|Exhibit 31.1


Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification





I, Joseph P. Caruso, President and Chief Executive Officer of Palomar Medical Technologies Corporation (the "Company"), certify
that:
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|1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-Q of the Company;
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|2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
         necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
         with respect to the period covered by this report;
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|3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in
         all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the
         periods presented in this report;
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|4. | The Company's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
         procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as
         defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Company and have:
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|(a) |  | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
                  under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated
                  subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this
                  report is being prepared;
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|(b) |  | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to
                  be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
                  and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
                  principles;
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|(c) |  | Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
                  conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
                  by this report based on such evaluation; and
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|(d) |  | Disclosed in this report any change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
                  the Company's most recent fiscal quarter (the Company's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that
                  has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial
                  reporting; and
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|5. | Companys other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
         financial reporting, to the Company's auditors and the audit committee of the Company's board of directors (or persons
         performing the equivalent functions):
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|(a) |  | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal      control over
         financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the        Company's ability to record, process,
         summarize and report financial information; and
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|(b) |  | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the
                  Company's internal control over financial reporting.
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|Date: May 9, 2006 |                                      
|                  | /s/Joseph P. Caruso                  
|                  | Joseph P. Caruso                     
|                  | President and Chief Executive Officer

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