE Photonics Award The IEEE Photonics Award is a Technical Field Award established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 2002. This award is presented for outstanding achievements in photonics, including work relating to: light-generation, transmission, deflection, am ...

* 2015 Frederic Ives Medal * 2017 Russ Prize.

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