Dr. Shimon Eckhouse is an inventor and active entrepreneur in the field of medical devices and medical technology. Dr. Eckhouse is currently the chairman of Syneron Medical Ltd. (Nasdaq ELOS), which he co-founded in 2001 and took public on Nasdaq in 2004. Syneron reached a valuation of more than $1B and returned to its investors more than X50 on their investment.
Dr. Eckhouse holds a B.Sc. in physics from the Technion Israeli Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California at Irvine. He has more than 100 registered patents and published more than 50 papers in leading refereed journals and conferences. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Technion Israeli Institute of Technology