Other Core Center for Surgical Innovation Faculty

Joshua Aronson, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine

Practice and research interests: Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, epilepsy, dystonia, and psychiatric conditions, Asleep MRI-guided DBS, Epilepsy surgery, responsive neurostimulation, minimally invasive laser ablation for epilepsy and brain tumors, Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)

See Joshua Aronson's provider profile for additional interests

Richard Barth, MD

Section Chief, General Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Associate Professor of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine

Practice interests: surgical oncology for the breast, liver, skin, pancreas, parathyroid and thyroid

Research interests: detection, diagnosis, therapy, monitoring, and removal of breast cancer; especially intraoperative fluorescence and image guidance to improve tumor resection

Researcher Biographical Sketch: Richard Barth, MD (PDF)

Richard Freeman, MD

Chair, Department of Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Professor of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine

Practice interests: liver and kidney transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery, vascular access, and surgical oncology

Research interests: organ donation after cardiac death; ischemia reperfusion injury to organs before transplantation and organ function after transplantation

Researcher Biographical Sketch: Richard Freeman, MD (PDF)

Alexander Hartov, PhD

Professor of Engineering, Thayer School of Engineering

Research interests: Biomedical engineering, electrical impedance tomography, image-guided surgery, cryosurgery, ultrasound, and multi-modality imaging

Researcher Biographical Sketch: Alexander Hartov, PhD (PDF)

Paul Holtzheimer, MD, MS

Director, Mood Disorders Service, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine

Practice interests: treatment-resistant mood disorders, especially depression

Research interests: functional and structural neuroimaging and neuromodulation techniques, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation and deep brain stimulation

Researcher Biographical Sketch: Paul Holtzheimer, MD, MS (PDF)

P. Jack Hoopes, DVM, PhD

Director, Surgery and Radiation Research Laboratories, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Professor of Surgery and of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine
Co-Director Dartmouth Cancer Center Nanotechnology Working Group
Adjunct Professor of Engineering and Senior Lecturer, Thayer School of Engineering

Research interests: experimental cancer therapeutics including radiation, chemotherapy, hyperthermia, photodynamic therapy and nanotechnology (iron oxide nanoparticle hyperthermia cancer treatment); animal pathology; animal models; experimental surgical technology

Researcher Biographical Sketch: P. Jack Hoopes, DVM, PhD (PDF)

Brian Pogue, PhD

Professor of Engineering, Thayer School of Engineering

Research interests: Biomedical optics and lasers, medical imaging, image guided spectroscopy of cancer, photodynamic therapy, and modeling of tumor pathophysiology and contrast

John Weaver, PhD

Professor of Radiology, Geisel School of Medicine
Adjunct Associate Professor of Engineering, Thayer School of Engineering

Research interests: medical imaging, MRI, image processing, MR elastography, and magnetic nanoparticle imaging

Researcher Biographical Sketch: John Weaver, PhD (PDF)