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Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. is a privately held corporation dedicated to supporting the detection and management of breast disease through the application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. The Company supports all of the research and development, manufacturing, marketing, sales, regulatory, service, and clinical applications related to the AURORA Dedicated Breast MRI System with continued emphasis on further research and development of the technology. The AURORA is the only MRI system designed specifically and only to image breasts that has Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance and is commercially available in the United States. It is in clinical operation at a growing number of leading breast care centers.
President, Cyberknife Korea
Brian BayNumber of Employees 34
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NAICS Code Diagnostic Imaging Centers: 621512
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Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. Receives the Frost & Sullivan 2009 North American Vertical Market Penetration Leadership Award
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. has been awarded the 2009 Vertical Market Penetration Leadership Award in the North American Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI Scanners Market by...
Aurora Imaging Technology of United States Teams up with National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center of Taiwan to Tackle Scientific and Technological Issues on Breast Cancer
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. is proud to announce a partnership with a preeminent National Laboratory of Taiwan, the National Synchrotron ...
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano Dedicates Aurora Breast MRI System in Naples, Italy
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. is proud to announce the first permanent installation of the Aurora([R]) Dedicated Breast MRI System at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori Giovanni Pascale Hospital in Naples, Italy. Returning to his hometown of Napoli, President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano conducted the...
Cooper Clinic Makes Available the Aurora® Dedicated Breast MRI for North Texas Residents
Texas Now Leads the Nation in Number of Aurora Dedicated Breast MRI Systems Installed MCKINNEY, Texas -- Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. today announced that the Aurora([R]) 1.5Tesla Dedicated Breast MRI System now is available to patients at Cooper Clinic's new breast health facility located at Craig Ranch in McKinney,...
Aurora® Dedicated Breast MRI System Receives rt image Most Valuable Product Award
Radiology Professionals Select the "Best of the Best" Among Industry Products and Services NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. today announced that the Aurora([R]) 1.5Tesla Dedicated Breast MRI System was selected as the Most Valuable Product MVP in the MRI category by rt image magazine. Developed to...
Clinical Study Using the Aurora® Breast MRI System Recommends the Use of Breast MRI for Preoperative Evaluation of Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. is proud to announce that the Aurora([R]) Dedicated Breast MRI System was exclusively utilized in a large clinical study that demonstrated the significance of preoperative breast MRI for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients, while producing no delay in treatment. The study, co-sponsored...
Aurora® Breast MRI Available for the First Time to Women in Puerto Rico
Advanced Breast Center in Cayey Installs Island's First Aurora Breast MRI System Puerto Rico -- Aurora Imaging Technology Inc., today announced that the Aurora([R]) 1.5Tesla Dedicated Breast MRI System has been installed and is now available to the women of Puerto Rico through the Advanced Breast Center in the...
Aurora Imaging Technology Receives FDA Clearance for Spectroscopy Technology
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. -- Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. is proud to announce that the Aurora([R]) 1.5Tesla Dedicated Breast MRI System has received 501k clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA for AuroraSPECTROSCOPY[TM], the company's breast magnetic resonance MR spectroscopy package. The availability of AuroraSPECTROSCOPY will provide Aurora Breast...
Loma Linda University Medical Center Now Offers Patients the Aurora® Dedicated Breast MRI System
LOMA LINDA, Calif. -- Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. today announced that the Aurora([R]) 1.5Tesla Dedicated Breast MRI System has been installed and now is available to patients of Loma Linda University Medical Center. As the only Food and Drug Administration FDA cleared dedicated breast MRI system specifically designed for 3-D...
Breast Care Specialists of Atlanta First in U.S. to Offer Patients Two Aurora® Dedicated Breast MRI Systems at a Single Location
ATLANTA -- Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. today announced that for the first time, two Aurora([R]) 1.5Tesla Dedicated Breast MRI Systems will be available to patients at one health care facility, greatly improving the quality of care and response time at the center. Breast Care Specialists LLC installed its first Aurora...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Brian Bay | President, Cyberknife Korea |
| Nanthiya Darakananda | President, Venus Technology Co., Ltd. |
| Mindy Goldfischer | Chief of Breast Imaging and Associate Director, Simon Breast Care Center at Englewood Hospital |
| Steven J. James | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
| Debbie Thomas | Vice President, Marketing |
| Elaine H McCarthy | Vice President of Administration |
| Ken T. Cheng | Vice President, Manufacturing |
| Michael S Traister | Vice President, General Counsel |
| Richard W Rosene | Vice President |
| Xiaole Hong | Vice President, Product Development |
| Peter Curatolo | Radiologist and Acting Medical Director |
| Steven E Harms | Medical Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Gordon M Olsen | Chairman |
| Aaron Ciechanover | Board of Directors |
| Ching-Wu Chu | Board of Directors |
| Da Hsuan Feng | Fellow Aurora Scientific Advisory Board Member |
| Paul Ching-Wu Chu | Board of Directors |
| Russell Hulse | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | President, Cyberknife Korea | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | President, Venus Technology Co., Ltd. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | Chief of Breast Imaging and Associate Director, Simon Breast Care Center at Englewood Hospital | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Massachusetts Society | Board of Directors | Current |
| American Institute of Certified Public Accountants | Board of Directors | Current |
| American Institute of Certified Public Accountants | Member | Current |
| Caprius, Inc. | Chief Financial and Accounting Officer | Former |
| MDI | Vice President of Finance | Former |
| MDI | Controller | Former |
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | Finance Executive | Former |
| Caprius, Inc. | Accounting Officer | Former |
| Bentley College | B.S. In Accounting | Former |
Ms. Thomas joined the Company in March 2005. Ms. Thomas brings over 15 years extensive experience in the medical device, pharmaceutical and biotech industry. Ms. Thomas has a proved track record in sales, marketing, sales training and brand strategy development and execution. Through prior employment at companies such as Wyeth, SAP and WebMD, Ms. Thomas has developed and executed physician and marketing campaigns for companies such as Boston Scientific, Pfizer, Serono, Phillips Medical Systems, Biogen and Millennium.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | Vice President, Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | Vice President of Administration | Current |
| Caprius, Inc. | Vice President of Administration and Human Resources | Former |
| Suffolk University | M.B.A | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | Vice President, Manufacturing | Current |
| American Hospital Supply Corporation | Former | |
| University of California, Los Angeles | Ph.D. In Applied Physics and Engineering | Former |
| University of California, Los Angeles | M.S. Degrees | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | Vice President, General Counsel | Current |
| Boston University School of Law | Former | |
| The London School of Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ONI Medical Systems, Inc. | Developer | Former |
| Washington University | PhD. In Biophysics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | Radiologist and Acting Medical Director | Current |
Steven E. Harms, MD, FACR is a radiologist at the Breast Center of Northwest Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR, Clinical Professor of Radiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, AR and Medical Director of Aurora Imaging Technology in North Andover, MA. His MRI research dates to work in the laboratory of Dr. Paul Lauterbur, the originator of MR and winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2005. Dr. Harms' numerous awards include the Annual William Beaumont Award by the American Medical Association given annually to the outstanding physician under the age of 50. In 1996, he was recognized as one of the top 100 physicians in the United States and also that same year was named by D Magazine as one of the top 10 physicians in the DFW Metroplex. In 1998, he was awarded the Annual Scientist of the Year by the Komen Foundation. That same year, he was made fellow in the American College of Radiology. He is past-president of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Physician colleagues voted him for the past six years to the "Best Doctors in America". He is currently on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Breast Disease and is Program Chairman for 2007. He has authored over 100 scientific papers, 42 book chapters, and 9 patents.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | Medical Director | Current |
| The Breast Course | Professor, Department of Radiology | Current |
| University of Arkansas | Professor | Current |
| University of Arkansas | Degrees | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Accuray Incorporated | Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Wikicover | Current | |
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| National Academy of Sciences | Board of Directors | Current |
| National Academy of Sciences | Member | Current |
Dr. Paul Ching-Wu Chu has gained worldwide renown for his discoveries in superconductivity the cornerstone of the MRI technology used in Aurora breast-imaging systems. He is currently the President of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology one of the fastest growing research universities in the Pacific Rim and also serves as T.L.L. Temple Chair of Science, Professor of Physics and Executive Director of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston. Professor Chu received his B.S. degree in physics from Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan, his M.S. degree in physics from Fordham University in New York, and his Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of California at San Diego. Following two years of research at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ, Dr. Chu was appointed Assistant Professor of Physics at Cleveland State University in 1970, where he was promoted to Professor of Physics in 1975. He joined the University of Houston as Professor of Physics in 1979. At the University of Houston, Dr. Chu carried out research on superconductivity, the phenomenon in which electrical resistance in certain materials completely disappears at extremely low temperatures. In 1987, he and his team made an epic breakthrough: Using a special ceramic material, they achieved stable superconductivity at a relatively high temperature (above the boiling point of liquid nitrogen). This finding ushered in the age of high-temperature superconductivity, which has made commercial use of superconductivity much more feasible. Dr. Chu's discovery has been called one of the most significant advances in all of modern physics. He has been honored with some of the world's most prestigious scientific awards including the U.S. National Medal of Science, the Bernd Matthias Prize, and John Fritz Medal, which he shares with such luminaries as Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison and Enrico Fermi.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The University of Houston | Executive Director | Current |
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Cleveland State University | Assistant Professor | Former |
| University of California, San Diego | Ph.D. Degree In Physics | Former |
| Fordham University | M.S. Degree In Physics | Former |
Feng is responsible for successfully recruiting and securing the funds for the James Von Ehr Distinguished Chair in Science and Technology for Dr. Alan MacDiarmid, the 2000 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. He also painstakingly recruited the nanotechnology research team of Honeywell Corporation in New Jersey. This team is now the backbone of UTD's rapidly growing nanoscience program. In addition, Feng also initiated a SPRING (Strategic Partnership of Research in NanotechnoloGy) project, which linked together, besides UTD, Rice University, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Texas at Arlington. For FY03 and FY04, Feng worked closely with the Congressional delegation of Texas to secure $6 Million and $10 Million, respectively, for SPRING funding. He also founded the Medical Device Action Group, a regional effort to promote interdisciplinary research in this technological arena. Research funding for UTD increased from $16 Million to $28 Million during the past three years. Feng is an expert in mathematical physics, nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, quantum optics, fundamental issues of quantum mechanics, network architecture and computational physics. He has been a consultant to the theoretical physics groups of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory and United Kingdom's Daresbury Laboratory. Feng has published more than 190 scientific papers, edited more than 20 books, and served as editor of four scientific journals. In recognition of his contribution to the field of physics, Feng received the accolade "Fellow of the American Physical Society". Each year, no more than one-half of one percent of the current membership of the Society are recognized by their peers for election to the status of Fellow. He also is the Honorary Professor/Senior Research Fellow of six universities/academy of sciences in China and the honorary member of the Board of Trustees of one of China's top universities, Nanjing University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mobility Ventures | Vice President for Research and Graduate Education and Professor of Physics | Current |
| Nanotx | Special Advisor To the Chairman for Asia, Pacific | Current |
| New Economy Strategies | Board of Directors | Current |
| Genesis Campus | Advisory Board Member | Current |
| Nanjing University | Board of Trustees | Current |
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | Fellow Aurora Scientific Advisory Board Member | Current |
| University of South Carolina | President | Former |
| Monte Jade Science and Technology Association | President | Former |
| University of Texas At Dallas | Vice President for Research | Former |
| Drexel University | Program Director | Former |
| Fudan University | Honorary, Guest professor | Former |
| Nanjing University | Honorary, Guest professor | Former |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | Consultant | Former |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Consultant | Former |
| Brookhaven National Laboratory | Consultant | Former |
| University of Minnesota | Doctorate In Theoretical Physics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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