| The National Laser Center is located in the Advanced Technologies Center at the Sheba Medical Center and contains a vast diversity of lasers. The Center provides state-of-the-art clinical laser therapy, provides quality education for the medical, academic, and industrial communities, serves as a mediator between the academic and scientific communities, and conducts basic and applied laser research.
Laser therapy is chosen according to medical indications and the different skin lesions. Lasers are employed for the treatment of benign skin lesions, tattoos, congenital and acquired vascular lesions, ingrown nails, warts, hair removal, scars, different pigmentations, Psoriasis and Vitiligo.
The center contains a research and development wing in which light and laser devices are developed for medical applications. Extensive cooperation with the high-tech industry has resulted in novel devices such as the erbium laser for acne scar resurfacing and burn debridement, or skin rejuvenation by removal of wrinkles with CO2 lasers.
The Center runs a clinic for photodynamic therapy and diagnosis. Patients at the clinic are treated for Skin Cancers by light illumination in combination with photoactive agents, thus eliminating the need for scalpels. In this field, the laser center is one of the most advanced centers worldwide; to date over 1500 patients have been treated.
Basic research is applied in the areas of laser studies on cellular function and biophysical mechanism of laser interaction with cells and tissues, which can be transformed to clinical applications. The basic science researchers associated with the National Laser Center are Prof. Sol Kimel, Genady Kostenich PhD, Yael Mardor PhD, and Yossi Rosemberg PhD. |
