The European Platform for Photodynamic Medicine (EPPM) is an organization for the promotion of Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy.
A brief description of what is photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy can be found here. The EPPM has over 60 members and is rapidly collecting resources to further meet its aim of promoting photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy in Europe.
The EPPM was founded in June 2007 with the primary aim of bringing together scientists and clinicians for the furtherance of photodynamic medicine. The current EPPM Board members can be found here.
The organization has been growing steadily since its inception. The seeds of the EPPM were sown in September 2006 in Geneva, not far from the lake and its famous landmark le Jet d’eau. After a few months gestation period, the EPPM was officially formed.
In March 2008, the first meeting of the
newly formed European Platform for Photodynamic Medicine
was hosted at the Dubrovnik Palace Hotel, Croatia
(see Congresses). This proved to be a beautiful and
highly popular venue, attracting delegates from Europe
and around the world, including China, Russia and the
US.
The founding fathers of EPPM were a mixed group of
clinicians, photobiologists, physicists and representatives
of industry concerned with photosensitisers and PDT
devices. In this original group, there were seven
clinicians, five photo-biologists/photo-chemists, and four
representatives of industry.
Clinicians:
Colin Hopper (UK) Patrice
Jichlinski (CH) Herwig Kostron (AU) Thiery Patrice (FR)
Keyvan Moghissi (UK) and Aleksander Seiron
(PL)
Photobiologists:
Giulio Jori (IT),
Heinrich Walt (CH) Yoram Soloman (IS) Hrvoje Zorc (HR) and
David Russell (UK)
Industry
Representatives: Didier Boucher (FR-Axcan Pharma)
Winrich Raushning (DE –Biolitec) Bjorn Klem NO- Photocure)
and Diego Provvidini (IT-Negma).
The current EPPM Board members can be found here
(Contact Us).
EPPM is affiliated with the journal Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic
Therapy.
Members of EPPM receive a discount subscription rate.
The EPPM is a
private Limited Company registered in England [Company
number 6289572].