photodynamic therapy symposium 2018
Monday 26 November 2018
Royal Society of Medicine
1 Wimpole Street
LONDON
W1G 0AE
https://www.rsm.ac.uk/events/rpm03
RSM Professionals , UK PDT Charitable Trust
about this event
This one-day event with specialists in photodynamic therapy (PDT) will provide you with an insight into the science and progress of this revolutionary treatment, and review future research and trends. To be involved in this discussion, book your place today.
Objectives
- Understand the scientific basis of PDT and its application in a range of conditions including local infection, surgical site infections, and some common cancers - including skin, lung and head and neck cancers.
- Know about the benefits of PDT in clinical practice
- Understand the difference and similarities between photodiagnosis (PD) and photodynamic therapy (PDT)
- Have opportunity to network with scientists and clinicians engaged in, or interested in, PDT and PD.
Speakers
Professor Keyvan Moghissi, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Clinical Director, Yorkshire Laser Centre. Professor Moghissi is recognised as one of the UK's leading Cardiothoracic Surgeons and pioneering experts in PDT.
Dr Ernest Allan, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Robert Bell, Senior Clinical Research Associate, UCL
Professor Alison Curnow, Associate Professor in Science & Scholarship, University of Exeter Medical School
Dr Ewan Eadie, Head of Scientific Services for Photobiology and Optical Radiation, Ninewells Hospital Dundee
Professor Mark Emberton, Professor of Interventional Oncology, UCL
Mr Colin Hopper, Consultant Oral Surgeon, Eastman Dental Hospital and University College Hospital
Professor Gilles Gasser, Principal Investigator, Chimie ParisTech
Dr Yolanda Gilaberte, Aragon Health Sciences Institute, Zaragoza
Mike Hamblin, Principal Investigator, The Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
Mr Colin Hopper, Consultant Oral Surgeon, Eastman Dental Hospital and University College Hospital
Professor Zheng Huang, Professor and Director, Center for Medical Photonics, Fujian Normal University, China
Professor Sally Ibbotson, Professor of Photobiology, University of Dundee
Mr Yazan Khalad, MRC Clinical Research Training Fellow, University of Leeds
Dr Nicolas Loebel, Chief Technology Officer and President, Ondine Biomedical Inc, Canada
Professor Caroline Maake, Adjunct Professor, University of Zurich
Dr Ricky Thakrar, Clinical Research Training Fellow, UCL
Professor Mark Wainwright, Professor of Chemistry, Liverpool John Moores University
Professor Heinrich Walt, Emeritus Professor, University of Zurich
Price
RSM members £15 - £65
Non-members £25 - £80
Please contact Mrs Kate Dixon, Yorkshire Laser Centre for any queries relating to the programme or sponsors: kdixon@yorkshirelasercentre.org
Agenda
09.30 am
Registration, tea and coffee
10.00 am
Welcome and introduction
Professor Keyvan Moghissi, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Clinical Director, Yorkshire Laser Centre
Session 1 - PDT Science
Heinrich Walt and Alison Curnow
10.05
Alison Curnow
10.25 am
Ewan Eadie
10.40 am
Heinrich Walt and Caroline Maake
11.05 am
Panel discussion
11.05 am
Tea and coffee break
Role of PDT in antimicrobial and local infection
Mark Wainwright and Colin Hopper
11.30 am
Mark Wainwright
11.50 am
Nick Loebel
12.10 pm
Mike Hamblin
12.30 pm
Where to next and panel discussion
Keyvan Moghissi
12.45 pm
Experimental results on PDT for remodelling the myocardium
Dr Robert Bell, Senior Clinical Research Associate, UCL
1.00 pm
Lunch
PDT and Dermatology
Ernest Allen and Sally Ibbotson
2.00 pm
Introduction and ambulatory PDT in Dermatology
Sally Ibbotson
2.20 pm
PDT in non-oncological skin lesions
Yolanda Gilaberte
2.40 pm
PDT in vascular skin lesions
Zheng Huang
3.00 pm
Case presentation of folliculitis decalvans
Ernest Allan
3.10 pm
Tea and coffee break
PDT Oncology
Colin Hopper and Keyvan Moghissi
3.30 pm
PDT in oncology and PD/PDT in aero-digestive tract
Keyvan Moghissi
3.50 pm
Research in progress - PD/PDT in lung cancer
Ricky Thakrar
4.00 pm
Theranostic silica nanoparticles for targeted flourescent imaging and PDT of colorectal cancer
Yazan Khalad
4.10 pm
Panel discussion
4.15 pm
PDT in prostate-urology
Mark Emberton
4.35 pm
PD/PDT in head and neck and maxi-facial
Colin Hopper
4.55 om
Closing remarks and evaluation forms
Keyvan Moghissi