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ABOUT The Foundation was created on January 3, 2005 as an entity designed to promote research and education in the growing medical area of Focused Ultrasound applied to medicine.  Planned activities are to organize and assist with meetings, symposia, and discussions related to focused ultrasound.  The Association will also work to promote collaborations between research and clinical groups through written and oral communication.  It will strive to assist and educate students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels on research topics related to therapeutic and diagnostic focused ultrasound. As dictated by the Bylaws of the Association, specific activities will be planned by an Organizing Committee formed by professionals and interested persons.  Presently two committees have been formed and are actively meeting: (i) The Foundation Committee that has been set up to establish the initial infrastructure of the Association and (ii) The Organizing Committee for assisting the Fifth International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound.  Other planned, but not yet established organization committees for 2005 include a committee to organize a colloquium series for of individual speakers to present their research in a forum open and free to all interested persons and a committee on education which will plan and enact activities that will benefit students. Key Personnel 2008 G.T. Clement, PhD, Director Keiko Fujiwara, Treasurer Randy, King, MS, Board Member Nathan McDannold, PhD Secretary Nadine Smith, PhD, Board Member Sham Sokka, PhD, Board Member IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT 1-3 ADDITIONAL SEATS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL BE CREATED FOR FY2008. VOTES FOR ALL SEATS WILL TAKE PLACE IN JANUARY, 2008. PUBLIC NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING SELF-NOMINATIONS ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED. Activities 2007: Report to be released, January 2008 Activities 2006 Primary activities of 2006 involved the continued web publication of the Foundations news and Job website. The foundation also coordinated and distributed of the Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound. Future Plans Immediate plans include continued support for the foundations web. The foundation is actively considering several activities over the next few years including workshops, and the publication of an online or virtual journal. Interested persons are urged to contact the foundation. 2005 Committees ISTU 2005: The Foundation's primary activity in 2005 involved the organization of the 5th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound, held at Harvard Medical School from 27-29 October. Under the direction of conference Chair Kullervo Hynynen, the symposium was the largest meeting in history dedicated completely to therapeutic aspects of ultrasound, having nearly 450 participants from 18 countries. As a service to this topical symposium, the Foundation performed a large percentage of logistical operations, including financial management, marketing, web design and hosting, registration, abstract submission services, abstract distribution, email hosting, presentation uploading, proceeding uploads, credit card and other payment transactions, invoicing, and corporate liaison work. These servic�s were all provided without cost to the participating societies. Approximately 200 Institutions participated in the symposium, including: Academy of Military Medical Sciences Akita University,Japan Analogic Corp. Andreyev Acoustics Institute Artenga Inc. Atricure AtriCure, Inc. Barrows Neurological Institute Biosense Webster Boston University Boston Scientific Breastopia Namba Hospital Brigham & Women's Hospital Carleton University Case Weste rn Reserv e University Catholic University Med School, Seoul Celleration, Inc. Chang Gung University Chiba Univ., Japan Children's Hospital Boston Chongqing Haifu Technology Co., Ltd. Chongqing University of Medical Sciences Churchill Hospital, Oxford CIMU, APL, University of Washington Clinical Center, NIH CNRS Columbia University  Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center Cooper University Hospital DARPA (Schafer Corp) Dartmouth College Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Jichi Medical School Dept. of OB/GYN, Itabachi Chuo Medical Center, JAPANA Dornier MedTech Systems Duke University Edouard Herriot Hospital (Lyon) EKOS Corporation Energid Technologies Erasmus MC, Netherlands Ethicon Inc Ferroperm Piezoceramics A/S Food and Drug Administration Frederick Institute of Technology Fukuoka University GE GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg Guided Therapy Systems Harvard Medical School Harvard Hideki Yoshikawa HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION Hokkaido Univ. Japan Hokkaido University HONAM HOSPITAL Imagerie Moleculaire Fonctionnelle ImaRx Therapeutics, Inc. IMASONIC Imperial College Indiana University Industrial Technology Research Institute INSERM InSightec Institute of Cancer Research Iowa State University ISTU ITX Corporation King Acoustic Technologies, LLC Klinikum M?nchen Harlaching Ktec Corporation, Tokyo Kyoto Univ. Kyushu Institute of Technology Lahey Clinic LipoSonix. Inc. Luke Hospital & Clinic Lund University M.D. Anderson Management Recruiters of Orlando Lakes Mayo Clinic and Foundation Mayo Clinic College of Medicine MD Anderson Cancer Center MDACC Medical Biophysics, UofT Medical University-Vienna Medical Support-Japan Medtronic Michigan State University Mintz Levin MIT Moscow State University Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Nara Medical University Japan National Institute of Health National Physical Laboratory National Cancer Institute National Taiwan University Hospital NCPA NeuroScience Ventures North Texas Uterine Fibroid Institute Northeastern University OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Omnisonics OmniSonics Medical Technologies, Inc. Oncura Onda Corporation Palomar Medical Peking University School of Oncology Penn State University Perfusion Technology Philips Medical Systems Physic of Fluids, University of Twente, The Netherlands Physics Dept., UL Lafayette Piezo Technologies ProRhythm, Inc. Radionics Riverside Research Institute Samsung Medical Center Sandro Pertini Hospital - Rome Saoirse Corporation Sapporo Medical University Saitama Medical School Seattle Radiologists Second Act Partners, Inc. Sheba Medical Center Shisuma Byo-in Siemens Medical Sonic Tech, Inc. SoniPulse SonoSite Sonora Medical Systems Sound Technology Spectrasonics, Inc. Spencer Technologies Stanford University Stepping Hill Hospital STORZ Medical Sun Yat-Sen University Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre SuperSonic Imagine Suzuka Univ.Medical science Technion Teikyo University TERUMO Tetrad / Gore The Instititute of Cancer Research The Foundry The University of Mississippi The University of Tokyo Theraclion Terason Therus Corporation TheUniversity of Mississippi THS International, Inc. Tihanmetra Co, LTD Tohoku University Tokai University Tokyo Jikei medical college ME laboratory Toronto General Hospital UCSF UKHIFU Limited Ultrashape UMass Memorial Univ of Minnesota Twin Cities Univ. of California, San Francisco University Medical Center Utrecht University of Cincinnati University of Michigan University Children's Hospital Zurich University College London, UK University Medical Center Utrecht University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands University of Arkansas University of California, San Francisco University of Central Oklahoma University of Hartford University of Illinois University of Michigan University of Michigan University of Mississippi University of North Dakota University of Oxford University of Pennsylvania University of Toyama University of Utah University of Virginia University of Washington USAMRMC-TATRC USHIFU, LLC UTL UTMB UVA health system Valpey Fisher Corporation VMC Utrecht W.L. Gore Weidlinger Associates <�pan class=SpellE>Ince WEST CHINA HOSPITAL OF SICHUAN UNIVERSITY, CHENGDU, SICHUAN, CHINA Women's Health Specialists Worcester Polytechnic Institute Xinqiao Hospital, The Third Military Medical College Yale University ZEVEX

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