Saara Totterman

Part of Pfizer Inc., VirtualScopics New York LLC is a company that provides advanced image-based biomarker analytic technology and services. The company is based in Pittsford, NY. VirtualScopics New York was acquired by Pfizer Inc. on July 22, 2002.

VirtualScopics, Inc. provides quantitative imaging solutions currently serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. It provides image analysis software tools and applications which are used in detecting and measuring specific anatomical structures and metabolic activity using medical images. The company's therapeutic area expertise includes oncology, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, neurology, cardiovascular, muscle and fat measurements and COPD studies utilizing MRI, PET, CT, Ultrasound and X-Ray imaging modalities. VirtualScopics was founded by Saara Totterman, Kevin J. Parker, Jose Tamez-Pena and Edward Ashton in July 2000 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.