Advancing the scientific and clinical development of photodynamic therapy, photomedicine, photodisinfection, and photodiagnosis.

IPA Board of Directors

IPA Board of Directors

COLIN HOPPER, MD

President, IPA Board of Directors

Associate Clinical Professor Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon | UCL Eastman Dental Institute London | Honorary Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon | University College London Hospitals | Academic head of unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | UCL Eastman Dental Institute London; UK | Read More

HEIDI ABRAHAMSE, PhD

Director | Laser Research Centre & Sarchi Chair | Laser Applications in Health | University of Johannesburg; South Africa | Read More

PILAR ACEDO NUNEZ, PhD

Communication and Outreach Committee | Training and Education Committee

Junior Group Leader | Institute of Liver and Digestive Health | University College London; UK | Read More

RON ALLISON, MD

Congress Oversight Committee | Networking Committee

Editor-in-Chief, Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy Journal, Elsevier | Radiation Oncologist at Federal Medical Center; USA | Read More

LUIS ARNAUT, PhD

Past President, IPA Board of Directors

Professor of Chemistry | Director of Coimbra LaserLab | Leader of Structure, Energy & Reactivity Research Group | University of Coimbra; Portugal | Read More


VANDERLEI BAGNATO, PhD
 

Congress Oversight Committee | Networking Committee

Professor of Physics | USP Agency of Innovation | Brazilian Academy of Sciences | University of São Paulo; Brazil | Read More

ANNE-LAURE BULIN, PhD

Communication and Outreach Committee | Networking Committee

Tenured Researcher| French Institute of Health (Inserm)| Institute for Advanced Biosciences | Cancer Targets and Experimental Therapeutics Group, France| Read More

JONATHAN CELLI, PhD

Training and Education Committee | Networking Committee

Associate Professor of Physics | University of Massachusetts; USA | Read More

KEITH CENGEL, MD, PhD

Professor of Radiation Oncology | Director, Photodynamic Therapy Program | Executive Director, Penn Mesothelioma and Pleural Diseases Program | University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; USA | Read More

CAROLYN CROSS, CFA

Treasurer, IPA Board of Directors

Awards Committee

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Ondine Biomedical Inc. | Sinuwave Technologies Corporation | Canada's National Research Council member; Canada | Read More

VANDANA GROVER, PhD

Secretariat, IPA Board of Directors

TAYYABA HASAN, PhD

Board Member Emeritus, IPA Board of Directors

Professor | Dermatology | Wellman Center for Photomedicine | Harvard Medical School | Massachusetts General Hospital; USA | Read More

DAVID KESSEL, PhD

Congress Oversight Committee

Professor Emeritus | Pharmacology | Wayne State University; USA | Read More

LOTHAR LILGE, PhD

Congress Oversight Committee | Training and Education Committee | Awards Committee

Senior Scientist | Princess Margaret Hospital | University Health Network Professor | University of Toronto; Canada | Read More

GIRGIS OBAID, PhD

Congress Oversight Committee

Assistant Professor | The University of Texas Dallas | USA | Read More 

IMRAN RIZVI, PhD

Communication and Outreach Committee | Training and Education Committee | Awards Committee

Associate Professor | Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | North Carolina State University; USA | Read More

MASARU SAKAMOTO, MD, PhD

President, Sasaki Foundation Kyoundo Hospital | Academic Editor, the PLOS ONE | 46th Congress President, the Japanese Society of the Laser Surgery and Medicine, in 2025 | Professor | The Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan | Read More

XIULI WANG, MD, PhD

Networking Committee | Awards Committee

Chief Physician | Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital Professor | Professor | Tongji University School of Medicine; China

ANETTE WEYERGANG, PhD

Training and Education Committee

Senior Scientist | Department of Radiation Biology | Institute for Cancer Research | Norwegian Radium Hospital | Oslo University Hospital | Read More


 

PAST BOARD MEMBERS

KRISTIAN BERG, PhD

Professor of Radiation Biology | Institute for Cancer Research | Norwegian Radium Hospital | Oslo University Hospital; Norway

STEPHEN BOWN, MD

Professor of Laser Medicine & Surgery | National Medical Laser Centre | University College London; UK

MANS BROEKGAARDEN, PhD

Principal Investigator | INSERM | France

JI-EUN CHANG, RPh, PhD

Senior Researcher | Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Seoul National University Bundang Hospital; South Korea  

ALISON CURNOW, PhD

Associate Professor in Science & Scholarship | University of Exeter Medical School; UK

MICHAEL HAMBLIN, PhD

Associate Professor of Dermatology | Wellman Center for Photomedicine | Harvard Medical School | Massachusetts General Hospital; USA

ZHENG HUANG, PhD

Professor | Center for Medical Photonics, Fujian Normal University; China | School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado; USA

HERWIG KOSTRON, MD, PhD

Senior Neurosurgeon at Hospital Hochrum, Insbruck, Austria | Consulting Professor for Neurosurgery Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia | Clinical Advisor International and EU Health Programs. Professor Emeritus of Neurosurgery | Medical University of Innsbruck | Past Head of Neuro-Oncology Department of Neurosurgery, Past Head of Photodynamic Research Group | University of Innsbruck; Austria 

EDWARD MAYTIN, MD, PhD

Professor of Dermatology | Department of Biomedical Engineering | Lerner Research Institute | Cleveland Clinic; USA

HARRY MOSELEY, PhD

Professor | The Photobiology Unit | University of Dundee | Ninewells Hospital & Medical School; UK

BRIAN POGUE, PhD

Professor of Engineering, Thayer School of Engineering | Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Dartmouth College | Director, MS and PhD Programs | Professor of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine

PATRICK ROSS, MD, PhD

Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery | Main Line Health; USA

GEORG WIDHALM, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery | Medical University Vienna; Austria

BRIAN WILSON, PhD

Professor of Biophysics | Princess Margaret Cancer Centre | University of Toronto; Canada