Michael Thornton

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a scientific and professional organization founded in 1958. AAPM is based in Alexandria, VA. The organization is composed of more than 8,000 scientists whose clinical practice is dedicated to ensuring accuracy, safety, and quality in the use of radiation in medical procedures such as medical imaging and radiation therapy. AAPM is generally known as medical physicists and is uniquely positioned across medical specialties due to their responsibility to connect the physician to the patient through the use of radiation-producing technology in both diagnosing and treating people. The responsibility of the medical physicist is to assure that the radiation prescribed in imaging and radiation therapy is delivered accurately and safely.

Enhanced Vision Systems, Inc. develops assistive technology products for the visually impaired. It offers high definition and text-to speech magnifier, desktop and transportable, portable and versatile, and computer compatible low vision products. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Huntington Beach, CA.

GE Healthcare, Inc. manufactures and distributes diagnostic imaging agents and radiopharmaceuticals for imaging modalities that are used in medical imaging procedures. It offers dyes that are used in magnetic-resonance-imaging procedures. The firm also manufactures medical diagnostic equipment including CT image machines. It develops healthcare technological solutions for medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, disease research, drug discovery and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Robarts Research Institute engages in the provision of medical research facilities for investigating various diseases such as diabetes, heart and stroke, Alzheimer's, and cancer diseases. The company was founded by Henry Barnett in 1986 and is headquartered in London, Canada.

Puretech Health LLC (PureTech Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of PureTech Health Plc founded in 2000 by Daphne Zohar, Robert Langer and Ben Shapiro. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.