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Our Online Laser Training International Programme Director, Dr Godfrey Town has been re-certified from 1st May 2023 by RPA 2000 for a further five years to act as a Laser Protection Adviser (LPA) under the Care Standards Act 2000 (Wales & Northern Ireland) and as required in England by councils with unitary powers who regulate service providers using lasers and intense light sources. These jurisdictions in England include London, Essex and Nottinghamshire. The RPA 2000 LPA certificate is evidence of competence in radiation protection for non-ionising radiation and Dr Town holds this for medical, research and teaching. RPA 2000 was set up in...

Dr Godfrey Town gave a talk on ‘A New Generation of Vascular and Pigmentary IPLs’ as an Invited Speaker at the ACAM annual cosmetic medicine conference held on 25 – 27 October 2019 at the International Convention Centre Sydney. This talk considered a new generation of intense pulsed light (IPL) devices and evaluated how and why they rival traditional pulsed dye laser (PDL) treatment of vascular and pigmentary abnormalities. Several companies have released new devices with recent and innovative claims for their intense pulsed light (IPL) technology. Selected company slides were presented to investigate novel technology advances and to explore the clinical and...

Dr Godfrey Town gave a talk at the Medical Devices Expert Forum at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology conference (EADV) on 11th October 2019 in Madrid. His lecture ‘Update on home-use device standards and regulations' considered the likely impact of the new EU Medical Device Regulations on laser and intense light source users, manufacturers and distributors. The forum was chaired by Professor Peter Bjerring, Aalborg University Hospital Dermatology Department, Denmark and Dr Christine Dierickx MD, Skinperium, Luxembourg....

Dr Godfrey Town has been appointed Senior Research Fellow Ph.D., Department of Dermatology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark where he plans to assist Clinical Professor of Dermatology Peter Bjerring MD, Dr.Sci., Department of Clinical Medicine at Aalborg University Hospital to build a new dermatological research area with collaboration with other specialities. Godfrey will make his ‘Core of knowledge’ laser and IPL safety courses available to post-graduates and assist in collaborative efforts to introduce new specialist courses in cutaneous light-based therapy to the department....

Our Online Laser Training International Programme Director, Dr Godfrey Town was re-certified on 1st May 2018 by RPA 2000 for a further five years to act as a Laser Protection Adviser (LPA) under the Care Standards Act 2000 (Wales & Northern Ireland) and as required in England by councils with unitary powers who regulate service providers using lasers and intense light sources. These jurisdictions in England include London, Essex and Nottinghamshire. The RPA 2000 LPA certificate is evidence of competence in radiation protection for non-ionising radiation and Dr Town holds this for medical, research and teaching. RPA 2000 was set up in 2000...

Dr Godfrey Town Ph.D attended the 18th World Congress of IMCAS in Paris recently. He co-chaired a scientific session with Dr Christine Dierickx a key opinion leader in the world of laser and IPL hair removal. IMCAS is dedicated to achieving the highest quality of teaching through the interface of dermatology and plastic surgery. This year’s congress saw the launch of the online IMCAS Academy which allows subscribers access to the qualitative content that you see during an IMCAS congress....