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Mary Dyson Ph.D. is Emeritus Reader in the Biology of Tissue Repair at King's College (KCL), University of London, UK and an Honorary Reader in the Department of Physiology, University College, London. She is a biomedical consultant, co-founder and director of Dyderm Ltd and Quality Medical Instruments, Ltd. She was named Executive Vice-President of Longport Inc in 2000. Mary joined the Department of Anatomy, Guy's Hospital Medical School, now part of KCL, as a Research Associate in 1964, and taught Gross Anatomy and Histology there from 1970 until her retirement in 1998. She founded the Tissue Repair Research Unit in 1986 and was its Director until 1998. From 2001 until 2003 she was part-time Visiting Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Allied Health, Kansas University Medical Centre. She has also served as a Visiting Professor in the University of Ulster. Mary is one of the inventors of the high resolution ultrasound scanner, the patent for which was acquired by Longport Inc from the University of London. She is the author of over 100 research publications in peer-reviewed journals, is one of the editors of the 37th and 38th editions of Gray's Anatomy, and has contributed to textbooks on wound healing, physiotherapy and ultrasound. She lectures internationally and has presented over 200 invited presentations on topics which include diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound, laser therapy, wound healing, tissue repair and regeneration, injury and repair-related aspects of sports medicine. She was President of the International Laser Therapy Association (ILTA) from 1992-1994, is a founder member of the World Association for Laser Therapy (WALT) and a member of the North American Association for Laser Therapy (NAALT). She received a Pioneer Award and Honorary Fellowship from the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) in recognition of her contributions to the development of medical ultrasound. | 