2025 Annual Conference Recording - ABSTRACTS: Rapid Fire - Basic Science and Translational Research - 4/24 2PM-3PM

Recorded On: 04/24/2025

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This was recorded at the 44th ASLMS Annual Conference Thursday, April 24th, 2:00PM - 3:00PM

Included:

PICOSECOND LASER-INDUCED OPTICAL BREAKDOWN: A NOVEL APPROACH FOR REVERSING PHOTO-AGING AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL
- Presenting Author: Chang-Cheng Chang, MD, PhD, FACS – China medical university, Taichung Taiwan
HISTOLOGICAL AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF PIG SKIN TREATED BY INSULATED AND NON-INSULATED RADIOFREQUENCY MICRONEEDLES UNDER DIFFERENT DISCHARGE MODES
- Presenting Author: Jiayi Feng, MD (she/her/hers) – Shenzhen Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangdong, China
SIMULATING WATER FILM APPLICATION FOR WART CRYOTHERAPY: A 3D FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
- Presenting Author: Julian Henke – Emory University, School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX VITALIZER BY NANOPORATION
- Presenting Author: Uwe Paasch, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Leipzig
IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF FOCUSED ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY: ITS CRUCIAL ROLE IN SKIN REGENERATION AND TISSUE REMODELING RESEARCH
- Presenting Author: Yanjun Zhou, MM (she/her/hers) – Department of Dermatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
THE APPLICATION OF A NOVEL INTENSE PULSED LIGHT IN THE TREATMENT OF ROSACEA-LIKE MICE
- Presenting Author: Xiang Wen – Department of Dermatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
EFFECT OF DRUG FORMULATION ON PERCUTANEOUS ABSORPTION OF TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE FOLLOWING ABLATIVE FRACTIONAL LASER TREATMENT
- Presenting Author: Woraphong Manuskiatti, MD (he/him/his) – Mahidol University, Thailand
THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF MICRONEEDLING-ASSISTED PERCUTANEOUS ABSORPTION OF TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE SOLUTION
- Presenting Author: Sariya Sittiwanaruk, MD (she/her/hers) – Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
MICRONEEDLING RADIOFREQUENCY INDUCES DERMAL REGENERATION THROUGH FIBROBLASTS ACTIVATION: A HISTOLOGICAL STUDY IN A PORCINE MODEL
- Presenting Author: Xiang Wen – Department of Dermatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
SINGLE-CELL DEFINE THE PROCESSES OF KERATINOCYTE AND FIBROBLAST AND THEIR CROSSTALK VIA CEBPA-CONTAINING EXOSOMES AFTER LASER TREATMENT
- Presenting Author: Yanjun Zhou, MM (she/her/hers) – Department of Dermatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
EFFECTS OF PHOTOBIOMODULATION APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE: A SCOPING REVIEW
- Presenting Author: Dominique Roberts, B Sc (Human Biology) (they/them/theirs) – Fusion Medical Spa & Wellness
EPIGENETIC CHANGES IN HUMAN SKIN FOLLOWING NON-ABLATIVE FRACTIONATED LASER (NAFL) TREATMENT USING A 1940 NANOMETER HANDPIECE : A SPLIT-FACE STUDY
- Presenting Author: Konika Schallen, MD – CMA Medicine
Comparative Bulk RNA-Seq Analysis of PLLA VS Calcium Hydroxylapatite Reveals Novel, Adipocyte-Mediated Regenerative Mechanism of Action Unique to PLLA
- Presenting Author: Jill S. Waibel, MD (she/her/hers) – Miami Dermatology & Laser Institute, Miami, FL
UTILIZING WATERSHED ANALYSIS OF OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMORGRAPHY IMAGES TO CHARACTERIZE PORT WINE BIRTHMARKS
- Presenting Author: Lisa M. Arkin, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

Walfre Franco, PhD

Walfre Franco is an Associate Professor and Interim Department Chair of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Before joining UMass, Dr. Franco was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School and an Assistant in Biomedical Engineering at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Notre Dame in the USA. His doctoral training was in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and control. His postdoctoral training was in biomedical optics at the University of California, with appointments at the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Riverside and the Beckman Laser Institute in Irvine. After his postdoctoral training and before joining HMS and MGH, he worked as an engineer for a biomedical device company, where he led the translation of a radiofrequency (RF) device from concept to clinical establishment of safety and efficacy. At MGH, he developed technology for advancing skin wound healing and carbon monoxide poisoning treatments in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary engineering and clinical team. At UMass Lowell, Dr. Franco's research focuses on developing medical devices for treatment and diagnosis in partnership with clinicians.

Guillermo Aguilar, PhD

Professor

Texas A & M University

Guillermo Aguilar

Department Head, Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
James and Ada Forsyth Professor

Educational Background

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara - 1999
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara - 1995
B.S., Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, National Autonomous University of Mexico - 1993

Research Interests

Biological tissue thermal management/cryogenic spray cooling
Biomedical optics/biomaterials development and characterization
Non-invasive optical imaging
Medical laser applications/laser-tissue rewarming
Optical-induced cavitation/controlled surface erosion/mitigation

Awards & Honors

2023 American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow
2021-Present Emeritus/Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering UC Riverside
2020 American Society of Mechanical Engineering Fellow
2019 National Academy of Engineering of Mexico
2014 STAR Award: Educator of the Year (SHPE)
2003 American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS) Fellow
2002-2007 Research Scientist Development Award
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Member

Selected Publications

Alvarez C, Berrospe-Rodriguez C, Wu C, Pasek-Allen J, Khosla K, Bischof J, et al. Photothermal heating of titanium nitride nanomaterials for fast and uniform laser warming of cryopreserved biomaterials. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 2022;10.
Gonzalez-Parra JC, Robles V, Devia-Cruz LF, Rodriguez-Beltran RI, Cuando-Espitia N, Camacho-Lopez S, et al. Mitigation of cavitation erosion using laser-induced periodic surface structures. Surfaces and Interfaces. 2022;29:101692.
Penilla E, Devia-Cruz L, Wieg A, Martinez-Torres P, Cuando-Espitia N, Sellappan P, et al. Ultrafast laser welding of ceramics. Science. 2019;365(6455):803-8.
Robles V, Gonzalez-Parra JC, Cuando-Espitia N, Aguilar G. The effect of scalable PDMS gas-entrapping microstructures on the dynamics of a single cavitation bubble. Scientific Reports. 2022;12(1):20379.
Robles V, Gutierrez-Herrera E, Devia-Cruz L, Banks D, Camacho-Lopez S, Aguilar G. Soft material perforation via double-bubble laser-induced cavitation microjets. Physics of Fluids. 2020;32(4):042005