|Certification

Exhibit 31.1


I, Joseph P. Caruso, President and Chief Executive Officer of Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., certify that:
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|1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc.;
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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 registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;
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|4. | The registrants other certifying officer(s) 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)) for the registrant 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 registrant, 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) |  | [omitted]
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|(c) |  | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant'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 registrant's internal control over financial reporting that
         occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
         report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over
         financial reporting; and
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|5. | The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant'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 registrant'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 registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
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|Date: May 11, 2004 | /s/ Joseph P. Caruso
Joseph P. Caruso President and Chief Executive Officer

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