Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Conflict of Interest
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Bruce Fischl
Massachusetts General Hospital, Department: Na
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CorticoMetrics, LLC
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)
Dr. Fischl is a co-founder of CorticoMetrics, LLC. The company develops software applications to improve the accuracy and sensitivity of the information that radiologists have access to for detection or diagnosis of neurological disorders and conditions. The foundation of CorticoMetrics’ software technology is FreeSurfer, an open-source tool. The research project seeks to add an array of new segmentation targets to FreeSurfer, with a focus on brainstem structures that are targets for therapeutic interventions in many disorders including Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and disorders of consciousness (DOC). The Partners Committee on Outside Activities review panel evaluated the financial interest in connection with this research project and determined that, based on the close connection between the company's interests and the research, the financial interest could directly and significantly affect the design, conduct, or reporting of the research.
Segmenting Brain Structures for Neurological Disorders
Successful completion of the proposed project will greatly increase the number of structures and level of detail of publicly available segmentation tools. These new capabilities well enable other studies to significantly increase their ability to detect disease effects in research settings as well as phase II and phase III clinical trials. PHS 398 /2590(Rev. 09/04) Page _39___ (continued)
Filed on December 04, 2018.
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Bruce Fischl filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Fischl | Massachusetts General Hospital | Conflict of Interest | CorticoMetrics, LLC | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Bruce Fischl | Massachusetts General Hospital | Conflict of Interest | CorticoMetrics, LLC | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Bruce R. Fischl | Corticometrics, Llc | Conflict of Interest | CorticoMetrics LLC | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Bruce Fischl | Massachusetts General Hospital | Conflict of Interest | CorticoMetrics, LLC | Value cannot be readily determined |
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