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About the event

Join John E. Hoopman, CMLSO from UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas in a one-day, didactic overview of laser and light-based physics. This course provides the physician or non-physician staff member an academic forum to learn the fundamental characteristics of lasers and light-based devices and how to apply those fundamentals to common procedures, improve efficacy while decreasing the risk of complications.  All fundamentals taught are based on translational research and peer reviewed papers many co-authored by John himself (62 total publications).

The Agenda

Section I: Foundations of Laser and Light

•  8:00   History of Light Theory

•  8:30   How Light is Controlled in Clinical Applications

•  9:00   Five Laser Parameters: Taking Control of Your Device

• 10:00  Intense Pulsed Light (BBL, IPL)

• 10:30  Safety with Devices & Laser Regulations

• 11:00  Ablative Lasers and Their Applications

• 12:00  Lunch

Section II: Practical Applications of Laser and Light

• 1:00  Hair Reduction

• 2:00  Pigmented & Vascular Lesions

• 2:45  Recap of the Core Concepts of Light Control

• 3:00  Before and After Examples

Section III: Evaluation and Closing

• 3:00  Testing 

• 3:20  Questions & Answers

• 3:45  Award Certificates of Attendance 

Registration Details:

• Each individual attendee registration requires a unique email address

If you are registering for someone else, please be sure to enter the attendee’s information (their full name and their unique email address)