Charles DeBoer

 

 

 

 

 

 



E-mail: cdeboer@mems.caltech.edu

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

 


Education

  • B.A. Physics 3/2 Combined Program,Occidental College, September 1996-May 2001
  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, September 1998-May 2001
  • M.D. Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, August 2007-Present
  • Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2009-2012

Work Experience

  • Prototyped and tested Stirling cycle engines at Idealab. Summer 2001- Spring 2002
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  • Designed shearing-type interferometer for Oraxion Diagnostics, a semiconductor capital equipment startup company. Spring 2002-Winter 2004
  • Collaborating with surgeons and industrial companies to invent, patent, and develop new microsurgical devices at Eye Concepts, Doheny Retina Institute, Doheny Eye Institute, at USC Keck School of Medicine. From Spring 2004 to Present

Publications

Book Chapters

1. L.Chong, O.Magalhaes, C.DeBoer, S.Fang, R.Kerns, M.McCormick, A.Pinto, M.Humayun, An Improved Understanding of Vitreous Cutting, in Emerging Technologies in Retinal Diseases, S.Saxena, S.Sadda, Eds., Jaypee Brothers, pp. 267-273, ISBN 978-81-8448-477-9, 2009

2. A.Barnes, C.DeBoer, P.Bhadri, O.Magalhaes Jr., R. Kerns, M.McCormick, L. Chong, M. Humayun, 25-Gauge Instrumentation: Engineering Challenges and Tradeoffs, in Vitreo-retinal Surgery, Progress III, Series: Essentials in Ophthalmology, S.Rizzo, F.Patelli, D.Chow, Eds., Springer Berlin Heidelberg (2009), pp. 9-29, ISBN: 978-3-540-69461-8

Papers

1. G.M.Schmiedeshoff, C.DeBoer, M.V.Tompkins, W.P.Beyermann, A.H.Lacerda, J.L.Smith, P.C.Canfield, Superconductivity (and Magnetism) in the Nickel Borocarbides, Journal of Superconductivity: Incorporating Novel Magnetism, Vol.13, No.5, pp. 847-853, October 2000

2. M.McCormick, C.DeBoer, Micromachining Techniques, Fixturing, and End Mill Selection in High Precision VMC Parts," Machining Technology, Vol. 17, No.3, 2006

3. L.Chong, M.McCormick, C.DeBoer, A.Barnes, A Self-Stabilizing Lens Ring for 25-Gauge Vitrectomy Surgery, American Journal of Ophthalmology, 143(2):350-1. February 2007

4. P.Bhadri, A.Rowley, O.Magalhaes Jr, R.Khurana, C.DeBoer, M.McCormick, R.Kerns, A.Barnes, G.Chader, L.Chong, M.Humayun, Evaluation of a Stereoscopic Camera-Based 3D Viewing Workstation for Ophthalmic Surgery, American Journal of Ophthalmology, 143 (5):891-2, May 2007

5. C.Huang, H. Ameri, C.DeBoer, A.Rowley, X.Xu, S.Wang, M.Humayun, Evaluation of Lens Hardness in Cataract Surgery Using High-Frequency Ultrasonic Parameters in Vitro, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 33(10):1609-16. October 2007

6. S. Fang, C.DeBoer, M.Humayun, Performance Analysis of New-Generation Vitreous Cutters, Graefes Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 2008, 246(1):61-7, January 2008

7. O.Magalhaes Jr, L.Chong, C.DeBoer, P.Bhadri, R.Kerns, A.Barnes, S.Fang, P.Schor, M.Humayun, Guillotine Performance: Duty Cycle Analysis of Vitrectomy Systems, Retinal Cases & Brief Reports, Volume 3(1): pp 64-67, February 2008

8. C.DeBoer, S.Fang, L.Lima, P.Bhadri, M.McCormick, R.Kerns, M.Humayun, Port Geometry and its Influence on Vitrectomy, Retina, 28(8): 1061-7, October 2008

9. O.Magalhaes Jr, L.Chong, C.DeBoer, P.Bhadri, R.Kerns, A.Barnes, S.Fang, P.Schor, M.Humayun, Guillotine Performance: Duty Cycle Analysis of Vitrectomy Systems, Retinal Cases & Brief Reports, Volume 3(1): pp 64-67, Winter 2009

Recent Fellowships
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2009-2010
• Atwood Fellowship, California Institute of Technology

2009
• Arnold Beckman Fellowship, Keck School of Medicine

Awards
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Montgomery Family Scholarship, Keck School of Medicine, 2009

Deans Recognition, Keck School of Medicine, 2008-2009

Medical Student Research Forum & Poster Day, University of Southern California, May 5, 2008
• Poster Awarded Honorable Mention

Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship, University of Southern California, Summer 2008
• Awarded by the Baxter Foundation

Deans Recognition, Keck School of Medicine, 2007-2008