Bruce J. Tromberg

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Professor, Departments of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
Principal Investigator, Laser Microbeam and Medical Program (LAMMP)
Director, Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic
B.A., Vanderbilt University, Chemistry
Ph.D., Chemistry, Univ. of Tenn., Oak Ridge Nat. Lab.
Phone: (949) 824-8705
Fax: (949) 824-8413
Email: bjtrombe@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic
1002 Health Sciences Rd
Mail Code: 1475
Irvine, CA 92612
Research Interests
Biophotonics, Diffuse Optics, Non-Linear Optical Microscopy, Multi-Modality Imaging, Metabolic Imaging
Appointments
1988-1990: Hewitt Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Photomedicine, Beckman Laser Institute, UC Irvine
Research Abstract
Dr. Tromberg is the Director of the Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic (BLI) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and principal investigator of the Laser Microbeam and Medical Program (LAMMP), an NIH P41 National Biomedical Technology Center in the BLI. He is a Professor with joint appointments in the departments of Biomedical Engineering and Surgery, co-leads the Onco-imaging and Biotechnology Program in UCI’s NCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, and has been a member of the UCI faculty since 1990. Dr. Tromberg's research spans the interdisciplinary fields of Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics with particular emphasis on the development of new technologies for medical imaging and therapy. Major areas of activity include Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging, Non-linear Optical Microscopy, and image-guided therapy. His work includes more than 400 total publications and 17 patents in Biophotonics technologies and their application to problems in cancer, vascular disease, neuroscience, and critical care. Dr. Tromberg serves on several national advisory committees, including the Experimental Imaging Sciences Committee for the American College of Radiology Imaging Networks (ACRIN) and is a former council member for the NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). He has received several awards for his work, including the R&D 100 Award the OE Magazine Technology Innovator Award, and the Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award, and is a Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), the Optical Society of America (OSA), and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineers (AIMBE).
Publications
Zoumi, A. Yeh, A. Tromberg, B.J. Imaging Cells And Extracellular Matrix In Vivo Using Second-Harmonic Generation And Two-Photon Excited Fluorescence, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 99, 11014 – 11019, 2002.
Roblyer D, Ueda S, Cerussi A, Tanamai W, Durkin A, Mehta R, Hsiang D, Butler JA, McLaren C, Chen WP, Tromberg B. Optical imaging of breast cancer oxyhemoglobin flare correlates with neoadjuvant chemotherapy response one day after starting treatment. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 108:14626-31, 2011. PMCID: PMC3167535
Ueda S, Roblyer D, Cerussi A, Durkin A, Leproux A, Santoro Y, Xu S, O'Sullivan TD, Hsiang D, Mehta R, Butler J, Tromberg BJ. Baseline tumor oxygen saturation correlates with a pathologic complete response in breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Cancer Res. 2012 Sep 1;72(17):4318-28. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-12-0056. Epub 2012 Jul 9. PMCID: PMC3609716
O'Sullivan TD, Cerussi AE, Cuccia DJ, Tromberg BJ. Diffuse optical imaging using spatially and temporally modulated light. J Biomed Opt. 2012 Jul;17(7):071311. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.7.071311. PMCID: PMC3607494
Balu M, Kelly KM, Zachary CB, Harris RM, Krasieva TB, Koenig K, Tromberg BJ. Distinguishing between Benign and Malignant Melanocytic Nevi by In Vivo Multiphoton Microscopy. Cancer Res 2014;74:2688-97. 2014 May 15;74(10):2688-97. PMCID: PMC4024350
Graduate Programs
Biomedical Engineering
Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
Research Centers
Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic
Last updated
04/10/2017