Steve is a Computer Scientist with a long-time interest in applying Computer Graphics to problems in Medical Imaging, Surgical Planning, and Biomechanical Simulation expressed through entrepreneurship and academic research. Steve has served as the Chief Architect of the 3D Slicer software package for over a decade and within NAC, Steve is the Slicer Core PI. He is also responsible for helping NAC investigators robustly engineer software implementations of their innovative methods. This serves as a pathway to dissemination to the broader scientific community. Steve is also active in a variety of research collaborations related to software development, surgical applications, high performance computing, facial animation, haptics, registration and segmentation.
Steve's background includes
- Computer Science degree from UC Berkeley
- MS and PhD from the MIT Media Lab
- Thesis topic: Computer-Aided Plastic Surgery. Thesis and papers at www.isomics.com/caps
- Faculty in Engineering at Dartmouth College
- Adjunct teaching of Computer Science and Computer Graphics at Berkeley and MIT
- Founder, former President, CTO and Board Member at Medical Media Systems
- Current Founder and CEO of Isomics, Inc.
- Eight+ issued US Patents
- Managed medical software from development through FDA clearance to reimbursement and clinical acceptance