Prof. Leonardo Longo areas of expertise:
Professional statement
Prof. Leonardo Longo is a Surgeon, Endocrinologist. He taught Laser Surgery and Medicine in the School of General Surgery at the University of Siena from 1995 to 2011 and Laser Medicine and Aesthetic Surgery at the University of Biomedical Studies of San Marino.
Graduating with a thesis on the histopathological effects of lasers on human tissues, he has been involved in laser medicine and surgery since 1976.
He was Visiting Researcher Professor and Leading Lecturer at the University of Bethesda and Vanderbilt, United States; at Czeske Budejovice, Kladno and Prague, Czech Republic; and in Vilnius, Lithuania. He is Scientific Director of the Institute of Laser Medicine of Florence, Founding President of the International Academy for Laser in Medicine and Surgery (IALMS), Fellow of 28 Scientific Societies, Honorary Member of 5, President of the International Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine (ISLSM ) from 2005 to 2009 and 2017-2019, and the International Photo Therapy Association for the two-year period 2008-2010, of the World Federation of Societies for Laser Medicine and Surgery (WFSLMS) for the four-year period 2013-2017.
He is responsible for the Refresher Courses on Laser Medicine and Surgery held in 95 countries on behalf of WFLSMS.
Professor Longo has studied and studied the biological and surgical effects of lasers on human tissues , especially on skin, veins, immune system, muscles, tendons, nerves and connective tissue in general, for the healing of wounds and skin ulcers, remodeling of hypertrophic scars and keloids, as well as' for the surgical effects of cutting and tissue coagulation.
He is a patent holder for laser treatment of adult stem cells and experimentally uses lasers to normalize blood sugar levels in type 1 and type 2 diabetes and to normalize the immune system in chronic and degenerative diseases , such as AIDS, rheumatoid arthritis and many others. It also successfully employs lasers in the treatment of post-trauma spinal cord and brain injury. Professor Longo has written over 100 scientific papers published in international journals, over 20 among monographic books and chapters of scientific treatises, about 300 Congress reports, mostly international, in over 70% of which participated as invited speaker and chairman. Since 1997 he has been the President of the annual International Congress Laser Florence Conference and Courses and Editor of Laser Florence Proceedings , published by SPIE - Bellingham (USA) until 2005 and then by the American Institute of Physics, AIP, NY. " Laser in Medical Science ", (co-editor) published by Springer - London, " Laser Therapy " (Tokyo), " Journal of Applied Biomedicine " (Czech Rep), " Acta Medica " (Czech Rep), " Medical Leadership "(Cesil, Italy)," Dermatologic Therapy ", Blackwell Publishing," Academy of Aesthetic and Anti-Aging Medicine " (Warzaw, Poland), Photomedicine and Laser Surgery , Medimond Publisher, USA.
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