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Dr. Smotrich has served as the Company's Chief Technical Officer since 1997. From August 1994 through 1997, Dr. Smotrich served as the Company's President and a Director. Dr. Smotrich was a consultant to Dymed from May 1992 until its merger with Palomar in September 1992, at which time he became the Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Secretary and a Director. From July 1988 until May 1991, Dr. Smotrich was an independent consultant specializing in the development and manufacture of laser based medical products. Dr. Smotrich was Vice President of Operations at Candela Laser Corp. from June 1987 to June 1988, where he was responsible for medical laser production and product development. From July 1984 to June 1987, as Corporate Vice President of Research and Development, Dr. Smotrich was responsible for the design and development of surgical laser products at Merrimack Laboratories, Inc., which was acquired by the LaserSonics division of Cooper Laboratories, Inc. From 1972 to 1984, Dr. Smotrich was Vice President in charge of the Electro-Optics Group at Avco Everett Research Laboratory, Inc., working in the laser technology field. Dr. Smotrich received a certificate from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and has a B.S. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from Columbia University. | 