Dear Colleagues:
As a follow up to my previous email, I have attached herewith two documents with detailed information concerning the upcoming Joint Congress of the North American Laser Therapy Association and the First Consensus Conference on  Laser Medicine, Photobiology and Bioengineering of Tissue Repair.
 
For the benefit of those who may not be able to download the attachment, I have enclosed the two documents in the body of this email as well. Please note that the meeting is now scheduled for March 5 - 8, 2002. Thanks.
 
Have a great New Year! And see you in Atlanta.
 
Sincerely Yours,
 
Chukuka S. Enwemeka, Ph.D., FACSM
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2nd Congress of the North American Association for Laser Therapy & 1ST Consensus Conference on Laser Medicine, Photobiology and Bioengineering of Tissue Repair

Further details visit:  http://www.naalt.org
OR CONTACT: Melyni Worth [ [log in to unmask] ]; Phone: + 540-942-4500

Organizing Committee 

 

 

 

                Juanita Anders, Bethesda, MD                                                         Aldo Brugnera, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Mary Ann Dalzel, Montreal, Quebec                                                Chukuka S. Enwemeka, Kansas City, KS

Phil Passy, Oakville, Ontario,                                                             Anthony Pinheiro, Salvador, Brazil

Fernado. Soriano, Rosario, Argentina                                              Lynda D. Woodruff, Atlanta, GA     

Ron Waynant, Rockville, MD                                                            Melyni Worth, Waynesboro, VA    

A Message from the Congress Organizing Committee

                                                            

 

 

The second conference of the North American Association for Laser Therapy (NAALT) and the first Consensus Conference on Laser Medicine, Photobiology and Bioengineering of Tissue Repair are being jointly convened  to disseminate a knowledge of the multitude of cutting-edge technologies available for tissue repair and pain control, to foster crossbreeding and cross-fertilization of ideas amongst researchers, practitioners, engineers, manufacturers and others in the field, to foster rapid identification of technological innovations that speed tissue healing and quicken recovery from pain, to clarify FDA regulations concerning laser phototherapy, and to develop a consensus among practitioners, researchers and government organizations on the present state of laser phototherapy. 

Conference dates are from March 5 – 8, 2002.

CONFIRMED AND POTENTIAL NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS

 

 

 

  • Juanita Anders, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Uniformed Univ. of Medical Sciences. Bethesda, MD, U.S.A.
  • Farouk Al-Watban, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia
  • Aldo Brugnera (Jr.), DDS, Ph.D., Prof. & Chair, Laser Department, Camilo Castelo Branco University School of Dentistry, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Mary Dyson, Ph.D., Emeritus Prof. of Anatomy, Univ. of London, London, England & Visiting Professor of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences, Univ. of Kansas Medical Center,  Kansas City, KS, U.S.A.
  • Chukuka S. Enwemeka, Ph.D., Professor of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences, U. of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, U.S.A.
  • Richard Felton, M.S., FDA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
  • Tiina Karu, Ph.D.  , Professor, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
  • Greg Kovacs, Assoc. Prof. of Electrical Engineering & Medicine, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, U.S.A.
  • Rachel Lubert, Ph.D., Professor of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Margaret Naeser, Ph.D., Research Professor, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
  • Robert Naviaux, M.D., Ph.D., Assist. Prof. of Pediatrics & Medicine, Univ. of California School of Medicine at San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
  • Uri Oron, Ph.D., Professor of Zoology, University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Anthony Pinheiro, DDS, Professor of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Federal Univ. of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
  • Semion Rochkind, M.D., Chief of Peripheral Neurosurgery, Tel Aviv Saurasky Medical Center, Israel

·         Micheline Strand, Ph.D., Manager of Molecular Genetics and Genomics, Research Triangle, NC, U.S.A.

·         Ron Waynant, Ph.D., FDA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

·         Harry T. Whelan, M.D., Prof. of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.

Congress Theme

 

 

 

 Bridging Laser Therapy, Photobiology, and Tissue Bioengineering

Registration

NAALT Members:                                                                   $200 ($240 after February 15, 2001)
Non-Members:                                                                         $250 ($290 after February 15, 2001)
Industry/Manufacturers:                                                        $450 ($500 after February 15, 2001)
Students                                                                                    $ 100

 


               

 

 

 

Registration Form

 

Name                                                                                                                                                                                     

Address                                                                                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                                                                               

Phone                                                                                            Fax                                                                  

E-mail                                                                                                                                                                                   

Hotel Room Required:        Yes         No           (Room rate is $119 single or double)

                                                                                Please make check payable to NAALT and  mail to:

Amount Paid    $ ___________           NAALT, 188 Sherwood Drive, Waynesboro, VA 22980, U.S.A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOTEL INFORMATION

A special conference rate has been arranged with:

Airport Marriott Hotel

Sales and Catering Department

4711 Best Road
Atlanta, GA 30337, USA
Phone: 1-404-766-7900
Fax: 1-404-209-6808

http://www.marriotthotels.com/dpp/PropertyPage.asp?MarshaCode=ATLAP

For Accommodation, please contact the hotel directly.

To obtain the special rate, identify yourself as a Laser Conference Attendee.

Address all correspondence to:

NAALT

188 Sherwood Drive

Waynesboro, VA 22980

U.S.A.

Further details visit:  http://www.naalt.org
OR CONTACT: Melyni Worth [ [log in to unmask] ]; Phone: + 540-942-4500