Dr. Thilo Hoelscher, Associate Professor at the University of California, San Diego to be Featured in the GlobalSpec Medical Equipment Design Online Conference

San Diego, CA, April 03, 2011 --(PR.com)-- High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for the treatment of stroke, brain tumors, Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease, stroke therapy in ambulances and emergency helicopters, targeted and local drug delivery etc. are applications where the use of ultrasound might lead to a paradigm shift of how diseases will be treated in the future. During the GlobalSpec Medical Equipment Design online event, Dr. Thilo Hoelscher will give an overview of current research activities at the UCSD Brain Ultrasound Research Laboratory and will provide an outlook of how therapeutic ultrasound could improve medical healthcare in the future.

At 12:00pm Eastern Time on May 11th, Dr. Hoelscher will be speaking to industry professionals around the globe.

The University of California, San Diego educational session will be one of several presentations in the day’s agenda that covers leading trends in the Medical Equipment Design industry.

· When: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:00pm Eastern Time
· What: Therapeutic Ultrasound Applications in the Human Brain
· Where: Online - www.globalspec.com/events

· Contacts: GlobalSpec e-Events Manager, Molly Kray, mkray@globalspec.com or 518-880-0200 x5471 & Director of BURL: Thilo Hoelscher, MD, thoelscher@ucsd.edu or 619-543-5251.

About the UCSD Brain Ultrasound Research Laboratory
The Brain Ultrasound Research Laboratory (BURL) was established in late 2009. Main research interests include: High Intensity Focused Ultrasound for the treatment of stroke, neurodegenerative diseases and brain tumors, image-guided sonothrombolysis, portable ultrasound devices for prehospital stroke diagnosis and therapy, targeted/non targeted microbubbles, acoustically active drug carrier systems, acoustic field mapping, passive cavitation detection, acoustic data analysis, medical device development.

To visit the BURL website, please use the following link: www.brainultrasound.org

About GlobalSpec, Inc.
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