Educational Needs

This course will increase the knowledge of basic science and industry, of practicing clinicians in the area of laser and lights and vice versa.

Participants

The course is geared toward practicing physicians who use lasers and light-based technologies and to scientist and industry members who wish to learn more about the interaction between industry, scientists, and clinicians.

Background Requirements

Participants must have knowledge of lasers and light-based technologies.

Instructional Content and/or Expected Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, participants will acquire an understanding of how basic scientists in their field think of clinical problems, how they decide what topics to address and bring to industry, and in turn how industry acknowledges clinicians and clinical problems.

7:00 am – 7:04 am       Discussion – Jeffrey S. Dover, M.D., E. Duco Jansen,

                                  Ph.D.

7:05 am – 7:39 am       Is the FDA helping or hindering the development of

                                  laser and light technology?  What do physicians and

                                  industry need from the FDA and what does the FDA

                                  need from our community to unclog the pipeline of

                                  approved new laser and light-based technologies?

                                  Speakers:  Richard P. Felten, Christopher B. Zachary,

                                                   M.B.B.S., F.R.C.P.

                                  Panelists:  Robert E. Grove, Ph.D., George J. Hruza,

                                                   M.D., M.B.A., Raymond J.

                                                   Lanzafame, M.D., M.B.A.

7:40 am – 8:14 am       How do clinicians learn how to use newly approved

                                  devices?

                                  Speakers:  Jerome M. Garden, M.D., E. Victor Ross,

                                                   M.D.

                                  Panelists:  Kristen M. Kelly, M.D., David M. Verebelyi,

                                                   M.D.

8:15 am – 8:49 am       What are the strategies that make a problem worth

                                  working on and where do you see laser and light-based

                                  technology going over the next five years?

                                  Speakers:  R. Rox Anderson, M.D., Jonathan Wells,

                                                   Ph.D.

                                  Panelists:  Dieter Manstein, M.D., Serge R. Mordon,

                                                   Ph.D.

8:50 am – 9:24 am       Beyond therapy: What can lasers and optical

                                  technologies do in a clinical setting?

                                  Speakers:    Shabbir Bambot, Ph.D., Anita Mahadevan

                                                    Jansen, Ph.D.

                                  Panelists:      R. Rox Anderson, M.D., Bernard Choi,

                                                     Ph.D.

9:25 am – 10:00 am     Who should be using laser and light-based medical

                                  devices?

                                  Speakers:    A. Jay Burns, M.D., Brian D. Zelickson,

                                                    M.D.

                                  Panelists:    Kenneth A. Arndt, M.D., Brian S. Biesman,

                                                    M.D., Alan Voss