Abstract Highlights for 2022

BASIC SCIENCE 

Dates | Times | Section Chairs | Moderators:

Thursday, April 28 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Section Chair:  Shlomit Halachmi, MD, PhD
Moderator:  Wangcun JIa, PhD

Saturday, April 30 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Moderators:  Sara Moradi Tuchayi, MD, MPH; Bahman Anvari, PhD

Saturday, April 30 |4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Moderator:  Walfre Franco, PhD

Sub-Topics

• Animal-Based Preclinical Studies
• Disinfection
• Imaging and Diagnostics
• Laser-Assisted Drug Delivery Optical Imaging
• Laser-Tissue Interaction
• Light Therapy
• Optical Imaging
• Photobiomodulation
• Preclinical Therapeutics

Hot Topics

• Design optimization of a device for extracorporeal blood phototherapy
• Enhancing metabolism through stimulation of browning of white adipose tissue by fractional photothermolysis
• Local vasoregulative interventions impact drug concentrations in skin after topical laser-assisted delivery
• Prevention of skin cancer with fractional CO₂ laser

CLINICAL APPLICATIONS

Dates | Times | Section Chairs | Moderators:

Thursday, April 28 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Clinical Applications 1
Section Chairs:  David Ozog, MD

Clinical Applications 2
Section Chairs:  Merete Haedersdal, MD, PhD; Albert Wolkerstorfer, MD, PhD

Friday, April 29 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Section Chair:  Albert Wolkerstorfer, MD, PhD
Moderators: Oge Onwiduwe, MD; Eliot Battle, MD

Saturday, April 30 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM 

Clinical Applications 1
Section Chair:  Yona Tadir, MD
Moderator: Anne Chapas, MD

Clinical Applications 2
Section Chairs:  Shlomit Halachmi, MD, PhD; Albert Wolkerstorfer, MD, PhD

Saturday, April 30 | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Clinical Applications 1
Section Chairs:  Shlomit Halachmi, MD, PhD

Clinical Applications 2
Moderators:  Gerald Goldberg, MD; Zeina Tannous, MD

Sub-Topics

• Ablative/Non-Ablative Treatment
• Acne
• Body Contouring
• Combination Therapies
• Cryomodulation
• Fat Reduction
• Hair Removal and Growth
• Hidradenitis Suppurativa,
• Hyperhidrosis
• Imaging and Diagnostics
• Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy
• Photodynamic Therapy
• Oncology
• Optoacoustic Imaging
• Oral and Maxillofacial
• Photobiomodulation
• Pigmented Lesions/Disorders
• Rapid Pulse Acoustic Device
• Rejuvenation
• Safety
• Scars
• Skin Cancer
• Skin Tightening
• Tattoos
• Urogynecology
• Vascular

Hot Topics

• Neurology, neuroimaging, and ophthalmology consensus recommendations for management of Sturge-Weber syndrome
• PDT without any incubation for actinic keratoses
• Precision freezing device for improvement of recalcitrant psoriatic plaques
• The use of lasers and IPL in vitiligo
• Visceral fat reduction with HIFEM and RF

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES 

Date | Time | Section Chairs:

Friday, April 29 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Section Chairs:  Shlomit Halachmi, MD, PhD; Yona Tadir, MD

Sub-Topics

• 1726 nm laser
• Cold atmospheric plasma
• Diode Laser
• Electrochemical therapy
• Fiber Laser
• Injectable (for combination treatment)
• Low Intensity Shockwave Therapy
• Nano-pulse Stimulation
• Photobiomodulation
• Reflectance Confocal Microscopy
• Tissue Micro-Coring

Hot Topics

• Novel 1726nm laser for treatment of facial acne scarring
• Nano-Pulse Stimulation (NPS) data for treating sebaceous hyperplasia

NON-CME ABSTRACTS 

Dates | Times | Section Chairs | Moderators

Thursday, April 28 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Section Chairs:  Lilit Garibyan, MD, PhD; Yona Tadir, MD

Friday, April 29 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Section Chair:  Lilit Garibyan, MD, PhD
Moderator:  Thomas E. Milner, PhD

Sub-Topics

• Acne
• Body Contouring
• Combination Therapy
• Pelvic Floor Health
• Pigmentation
• Skin Rejuvenation
• Sleep Apnea
• Vascular

Hot Topic

• Injectable slurry for sleep apnea