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Yorkshire Laser Centre
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Professor Keyvan Moghissi is the Clinical Director of The Yorkshire Laser Centre which is funded predominately by charitable donations through the Moghissi Laser Trust. The centre has earned an international reputation at the forefront of medical uses in treating cancers and other significant conditions.

Professor Moghissi is the Founder Member and President of the European Platform for Photo Dynamic Medicine (EPPM)

Yorkshire Laser Centre is working at the forefront of the use of lasers in the treatment of cancer and other life-threatening conditions. They work in partnership with the NHS and is supported by Moghissi Laser Trust (Charity No 326689). The team has pioneered the development of photodynamic therapy (PDT) which combines the use of lasers with a photo-sensitive drug to provide highly targeted treatment.

The Yorkshire Laser Centre has been operating as a project of the Moghissi Laser Trust Fund since 1997. Prof Keyvan Moghissi gives his time and expertise free to the project. Moghissi Laser Trust’s mission is to make laser surgery and Photodynamic Therapy available to patients, particularly those with cancer, by promoting pre-clinical and clinical research, clinical trials and treatment of patients.

The Centre also works on clinical trials of the effects of Photodynamic Therapy on different types of cancer.

Notes:

Mobile Unit treatments are running at:

Leeds General Infirmary
Scunthorpe General Hospital
Castle Hill Hospital
Hull Royal Infirmary
Ninewells Hospital and Medical School Dundee
Cardiff NHS Hospitals Trust
Heartlands Hospital Birmingham

The team are investigating the use of their newest treatment, Daylight Photo Dynamic Therapy, within Health Centres in and around the region.

Specialisms:

Laser surgery of the chest
PDT for treatment of lung cancer both for palliation and with curative intent
Detection of early lung cancer
PDT in oesophageal cancer
Investigation of the role of PDT in some gynaecological and colo-rectal cancer
Head and neck cancer
Financial contribution to the universities for PhD and MSc students in the field of lasers and PDT

Prof Keyvan Moghissi
BSc, MD,F.R.C.S.(Ed), F.R.C.S.(Eng), F.E.T.C.S.
Membre Associe Academie de Chirugie Paris
Clinical Director



Last Updated:08/03/2024
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Yorkshire Laser Centre
Goole & District Hospital, North Lincolnshire & Goole Hospitals N H, Woodland Ave, Goole, DN14 6RX, UK - England (North)

+44 1724 290 456 +44 1405 767 451 kdixon@yorkshirelasercentre.org hello@moghissilasertrust.org http://www.yorkshirelasercentre.org http://moghissilasertrust.org
All therapies provided at this location:
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
A photosensitising (light activated) drug is first administered to patients followed by irradiation of cancerous tissue with laser light, which converts the drug into a powerful cytotoxic (cell destroying) agent.

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