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The World Association for Laser Therapy (WALT) was formed in 1994 in Barcelona, Spain at the joint Congress of the International Laser Therapy Association (ILTA) and the International Society for Laser Application in Medicine (ISLAM) when these two international groups merged and WALT became the leading world body for promoting research, education and clinical applications in the field of photo-therapy with lasers and other light sources.
The multi-national membership includes the world's leading experts in all forms of treatment mediated by the photo-bio-modulating effects of light occurring without thermal effects on irradiated tissue.
WALT hosts its World Congress every two years with venues spread worldwide. Jerusalem, Israel (1996), Kansas City, USA (1998), Athens, Greece (2000), Tsukuba, Japan (2002), Guaruja, Brazil (2004) and Lemesos, Cyprus (2006) have all welcomed WALT.
The 2008 Congress will be held in South Africa under the Chairmanship of Professor Heidi Abrahamse, Head of the Laser Research Group of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Johannesburg.
The official journal of WALT is Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. Printed in the USA it is the leading photomedical scientific journal and is published 6 times a year.
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