Prof Higbee has over 25 years of combined teaching and research experience in the departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy (The Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine in Hershey, PA), Opthalmology and Pediatric Neurosurgery (Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL) and Veterinary Laser Surgery (Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Clinical Veterinary Sciences). Additionally, he has over 80 peer reviewed publications, two patents, seven patents pending and has won two R&D 100 Awards.