21st Annual Meeting of
the Photomedicine Society
San Diego, California, USA
March 15, 2012

Full information here.

20th PROGRAM OF THE
PHOTOMEDICINE SOCIETY

The 20th Annual Meeting of The Photomedicine Society
Thursday, February 3, 2011, 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Elmwood Room, Hilton Riverside, New Orleans, LA, USA.
7:30 – 7:55 Registration
7:55 - 8:00 Opening Remarks
Heidi T. Jacobe, M.D., Dallas, TX
Session 1: Photodynamic Therapy
8:00 - 8:30 Developing Phtalocyanines for
Photodynamic Therapy
Elma D. Baron, M.D., Cleveland, OH
8:30 - 9:00 Acne Vulgaris: Will the Cure Come to Light?”
Fernanda H. Sakamoto, M.D., Boston, MA
9:00 - 9:15

Ask the Experts –
Moderated Discussion of Photodynamic Therapy
Abstract Session 1:
9:15 - 10:30 Abstracts
9:15 – 9:25               Caswell M
9:27 – 9:37               Zandi S
9:39 – 9:49               Kollias N
9:51 – 10:01              Yarosh DB
10:03 – 10:13            Bafteh P
10:15 – 10:25            Syed Z
10:30 - 10:45 Break/Poster Viewing
Session 2: Non UV Light Sources
10:45 - 11:15 Clinical Treatments With Light in the Visible Range. 
More Than Meets the Eye
David M. Ozog, M.D., Detroit, MI
11:15 - 11:45 Light Therapy of Vitiligo – Where are we in 2011?
Harvey Lui, M.D., Vancouver, Canada
11:45 - 12:00 Ask the Experts –
Moderated Discussion of Non UV Light Sources
12:00 - 2:00 Break for lunch

Session 3: Photoprotection 
2:00 - 2:30 Update on Photoprotection
Henry W. Lim, M.D., Detroit, MI
2:30 – 3:00

Assessing the Size and Distribution of Nanoparticles in Sunscreens
Steven Wang, M.D., West New York, New York
3:00 – 3:15 Ask the Experts –
Moderated Discussion of Photoprotection
3:15 – 3:30 Break/Poster Viewing

Abstraction Session 2:
3:30 – 4:15

Abstracts
3:30 – 3:40                Syed Z
3:42 – 3:52                Kalia S
3:54 – 4:04                Pacifico A
4:06 – 4:16                Dabade T

Session 4: Tanning, More Than Skin Deep
Physiologic Mechanisms Underlying Frequent Tanning
4:15 – 4:45

Physiologic Drivers of Tanning Behavior
Steven Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., Winston-Salem, NC
4:45 – 5:15 Is Tanning an Addiction? New Evidence
 Heidi Jacobe, M.D., Dallas, TX
5:15 – 5:30

Ask the Experts –
Moderated Discussion of Physiologic Mechanisms
Underlying Frequent Tanning