Member Price: $90.00
Non-Member Price: $135.00

(Ends 12/31/11)

4/1/2011 (3 hrs)

Director: Ron R. Allison, M.D.

Faculty: Keith A. Cengel, M.D., Ph.D., Gordon H. Downie, M.D., Ph.D., M. Sam Eljamel, M.D., Colin Hopper, B.D.S., M.B.B.S., M.D., F.D.S., F.R.C.S., Herbert C. Wolfsen, M.D.

This course will address the fundamentals of PDT in terms of the basic science behind this therapy, the rationale for this treatment, the clinical outcomes and morbidities expected, the actual treatment procedure, and the data collected clinically from peer-reviewed publications.  This course is designed for oncologists, dermatologists, surgeons, pulmonologists, and gastroenterologists involved with photodynamic therapy.  Although it is not a prerequisite, attendees would ideally have some basic understanding of laser tissue interactions. Individual attendees do not need to have significant experience or expertise in laser medicine or surgery.  At the conclusion of the course, attendees will have a clinical history and overview of photodynamic therapy.  They will understand the basic science of PDT (photosensitizers, light source, photodynamic reaction), understand clinical treatment calculations, and treatment outcomes and morbidity of clinical PDT.