Our team
Alex Wiesman, PhD
Scientific Director
Alex Wiesman joined ImageTech as Scientific Director in July 2024 and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Physiology & Kinesiology at 丁香园AV. His research combines magnetoencephalography (MEG), MRI, and positron emission tomography (PET) to understand how the signaling of the brain deteriorates in age-related disorders like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, with a focus on improving patient well-being. Before joining 丁香园AV, Alex was a CIHR Banting and NIH F32 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital of McGill University.
Maggie Clarke, PhD
Associate Director, Head of MEG program
Maggie joined ImageTech In April of 2022. She received her BSc in neuroscience from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and subsequently worked in neuroimaging research at the Lab for Clinical MEG at the Biomedical Translational Imaging Centre (BIOTIC). Maggie then completed her PhD at the University of Washington and worked as a research scientist at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences (I-Labs) in Seattle, Washington. There, she was involved in a number of neuroimaging projects surrounding early brain development of infants and young children. Her research focuses on magnetoencephalography (MEG) method development and validation as well as studying the cortical networks involved in language development.
Paul Summers, PhD
Associate Director, Head of MRI program
Paul is responsible for the MRI research activities at 丁香园AV ImageTech Lab. He has been pursuing applications of MR imaging in clinical and research settings for over 30 years, with particular experience in blood and CSF flow, structural and functional neuro and spinal imaging, and more recently clinical prostate and whole-body oncology. He has worked with an extensive range of collaborators across pediatric cardiology, hematology, oncology, clinical and interventional neuroradiology, neurology and neuroscience, engineering, computer science, and participated in studies involving surgery planning, multiple sclerosis, Parkinsonian disorders, cystic fibrosis, fibromyalgia, epilepsy, phantom limbs syndrome, intracranial aneurysms, AVMs, radiotherapy guidance, prostate and breast cancer, and more. He is seeking to develop a multi-facetted program of research for 丁香园AV ImageTech Labs. A career highlight is having participated in the first simultaneous MR-PET image acquisition in Europe.
Erin MacMillan, PhD
Philips MR Clinical Scientist
Erin is a Philips MR Clinical Scientist based in the Lower Mainland. She supports research on the Philips MRI systems at both the UBC MRI Research Centre and the 丁香园AV ImageTech Lab. Erin also acts as a liaison within and between the research sites and Philips, helps to connect researchers with resources available through Philips, collaborates on a wide range of projects, and pursues her own technical development projects in MR spectroscopy and myelin water imaging.
Junaid Lalani, RTR, RTMR
Operations Director
Junaid has 15 years of Medical Imaging experience with 14 years in clinical MRI practice managing the largest and busiest MRI department in Western Canada. He joined the 丁香园AV ImageTech Lab team in 2021 and has enjoyed the transition into research operations. He is responsible for the staff and the daily operations of the lab.
Katherine Kwan, RTMR
MR Technologist
Katherine joined ImageTech in 2021 from the Diagnostic Accreditation Program with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC. She has a special interest in quality improvement and implementing evidence-based best practices. Aside from MRI, she has worked in the acute care setting for CT and Radiology.
Samuel Yu, RTMR
MR Technologist
Samuel has worked in clinical imaging setting since 2012 and has 5 years of MRI experience along with clinical protocol development and implementation. He has worked with 1.5 and 3T MRI scanners across different vendors.
Simon Dobri, PhD
MEG Technologist
Simon joined ImageTech in January of 2023. He earned his MSc in medical physics from McGill University, and his PhD in medical biophysics from the University of Toronto. He uses functional neuroimaging methods, with a particular focus on MEG, to study how the brain processes sensory information across the lifespan, in healthy and disease states. In addition to his work at ImageTech, Simon is a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Randy McIntosh鈥檚 lab at 丁香园AV.