|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. |  | The
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: November 4, 2005 | /s/  Joseph P. Caruso                
|                       | Joseph P. Caruso                     
|                       | President and Chief Executive Officer

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