Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Leonardo Longo
International Academy for Laser in Medicine and Surgery, Florence, Italy; eCampus University, Novedrate, Italy.
Email: longo.leonardo@gmail.com | ORCID

Leonardo Longo, MD, is an endocrinologist, Head of the Institute for Laser Medicine of Florence (ILM), Professor of Laser Medicine and Surgery of Siena University (1995-2011), Republic of San Marino University, e-Campus University of Milan, Founding President of the International Academy for Laser Medicine and Surgery (IALMS), Fellow of 24 scientific societies; founding and honorary member of 5 Scientific Societies, President of the International Society of Laser Surgery and Medicine (ISLSM) from 2005 until 2009 and 2017-2019, President of the International Phototherapy Association (IPTA), for the years 2009-2011, and President of the World Federation of Societies for Laser Medicine and Surgery (WFSLMS; 2013-2017). He is Visiting Researcher Professor of the University of Bethesda and Vanderbilt, USA; Czeske Budejovice, Kladno, and Prague, Czech Republic; Vilnius, Lithuania; Warsaw, Poland; and Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is coordinator of the International Master in Laserology (I.Me.La.S.), sponsored by the WFSLMS and IALMS. Dr. Longo studies and uses the biological and surgical effects of laser and intense light on human tissue, especially on the skin, vein, nerve, muscle, tendon, connective tissue, stem cells, and keloids, for wound healing and scar remodelling; diabetes and metabolic diseases; and brain and spinal cord injuries, for cutting and coagulation and photodialysis in patients with chronic immunological diseases. Dr. Longo collected, until 2016, more than 120 meeting titles and scientific publications, more than 20 treatises, and 300 meeting papers; he was Editor of Laser Florence Proceedings and SPIE Publisher from 1999 until 2004, then American Institute of Physics Publisher from 2007 until 2011, then Medimond Publisher; he is Editor-in-Chief of Laser Therapy Journal (Agipress); he is a board member of 6 peer international journals: Laser in Medical Science (Associate Editor), Springer Publisher; Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, M. Ann Liebert Publ, USA; Journal of Applied Biomedicine (Czech Rep); Leadership Medica (Cesil Publ, Milano, Italy); Acta Medica (Prague, Czech Republic); Dermatologic Therapy, Blackwell Publishing; and Academy of Aesthetic and Anti-Aging Medicine, Polish Medical Society Publ, Warzaw. He has been President of the Laser Florence Annual Congress and Courses from 1997 until today. Further news is available on the detailed curriculum vitae, published on the website www.longolaser.it.

Co-Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Carlo Fornaini
Micoralis Laboratory, University of Côte d’Azur, Nice, France; International Academy for Laser in Medicine and Surgery, Florence, Italy.
Email: carlo@fornainident.it | ORCID

Prof. Carlo Fornaini is a researcher and clinician in the field of laser dentistry and the author of over 200 scientific publications, most of which are indexed in Scopus and PubMed. He graduated in Medicine (MD) from the University of Milan (Italy), obtained a Diploma in Dentistry (DA) at the University Hospital of Parma (Italy), earned a University Diploma (DU) in Laser Dentistry from the University of Nice (France), a Master of Science (MSc) in Laser Dentistry from the University of Liège (Belgium), and a PhD in Engineering from the University of Parma (Italy). In 2019, he obtained the Italian National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor. Prof. Fornaini has taught at the Universities of Parma and Udine (Italy), Nice and Bordeaux (France), Liège (Belgium), and Barcelona (Spain). He also served as Researcher and Coordinator of the European Master Degree in Oral Laser Applications (EMDOLA) at the University of Nice. In addition, he has been Visiting Professor at the Universities of Vilnius (Lithuania), Buenos Aires (Argentina), and Havana (Cuba). He is Past President of the International PhotoTherapy Association (IPTA), Treasurer of the International Academy of Laser in Medicine and Surgery (IALMS), and President-Elect of the International Society for Laser in Medicine and Surgery (ISLMS).

Founding Editor

Prof. Toshio Ohshiro
Honorary President of ISLSM; Former General Secretary of WFSLMS, Japan.
Email: ohshiro@jmll.co.jp

Senior Editors

Farouk Al-Watban
World Academy for Laser Applications (WALA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Email: faroukalwatban@gmail.com

Juanita J. Anders
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Email: janders@usuhs.mil | ORCID

David Baxter
School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, New Zealand.
Email: david.baxter@otago.ac.nz | BIO

Cheng-Jen Chang
Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery, University of Taipei, Taiwan.
Email: chengjen0176@gmail.com | ORCID

Reza Fekrazad
Founder and Head of Radiation Science Research Center, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Email: rezafekrazad@gmail.com | ORCID

Ming-Chien Kao
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
BIO

Antonio Pinheiro
Center of Biophotonics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
Email: albp@ufba.br | ORCID

Rau Krishna
Department of Surgery, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, India.
Email: sharonkrishna@gmail.com | BIO

Jean-Paul Rocca
Faculty of Dentistry, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France.
Email: jprocca@unice.fr | ORCID

Shimon Rochkind
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tel Aviv, Israel.
Email: rochkind@zahav.net.il | ORCID

Consultants

José María Miguel Aguilera, Paraguayan Association of Laser Therapy, Asunción, Paraguay | drjoseaguilera@gmail.com
Abraham Arimuko, Gatot Soebroto Army Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia | arimuko@gmail.com
Yoshimi Asagai, Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation, Suwa, Japan | asagai@shinano-iryo.or.jp
Guido Bastianelli, Otolaryngology, Florence, Italy | prof.bastianelli@dada.it
Pichansak Bunmas, V Plast Institute of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery, Chon Buri, Thailand | doctorpichansak@gmail.com
Tatjana Dostalova, 2nd Medical Faculty, Department of Stomatology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic | tatjana.dostalova@fnmotol.cz
Helena Jelínková, Biophysics Institute, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic | helena.jelinkova@fjfi.cvut.cz
Khalil Khatri, New England Medical Center, Boston, USA | skinlaser@aol.com
Katalin Kovacs, Small Animal Laser Clinic, Budapest, Hungary | katavet@yahoo.com
Sharon Krishna, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Chennai, India | sharonkrishna@gmail.com
Rodrigo Labat Marcos, UniNove, Jacareí, Brazil | labatrm@gmail.com
Rodrigo Lopes-Martins, Biomedical Engineering, University of Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil | ralopesmartins@gmail.com
Rachel Lubart, Physics and Chemistry Departments, Bar-Ilan University, Israel | Rachel.Lubart@biu.ac.il
Adam Mester, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary | mester_ad@yahoo.com
Leos Navratil, Department of Medical and Humanities, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic | leos.navratil@volny.cz
Masayoshi Okada, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan | okdmpd@gmail.com
Vladimir Tsepolenko, Ukraine Society of Aesthetic Medicine, Odesa, Ukraine | rome99_sea@hotmail.com
Aurelija Vaitkuviene, Advanced Technologies Department, Biomedical Technology Division, Vilnius University, Lithuania | aurelija.vaitkuviene@tmi.vu.lt