S004 Hot Topics
DESCRIPTION
The symposium will address those 'hot topics' established by registrant consensus, a true reflection of member concerns and interests. The session will be a 'potpourri' of medical/surgical topics, including some with social and economic import. Expert speakers will provide 'state of the art' material, highlighting recent trends and developments and accenting emerging and innovative therapies. Presentations will be derm relevant, clinically germane, and directly applicable to patient care.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Diagnose skin diseases more effectively.
Recognize the medical/surgical implications of those entities, including diagnosis and treatment, especially emerging and innovative therapies.
Apply evolving evidence-based knowledge to patient care.
SCHEDULE
9:00 AM
Melanoma Update 2026
Darrell S. Rigel, MD, FAAD
9:20 AM
Atopic Dermatitis: More New Developments
Emma Guttman, MD, PhD, FAAD
9:40 AM
Biologics and Psoriasis: the Beat Goes On
Anthony Fernandez, MD, FAAD
10:00 AM
Itch w/o a Rash: What to Do and Why
Brian S Kim, MD, FAAD
10:20 AM
Acne & Rosacea: What’s New
Amy Flischel, MD, FAAD
10:40 AM
Hairy Matters: What’s New in Alopecia
Natasha Atanaskova Mesinkovska, PhD, MD, FAAD
11:00 AM
Cosmeceuticals: Naturally Absurd
Zoe Diana Draelos, MD, FAAD
11:20 AM
New Derm Drugs: Use and Abuse
Neal D. Bhatia, MD, FAAD
11:40 AM
AI and Dermatology: the Ups and Downs
Jules Lipoff, MD, FAAD
DIRECTOR
Kenneth J. Tomecki, MD, FAAD
SPEAKERS
Neal D. Bhatia, MD, FAAD
Zoe Diana Draelos, MD, FAAD
Anthony Fernandez, MD, FAAD
Amy Flischel, MD, FAAD
Emma Guttman, MD, PhD, FAAD
Brian S Kim, MD, FAAD
Jules Lipoff, MD, FAAD
Natasha Atanaskova Mesinkovska, PhD, MD, FAAD
Darrell S. Rigel, MD, FAAD
DISCLOSURES
Neal D. Bhatia, MD, FAAD
AbbVie – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Almirall – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Alumis – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Apogee Therapeutics – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Arcutis, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Biofrontera AG – Consultant(Honoraria); Cassiopea S.p.A. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Castle Biosciences – Consultant(Honoraria); Celldex – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Dermeleve – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Eli Lilly – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Galderma Laboratories, L.P. – Consultant(Honoraria); Johnson and Johnson Consumer Products Company – Investigator(Honoraria); La Roche-Posay Laboratorie Pharmaceutique – Consultant(Honoraria); LEO Pharma, US – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Novartis – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Ortho Dermatologics – Consultant(Honoraria); Pfizer Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Practical Dermatology – Other(Honoraria); Sagimet Biosciences – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Sanofi/Regeneron – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Soligenix, Inc – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); VeraDermics Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding);
Zoe Diana Draelos, MD, FAAD
Abbott Laboratories – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Actavis – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); AGI Dermatics – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Allergan, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); AmDerma Pharmaceuticals, LLC – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Amgen – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); AstraZeneca – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Avon Products, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Bayer – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Bayer Consumer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Beiersdorf, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Boots – Consultant(Grants/Research Funding); Celgene Corporation – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Chattem, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Colgate-Palmolive – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Coty – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Dermira – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Dial Corporation – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Eli Lilly and Company – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Elizabeth Arden – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Estee Lauder – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Exeltis – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Galderma Laboratories, L.P. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); GlaxoSmithKline – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Glenmark Generics Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Guthy-Renker – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Helix BioMedix – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Henkel – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Company – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Kao Brands – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Kimberly Clark – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Kythera – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); L'Oreal USA Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); La Roche-Posay Laboratoire Pharmaceutique – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Lexington International LLC – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Living Proof, Inc – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Lumity – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); MakuCell, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Maruho Co., Ltd – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Merck & Co., Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Mimetica Pty. Limited – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Neocutis – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Neutrogena Corporation – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Niadyne – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Nuskin – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Oculus – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Onset Therapeutics – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Pacific Biosciences – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Perrigo Company – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Pfizer Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Procter & Gamble Company – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Promius Pharma, LLC – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Quinnova Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); RECKITT BENCKISER (ESPAÑA), S.L. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Revance Therapeutics, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Revision Skincare – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Signum Biosciences, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Skinbetter Science – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); SkinMedica, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Sun Products Corporation – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Suneva Medical, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Symrise – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Syneron, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Taro Pharm – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Teva Pharmaceuticals USA – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Tolmar – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Unilever – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Valeant Pharmaceuticals International – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Vichy Laboratoires – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding);
Anthony Fernandez, MD, FAAD
AbbVie – Consultant(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria); Astra Zeneca – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); AstraZeneca – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Biogen – Consultant(Honoraria); BMS – Speaker(Honoraria); Boehringer Ingelheim – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Castle Biosciences, Inc – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); EMD Serono – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Galderma – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria); Incyte – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Kyowa Kirin – Speaker(Honoraria); Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Pfizer Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Priovant – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); UCB – Consultant(Honoraria);
Amy Flischel, MD, FAAD
No financial relationships exist with ineligible companies.
Emma Guttman, MD, PhD, FAAD
AbbVie – Consultant(Fees), Consultant(Honoraria); Almirall – Consultant(Fees); Amgen – Consultant(Fees), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); AnaptysBio – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Apogee Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Apollo Therapeutics Ltd – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Artax Biopharma – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Astria Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Bambusa Therapeutics Inc – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Biolojic Design – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Bionyra Pharma – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Boehringer Ingelheim – Consultant(Fees); Bristol-Myers Squibb – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Fees); Celldex – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Cue Biopharma – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); CytoReason – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); DBV Technologies – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Dualitas Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Electra Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Eli Lilly and Company – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); EMD Serono – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Enveda Biosciences – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Evommune, Inc. – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Galderma Research & Development, LLC – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Generate Biomedicines – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Gilead Sciences, Inc – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Incyte Corporation – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Infimmune – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Janssen – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Jasper Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Kymera Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Kyowa Hakko Kirin Pharma, Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Leo Pharma Inc – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Fees), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Matchpoint Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Merck – Consultant(Fees), Consultant(Honoraria); Navigator Medicines – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Nektar Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Opsidio – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Pfizer Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Fees), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Propeller Bio – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Proteologix US Inc – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); RAPT Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees), Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Consultant (1099 relationship)(Stock Options), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); RayThera – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Regeneron – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Fees), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Rubedo Life Sciences – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Sanofi – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Fees), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); SATO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd – Consultant(Fees); Sitryx – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company (SPARC) – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Teva – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); TRex Bio – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Triveni Bio – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); UCB – Consultant(Fees), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Ventyx Biosciences – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); VeraDermics Inc. – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); VRG Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Xencor – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees);
Brian S Kim, MD, FAAD
23andMe – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); AbbVie – Consultant(Fees); Almirall – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Amagma Therapeutics – Consultant(Fees); Amgen – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Arcutis Biotherapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); AstraZeneca – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Bellus Health – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Blueprint Medicines – Board of Directors(Honoraria); BMS – Consultant(Honoraria); Boehringer Ingelheim – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Cara Therapeutics – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Clexio – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Daewoong Pharmaceuticals – Consultant(Fees); Eli Lilly and Company – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Escient Pharmaceuticals, Inc – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Evommune, Inc. – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Galderma – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Genentech, Inc. – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); GlaxoSmithKline – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Granular Therapeutics – Consultant(Fees); Guidepoint Global, LLC – Consultant(Fees); Incyte Corporation – Consultant(Fees); Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Klirna – Founder(Stock); Klirna Biotech, Inc. – Founder(Stock); Leo Pharma Inc. – Consultant(Fees), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Locus Biosciences – Stockholder(Stock); Micreos – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Novartis – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Nuogen Pharma – Founder(Stock); OM Pharma – Consultant(Fees); Pfizer Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria); Recens Medical – Consultant(Fees); Sanofi – Consultant(Fees); Sanofi Genzyme – Consultant(Fees); Sanofi/Regeneron – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Septerna – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Shaperon – Consultant(Fees); Teva Pharmaceuticals USA – Advisory Board(Fees); Trevi Therapeutics – Consultant(Fees); VeraDermics Inc. – Investigator(Fees);
Jules Lipoff, MD, FAAD
Amgen – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Guidepoint Global, LLC – Consultant(Fees); Pfizer Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Springer Science & Business Media – Other(Patent royalties or other compensation for Intellectual Property Rights); Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc – Advisory Board(Fees); UpToDate – Other(Other Financial Benefit);
Natasha Atanaskova Mesinkovska, PhD, MD, FAAD
AbbVie – Investigator(No Compensation Received); Arcutis, Inc. – Investigator(No Compensation Received); Arena Pharmaceuticals – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(No Compensation Received); Concert Pharmaceuticals – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Eli Lilly – Speaker(Honoraria); Kyowa Hakko Kirin Pharma, Inc. – Investigator(No Compensation Received); La Roche-Posay Laboratorie Pharmaceutique – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Lilly ICOS LLC – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(No Compensation Received); Merz Aesthetics – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Nutrafol – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Pfizer Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding);
Darrell S. Rigel, MD, FAAD
Almirall – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Beiersdorf, Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Castle Biosciences – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Castle Biosciences, Inc – Speaker/Faculty Education(Honoraria); Ferndale Laboratories, Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria); Gore Range Capital – Advisory Board(Other Financial Benefit); Kenvue – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Pfizer Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Primus Pharmaceuticals – Advisory Board(Honoraria); SciBASE – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); SkinCure Oncology – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); VYNE Therapeutics – Consultant(Stock);
Kenneth J. Tomecki, MD, FAAD
No financial relationships exist with ineligible companies.