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
Training and Education Committee
Assistant Professor | The University of Texas Dallas | USA | Read More
IMRAN RIZVI, PhD
Communication and Outreach Committee | Training and Education Committee | Awards Committee
Assistant 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