Carmen Puliafito

About Carmen Puliafito

Carmen Puliafito

One of the co-inventors of OCT, Carmen Puliafito is a pioneer of bevacizumab use in retinal disorders, and was the first to describe the use of semiconductor diode lasers for retinal photocoagulation. Puliafito was also one of the original basic science research leaders in excimer laser photoablation and optical breakdown and photodisruption.