Jason M. Tucker-Schwartz, PhD
Biomedical Engineer and Entrepreneur
• Co-founder of medical device company, EpiEP Inc., and co-inventor of company’s flagship technology
• Experience leading multi-national collaborations and team-based multi-disciplinary research projects
• Thorough experience in biomedical optics and optical imaging, physiological signal/image acquisition and processing, constraint-based device design, and instrumentation design, construction, and optimization
Professional Experience
M+Visión Research Fellow Fall 2014 – Present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
• Member of 2014 Madrid-MIT M+Visión Fellowship class (http://mvisionconsortium.org/catalyst-fellows/)
• Developing novel technologies to address currently unmet needs in healthcare as part of multinational collaborative effort, working in both a managerial oversight and technical development role
• Formed ideas for new lines of skin cancer research, created collaborative network to achieve research goals, secured initial internal funding of $100,000 for proof of concept, and currently overseeing clinical study in Madrid
• Acquired $75,000 external follow-up funding for novel flow cytometry platform; currently managing and executing technical milestones for the grant, and have demonstrated technical proof of concept five months ahead of schedule
Graduate Research Assistant and IBM Fellow Fall 2010 – Fall 2014
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
• Designed, constructed, and optimized photothermal optical coherence tomography (PTOCT) systems for enhanced imaging contrast using nanoparticles and fluorophores, and was the first to demonstrate its use in imaging of live animals
• Implemented advanced automated signal processing algorithms for high throughput analysis of optical images
Device Company Founder and Consultant Summer 2010
EpiEP Inc. Charlottesville, VA
• Directed the medical device technology transition from university research to private company product development
• Oversaw animal trials to test the in vivo efficacy and safety of minimally invasive access devices for pericardial access, invented during my Master’s degree research at the University of Virginia
Graduate Research Assistant Fall 2008 – May 2010
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
• Designed, developed, and tested a novel minimally invasive pericardial access device for epicardial electrophysiology procedures alongside data acquisition hardware and real time signal analysis software
• Developed an automated anthropomorphic simulator for testing pericardial access devices and training clinicians
Patent Licensing Associate Intern Summer 2006 – Spring 2007
University of Virginia Patent Foundation Charlottesville, VA
• Assisted licensing associates in all facets of patent development, research, and licensing for engineering patents developed at the University of Virginia
• Performed market analysis and assessment of novelty for new technologies
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Biomedical Engineering (2015)
Vanderbilt University, GPA: 3.74
Master of Science, Biomedical Engineering (2010)
University of Virginia, GPA: 3.87
Bachelor of Science with Distinction, Biomedical Engineering (2008)
University of Virginia, GPA: 3.55
Minor: Engineering Business
Honors and Awards
M+Visión Fellowship (2014-Present) • IBM Fellowship (2010-2014) • NIH Training Grant Recipient (2012-2014) •
Newport Research Excellence Award (2013) • Air Force Office of Scientific Research Travel Award (2013) •
SPIE Scholarship in Optics and Photonics (2011) • Dean’s List at UVa (2005-2007)
Peer Reviewed Publications
1. Tucker-Schwartz, J. M., Lapierre-Landry, M., Patil, C. A., & Skala, M. C. Photothermal optical lock-in optical coherence tomography for in vivo imaging. Biomedical Optics Express, 6, 2268-2282, (2015).
2. Zachman, A.L., Wang, X., Tucker-Schwartz, J. M., Fitzpatrick, S. T., Lee, S. H., Guelcher, S. A., Skala, M. C., & Duvall, C. L. Uncoupling angiogenesis and inflammation in peripheral artery disease with therapeutic peptide-loaded microgels. Biomaterials, 35, 9635-9648, (2014).
3. Tucker-Schwartz, J. M., Beavers, K. R., Sit, W. W., Duvall, C. L. & Skala, M. C. In vivo imaging of nanoparticle delivery and tumor microvasculature with multimodal optical coherence tomography. Biomedical Optics Express, 5, 1731-1743, (2014).
4. Trantum, J. R., Eagleton, Z. E., Patil, C. A., Tucker-Schwartz, J. M., Baglia, M. L., Skala, M. C. & Haselton, F. R. Cross-sectional tracking of particle motion in evaporating drops: flow fields and interfacial accumulation. Langmuir 29, 6221-6231, (2013).
5. Poole, K. M., Tucker-Schwartz, J. M., Sit, W. W., Walsh, A. J., Duvall, C. L. & Skala, M. C. Quantitative optical imaging of vascular response in vivo in a model of peripheral arterial disease. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 305, H1168-1180, (2013).
6. Tucker-Schwartz, J. M., Meyer, T. A., Patil, C. A., Duvall, C. L. & Skala, M. ...
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