Summit In Aesthetic Medicine

DANA POINT, CALIF.– Materials science meets medicine. That’s the new frontier for many specialties, thanks to advances in the understanding of native tissue dynamics and how bioengineered materials will perform in vivo.

Sarah Heilshorn, Ph.D., of the department of materials science and engineering and the department of bioengineering at Stanford (Calif.) University, was one of several presenters at this year’s Summit in Aesthetic Medicine, with a focus on the use of synthetic materials for reconstructive surgery and treatment for acute and traumatic tissue injury.

In this video, Dr. Heilshorn explains how materials science and bioengineering are promoting angiogenesis to help patients who have suffered spinal injuries, chronic wounds, and conditions involving severe tissue injury at the meeting held by Global Academy for Medical Education. GAME and this news organization are owned by Frontline Medical Communications. She describes how revascularization, bone regeneration, and tissue growth are all possible through the use of highly specific and targeted biogels injected into the body to improve delivery of growth factors.

Dr. Heilshorn said she had no relevant financial conflicts to disclose.

DANA POINT, CALIF.– Materials science meets medicine. That’s the new frontier for many specialties, thanks to advances in the understanding of native tissue dynamics and how bioengineered materials will perform in vivo.

Sarah Heilshorn, Ph.D., of the department of materials science and engineering and the department of bioengineering at Stanford (Calif.) University, was one of several presenters at this year’s Summit in Aesthetic Medicine, with a focus on the use of synthetic materials for reconstructive surgery and treatment for acute and traumatic tissue injury.

In this video, Dr. Heilshorn explains how materials science and bioengineering are promoting angiogenesis to help patients who have suffered spinal injuries, chronic wounds, and conditions involving severe tissue injury at the meeting held by Global Academy for Medical Education. GAME and this news organization are owned by Frontline Medical Communications. She describes how revascularization, bone regeneration, and tissue growth are all possible through the use of highly specific and targeted biogels injected into the body to improve delivery of growth factors.

Dr. Heilshorn said she had no relevant financial conflicts to disclose.

DANA POINT, CALIF.– Materials science meets medicine. That’s the new frontier for many specialties, thanks to advances in the understanding of native tissue dynamics and how bioengineered materials will perform in vivo.

Sarah Heilshorn, Ph.D., of the department of materials science and engineering and the department of bioengineering at Stanford (Calif.) University, was one of several presenters at this year’s Summit in Aesthetic Medicine, with a focus on the use of synthetic materials for reconstructive surgery and treatment for acute and traumatic tissue injury.

In this video, Dr. Heilshorn explains how materials science and bioengineering are promoting angiogenesis to help patients who have suffered spinal injuries, chronic wounds, and conditions involving severe tissue injury at the meeting held by Global Academy for Medical Education. GAME and this news organization are owned by Frontline Medical Communications. She describes how revascularization, bone regeneration, and tissue growth are all possible through the use of highly specific and targeted biogels injected into the body to improve delivery of growth factors.

Dr. Heilshorn said she had no relevant financial conflicts to disclose.

DANA POINT, CALIF. – Although lasers are standard in the treatment of port wine stains, they don’t give full clearance or prevent recurrence, according to Dr. Kristen M. Kelly of the University of California, Irvine.

Using imaging, Dr. Kelly and her team observed that lasers provided patients with "very nice" destruction of blood vessels, but in as little as a week, revascularization would begin. The investigators sought a way to interfere with angiogenesis in order to extend clearance of the port wine stains.

In this video, recorded during the Summit in Aesthetic Medicine 2014, Dr. Kelly says that she doesn’t think "we have the optimal treatment yet." However, a proof of concept study she and others conducted that combined laser treatment with Food and Drug Administration–approved agents, such as imiquimod and rapamycin, showed "a slight improvement over lasers alone."

Dr. Kelly added that the current research is only a "first step," and that other agents will prove equally or more effective as antiangiogenesis gains recognition as a viable treatment for a range of cutaneous conditions.

The Summit in Aesthetic Medicine is held by the Global Academy for Medical Education. GAME and this news organization are owned by Frontline Medical Communications.

Dr. Kelly said she had no relevant financial conflicts to disclose.

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DANA POINT, CALIF. – Although lasers are standard in the treatment of port wine stains, they don’t give full clearance or prevent recurrence, according to Dr. Kristen M. Kelly of the University of California, Irvine.

Using imaging, Dr. Kelly and her team observed that lasers provided patients with "very nice" destruction of blood vessels, but in as little as a week, revascularization would begin. The investigators sought a way to interfere with angiogenesis in order to extend clearance of the port wine stains.

In this video, recorded during the Summit in Aesthetic Medicine 2014, Dr. Kelly says that she doesn’t think "we have the optimal treatment yet." However, a proof of concept study she and others conducted that combined laser treatment with Food and Drug Administration–approved agents, such as imiquimod and rapamycin, showed "a slight improvement over lasers alone."

Dr. Kelly added that the current research is only a "first step," and that other agents will prove equally or more effective as antiangiogenesis gains recognition as a viable treatment for a range of cutaneous conditions.

The Summit in Aesthetic Medicine is held by the Global Academy for Medical Education. GAME and this news organization are owned by Frontline Medical Communications.

Dr. Kelly said she had no relevant financial conflicts to disclose.

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On Twitter @whitneymcknight

DANA POINT, CALIF. – Although lasers are standard in the treatment of port wine stains, they don’t give full clearance or prevent recurrence, according to Dr. Kristen M. Kelly of the University of California, Irvine.

Using imaging, Dr. Kelly and her team observed that lasers provided patients with "very nice" destruction of blood vessels, but in as little as a week, revascularization would begin. The investigators sought a way to interfere with angiogenesis in order to extend clearance of the port wine stains.

In this video, recorded during the Summit in Aesthetic Medicine 2014, Dr. Kelly says that she doesn’t think "we have the optimal treatment yet." However, a proof of concept study she and others conducted that combined laser treatment with Food and Drug Administration–approved agents, such as imiquimod and rapamycin, showed "a slight improvement over lasers alone."

Dr. Kelly added that the current research is only a "first step," and that other agents will prove equally or more effective as antiangiogenesis gains recognition as a viable treatment for a range of cutaneous conditions.

The Summit in Aesthetic Medicine is held by the Global Academy for Medical Education. GAME and this news organization are owned by Frontline Medical Communications.

Dr. Kelly said she had no relevant financial conflicts to disclose.

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On Twitter @whitneymcknight

DANA POINT, CALIF. – When you think of lasers, do you consider them as the standard of care for treatment of a range of scars, from dog bites to burns? If not, Dr. Jill Waibel, director of the Miami Dermatology and Laser Institute, thinks you should.

"The sooner you get the lasers on the scars, the better," she emphasizes in this video, recorded during Summit in Aesthetic Medicine 2014. "They [lasers] are both preventative and therapeutic."

Dermatologists can combine lasers and medications that they already have in their practices to great effect to help make scars nearly invisible, Dr. Waibel explained at the meeting, held by Global Academy for Medical Education. GAME and this news organization are owned by Frontline Medical Communications.

Dr. Waibel disclosed that she has financial relationships with Alma, Syneron/Candela, Sciton, Lutronics, and Lumenis.

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DANA POINT, CALIF. – When you think of lasers, do you consider them as the standard of care for treatment of a range of scars, from dog bites to burns? If not, Dr. Jill Waibel, director of the Miami Dermatology and Laser Institute, thinks you should.

"The sooner you get the lasers on the scars, the better," she emphasizes in this video, recorded during Summit in Aesthetic Medicine 2014. "They [lasers] are both preventative and therapeutic."

Dermatologists can combine lasers and medications that they already have in their practices to great effect to help make scars nearly invisible, Dr. Waibel explained at the meeting, held by Global Academy for Medical Education. GAME and this news organization are owned by Frontline Medical Communications.

Dr. Waibel disclosed that she has financial relationships with Alma, Syneron/Candela, Sciton, Lutronics, and Lumenis.

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On Twitter @whitneymcknight

DANA POINT, CALIF. – When you think of lasers, do you consider them as the standard of care for treatment of a range of scars, from dog bites to burns? If not, Dr. Jill Waibel, director of the Miami Dermatology and Laser Institute, thinks you should.

"The sooner you get the lasers on the scars, the better," she emphasizes in this video, recorded during Summit in Aesthetic Medicine 2014. "They [lasers] are both preventative and therapeutic."

Dermatologists can combine lasers and medications that they already have in their practices to great effect to help make scars nearly invisible, Dr. Waibel explained at the meeting, held by Global Academy for Medical Education. GAME and this news organization are owned by Frontline Medical Communications.

Dr. Waibel disclosed that she has financial relationships with Alma, Syneron/Candela, Sciton, Lutronics, and Lumenis.

[email protected]

On Twitter @whitneymcknight

DANA POINT, CALIF. – It’s possible that burn victims and others with traumatic scarring will no longer need to have skin grafted from one part of their body, thus adding new scars, to mend the deeper scars, according to Dr. Jill Waibel, a speaker at Summit in Aesthetic Medicine 2014.

"As surgeons, we don’t have the right to take healthy tissue and create more scars," said Dr. Waibel, director of the Miami Dermatology and Laser Institute and a voluntary clinical professor of dermatology at the University of Miami.

Dr. Waibel and her colleagues are working with the Department of Defense to study whether stem cells can be applied directly to wounds to facilitate new skin tissue growth in service personnel with traumatic injuries from bomb blasts they suffered while fighting in Afghanistan.

She and her team also have been working with the DOD to refine the delivery system for these stem cells, using lasers and a hydrogel developed by the military that can used safely in vivo. Dr. Waibel discusses her hopes and concerns for stem cell use in traumatic scar treatment in this video from the meeting, which was held by Global Academy for Medical Education. GAME and this news organization are owned by Frontline Medical Communications.

Dr. Waibel disclosed she has financial relationships with Alma, Syneron/Candela, Sciton, Lutronics, and Lumenis.

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On Twitter @whitneymcknight

DANA POINT, CALIF. – It’s possible that burn victims and others with traumatic scarring will no longer need to have skin grafted from one part of their body, thus adding new scars, to mend the deeper scars, according to Dr. Jill Waibel, a speaker at Summit in Aesthetic Medicine 2014.

"As surgeons, we don’t have the right to take healthy tissue and create more scars," said Dr. Waibel, director of the Miami Dermatology and Laser Institute and a voluntary clinical professor of dermatology at the University of Miami.

Dr. Waibel and her colleagues are working with the Department of Defense to study whether stem cells can be applied directly to wounds to facilitate new skin tissue growth in service personnel with traumatic injuries from bomb blasts they suffered while fighting in Afghanistan.

She and her team also have been working with the DOD to refine the delivery system for these stem cells, using lasers and a hydrogel developed by the military that can used safely in vivo. Dr. Waibel discusses her hopes and concerns for stem cell use in traumatic scar treatment in this video from the meeting, which was held by Global Academy for Medical Education. GAME and this news organization are owned by Frontline Medical Communications.

Dr. Waibel disclosed she has financial relationships with Alma, Syneron/Candela, Sciton, Lutronics, and Lumenis.

[email protected]

On Twitter @whitneymcknight

DANA POINT, CALIF. – It’s possible that burn victims and others with traumatic scarring will no longer need to have skin grafted from one part of their body, thus adding new scars, to mend the deeper scars, according to Dr. Jill Waibel, a speaker at Summit in Aesthetic Medicine 2014.

"As surgeons, we don’t have the right to take healthy tissue and create more scars," said Dr. Waibel, director of the Miami Dermatology and Laser Institute and a voluntary clinical professor of dermatology at the University of Miami.

Dr. Waibel and her colleagues are working with the Department of Defense to study whether stem cells can be applied directly to wounds to facilitate new skin tissue growth in service personnel with traumatic injuries from bomb blasts they suffered while fighting in Afghanistan.

She and her team also have been working with the DOD to refine the delivery system for these stem cells, using lasers and a hydrogel developed by the military that can used safely in vivo. Dr. Waibel discusses her hopes and concerns for stem cell use in traumatic scar treatment in this video from the meeting, which was held by Global Academy for Medical Education. GAME and this news organization are owned by Frontline Medical Communications.

Dr. Waibel disclosed she has financial relationships with Alma, Syneron/Candela, Sciton, Lutronics, and Lumenis.

[email protected]

On Twitter @whitneymcknight

DANA POINT, CALIF. – "Biofilms are ubiquitous," said Dr. Robert Galiano, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

"They [bacteria] hijack the body’s healing mechanisms, so instead of healing, ... the body’s inflammatory cascade gets amplified to a degree where it actually becomes tissue damaging," he said at the Summit in Aesthetic Medicine 2014.

Much of what we know about how bacteria communicate with one another to form biofilms comes from research into the prevention and treatment of chronic wounds. More research is needed, but greater understanding of how bacteria communicate with one another to prevent antimicrobial action may lead to new therapeutic targets that could benefit many medical specialties, he added.

Potential therapeutic targets range from coatings for wound dressings to protective barriers on stents and implants of all kinds to extend their durability. In this interview, Dr. Galiano discusses current treatment strategies to manage bacteria, which patients are at greatest risk, and future directions for biofilm prevention.

The summit was held by Global Academy for Medical Education. GAME and this news organization are owned by Frontline Medical Communications. Dr. Galiano had no financial conflicts to disclose.

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DANA POINT, CALIF. – "Biofilms are ubiquitous," said Dr. Robert Galiano, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

"They [bacteria] hijack the body’s healing mechanisms, so instead of healing, ... the body’s inflammatory cascade gets amplified to a degree where it actually becomes tissue damaging," he said at the Summit in Aesthetic Medicine 2014.

Much of what we know about how bacteria communicate with one another to form biofilms comes from research into the prevention and treatment of chronic wounds. More research is needed, but greater understanding of how bacteria communicate with one another to prevent antimicrobial action may lead to new therapeutic targets that could benefit many medical specialties, he added.

Potential therapeutic targets range from coatings for wound dressings to protective barriers on stents and implants of all kinds to extend their durability. In this interview, Dr. Galiano discusses current treatment strategies to manage bacteria, which patients are at greatest risk, and future directions for biofilm prevention.

The summit was held by Global Academy for Medical Education. GAME and this news organization are owned by Frontline Medical Communications. Dr. Galiano had no financial conflicts to disclose.

[email protected]

On Twitter @whitneymcknight

DANA POINT, CALIF. – "Biofilms are ubiquitous," said Dr. Robert Galiano, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

"They [bacteria] hijack the body’s healing mechanisms, so instead of healing, ... the body’s inflammatory cascade gets amplified to a degree where it actually becomes tissue damaging," he said at the Summit in Aesthetic Medicine 2014.

Much of what we know about how bacteria communicate with one another to form biofilms comes from research into the prevention and treatment of chronic wounds. More research is needed, but greater understanding of how bacteria communicate with one another to prevent antimicrobial action may lead to new therapeutic targets that could benefit many medical specialties, he added.

Potential therapeutic targets range from coatings for wound dressings to protective barriers on stents and implants of all kinds to extend their durability. In this interview, Dr. Galiano discusses current treatment strategies to manage bacteria, which patients are at greatest risk, and future directions for biofilm prevention.

The summit was held by Global Academy for Medical Education. GAME and this news organization are owned by Frontline Medical Communications. Dr. Galiano had no financial conflicts to disclose.

[email protected]

On Twitter @whitneymcknight