About Us

Shelley Lesar, B.S., BCTT, Board Certified Thermography Technician for 15 years, and over 20 years in medical healthcare, with 9 years in surgery and pathology, where mastectomies, lumpectomies and biopsies were commonplace.

Shelley’s personal health challenge, combined with her medical background and love for holistic health, inspired her to research alternative forms of addressing breast health beyond the traditional norms today.  Her rich experience and wisdom sets her apart by providing women with ways to maintain good breast health.

Her education and experience have allowed her to serve in hospitals and clinics such as Sutter Roseville, Mercy, Kaiser, Roseville Community Hospital, serving as liaison between surgery and pathology, women’s health, and finally setting up her Thermography office in El Dorado Hills.  

Shelley believes every Thermography technician should have a medical background to provide women with the best personalized quality care. 

In order to provide you with the highest quality interpretation of your thermograms, we have a group of professional thermologists that bring decades of experience in this field to the reading and reporting of your images.

Leading this group is William Amalu, DC, DABCT, FIACT. Dr. Amalu has earned 3 board certifications in clinical thermology from the American Board of Clinical Thermology, the International Academy of Clinical Thermology, and the American Academy of Medical Infrared Imaging. Dr. Amalu has also been awarded a Fellowship from the International Academy of Clinical Thermology for his professional accomplishments in this field. To add to his professional education, Dr. Amalu was personally mentored by the world’s leading expert in breast thermology, William Hobbins, MD, FACS.

Dr. Amalu’s experience spans over 28 years, which also includes authoring multiple textbook chapters and publishing research. He has provided educators, healthcare professionals, and the public with an extensive amount of data supporting the use of breast thermography with his authorship in two medical infrared imaging textbooks and a chapter in the prestigious Biomedical Engineering Handbook (a university desk reference text).

Dr. Amalu is also very active in multiple thermography associations. He is a member of the International Thermographic Society (ITS), the International Academy of Thermology (IACT), and as one of the founders of the International Association of Certified Thermographers (IACT*). Dr. Amalu is currently a board member of the IACT* where he serves as the director of medical infrared imaging. He also serves as a board member and post-graduate instructor for the IACT. Due to his background in mechanical engineering, Dr. Amalu is also a member of the IEEE – Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.

As a board member of the IACT, Dr. Amalu also chairs the standards and guidelines committee. This committee consists of some of the worlds leading thermologists, physicians, and researchers. The committee is charged with updating and publishing an international peer-reviewed standards and protocols guideline for thermography. The IACT Quality Assurance Guidelines provides the international thermology community with the most comprehensive set of standards, guidelines, and protocols for the clinical application of medical infrared imaging.

Most importantly is his dedication to promoting this lifesaving technology worldwide. Since losing his stepsister Robin to breast cancer, Dr. Amalu has made this a mission in his life. Robin followed her doctor’s advice and had done everything she was supposed to do. She had annual examinations from her doctor along with screening imaging. She was told that the lump in the first breast was likely a cyst and nothing more needed to be done. Only when the lump had grown so large that it changed the surface of her skin did they decide to do a biopsy. Not only did current screening guidelines fail Robin in one breast, but also the other. Mastectomies were followed by chemotherapy, and then she left the love of her life and two young daughters. With his extensive experience in this field, Dr. Amalu is sure that if Robin had had access to thermography she would still be with us. Research in this respect is clear that the addition of thermography to a woman’s regular breast health care is lifesaving.

We are very fortunate to have Dr. Amalu as our primary interpreting thermologist.