ASLMS Leadership, Mentorship & Public Advocacy for Women in Medical Science Award
Thursday, April 12 | 6:27 PM - 6:42 PM | Park View Verandah – Celebration of ASLMS Women in Energy-Based Devices
Tina S. Alster, MD
A Proposed Prescription for Mentorship and Leadership: Make It Personal
Dr. Alster’s personal take on essential qualities to successful mentorship and leadership for women in medicine will be presented. Dr. Alster highlights moments in her own academic and medical career that have served as fundamental milestones that underpin her strongly held belief that we should “pay it forward”.
Caroline and William Mark Memorial Award
Friday, April 13 | 11:16 PM - 11:27 PM |Trinity Ballroom
David J. Goldberg, MD, JD
Three Decades of Lasers. From the Wild West to a Future of Beauty
Dr. Goldberg’s talk will focus on the beginnings of his career, the lessons learned, the trials and tribulations of each new technology, and what these all mean for the next generation of laser physicians.
Leon Goldman Memorial Award
Friday, April 13 | 11:16 PM - 11:27 PM |Trinity Ballroom
Kristen M. Kelly, MD
Using Photonics to Provide Light and Hope: Let There Be Light!
Throughout her career, Dr. Kelly has been guided and taught by many people who are members of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. Others in the society have received similar gifts of skills and knowledge, which we can use to provide light and hope through mentoring and clinical treatments. Let there be light!
Ellet H. Drake Memorial Award
Friday, April 13 | 11:32 PM - 11:43 PM |Trinity Ballroom
Jill S. Waibel, MD
Standing on the Shoulders of Laser Giants
Dr. Waibel’s talk will highlight the past 35 years in the laser world, from the very beginning until now. Special tributes will be paid to those who have researched and advocated for lasers- allowing ASLMS to come as far as it has.
Excellence in Laser Nursing/Allied Health Award
Friday, April 13 | 11:32 PM - 11:43 PM |Trinity Ballroom
John E. Hoopman, AAS, CMLSO
Student, Teacher and Mentor
Join John Hoopman as he discusses changing the world by being a good student.
Dr. Horace Furumoto Innovations Professional Development - Young Investigator Award
Friday, April 13 | 11:47 PM - 11:58 PM |Trinity Ballroom
Zeev Zalevsky, PhD
Usage of Laser in Non-contact Bio-medical Diagnosis
By illuminating a tissue with laser light and analyzing the time changing back scattered speckle patterns collected via special optics one can sense nano-vibrations of the tissue associated with blood perfusion, hemodynamics, hematology and more. Join Dr. Zalevsky as he discusses how usage of such sensor can allow remote sensing of large number of biomedical parameters simultaneously and usage of those parameters to obtain more comprehensive medical evaluation and diagnosis.
Dr. Horace Furumoto Innovations Professional Development - Distinguished Contributor Award
Friday, April 13 | 11:47 PM - 11:58 PM |Trinity Ballroom
G. David Baxter, TD, DPhil, MBA
Photobiomodulation: From ‘Hype and Hokum’ to ‘New Hope
Dr. Baxter's presentation will focus on the genesis of the field of photobiomodulation over the last thirty years, highlighting the key contribution of high quality research to the development of contemporary evidence-based light therapies.