1IALMS – Newsletter
December 2009
Contents
Report on the IALMS and IPTA ASSEMBLIES, Florence, Nov. 6TH - 7st, 2009 ………………………………..……………… 1
Report On Laser Florence 2009……………………………………………………………………………………………………..………….. 2
Next Meeting : Laser Florence 2010………………………………………………………………………………………………..……….. 15
Networks Generated By Laser Florence Conferences……………………………………………………………..…………… 20
IALMS Reservation form for membership…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 21
Agreement with the World Federation of Societies of Laser Medicine and Surgery……… ………………………. 22

Report on the IALMS AND IPTA ASSEMBLIES, Florence,
Nov. 7th, 2009
Following topics were treated:
1- International Contacts: the Baltic Association Laser Medicine and Surgery organized Courses
and International Congress in Vilnius University in September 2009, under the umbrella of the
IALMS. A IALMS museum was organized in Vilnius University, with ten years of scientificproduction obtained by the Academy in conjunction with the BALMS. Further agreement weremade with the Czech Society of Purkinje, with the participation at the International Congress ofEuropean Society of Radiology, in Prague, August 2009; and with the ISLSM and WFLSMS, in Tokyo
Congress, December 2009.
The cooperation with the AIP, ISLSM, the WFLSMS, the WFLD, the SILO and the other Societies andScientific Associations continues very well.
2- Guidelines on the use of non surgical lasers were proposed, and Prof. David Baxter , the Dean of
Otago University – New Zealand (physio.dean@otago.ac.nz) is going to coordinate the publication of
those. Consensus conferences will be summarized with an epidemiologic approach at this sector.
Following an old guideline of the W.H.O., Prof. Postiglione proposed the re-visitation and updatingof an old book published under the umbrella of the W.H.O., titled “Lasers in Medicine:effectiveness,cost/effectiveness and policy implication”. Our Academy could publish a similar
book within the next months
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3- Proposal for updating evaluation effects of lasers in specialized disciplines: referees
mihai.pascu@inflpr.ro , juozas.vaitkus@ff.vu.lt
4- The IPTA will continue the studies on non surgical effects of light and laser on human tissues,
jointed with the IALMS and the WFSLMS. The next IPTA Congress will be held in the year 2011 to
Cairo – Egypt, organized by Prof. Sherif Arwad.
4- Fees: the fees remain the same of the last year, and the fee includes also one year of
subscription to our peer journal “Laser in Medical Science”, Springer London Publisher.
Unfortunately some members of the IALMS didn’t receive six issues of this journal, for someproblems caused by the re-organization of Springer. Please advise the IALMS secretary, if you
didn’t receive the journal.

REPORT ON

LASER FLORENCE 2009
A Gallery on the Laser Medicine World
Medicine and Surgery, Biology, Veterinary Surgery, Physics, Engineering

FLORENCE, November 6th – 7th, 2009
Laser Florence 2009, the annual Congress of the International Academy Laser Medicine andSurgery, jointed with the biannual congress of the International Photo Therapy Association, given
very interesting results.
29 different countries were represented, three plenary lectures and a lot of new data obtained byvery good scientists were the concrete contribution at clinical practice.
The final program draft give an idea on the different topic treated.
A special session was dedicated to Energetic Medicine and the role of laser beams and light inthis topic. In fact, in the world there is a bit of confusion between data obtained from evidence
based medicine and scientific data controlled experimentally.
Guidelines on the use of non surgical lasers were proposed, and Prof. David Baxter will coordinate
the publication of that. Consensus conferences will be summarized with an epidemiologic
approach at this sector.
The Proceedings of the Conference will be published immediately after the event, on paper andon line, by the American Institute of Physics. The IALMS members can look up the slides of theConference in the member area at the web site www.ialms.com.

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Summarizing, Laser Florence 2009 proposed new guidelines for the use of non surgical lasers, andthe state-of-art on Laser therapy for infertility. Laser Diagnosis. Laser and stem cells.

Awards were assigned to:
NOVEL MULTIFUNCTIONALACYLOXYALKYL ESTER PRODRUGS OF 5AMINOLEVULINIC ACID DISPLAY
IMPROVED ANTICANCER ACTIVITY
DEPENDENT ON PHOTOACTIVATION
SAPPHIRE DIAGNOSTIC SCALPELMETAL-FREE PHTALOCYANINE (PtS) AND
5-AMINOLEVULENIC ACID (ALA) IN
PHOTODYNAMIC
TREATMENTOF
HUMAN VASCULAR CELLS
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF DIODELASERINIMMEDIATE
IMPLANTPLACEMENTREALIGNMENTANDCOLLAGEN
ALTERATIONS WITH LOW LEVEL LASERTHERAPY COMBINED WITH LOWINTENSITYULTRASOUNDINCALCANEOUS TENDON REPAIRUSE OF ND:YAG LASER BIOSTIMULATIONFOR DENTAL EXTRACTIONS: SCHEME IN
PATIENTS UNDER BISPHOSPHONATESTHERAPY.

Gili Berkovitch1 A. Nudelman2 , B. Ehenberg2 , A.
Rephaeli2 and Z. Malik2
1
Bar Ilan University, Petah-Tikva, Israel
2
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University.
Irina
Shikunova,
V.V.Kurlov,*A.V.Rybova,*V.B.Loschenov
Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academyof Sciences (ISSP RAS) - Chernogolovka, Russia*Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian
Academy of Sciences (GPI RAS)
Olga Udartseva, Elena Andreeva, Ludmila Buravkova,
Eduard Tararak*Institute of Biomedical Problems RAS (IMBP RAS)
Khoroshevskoe shosse, 76A Moscow 123007 - Russia*- Cardiocenter, Moscow, Russia
S.Broglia, * L. Iacovazzi*, E. Vigliaroli*, U. Romeo°, C.
Maggiore**Dip. di Scienze Chirurgiche, Univ. di L’Aquila, Italy°Dip.di Scienze Odontostomatologiche, Univ. Sapienza diRoma.
Viviane Timm Wood, MAI Neves, NA Parizoto², CE
Pinfildi, B Hochman, LM FerreiraFederal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP) Napoleão deBarros, São Paulo Federal University of São Carlos(UFSCar)², São Paulo, Brazil
R. Guidotti, E. Merigo, M. Meleti, M. Manfredi, A.
Ripasarti, C. Fornaini, P. Vescovi
Dept. of Otolaryngological/Dental/Ophthalmologicaland Cervico-Facial Sciences;Unit of Oral Pathology andLaser-assisted Oral Surgery, University of Parma, Parma
Italy

The final program is reported below
PLENARY LECTURES

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THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT AND STEM CELL THERAPIES: A NOVEL APPROACH IN REGENERATIVEMEDICINE
Juanita Anders1, Helina Moges1, Xingjia Wu1, Ilko Ilev2, Ronald Waynant2, and Leonardo Longo3
1
Dept of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,Bethesda,
MD 20814 USA
2Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Admin., Silver Spring, MD 20993 USA
3Institute of Laser Medicine, University of Siena, Siena 53100, Italy and University of San Marino 47890,San
Marino Republic
INTRACAVITY LASER REFRACTOMETRY AND ITS APPLICATION IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
S.A. Gonchukov, PhD
Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
PHOTOENGINEERING OF TISSUE REPAIR PROCESSES IN COLLAGENOUS TISSUES
Chukuka S. Enwemeka, PhD, FACSM
Professor and Dean, College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
LASER SKIN MEDICINE AND SURGERY - 1
Chairmen:
I. Kaplan, PhD (ISR) – Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University, Israel
K. Khatri, MD, (USA) – Skin & Laser Center, Boston
T. Ohshiro, MD, PhD (J) – Ohshiro Clinic, Tokyo University
ACOUSTIC WAVE TREATMENT FOR
CELLULITE - A NEW APPROACHLASER-BODY-SCULPTING: A NEWTECHNOLOGYLASER ASSISTED STEM CELL THERAPY.
RESULTS IN DERMATOLOGY AND PLASTIC
SURGERYASSESSMENT OF SUSPECTED SKIN LESION
DEPTH BY MULTISPECTRAL DIGITALDERMATOSCOPY: IN-VIVO TESTS.
INTERROGATION OF SKIN PATHOLOGIESUSING ELASTIC SCATTERING
SPECTROSCOPYRESURFACING UPDATENONABLATIVE FRACTIONAL

Elisabeth Russe, Katharina Russe-Wilflingseder
Laserzentrum Innsbruck, Austria
Elisabeth Russe, Katharina Russe-Wilflingseder
Laserzentrum Innsbruck, Austria
N.Tankovich0, C. Littler1, E. Shvetsova2, E. Gandolfi3, L.
Kharazi2, A. Lukashev2
0
STEMEDICA Cell Technologies, Inc., San Diego CA - USA
1
Sharp Rees-Stealy Dermatology, 2Dermatology and Plastic
Surgery Clinic of Russian Academy of Sciences, 3San Giuseppe
Polispecialistico Clinic, Como, Italy
L. Scalise1, R.Munaretto1, S.Serresi2, E.P. Tomasini1
1
Department of Mechanics, Polytechnic University of Marche,
Via Brecce Bianche, Ancona, Italy. 2 Dept. of Dermatology,
INRCA, Ancona ,Italy
Waseem Jerjes*, Tahwinder Upile, Hani Rhadi, Yan Jiao,
Charles Alexander Mosse, Martin Austwick, Christian S Betz,
Stephen Bown, Colin Hopper*UCLH Head and Neck Centre 1st Floor East Wing 250 Euston
Road London; Department of Surgery, UCL, London, UK
K. Khatri, MD
Skin and Laser Surg.Center of New England, Nashua USA
P.L. Bencini, MD°*, M. G. Galimberti, MD
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PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS FOR ACNE SCARS:EXTENDED EXPERIENCE WITH 87 PATIENTSSKIN TIGHTENING WITH AN INFRARED,NONCOHERENT LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE:A REPORT OF 102 CASESCOMPARISON OF 10600nm VERSUS
1550nm FRACTIONAL LASERRESURFACING FOR THE TREATMENT OFASIAN PATIENTSHISTORY OF CO2 LASER APPLICATIONSEFFECTIVENESS OF SMOOTHSHAPES™
CELLULITE TREATMENTBODY CONTOURING: OVERVIEW OFPERSONAL RESULTS WITH DIFFERENTTECHNIQUESDERMATOGRAPHY AS A TREATMENT
AFTER COMPLICATIONS OF COSMETICCUTANEOUS CO2 - LASER RESURFACING [15 year Review ]°Hi-tech Dermatology: Italian high tech network indermatological Sciences*I.C.L.I.D. (Istituto di Chirurgia e Laserchirurgia In
Dermatologia) Milano, Italy
Marco Fumagalli1, C.Bona2, G.Migliori2, F.Lauro2
1
Centro di Dermatologia Integrata e Medicina Preventiva,
Milano, Italy; 2Casa di Cura Madre Fortunata Toniolo, Bologna
Takahiro Fujimoto
Clinic F 6-6-1-4F Kojimachi
Chiyoda Tokyo 102-0083 Japan
I. Kaplan,MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University
Khalil A. Khatri,1 Mary Lisa Stoll, 2 Andrea Morrison,2 andMichail M. Pankratov 2
1
Skin and Laser Surg. Center of New England, Nashua NH
2
Elemè Medical, Inc., Merrimack, NH - USA
L. Mazzi,MDVerona, Italy
E.M. van der Velden1,2, J.Suyker-Hessels3, B.Drost4
J.Defrancq2, O.E.IJsselmuiden5, R.J. van Suylen6 A.M.
Baruchin1.
1
Department Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Barzilai
Medical Centre, Ashkelon and The Faculty of Health Sci., BenGurion University of The Negev, Beer-Sheba, Israel.
2
Dept of Cranio-Oral-maxillo-facial Surg, AZ.Monica, Antwerp.
Belgium.
3
Clinic for Med and Aesthetical Dermatography. Arnhem,NL
4
Department of Plastic Surgery.Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Hospital, Amsterdam.The Netherlands
5
Dept of Dermato-Venereology,Cambridge Univ, UK
6
Dept of Pathology Academic Hospital Maastricht,NL

LASER ONCOLOGY
Chairmen:
D. Kolt, MD (USA) - Managing Director, Rejuvalight LED Technology, Tucson
K. A. Samoilova, BiSc, PhD (Russia) – Inst. of Cytology, Russian Acad.of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
D. Siposan, MD (Rumania) - Military Technical Academy, Bucharest
EFFECTIVENESS OF LOW POWER VISIBLE AND A.A Zimin, N.A Zhevago, K.A. Samoilova
NEAR IR LIGHT IN ONCOLOGY: REVIEW OF Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St.
PRECLINICAL AND CLINICAL DATAPetersburg, Russia
POSTOPERATIVE IMMUNOREHABILITATION OF A.A Zimin, N.A Zhevago, K.A. Samoilova
BREAST CANCER PATIENTS WITH LOW POWER Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St.
POLYCHROMATIC (VISIBLE + IR) RADIATIONPetersburg, Russia
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NOVEL MULTIFUNCTIONAL ACYLOXYALKYL
ESTER PRODRUGS OF 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACIDDISPLAY IMPROVED ANTICANCER ACTIVITY
DEPENDENT ON PHOTOACTIVATIONLOW POWER POLYCHROMATIC (VISIBLE + NEAR
IR) LIGHT ELEVATES SENSITIVITY OF TUMORCELLS TO CYTOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF NATURALKILLERS
EXPRESSION LEVELS OF ALA DEHYDRATASE AS A
MARKER OF ALA-PDT EFFICACYPHOTOTHERAPY WITH POLYCHROMATIC
VISIBLE AND NEAR IR LIGHT OF BREAST CANCERPATIENTS INHIBITS GROWTH PROMOTINGACTIVITY OF THEIR BLOOD SERUM FOR HUMAN
TUMOR CELLS IN VITRO AND ENHANCES THISACTIVITY AS TO NORMAL TARGET CELLS.

Gili Berkovitch1 A. Nudelman2 , B. Ehenberg2 , A.
Rephaeli2 and Z. Malik2
1
Bar Ilan University, Petah-Tikva, Israel
2
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University.
N.A. Filatova, N.A. Knyazev, K.A. Samoilova
Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St.
Petersburg, Russia
Schauder Avital, Feuerstein Tamar and Malik Zvi
Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan - Israel
A.A Zimin, N.A Zhevago, K.A. Samoilova
Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St.
Petersburg, Russia

LASER SURGERY
Chairmen:
V. Oswal, MD (UK) - James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK
A. Vaitkuviene, MD, PhD (Lithuania) – Division of Biomed. Technology. Inst. Applied Res.Vilnius University
Khalid Mohamed Bofares, MD (Libia) - Omar Almoukhtar University, Elbyda City - Libya
PULSE DYE LASER: LARYNGEAL MICRO*Jean Abitbol MD , Patrick Abitbol MD, Jean-Jacques
SURGICAL TECHNIQUE BY NON INVASIVE LASER Maimaran MD
SURGERY ABOUT 57 CASES*1 rue Largillière – Paris, FRANCEOUR EXPERIENCE WITH OPTICAL BIOPSY IN THE Waseem Jerjes, Tahwinder Upile, Zaid Hamdoon, Colin
HEAD AND NECK
Hopper
UCLH Head and Neck Centre, London, United Kingdom
REVIEW OF PATIENTS WITH PERTHES DISEASE
Y. Asagai, T. Ohshiro °RESPONDING POORLY TO NEAR INFRARED
Shinano Handicapped Children's Hospital 6525-1
IRRADIATION THERAPY
Shimosuwa (Japan)°Japan Medical Laser Laboratory, Shinanomachi, Tokyo,
23th ANNIVERSARY OF PERCUTANEOUS LASER
G.P.Tassi1, Daniel S.J. Choy2, J. Hellinger3, S. Hellinger3,
DISC DECOMPRESSION (PLDD)
Sang H. Lee4
1
Casa di Cura VILLA ANNA – S. Benedetto del Tronto (AP);2
Columbia University New York;
3
Isar Klinik Munchen,Germany;
4
Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul - Korea
SAPPHIRE DIAGNOSTIC SCALPEL
Irina
Shikunova,
V.V.Kurlov,*A.V.Rybova,*V.B.Loschenov
Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy of
Sciences (ISSP RAS) - Chernogolovka, Russia*Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian
Academy of Sciences (GPI RAS)
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COMBINATION OF A LASER AND STEM CELLS IN
POSTERIOR EYE OPHTHALMOLOGY.

DETECTION OF CERVICAL CANCER ANALYZINGBLOOD SAMPLES WITH RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
AND MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS

355nm MICROLASER FOR AUTOFLUORESCENCEDIAGNOSIS IN PAP SPIN

PLANTAR WARTS TREATED BY CARBON DIOXIDELASER: EXPERIENCE GAINED DURING 4 YEARSULTRASOUND-GUIDED PHOTODYNAMIC
THERAPY FOR DEEP SEATED PATHOLOGIES:PROSPECTIVE STUDYCARBON DIOXIDE LASER TURBINECTOMYVERSUS SUBMUCOSAL DIATHERMY OF
HYPERTROPHIED TURBINATES HISTOPATHOLOGICAL PROSPECTIVE STUDYLASER-INDUCED AUTOFLUORESCENCE AS A
DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR USE IN NEUROSURGERY

A. Lukashev, E. Baranov0, N. Gavrilova1, A. Revischin2, P.
Tornambe3
Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc., San Diego CA - USA
0
Stemedica, San Diego, CA, USA; 1Fyodorov Eye
MicroSurgery Center, Moscow, Russia; 2Russian Academyof Sciences, Moscow; 3Retina Specialists, San Diego, USA
J. L. González-Solís1 , J. Rodríguez-López2, J. C. MartínezEspinosa2, C. Frausto-Reyes2, L. F. Jave-Suárez2, A. C.
Aguilar-Lemarroy2, H. Vargas-Rodríguez2, E. MartínezCano2
1
Centro Univ. de los Lagos, Universidad de Guadalajar ,Paseo de la Montaña , Lagos de Moreno - Mexico
2
Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica, A. C.; deInvestigación Biomédica de Occidente, Instituto
Mexicano del Seguro Social
A.Vaitkuviene, V.Gegzna, R.Kurtinaitiene, J.Rimiene,
J.Vaitkus.
Institute of Applied Research, Medicine, Nature faculties.
Vilnius University. Vilnius, Lithuania
Ohad Baruchin MD1'2 & Abraham M.Baruchin MD1
1
Laser Unit ,Barzilai University Medical Center,
Ashkelon, Israel
2
Department of Ob/Gyn, Assaf Harofeh University
Medical Center ,Zerifin.Is
Waseem Jerjes, Tahwinder Upile, Zaid Hamdoon, Farai
Nhembe, Rishi Bhandari, Sorcha Mackay, Priya Shah,Charles Alexander Mosse, Simon Morley, Colin Hopper
UCLH Head and Neck Centre, London, United Kingdom
Khalid Mohamed Bofares
Omar Almoukhtar University
Elbyda City - Libya
Mihaela - Oana Romanitan1, A. Pascu2, L. Danaila3,
M.L.Pascu2*
1
Neurology Clinics, Emergency Univ. Hospital, Bucharest
2
National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation
Physics, Laser Department, Bucharest, Romania. 3
Neurosurgery Clinics, National Institute of Neurology and
Neurovascular Diseases, Bucharest

LASER BIOMODULATION – 1
Chairmen:
J. Anders, PhD (USA) – Anatomy and Biology Dept, USHUS Bethesda
S.A. Gonchukov, PhD (Russia) - Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
L. Navratil, MD, PhD (Czech Rep) – Univ. South Bohemia, Fac.of Health and Social Studies, Ceske Budejovice
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THE IMPORTANCE OF BLUE LIGHT
FOR WOUND HEALINGBLUE LIGHT PHOTOTHERAPY KILLSMETHYCILLIN RESISTANT
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS(MRSA)ASSOCIATION OF SODIUM
ALGINATE/CHITOSAN-BASEDDRESSING FILMS AND LOW LEVELLASER THERAPY ON DERMAL
BURN HEALING: A MORPHOLOGICSTUDY

HOW THE EFFECTS OF LLLT ON
THE NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEMIMPROVE WOUND HEALINGTHE CREATION OF STANDARDIZEDCERTIFICATION FOR LOW LEVELLASER THERAPY (LLLT)

R. Lubart, R. Ankri, A. Lipovski and H. Friedmann
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Chukuka S. Enwemeka, PhD, FACSM
Professor and Dean, College of Health Sciences
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Amalia Ribeiro Doutor1,Maria Amália Gonzaga Ribeiro1, Vitor Garcia
Moreno de Oliveira2, Daisy Pereira Valido2, Ricardo Luiz Cavalcantide Albuquerque-Júnior2, Juliana Cordeiro Cardoso2, Rose Nely
Pereira Filho3, Antônio Luiz Barbosa Pinheiro4.
1
School of Dentistry, Federal University of Sergipe; 2Post-Graduation
Program in Health and Environment, University Tiradentes; 3Scienceand Technology Inst. (Aracaju/SE, Brazil); 4School of Dentistry, Federal
Univ. of Bahia (Salvador/BA, Brazil).
M. Dyson, PhD
King’s College London (KCL), United Kingdom
Vaclav Navratil1,Leos Navratil 2,3,Jozef Rosina 1,4, Blanka Navratilova 51
Czech Technical University, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Kladno,
Czech Rep.
2
Univ. of South Bohemia, Faculty of Health and Social Studies, Ceske
Budejovice, Charles University, 1st Medical Faculty, Inst. of Biophysics
and Informatics, Prague, Czech Rep.
3
Charles Univ, 3rd Medical Faculty, Inst. of Medical Biophysics andInformatics, Prague, Czech Rep.
4
Dept. of Stomatosurgery, Prague 2, Czech Rep.

LASER BIOMODULATION – 2
Chairmen:
R. Glen Calderhead, MSc, PhD(MedSci) FRSM - Japan Phototherapy Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan
R. Lubart, PhD (ISR) - Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
P.G. Rocchi, MD (I) – Bologna University, Forensic Med. Dept
BIPHASIC DOSE RESPONSE IN LOW Y.Y. Huang 1, A..C-H. Chen1, J.D. Carroll2, M.R. Hamblin1
1
LEVEL LIGHT THERAPY
Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General
Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
2
THOR Photomedicine Ltd, Chesham, HP51HQ, UK
LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES: THE
R Glen Calderhead, MSc, PhD(MedSci), FRSM
WOUND HEALING REVOLUTION
Japan Phototherapy Laboratory, Tokyo, JapanMETAL-FREE
PHTALOCYANINE Olga Udartseva, Elena Andreeva, Ludmila Buravkova, Eduard(PtS) AND 5-AMINOLEVULENIC Tararak*
ACID (ALA) IN PHOTODYNAMIC Institute of Biomedical Problems RAS (IMBP RAS)TREATMENTOF
HUMAN Khoroshevskoe shosse, 76A Moscow 123007 - Russia
VASCULAR CELLS*- Cardiocenter, Moscow, Russia
FORENSIC MEDICINE IN LASER P.G. Rocchi, MD – Bologna University
SKIN TREATMENT
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LIVER REGENERATION AFTERHEPATECTOMY FOLLOWED BY
LOW ENERGY LASER IRRADIATION

U. Oron, H. Tuby, L.Maltz, V. Sorin, and A. Czerniak
Department of Zoology, Life Sciences Faculty, Tel-Aviv University, TelAviv, 69978 and Wolfson Medical Center, Holon - Israel
LASER Dentistry – 1

Chairmen:
C. Fornaini, MD – Parma University, Dentistry Dept.
A.L.B. Pinheiro, DDS, MD, PhD (Brazil) - School of Dentistry, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador
WAVELENGTH EFFECT IN
A.L.B. Pinheiro,DDS, MD, PhD
TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT
School of Dentistry, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador,
2
PAIN: A CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
National Institute of Optics and Photonics, Brazilian National Reserch
Council (CNPq), S.Carlos-SP/Salvador-BA, Brazil
ND:YAG LASER AND COLD BLADE IN Ripasarti A, Guidotti R, Meleti M, Merigo E, Manfredi M, Fornaini C,
ORAL SURGERY: ANALYSIS OF Bonanini M, Vescovi P.
POST-OPERATIVE PAIN IN 256 European Master Degree in Oral Laser Applications. Univ. of Parma
PATIENTSASSESSMENT OF SUSPICIOUS
ORAL LESIONS USING OPTICALCOHERENCE TOMOGRAPHYASSESSMENT OF TUMOURRESECTION MARGINS USING
OPTICAL COHERENCETOMOGRAPHY
PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY AS THE“LAST HOPE” FOR PATIENTS WITHTONGUE BASE CARCINOMA

Zaid Hamdoon, Waseem Jerjes, Tahwinder Upile, Gordon McKenzie,
Amrita Jay, Gareth J Thomas, Colin Hopper
UCLH Head and Neck Centre, London NW1 2PG United Kingdom
Zaid Hamdoon, Waseem Jerjes, Tahwinder Upile, Gordon McKenzie,
Amrita Jay, Gareth J Thomas, Colin Hopper
UCLH Head and Neck Centre, London, United Kingdom

Waseem Jerjes, Tahwinder Upile, Zaid Hamdoon, Farai Nhembe,
Rishi Bhandari, Sorcha Mackay, Charles Alexander Mosse, Simon
Morley, Colin Hopper
UCLH Head and Neck Centre, London, United Kingdom
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF DIODE S.Broglia, * L. Iacovazzi*, E. Vigliaroli*, U. Romeo°, C. Maggiore*
LASER IN IMMEDIATE IMPLANT *Dip. di Scienze Chirurgiche, Univ. di L’Aquila, Italy
PLACEMENT°Dip.di Scienze Odontostomatologiche, Univ. Sapienza di Roma.
CLINICAL EVALUATION OF 17
Paolo Vescovi*, Carlo Fornaini*, Elisabetta Merigo*, Maddalena
CASES OF BRONJ
Manfredi*, Marco Meleti*, Rebecca Guidotti*, Alessandro Ripasarti*,(BISPHOSPHONATE RELATEDGiovanni Mergoni *, Amin Serraj*, Jean-Paul Rocca**, SamirOSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAWS)
Nammour***
TREATED WITH ER:YAG LASER* Department of ENT/Dental/Ophthalmological and Cervico-Facial
SURGERY
Sciences; Università degli Studi di Parma – (Italy)** UFR Odontologie- Université de Nice “Sophia Antipolis” – (France)*** Université de Liège (Belgique)
POST-EVALUATION OF THE
Antonio Sanchez Escobar, Melendez Ocampo Arcelia ,Franco Lira
NEUROPHATIES TREATMENT
Maricela, Aragon Flores Mariana, Hernandez Hernandez Guillermina,
POST-TRAUMA WITH
Chiquini Jasso Jose Luis
THERAPEUTIC LASER. MODEL IN
University of Army and Air Force, Av. Industria Militar s/n, Mexico city
SCIATIC NERVE OF FROG
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LASER Dentistry – 2
Chairmen:
G. Lynn-Powell, DDS, PhD (USA) – Salt Lake City Univ, School of Dentistry
C. Maggiore , MD - Dip. di Scienze Chirurgiche Università di L’Aquila – Italy
USE OF ND:YAG LASER
R. Guidotti, E. Merigo, M. Meleti, M. Manfredi, A. Ripasarti, C.
BIOSTIMULATION FOR DENTAL
Fornaini, P. Vescovi
EXTRACTIONS SCHEME IN
Dept. of Otolaryngological/Dental/Ophthalmological and CervicoPATIENTS UNDER
Facial Sciences;Unit of Oral Pathology and Laser-assisted Oral Surgery,
BISPHOSPHONATES THERAPY.
University of Parma, Parma Italy
LOW LEVEL KTP LASER ON
Elisabetta Merigo, Sebastien Bouvet-Gerbettaz, Florian Boukhechba,
OSTEOBLASTIC PROLIFERATION
Danielle Quincey, Jean-Paul Rocca, George Carle, Nathalie Rochet
AND DIFFERENTIATION: A*Department of ENT/Dental/Ophthalmological and Cervico-Facial
PRELIMINARY IN VITRO STUDY.
Sciences; Università degli Studi di Parma – (Italy)**UFR Odontologie- Univ.de Nice “Sophia Antipolis” – Nice (France)***Laboratory og Genetics, Physiopathology and Bone Tissue
Engineering (Gepitos)- Univ de Nice “Sophia Antipolis” – Nice (France)
MICROLEAKAGE OF ASSOCIATION F. Occhiminuti, B Exbrayat, M.F. Bertrand, J.P. Rocca, C. Fornaini
OF SELF ETCHING ADHESIVE
University of Nice, France
SYSTEM AND ER:YAG LASER:
LITERATURE REVISION.
MICROLEAKAGE
EXPERIMENT B. Exbrayat, F. Occhiminuti, C. Fornaini, M.F. Bertrand, J.P. Rocca
STUDY OF ASSOCIATION OF SELF University of Nice, France
ETCHING ADHESIVE SYSTEM AND
ER:YAG LASERLASER BIOSTIMULATION OF
E.Vigliaroli*, L.Iacovazzi*, S.Broglia*, A. Del Vecchio°, C.Maggiore*
ALVEOLUS AFTER THIRD MOLAR*Dip. di Scienze Chirurgiche Università di L’Aquila - Italy
EXTRACTION° Dip. di Scienze Odontostomatologiche, Univ. “Sapienza” di Roma,
Italy
ULTRASTRUCTURAL AND
C.Fornaini1, E.Merigo1,F. Passaretti2, E. Villa2,P. Vescovi1, J.P. Rocca 3,
MECHANICAL WELDING LASER
S. Nammour 4
1
COMPARATION BETWEEN FIBERDepartment of ENT/Dental/Ophthalmological and Cervico-Facial
DELIVERED ND:YAG AND FIXEDSciences; Università degli Studi di Parma – (Italy)
2
LENSES ND:YAG
Italian National Res.Council – Inst. For Energetics and Interphases,
Lecco
3
UFR Odontologie- Univ. de Nice “Sophia Antipolis” – Nice- (France)
4
Université de Liège (Belgique)
LASER THERAPY OF BONE
Antonio Melendez Ocampo, Arcelia Melendez Ocampo, Maricela
FRACTURE
Franco Lira, Mariana Aragon Flores
University of Army and Air Force, Av Industria Militar s/n , Mexico City
ALKALINE FOSFATASA LIKEFranco Alberto Perez Mata, Claudia Gabriela Monroy Abarca, JoseOSTEOGENIC MARKER IN THE
Luis Chiquini Jasso
BONE HEALING POSTEXTRATION
University of Army and Air ForceSTIMULATED WITH LASER
Av. Industria Militar s/n - Mexico City, Mexico
THERAPEUTIC
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LASER PHYSICS
Chairmen:
N. Mortellaro, MD (I) - University of Catania, Laser Surgery Center, Catania
M. L. Pascu, PhD (Ro) - National Inst. for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Laser Dept, Bucharest
J. Vaitkus, PhD (LIT) – Physics Dept, Vilnius University
THE GENERATION OF MICRODROPLETS
M. L. Pascu1, I. R. Andrei1, V. Pradines2, V. Nastasa1, R. Miller2
1
AS VECTORS TO TRANSPORT MEDICINES
National Inst. for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Laser
TO TISSUES
Dept, Bucharest
2
MPI für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung
Forschungscampus Golm, Golm, Germany.
LASER TRANSMISSION HOLOGRAMS
Paula Dawson
MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE
The University of New South Wales , Sydney - Australia
THE PHOTOBIOLOGICAL BASICS OF LED
R Glen Calderhead MSc PhD(MedSci) FRSM
PHOTOTHERAPY, AND HOW THEY APPLY Japan Phototherapy Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan.
IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
A CONNECTION BETWEENPetrica Ciotirnae, Dan Siposan, Razvan Raicu
COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE LIVING
Military Technical Academy, Bucharest - Romania
WORLD AND TRAFFIC MODELS FORLASER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSOXIDATIVE STRESS AFTER THERAPEUTIC
Zuzana Freitinger-Skalicka1, Vaclav Navratil2, Jaroslav Racek4,
LASER IRRADIATION AND GAMMA
Zdenek Hon1, Leos Navratil1,3, Friedo Zoelzer1,2
1
IRRADIATION
University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Health and Social
Studies, Dept of Radiology and Toxicology, Ceske Budejovice,
Czech Republic
2
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Biomedical
Engineering, Kladno, Czech Republic
3Charles Univ. Prague, First Faculty of Medicine, Czech Republic
4Charles Univ. in Prague, Faculty of Medicine, Plzen, Czech
Republic
DESIGN AND TESTING OF TWO-SOURCES Marina Timofeeva, Vladimir Arkov, Svetlana Haustova,
LASER STIMULATOR
Alexander Tonevitsky
Russian Research Institute of Sport and Physical education
Moscow - Russia
DOES INFLUENCE THE MODIFICATIONSRăzvan Raicu1, Dan Sipoşan1, Dumitru Bădilă2
1
OF WATER PROPERTIES BY PHYSICAL
Military Technical Academy, Bucharest
2
AGENTS ON SOME BIOLOGICAL
Termomedics Bucharest
FUNCTIONS?
INTEGRATION OF EXTRACELLULAR
A. Lauto1, L. Longo2
MATRIX WITH CHITOSAN ADHESIVE FILM 1University of Western Sydney, Penrith South DC,Australia
2
FOR SUTURELESS TISSUE FIXATION
University of Siena, Italy
ADJUSTMENT OF LIGHT IN THE LIMITDan Sipoşan1, Toma Melinte2, Jan Ciurea3
1
CONDITIONS OF THE CONSCIOUSNESS –Military Technical Academy
2“PRE COMA”, BY THE ASCENDANTThe Ambulance Service of Bucharest City (SAMB)
3ACTIVATING RETICULAR SYSTEM AND
Clinical Emergency Bagdasar Arseni Hospital, Bucharest
THE AUXILIARY SUBSYSTEMS
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LASER SAFETY: BEYOND SIGNS ANDGOGGLESLASER HAEMORROIDECTOMY: UPDATAGUIDELINES ON DAY-HOSPITAL, DAY
SURGERY, DAY-SERVICE

Penny J. Smalley
TCI, 1444 W. Farwell Ave.,Chicago - USA
C. Giannini
General Surgery Dept, SS. Annunziata Hospital, Firenze
N. Mortellaro, MD
University of Catania, Laser Surgery Center, Catania

LASER RHEUMATOLOGY AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE – 1
Chairmen:
Y. Asagai, MD (J) – IPTA President, Suwa University
G.D. Baxter, DPhil (NZ) - University of Otago, Dunedin - New Zealand
M. Herold, MD (A) - Innsbruck Medical Univ., Dept of Internal Med, Innsbruck, Austria
LASER THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF
Steve Tumilty Munn PhD1, Haxby Abbott PhD1, Suzanne
ACHILLES TENDINOPATHY: A RANDOMISED
McDonough PhD2; Deirdre A. Hurley PhD3; J.R. Basford
CONTROLLED TRIAL
PhD4; G. David Baxter DPhil1
University of Otago, Dunedin - New Zealand1
Centre for Physiotherapy Research, School ofPhysiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New
Zealand; 2University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim,
Northern Ireland; 3University College Dublin, Belfield,
Dublin, Republic of Ireland; 4The Mayo Clinic Rochester,
Minnesota U.S.A.
REALIGNMENT AND COLLAGEN ALTERATIONS Viviane Timm Wood, MAI Neves, NA Parizoto², CE
WITH LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY COMBINED Pinfildi, B Hochman, LM Ferreira
WITH LOW INTENSITY ULTRASOUND IN Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP) Napoleão de
CALCANEOUS TENDON REPAIR
Barros, São Paulo Federal University of São Carlos(UFSCar)², São Paulo, Brazil
INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT OUTPUT POWER Marco Aurelio Invaldi Neves, Viviane Timm Wood PT,(40,60,80,100MW) OF LLLT IN CALCANEOUS Rafael Corrêa Gobbato PT, Nivaldo Antônio Parizoto PT
TENDON REPAIR: REALIGNMENT AND PhD, Carlos Eduardo Pinfildi PT PhD, Bernardo Hochman
COLLAGEN TYPESMD PhD, Lydia Masako Ferreira MD PhD
São Paulo Federal University – UNIFESPTHE DOSE THAT WORKS: LOW LEVEL LASER S. Tumilty MPhTy1; J. Munn PhD1, S. McDonough PhD2; D.
TREATMENT OF TENDINOPATHY
A. Hurley PhD3; J.R. Basford PhD4; G. D. Baxter DPhil1.
1Centre for Physiotherapy Research, School ofPhysiotherapy,Univ.of Otago,Dunedin, New Zealand.
2
University of Ulster,Newtownabbey, Co Antrim,Northern
Ireland3
University College Dublin, Belfield,Dublin,Rep. of Ireland
4
The Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota - U.S.A.
KNUCKLE PADS – A COMMON PROBLEM BUT Manfred Herold1, Katharina Russe2
1
GOOD TO TREAT BY LASER
Innsbruck Medical Univ., Dept of InternalMed, Innsbruck, Austria
2Laserzentrum, Innsbruck, Austria
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THE EFFECT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF NEARINFRAREDLASER
THERAPY,
BONE
MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS, AND GUIDED
BONE REGENERATION ON TIBIAL FRACTURES
TREATED WITH INTERNAL RIGID FIXATION: A
RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY

Antonio L.B. Pinheiro1,2
1
Laser Center, School of Dentistry, Federal University of
Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brazil
2
National Institute of Optics and Photonics, Brazilian
National Reserch Council (CNPq), S.Carlos-SP/Salvador-BA,
BrazilLASER RHEUMATOLOGY AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE – 2
Chairmen:
M. Dyson, PhD (UK) - King’s College London (KCL)
C. Enwemeka, PhD, FACS (USA) – Dean, College of Health Sciences Wisconsin’s University, Milwaukee
S. Tumilty, MPhTy (NZ) - Centre for Physiotherapy Res., School of Physiotherapy,Univ.of Otago,Dunedin,
New Zealand
THE CURRENT STATE OF THE INFERTILITY
Toshio Ohshiro
TREATMENT WITH LASER IN JAPAN - THE
Director of Japan Medical Laser Laboratory (JMLL),
BIRTH OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR LASER
President of the Japan Society for Laser Reproduction
REPRODUCTION (JASLAR)(JaSLaR)
EFFECT OF LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY ON
Carlos Eduardo Pinfildi°, Gobbato RC, Liebano RE,
VIABILITY OF THE TRANSVERSE RECTUS
Hochman BS, Ferreira LM
ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP
°UNIMEP - Catanduva, Brazil ; UNIFESPREDUCTION OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN
Nicholas A. Wise, DC
WITH CRANIAL LASER REFLEX THERAPY
Wise Techniques, Spartanburg(CLRT): A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
USA
USING PRESSURE ALGOMETRYCOMPARATIVE STUDY USING IR Diode Laser Giuseppe Tam
904 nm and 808 nm 160 CASES
Laser Center, Villa Santina –Tolmezzo, Italy
EFFECTS OF LASER ON PROGENITOR CELLS:
C. Kleinbloesem1, L. Longo2
PROPOSAL OF CLINICAL APPLICATION
X- cell Center, Koln, Germany
Siena University, Institute Laser Medicine, Firenze, Italy
Patients on live
All Speakers
TALK POSTER SESSION
Chairmen
G. Oskarbski, MD – Poland Society of Aesthetic Medicine
M. Postiglione, MD, PhD – Former Director, WHO
P. Smalley, TN –TCI, Chjcago (USA)LOW INTENSITY PHOTOTHERAPY
Vladimir Lemberg
ACCELERATES SKIN RE-EPITHELIALIZATION Lumenis Inc., 5302 Betsy Ross Drive
AFTER FRACIONAL MICRO ABLATIVE LASER Santa Clara California – USA
TREATMENTINFLUENCE OF GAALAS LASER (670NM)
Maria de Fátima Lima Ferreira, Antônio Márcio Texeira
AND OF DEXAMETHASONE IN
Marchionni, Gilberth Tadeu dos Santos Aciole, Susana Carla
CHRONOLOGY OF SKIN REPAIR
Pires Sampaio de Oliveira, Juliana Santos de Carvalho
Monteiro, Silvia Regina de Almeida Reis, Antônio Luiz
Barbosa Pinheiro.
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UFBA Rua Araújo Pinho, 62 Salvador Bahia - Brazil
Maria de Fátima Lima Ferreira, Priscila Chagas Oliveira,
Juliana Santos de Carvalho Monteiro, Susana Carla Pires
Sampaio de Oliveira, Gilberth Tadeu dos Santos Aciole,
Luciana Pedreira Ramalho, Antônio Luiz Barbosa Pinheiro
UFBA Rua Araujo Pinho, 62 Salvador Bahia, Brazil
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF LED Susana Carla Pires Sampaio de Oliveira, Juliana Santos de
RADIATION IN THE REPAIR OF SKIN Carvalho Monteiro, Maria de Fátima Lima Ferreira, Diego
WOUNDS ON THE DORSUM OF RATS WITH Silva Menezes, Jean Nunes dos Santos, Fátima Zanin,
IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA: HISTOLOGICAL Gilberth Tadeu S Aciole, Antonio Luiz Barbosa Pinheiro
STUDY.
UFBA Rua Araujo Pinho, 62 Salvador Bahia, Brazil
LASERTHERAPY AND MUSCLE RELAXANT
Gilbert Tadeu dos Santos Aciole, Susana Carla Pires
THERAPIES FOR MASTICATORY
Sampaio de Oliveira, Márcio V Lisboa, Jean Nunes dos
MUSCULATURE UNDER ALTERED
Santos, Aparecida Maria C Marques, Antônio Luiz B.
OCCLUSAL RELATIONSHIPS – A
Pinheiro
MORPHOLOGIC AND ULTRA STRUCTURAL
UFBA Rua Araújo Pinho, 62 Salvador Bahia 40110150 Brazil
STUDY IN A RODENT MODELWAVELENGTH EFFECT IN
Maria de Fátima Lima Ferreira, Carolina M. Carvalho, MariaTEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT PAIN: A
Cristina T. Cangussu,Susana Carla Pires Sampaio de
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Oliveira, Aparecida M. C. Marques, Juliana Santos deCarvalho Monteiro, Gilberth Tadeu S. Aciole, Antônio L. B.
Pinheiro
UFBA Rua Araújo Pinho, Salvador Bahia - Brazil
MODIFICATIONS OF THE MEDICINES Adriana Smarandache1, Ruxandra Angela Pascu2, Andra
MOLECULAR STRUCTURES BY BULK Militaru1, M. L. Pascu1*
1
EXPOSURE TO OPTICAL RADIATION
National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics,
Laser Department, Bucharest
2
Emergency Univ. Hospital, Ophthalmology Clinic,Bucharest.
IRRADIATED DOXORUBICIN EFFECTS ON
Steliana Kevorkian1, Adina Manea1, Anca Dinischiotu1,
AN EPITHELIAL RETINAL CELL LINE
Madalina Dicu2, M. L. Pascu2*, Marieta Costache11
University of Bucharest, Department of Biochemistry andMolecular Biology, Bucharest.
2
National Inst. for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Laser
Dept, Bucharest.
STABILITY
OF
THE
MOLECULAR I. R. Andrei1, Adriana Smarandache1, J. M. Pages2, A.
STRUCTURES OF MEDICINES DELIVERED IN Mahamoud2, M. L. Pascu1*
1
MICRODROPLETS SOLUTIONSNational Inst. for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Laser
Dept, Bucharest,Romania.;2Fac.of Pharmacy, Mediterranean
Univ, Marseille, France
SECOND IMPLANT PHASE:DIODE LASER AS L. Leoci, W. Antonietti, C. Fornaini, P. Vescovi
A GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL European Master Degree in Oral Laser Applications.
SURGICAL APPROACH. CASE REPORT
University of ParmaTHE DIODE LASER AS UN AUSILIARY PART W. Antonietti, L. Leoci, R. Guidotti, C. Fornaini, P. Vescovi
IN THE PERIODONTAL SURGERY:CLINICAL European Master Degree in Oral Laser Applications. Univ.of
EVALUATIONParma
USE OF PHOTOTHERAPY (Λ400-2000nm) IN
THE HEALING OF THIRD-DEGREE BURN IN
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COMPARISON OF FOUR DIFFERENT Aldo Oppici , E. Merigo, F. Clini, C. Fornaini
WAVELENGTHS
IN
PRE-PROSTHETIC Oral Medicine and Laser Assisted Unit, Univ.of Parma (I)
SURGERY
Special Need Unit. Division of Dentistry. Hospital of Piacenza(Italy)CHIROPRACTIC AND CRANIAL LASER Nicholas A. Wise, D.C.
REFLEX TECHNIQUE (CLRT) FOR STROKE USA
INDUCED MUSCLE SPASMS: A CASE STUDY

Next Meeting……………….
24th International Congress of Laser Medicine with Pre-Conference Courses

Laser Florence 2010…… THE LASER MEDICINE WORLDFOR RESEARCHERS, PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS, AESTHETICIANS, BIOLOGISTS, VETERINARIANS, PHYSICAL
THERAPISTS, PHYSICS, ENGINEERS

FLORENCE, November 5th - 6th, 2010
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION (only through web.site):
JULY 15TH, 2010
AWARDS will assigned for BEST PAPERS /POSTER In Medicine, Surgery, Basic
Science /Research, And Veterinary Surgery
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Laser Florence 2010 is the annual Congress of the International Academy Laser Medicine andSurgery.
As usual researchers and doctors will show new data immediately available for practical use.
Particular emphasis will be given to research relating to standards for light and laser therapy on
different topics: Dentistry, Dermatology, Neurology, Sport Injuries, Phlebology, Plastic Surgery,Photodynamic Diagnosis and Therapy, and more.
A special session will be made for Energetic Medicine and the role of laser beams and light in this
topic.In fact, in the world there is a bit of confusion between data obtained from evidence based
medicine and scientific data controlled experimentally, especially in the field of the energetic
medicine.
The International Academy ensures a high quality of the lectures and posters presented. The
accepted abstracts are published in the official journal of the IALMS, Laser in Medical Science,
published by Springer Publisher, London. The Proceedings of the Conference will be published
immediately after the event, on paper and on line, by the American Institute of Physics. The IALMS
members could look up the slides of the Conference in the member area at the web sitewww.ialms.com.
The year 2010 is too the 50th birthday of Laser Discover. Unfortunately Theodore Maiman, laser
creator, died some year ago. We would like to celebrate this event and to restructure the School
titled to him.
The IALMS will organize a Master on Laserology – Laser technology in medicine and surgery,under the umbrella of the WFSLMS – The World Federation of Laser Societies of Laser Medicine
and Surgery. This Master includes a general section, held in Firenze, and many specialistic
sessions, held in different towns of different countries. Teachers will be the pioneers on the use oflasers in different sectors of the medicine. Full details on this Master will be available on the web
sites www.laserflorence.org, www.ialms.com, www.wfslms.org. The diploma released will give thetitle of International Medical Laser Specialist – IMeLaS.
The aim of Laser Florence organisers is always the same: to establish an outstanding interaction
between the delegates in a unique location and an unforgettable atmosphere where friendship,
intelligence and scientific know-how are blended.
Several awards are available for the presenters of the best papers and posters and the recipients
will be invited to participate in the next conference of Laser Florence.
To fully understand the importance of Laser Florence, there is only one way, coming here !
Looking forward to seeing you in Florence
Best regards

Leonardo Longo

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NETWORKS GENERATED BY LASER FLORENCE CONFERENCES
1997: Pulse light for vascular lesions, advantages and limits. Endovascularlaser therapy for various veins. Indication and contraindications for Laser
resurfacing procedures.
1998: mechanism of action, ant inflammatory and anti-edema effects, of Laser. Advantages and limits for laser in dentistry. Types of laser recommended
for treatment of telangiectases and reticular veins.
1999: Prostatectomy laser. Non surgical endovenous laser modulating theimmune system. Advantages and limits of Laser and IPL as hair removal
techniques.
2000: PDD and PDT for the treatment of gastrointestinal and urologicalcancers. Laser therapy for wound healing and skin ulcers. , stretch marks,
scars, keloids. Laser and IPL in skin rejuvenation.
2001: Laser treatment for diabetes type 1 and 2 (live demonstration on
patients during the congress, probably, for the first time in the world).
Advantages and limits of pulsed light in aesthetic medicine and surgery.
What kind of laser should be in rheumatology and sport traumas? Role ofEuropean Community and World Health Organization in these issues.
2002: Laser Treatment of disk Hernias. Laser and light treatment for
Psoriasis and Vitiligo.
2003: Laser therapy for nervous cells regeneration, in vitro andexperimental. Complications of laser and light therapy and their treatment.
Selection of affordable instrumentation. Advantages and limits of laser inophthalmology. Position of FDA and other International Institution on non
surgical laser.
2004: laser therapy of spinal cord injuries in clinical practice; firstdiabetic patients treated with laser in Italy, following Helsinki
declaration rules; news on mechanisms of ant inflammatory and regenerative
effects of lasers on the human tissues; prostatectomy laser in day surgery;advantages and limits of endoluminal laser surgery of varicose veins ; laser
coupled with radio frequency scalpel for skin lesion treatment. Laser
treatment of progenitor cells.
2005: Cesarean incision with laser. Photodyalisis laser for chronic
degenerative conditions. Follow-up of laser therapy for diabetes. Laser
therapy of traumatic spinal cord injuries. Action mechanism of laser beam on
nervous tissue.
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2006: Photopletismography multi laser in vascular diseases. News substancesfor PDT of lung cancer. Ant inflammatory and regenerative mechanisms oflaser treatment of experimental myocardial infarct. News on Laser therapy insport traumatology Radio protective effects of non surgical laser.
2007: Laser in stem cells therapy: preclinical phase. Laser therapy fortraumatic and degenerative spinal cord injuries with live patients
presentation. Follow-up of laser therapy in diabetes type 1 e 2. Laser
therapy for female infertility. Laser vascular and aesthetic surgery.
State-of-the art on laser dentistry and PDD/PDT.
2008: Laser in brain traumatic injuries; Laser therapy for male infertility.
Laser and energetic medicine; laser and nervous progenitor cells.
2009: Guidelines for non surgical uses of lasers; Laser in infertility; Laserand stem cells self graft.

NEWS
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Our new website www.ialms.com liked much.
We appreciate your opinion and some suggestion/comment for to improve more that.
You can add your own website under the new section: Laser Medical Centers, free of charge.
You can enjoy photos taken during the last three Laser Florence Congress, on the new area members.
The journal : Laser in Medical Science, is available on-line, and each member must receive 6 issues for year
by regular mail.
If some member don’t received those in the year 2009, please advise immediately the IALMS Secretary.
Special area with the Proceedings of Laser Florence 2009 will be available under the umbrella of theAmerican Institute of Physics.
However please note that :A PASSWORD IS REQUIRED , AVAILABLE ONLY TO IALMS
MEMBERS WHO REGULARLY PAID THEIR SUBSCRIPTION FEE!
In case you have not done it yet , please renew your subscription, NOW!
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LASER FLORENCE 2009 – IALMS and IPTA CONGRESSLASER VILNIUS 2009 – BALM/IALMS COURSE IN VILNIUS UNIVERSITY
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REPORT ON
MINUTES OF THE JOINT BUSINESS MEETING of the
2nd CONGRESS of the WORLD FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY
and the 18th CONGRESS of the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR LASER SURGERY AND MEDICINE
held during Laser Tokyo 2009 in the Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo, November 29th 2009
The meeting, being Quorate, was opened by Professor Toshio Ohshiro, President-Elect of the 18th ISLSM congress andPresident of Laser Tokyo 2009 at 14:10. He welcomed everyone present particularly those who had come fromoverseas, including a good number of observers who were not Committee Members of either organization. He pointed
out that the Committee Members of both organizations were almost the same people, and that the main points fordiscussion were very similar, so he hoped that everyone would accept a joint business meeting. This was unanimously
accepted.
Professor Krishna Rau (India), President-Elect of the 2nd World Federation meeting, then asked leave to have thefloor, which was granted. Prof Rau had very kindly prepared Presidential Medallions and Chains for the Presidents of the
ISLSM (Professor Toshio Ohshiro), WFSLMS (Professor Kazuhiko Atsumi) and the Laser Tokyo 2009 host society,Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine (JSLSM, Professor Harubumi Kato). He then presented these to therespective recipients, and was roundly applauded.
Prof Ohshiro then presented a comprehensive history of the achievements, aims and goals of both the WFSLMS
and ISLSM, showing how many of them intermeshed over the preceding years. His main point was the poor financial
situation of both organizations, and one of their renewed goals was to make their financial situation more sound. He
pointed out the differences between the ISLSM, the oldest laser society in the world, as attested to by Professor Isaac
Kaplan (Israel), the WFSLMS and the NPO (non-profit organization)-WFSLMS. Under the 2009 goals, the NPOWFSLMS would undertake and control the financial side of things, raise funds, and would disburse these to the
WFSLMS as one of the projects of NPO-WFSLMS. At the very beginning, seed funds were donated by Prof Kaplan, andthe idea was to found the Kaplan-Atsumi Foundation. However under Japanese law, a Foundation must have funds
running into the hundreds of millions of Japanese yen, so that was impossible. This latest approach is, however,possible.
Prof Kaplan then made a suggestion. He had published two books as privately published volumes, ‘The WonderingJew’ and his most recent one, ‘Rhyme Time: an Apology for an Anthology’. He presented a CD-ROM with digital copiesof these books to Prof Rau, and offered Prof Rau the publishing and sales rights in India, with all proceeds to go to the
WFSLMS funds. This generous offer was roundly applauded.
Prof Ohshiro sincerely thanked Prof Kaplan for this. He then proceeded with a history of the Committee members of
ISLSM, ending with the proposed 2009 Council members, as in the table on the following page. The meeting agreed
unanimously to accept that recommendation.
There followed a discussion on the IMeLaS proposal. Prof Ohshiro reported that, on November 26th and 27th, thefirst initiative course had been held. Ohshiro further reported that 17 young medical doctors (6 from Thailand and 11
from Japan) had taken the course of didactic lectures being given on both days by R Glen Calderhead (UK & Japan),
Penny Smalley (USA) and Profs Ishiwatari (Japan) and Sliney (USA). On the morning of the 27th
ISLSM Council, 2009-2011
Honorary Presidents
Isaac Kaplan (Israel)
Kazuhiko Atsumi (Japan)
The Executive
President
Toshio Ohshiro (Japan)
President-Elect
Jin Wang Kim (Korea)
Secretary-General
Abraham Baruchin (Israel)
Honorary Treasurer
Sharon Krishna (India)
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The Advisory Council
Past President
Leonardo Longo (Italy)
Other members to be nominated and confirmed by
the Executive
WFSLMS Executive Committee, 2009-2013
Honorary President
Isaac Kaplan (Israel)Founding President
Kazuhiko Atsumi (Japan)
President
Krishna Rau (India)
President-ElectJean Abitbol (France)
Secretary-General
Toshio Ohshiro (Japan)
Assistant Secretary-General
Narong Nimsakul (Thailand)
Honorary Treasurer
Vasant Oswal (UK)
Mary Dyson (Europe)
Sherif Awad (Africa)
Honorary International
Abraham Baruchin (Israel)
Branch Members
Gu Ying (Asia-Pacific)
David Sliney (North America)
Fernando Soriano (South America)
Prof Ohshiro oversaw a hands-on course with a variety of lasers at the Ohshiro Clinic, and after the didactic sessions in
the afternoon the candidates sat a written multiple choice type examination. All candidates passed with an averagescore of around 67%, which was an excellent start. As to those eligible to take an IMeLaS certificate, there was somedebate as to who should be in that group. Some did not like the idea of anyone without an MD or MB ChB, DDS, DVM or
PhD being allowed certification, and the word ‘paramedical’ caused some problems. It was finally agreed to drop
paramedicals from the eligible group. Professor Jean Abitbol (France) insisted that we must not forget specialities likethe ophthalmologists. It was agreed that the course should teach basic science and laser safety, what is often called‘core laser knowledge’, so that participants would recognize and know how to achieve all basic laser/tissue interactions
and be aware of how to use a laser safely.
On WFSLMS business, Professor Leonardo Longo (Italy) was proposed as President-elect of the 2013 meeting,but as he was then given the task of sorting out the syllabus for the IMeLaS didactic courses, Prof Abitbol was tentatively
nominated. Both accepted their relevant and respective tasks. All were in agreement that it should be young doctors at
whom the IMeLaS initiative is aimed, not the older laser doctor who is possibly too set in her or his ways. Prof Abitbol
agreed to send a copy of the French teaching system for our information whereby there is a series of prize medals andfinancial incentives for junior doctors who do especially well in the teaching program.
Returning briefly to the paramedical debate, Dr Vasant Oswal (UK) reported that the British Medical Laser
Association had just recently decided to disband their paramedical group which had run for some years, because it
basically did not work out. Possible reasons included different levels of education, different goals and a different income
level.
At this point Prof Narong Nimsakul (Thailand) returned to the education program, and proposed that Prof Longo be
given full responsibility for putting one together for the IMeLaS initiative. Prof Longo agreed, but he wanted to start withmedical personnel and then expand the scope to take in more types of qualified candidates. He said he already had thecourse drafted, and just needed to flesh it out and nominate instructors. He also said he wanted the young doctors, notolder and experienced laser users, to participate.
On the subject of courses, Prof Nimsakul suggested approaching industry for laser-specific sponsors to defraycosts and increase income. This agreed to be one of the tasks of the WFSLMS Industrial Support Committee.
While the discussion was still on courses, Prof Rau wanted candidates to get a list of required reading some time
before the actual course, including text books and selected papers. Prof Ohshiro pointed out that we had actually
prepared a handbook for the current course, and copies of this were passed around for perusal. Prof Oswal reckoned it
was an excellent resource and could well form the basis for a first-class book. Prof Abitbol suggested that the Handbook
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could be a source of income. Once it was published by a reputable publisher it could be offered to candidates as
included in the course fees.
Prof Ohshiro then moved on to the various committees within WFSLMS, some of which were proposed to havetheir names simplified: this was agreed, as was the list of responsible members for chairpersons as seen on thefollowing page. The post of Chairman of the Industrial Support Committee was occupied by Prof Nimsakul, but due topressure of work he asked to be excused, and suggested Prof Abitbol in his place. Prof Abitbol accepted the post.
Prof Kaplan then said that, as another avenue of education for young doctors, he had been trying to get universities
to have laser basics as part of the standard undergraduate curriculum, but without success. Perhaps with the advent of
the IMeLaS program that would change. It was decided to allot this task to the WFSLMS Education and Training
Committee.
Prof. Atsumi mentioned that some people will have questions and requests for education & training system on
WFSLMS, however everything has both sides, merit and demerit. He believed it had been difficult to start and would be
more difficult to continue, and that we would be able to improve after our experience with the current system. He
concluded that we were happy to have started and thanks were due for the great effort of Prof. Ohshiro.
Having covered items 1-3 of the Agenda, Prof Ohshiro proposed moving on. Next to be discussed was membershipfees for the ISLSM. The idea of Life Membership was very attractive as it cut down on both the cost of postage andchasing members up for non-payment of fees, but what to charge generated some lively discussion. There were twobasic approaches: to include the cost of a printed edition of the journal Laser Therapy in with the fees, both for Life andordinary Members, or to charge a lower fee but not include the printed edition of the journal unless the member paid
extra. They would then access the journal through a password-protected area of the ISLSM website which would allow
them exclusive access to the journal and enable printing off articles when required. The fee for Life Membership was
proposed as US $400 for members 60 years of age and over, and US $1000 for those under 60. Prof Abitbol made thepoint that good numbers of members tempted publishing houses, but that we should not undercharge. he suggested US$800/2000 for life members who wished to receive the journal. It was decided to table that item for discussion by the
ISLSM Executive and Advisory Council.
2009 Committee Chairpersons for various WFSLMS Committees
Committee
Chairperson
Executive Committee
Leonardo Longo
Membership Committee
Narong Nimsakul
Bylaw Committee
Abraham Baruchin
Financial Committee
Toshio Ohshiro
Scientific Programme Committee
Mary Dyson
Congress Organizing Committee
Jean Abitbol
Licence Committee
Toshio Ohshiro
Education & Training Committee
Yoshimi Asagai
Industrial Support Committee
Jean Abitbol
Laser B-SAC Committee
Umberto Rossi
Official Organization Committee
David Sliney
The revised ISLSM Bylaws were then read through and explained by Prof Rau, and were unanimously accepted withminor alterations. The revised WFSLMS Bylaws were likewise presented and ratified.
Under Any Other Business, Prof Oswal felt that ‘light therapy’ should be included in ISLSM and WFSLMS
communications and projects rather than laser surgery, as non-laser sources such as intense pulsed light systems wereplaying a larger and larger role. After some lively discussion, his suggestion was overruled.
Finally it was agreed that Prof Longo would have the responsibility to come up with concrete proposals for a course
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have 4 weeks to make amendments or suggestions. Anyone not replying would be deemed to have accepted the
proposal as is.
Finally, Prof Ohshiro thanked everyone again for being present and closed the meeting at 16:05.
Respectfully submitted

Takafumi Ohshiro MD
Meeting Secretary
MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
of the 2nd CONGRESS of theWORLD FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES FOR LASER MEDICINE AND SURGERY
held during Laser Tokyo 2009 in the Meiji Kinenkan, Tokyo, November 29th 2009
There being a Quorum, the meeting was opened and called to order by President-Elect Professor Krishna Rau at 16:35,
who then welcomed the current President, Professor Kazuhiko Atsumi. Prof Atsumi expressed great pleasure that somany friends and colleagues were in attendance, and welcomed everyone with the hope that they would all enjoy Tokyo.
Prof Atsumi then handed over the President’s Medallion and Chain to Prof Rau, who then became the official Presidentof the WFSLMS for the next 4 years.
Prof Rau thanked Prof Atsumi for a very successful term as President, starting in Chennai, 2001, and proceeding
through the 1st WFSLMS meeting in Tokyo, 2005 to the present meeting. He then welcomed Prof Atsumi into the
Executive Committee as the Founding President. Prof Rau also expressed gratitude on behalf of the Federation to Prof
Ohshiro for his tremendous support during this term, and of course as Congress President of Laser Tokyo 2009. The
WFSLMS bylaws were then read and ratified. The 2009 WFSLMS Executive Committee was proposed and agreed asfollows:
WFSLMS Executive Committee, 2009-2013
Honorary President
Founding President
President
President-Elect
Secretary-General
Assistant Secretary-General
Honorary Treasurer
Honorary International
Branch Members

Isaac Kaplan (Israel)
Kazuhiko Atsumi (Japan)
Krishna Rau (India)
Leonardo Longo (Italy)
Toshio Ohshiro (Japan)
Narong Nimsakul (Thailand)
Vasant Oswal (UK)
Mary Dyson (Europe)
Sherif Awad (Africa)
Abraham Baruchin (Israel)
Gu Ying (Asia-Pacific)
David Sliney (North America)
Fernando Soriano (South America)

Prof Rau stated that the World Federation functioned as an umbrella Society, with the main aim of spreading laser
use mainly to the developing countries, in some of which Profs Ohshiro and Nimsakul had already delivered lectures andrun teaching courses, so the Federation had certainly started to achieve that aim.
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Another major goal was the establishment of the new certification initiative for International Medical Laser Specialist(IMeLaS). On November 26th and 27th the first initiative course was held, and Prof Rau called on Prof Ohshiro for details.
Prof Ohshiro reported that 17 young medical doctors (6 from Thailand and 11 from Japan) had taken the course of
didactic lectures being given on both days by R Glen Calderhead (UK & Japan), Penny Smalley (USA) and Profs
Ishiwatari (Japan) and Sliney (USA). On the morning of the 27th Prof Ohshiro oversaw a hands-on course with a varietyof lasers at the Ohshiro Clinic, and after the didactic sessions in the afternoon the candidates sat a written multiple
choice type examination. All candidates passed with an average score of around 67%. Prof Rau thanked Prof Ohshiro
for his hard work, and asked when the certificates would be handed out. Prof Ohshiro replied that they would beawarded during a Tokyo Bay Cruise the following evening.
Prof Rau then announced that the next courses would be held during the 2010 13th APALMS Congress in Suwa
City, Nagano, Japan, and the 2011 ISLSM congress in Seoul Korea, with the potential for other courses including Laser
Florence in November 2010. He also announced that Professor Leonardo Longo (Italy) had been tasked with chartingout the IMeLaS academic course syllabus, to which Prof Longo had agreed with a 6-month deadline having been set.
During this time an information package would be prepared to be sent to young doctors to attract them to take thecertification course. The course should have 2 components: a core laser knowledge syllabus for all participants followed
by a more advanced speciality-specific course. Prof Rau called for assistance for Prof Longo, and especially for the
speciality-specific course, WFSLMS members should rally round and help, which would be mutually beneficial both the
IMeLaS initiative and the WFSLMS itself.
It was then announced that the 20th ISLSM and the 3rd WFSLMS would hold a joint meeting in 2013 in France,
under the Presidency of Prof Jean Abitbol (France), so that Prof Abitbol’s centre would become the nidus of all aspectsof the laser in surgery and medicine. This was unanimously accepted. Prof Abitbol was therefore the new Presidentelect. Prof Rau asked everyone present to leave a note of their email address so two-way communication could beestablished. When asked how we should proceed during the next 4 years, Prof Atsumi thanked Profs Ohshiro and Rau
for organizing the current meeting, simply reinforced the idea that all present at the GA were in the project together, andthat we should all therefore pull together and contribute what, and as much as, we could.
Prof Rau then called on the ‘Father of the CO2 Laser’, Prof Isaac Kaplan (Israel), to say a few words. In his usual
inimitable and wonderful style, Prof Kaplan expressed his feelings in Rhyme, which was warmly applauded. He
concluded by pointing out that when he taught ‘how to use the laser’ it has always been a core knowledge course, anddid not think that we really needed specialty-specific breakouts. Mrs Masha Kaplan then congratulated all the organizersof the joint meeting, but had a special word of thanks to Prof Ohshiro for having put the meeting together in less than
one year, instead of the usual two years.
Prof Leonardo Longo was then asked to contribute. Prof Longo agreed that finalizing plans for certification could bevery difficult, as different laws and regulations existed in different countries. This could lead to fragmentation. However,provided the concept of an international laser specialist certification, such as the IMeLaS initiative, was correctly
presented, then that would help bridge problems to offer young doctors a good basic grounding in the core laser
knowledge. He thanked the meeting for putting the responsibility on his shoulders, and avowed he would do his best.
Professor Narong Nimsakul (Thailand) spoke next. He reminded everyone that the main aim of the World
Federation was to bring laser societies together under the same umbrella, and although members should of course
include doctors, dentists, veterinary surgeons and research scientists, we should never ever forget nursing and allied
health workers, so he reminded everyone that they had established the International Society for Laser Nurses and Allied
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Health Workers at the ISLSM meeting in 1983. He then called on the current president, Penny Smalley (USA) for hercomments. Ms Smalley pointed out that the first international society for laser nurses was established in 1983 in Detroit.
She reminded all present that nurses were specialists, and collaborative partners with the laser surgeon. It is the job of
the nurse to protect the patient during laser surgery, Ms Smalley said, and if she or he did not know the basics of laser
science and tissue interaction, they would not be able to do that. She asked the meeting please to bear that in mind
when thinking of who could participate in courses.
Ms Smalley handed the meeting back to Prof Nimsakul, who asked Prof Jin Wang Kim (Korea), President-elect of
the ISLSM and congress president of the 2011 19th ISLSM meeting in Seoul, Korea, for a few words. Prof Kim thanked
Prof Ohshiro for all his hard work in putting together such a superb congress in less than a year, and hoped that hewould succeed as well. He asked for everyone’s assistance, as the World Federation was the umbrella society for the
ISLSM, and urged as many as possible to attend and bring friends and colleagues.
Prof Yoshimi Asagai (Japan) was next asked to say a few words as the President of the 2010 13th APALMS
meeting in Suwa, Japan. Prof Asagai said how honoured he was to have been entrusted with the meeting, which would
be held from October 8th – 9th 2010. He pointed out that Suwa is in the centre of Japan, and only 2.5 hours by train from
Tokyo, so everyone should please attend his meeting!
Prof Abitbol then addressed the GA. He looked forward very much to the meeting in 2013, and thanked Profs Rau,
Atsumi and Ohshiro for all of their work to date. He pointed out that it was much more important to identify the things
which we could not do, rather than those we could. He also noted that one man could not possible handle everythingalone, so he really expected teamwork from all involved. In 4 years’ time there would be even greater technologicaladvances, he added, so he needed help from everyone, worldwide.
Prof Rau then called on Prof Harubumi Kato, the President of the JSLSM, the host organization for Laser Tokyo
2009. After thanking and congratulating Profs Ohshiro and Rau for organizing what promised to be an excellent meeting,
Prof Kato stated that there was a fast-growing need worldwide for minimally invasive and high quality integrative
medicine, so we therefore absolutely needed laser technology and surgical techniques to meet this need. He insisted
that cooperation between laser societies in different countries was essential for this goal, so the WFSLMS had anabsolutely pivotal role to play.
Prof Vasant Oswal (UK), Treasurer of the Federation, spoke next. Prof Oswal thanked Prof Ohshiro for a reallyfantastic-looking Laser Tokyo 2009. He then announced that the European Laser Association was once again activewith a great meeting planned for May in Tarragona, Spain, entitled Laser Europe 2010. This would bring together the
British Medical Laser Association (BMLA), Spanish Medical Laser Association (the host organization) and the European
Society for Laser Aesthetic Surgery (ESLAS) under the ELA banner, so please come. It would naturally be possible torun another IMeLaS course before or after this meeting, but now that the Federation had successfully run the first course
in Japan other countries would follow suite. He asked if it was actually necessary for the WFSLMS to oversee every
course, and wondered if courses could be run with the approval of the Federation, accredited by the Federation and with
the WFSLMS logo on the certificates. Naturally there was a lot of work to formulate everything properly, Oswal added,
and that had been laid on the shoulders of Prof Longo. He pointed out that, in the case of the BMLA, they approved
educational courses in the UK, and then reapproved the courses every three years to make sure that the latest coreknowledge had been included.
Prof Rau agreed that if all went well with Prof Longo’s team, we would have a much better idea for the approved syllabus
in 6 months’ time. Prof Rau then noted that there were indeed many courses run by many societies. Following on from
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WFSLMS, and be granted the use of the WFSLMS logo to be used on their course literature and certificate ofcompletion. Societies accepting this arrangement will be required to pay a nominal fee for the use of the logo. These
societies would then forward their course materials to Prof Longo for approval of the academic level of the contents. On
the subject of courses, Prof Arbitbol put forward his course for affiliation with the WFSLMS, and further very kindly
offered to reduce the cost of his course to WFSLMS and ISLSM members by US $200, which was very gratefully noted.
Prof Nimsakul then took the floor and agreed that we should consider Prof Oswal’s idea very carefully. For
example, if Vietnam wanted such a course, it could well be run by the WFSLMS team. He added that in the next 5 years
it was hoped to formulate an ASEAN charter which might well encompass pan-ASEAN certification. The WFSLMS
should have an important role in that.
Prof Longo took to the floor once again, insisting that the aim of the IMeLaS initiative was completely different fromthe courses which are run before almost any congress, and that IMeLaS courses must be much more substantial. They
must have an initial basic course, the core laser knowledge, for young doctors, not experienced laser surgeons who are
already set in their ways. This core knowledge course could then be followed some months later by a set of different
speciality-specific courses. They must be excellent courses, and he said that we had to change the quality of theteaching. The didactic part would be handled by the International Academy, and the entire concept must be a long-term
consideration and not just one or two hours pre-congress.
Prof Mary Dyson (UK) was then recognized. She expressed herself extremely impressed with all the suggestions,and with the progress that had already been made. Prof Dyson suggested that we might consider putting some of thetheory on the Internet so that courses which were difficult to get to could be avoided. She also wondered how best to test
the practical skills of IMeLaS candidates, and said that only surgeons could do that. Above all, she did not want to see
certificates as meaningless pieces of paper.
Prof Rau made it clear that the current IMeLaS course was only a start, and simply looked at core knowledge. evenso, the didactic sessions were challenging backed up with an excellent handbook, coupled with a comprehensive handson, and the written multiple choice test was comprehensive and not so easy. In future iterations of the initiative,
candidates would get the course handbook well before the course, with suggestions on which key texts to study so thatthe examination could be extended to involve long written answers, short written answers and the multiple choicesection.
Professor Vladimir Mikhailov (Russia) was next recognized. He agreed that the cooperative IMeLaS initiative
between the WFSLMS and ISLSM was an excellent start which would only get stronger with the input from theInternational Academy and Prof Longo. He then suggested the initiative would take another giant step forward withrecognition of IMeLaS certification by Ministries of Health worldwide. Whether the national government recognized thecourse or the course was presented to the government by the course organizers, it is vital to get international recognition
at a governmental level.
Prof Abitbol then took the floor again. He reiterated his idea that we must look at the initiative as a team concept,that the diploma we offer currently was excellent, but did not go far enough. He asked if there could be a proctorshipelement to the second part of a two-stage course, similar in concept to what Profs Longo and Dyson had alreadysuggested. However, he agreed that we must start somewhere and the current core laser knowledge course was an
excellent start.
Prof Ohshiro then added that a government-approved system, similar to what had been suggested, already existed
in Japan with a 4-grade award system: in addition to being a plastic surgeon, a physician then becomes a Laser
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Specialist in Plastic Surgery. However, some countries have no standards, so the IMeLaS initiative offers standards. In
those countries where standards already exist, then the IMeLaS initiative should be moulded to follow those standards.
Prof Mikhailov agreed completely with Prof Ohshiro. If the government of one country were to give support to the IMeLaS
initiative, other countries would follow. When no standards exist, then the IMeLaS standards would be an excellent
starting point.
Prof Oswal reminded everyone what Prof Kaplan had said, that the laser was simply a tool and doctors should all
be taught how to use that tool in a basic and safe way before even thinking about speciality-specific training. They
should be taught first how ‘to do’ laser in general before being taught how ‘to do’ laser surgery. Prof Oswal stated that hehad run an intensive ENT course in the UK for 26 years with some excellent teaching tools. The participants got 20
questions before the course, and then the same 20 questions after the course: this way they know how much they had
absorbed. He also wondered about CME credits for the current IMeLaS initiative.
It was then pointed out that pan-European certification was much simpler because of the Bologna Agreement. This
would be equally the case if a pan-ASEAN accord could be reached.
Prof Nimsakul then talked about disaster preparedness from the point of the need for many trained medical
personnel. The IMeLaS course could be taken as basic requirements for surgeons in areas prone to catastrophic
disasters, natural or otherwise. Then we could have medical teams who were laser cognizant, which would be a great
step forward. That must also be a consideration of the WFSLMS goals.
Prof. Atsumi mentioned that some people will have questions and requests for education & training system on
WFSLMS, however everything has both sides, merit and demerit. He believed it had been difficult to start and would be
more difficult to continue, and that we would be able to improve after our experience with the current system. He
concluded that we were happy to have started and thanks were due for the great effort of Prof. Ohshiro.
Prof Rau stated that we had had a most fruitful discussion, and that we could expect to hear from him for our
greater participation in WFSLMS activities. Prof Atsumi agreed, saying that greater effort to obtain high level laser
surgery should be made at a global level. Prof Rau thanked Profs Ohshiro and Atsumi again for all their efforts, and said
how much he was looking forward to the next 4 years. After thanking everyone for coming and participating, Prof Rau
closed the meeting at 17:40.
Respectfully submitted,
Toshio Ohshiro MD PhD,WFSLMS Secretary-General.

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