S043 Psoriasis
DESCRIPTION
Join us for an exciting session packed with the latest developments in psoriasis therapies for 2026! Confused about whether it's psoriasis or eczema? Not know when to switch or stay the course? Want to hear the latest on oral therapies? Not sure how to treat difficult phenotypes like GPP, guttate, or palmoplantar psoriasis? You will find all the latest in this lively session. The session also includes two spirited debates: (1) Whether dermatologists should check lipids and initiate statin therapy, and (2) the ultimate showdown between IL-17 versus IL-23 for prevention of psoriatic arthritis. It will be Pso Pstimulating!
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Discuss the latest updates on oral therapies, biologic therapies, switching systemic therapies, and precision dermatology
Debate (1) Whether dermatologists should check lipids and initiate statin therapy (2) IL17 versus IL 23 in the prevention of psoriatic arthritis
Discuss management pearls for GPP, guttate, and palmoplantar psoriasis.
SCHEDULE
1:00 PM
Introduction
April W. Armstrong, MD, MPH, FAAD
1:05 PM
Management of Guttate and Generalized Pustular Psoriasis
Mark Lebwohl, MD, FAAD
1:20 PM
Hot Topics in Oral Therapies for Plaque Psoriasis
April W. Armstrong, MD, MPH, FAAD
1:35 PM
Remission and Cure in Psoriatic Disease
Joseph Merola, MD, MSc, FAAD
1:50 PM
Debate 1: Should Dermatologists Check Lipids and Prescribe Statins in Psoriasis Patients?
Joel M. Gelfand, MD, MSCE, FAAD, Kenneth B. Gordon, MD, FAAD
2:25 PM
In Good Hands: Managing Pustular and Non-Pustular Palmoplantar Psoriasis
Kristina Patrice Callis-Duffin, MD, FAAD
2:40 PM
Not working? Switching and stacking systemic therapies in psoriasis
Boni E. Elewski, MD, FAAD
2:55 PM
Pso confusing: psoriasis or eczema?
Yu-Huei Huang, MD, IFAAD
3:10 PM
Debate 2: IL-23 versus IL-17 inhibitors in preventing psoriatic arthritis
Andrew Blauvelt, MD, FAAD, Richard G. B. Langley, MD, FAAD
3:45 PM
Question and Answer
DIRECTOR
April W. Armstrong, MD, MPH, FAAD
SPEAKERS
Andrew Blauvelt, MD, FAAD
Kristina Patrice Callis-Duffin, MD, FAAD
Boni E. Elewski, MD, FAAD
Joel M. Gelfand, MD, MSCE, FAAD
Kenneth B. Gordon, MD, FAAD
Yu-Huei Huang, MD, IFAAD
Richard G. B. Langley, MD, FAAD
Mark Lebwohl, MD, FAAD
Joseph Merola, MD, MSc, FAAD
DISCLOSURES
April W. Armstrong, MD, MPH, FAAD
AbbVie – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Amgen – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Arcutis Biotherapeutics – Consultant(Honoraria); Boehringer Ingelheim – Data Safety Monitoring Board(Honoraria); Bristol-Myers Squibb – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Dermavant Sciences, Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria); Dermsquared – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Eli Lilly and Company – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Galderma USA – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Incyte – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Janssen Biotech – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Leo Pharma Inc – Consultant(Honoraria); Novartis – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Ortho Dermatologics – Speaker(Honoraria); Pfizer Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Regeneron – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Sanofi Genzyme – Consultant(Honoraria); Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); UCB – Advisory Board(Honoraria);
Andrew Blauvelt, MD, FAAD
AbbVie – Consultant(Honoraria); Almirall – Consultant(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria); Alumis – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Amgen – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); AnaptysBio – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Apogee Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Arcutis, Inc. – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Eli Lilly and Company – Consultant(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria); Incyte Corporation – Consultant(Honoraria); Janssen-Ortho Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria); Leo Pharma – Speaker(Honoraria); Leo Pharma Inc – Consultant(Honoraria); Lipidio Pharmaceuticals – Stockholder Private Company(Stock); Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. – Consultant(Honoraria); Oruka Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Stockholder Public Company(Stock); Pfizer Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria); Regeneron – Consultant(Honoraria); Sanofi – Consultant(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria); Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. – Consultant(Honoraria); Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); UCB – Consultant(Honoraria), Speaker(Honoraria);
Kristina Patrice Callis-Duffin, MD, FAAD
AbbVie – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria), Stockholder Public Company(No Compensation Received); Alumis – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Amgen – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Honoraria); Boehringer Ingelheim – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Bristol-Myers Squibb – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant(Fees); Celgene Corporation – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Eli Lilly and Company – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); FIDE – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Novartis – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Oruka Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Pfizer Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); UCB – Stockholder Public Company(No Compensation Received);
Boni E. Elewski, MD, FAAD
AbbVie – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Amgen – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Boehringer Ingelheim – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Bristol-Myers Squibb – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Eli Lilly and Company – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Foundation for Research & Education of Dermatology – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Incyte Corporation – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Janssen-Ortho Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Pfizer Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); UCB – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding);
Joel M. Gelfand, MD, MSCE, FAAD
AbbVie – Consultant(Fees); Alumis – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Alyson Oliver Partner & Attorney – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Arcutis Biotherapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Arnold & Porter – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Boehringer Ingelheim – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Bristol Myers Squibb – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Eli Lilly and Company – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); FIDE – Consultant(Fees); Healio – Other(Fees); Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals – Data Safety Monitoring Board(Fees); International Psoriasis Council – Board of Directors(No Compensation Received); Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Leo Pharma Inc – Consultant(Fees); Maui Derm – Speaker/Faculty Education(Fees); Medical Dermatology Society – Board of Directors(No Compensation Received); Moonlake – Data Safety Monitoring Board(Fees); National Psoriasis Foundation – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Neuroderm LTD – Other(Fees); Oruka Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Pfizer Inc. – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees);
Kenneth B. Gordon, MD, FAAD
AbbVie – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Almirall – Consultant(Honoraria); Amgen – Consultant(Honoraria); Arcutis, Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria); Boehringer Ingelheim – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Bristol-Myers Squibb – Consultant(Honoraria); Dermavant Sciences – Consultant(Honoraria); Eli Lilly and Company – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Incyte Corporation – Consultant(Honoraria); Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Leo Pharma Inc – Consultant(Honoraria); Lilly ICOS LLC – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Othro Dermatologics – Consultant(Honoraria); Pfizer Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Protagonist Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Sanofi Genzyme – Consultant(Honoraria); Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); UCB – Consultant(Honoraria);
Yu-Huei Huang, MD, IFAAD
AbbVie – Speaker(Fees); Amgen – Investigator(Fees); BMS – Advisory Board(Fees); Eli Lilly – Advisory Board(Fees); Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc – Advisory Board(Fees); Novartis – Board of Directors(Fees); Pfizer Inc. – Speaker(Honoraria); Sanofi/Regeneron – Speaker(Fees);
Richard G. B. Langley, MD, FAAD
AbbVie – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Amgen – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); Boehringer Ingelheim – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Celgene Corporation – Advisory Board(Honoraria); Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Eli Lilly and Company – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Honoraria); Genentech, Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); LEO Laboratories Ltd (LEO Pharma) – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Merck Serono – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Pfizer Inc. – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding), Speaker(Honoraria); UCB – Advisory Board(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding);
Mark Lebwohl, MD, FAAD
AbbVie – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Added Health – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Aikium – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Almirall – Consultant(Honoraria); AltruBio Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria); Alumis – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Amgen – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Apogee Therapeutics – Consultant(Honoraria); Arcutis, Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); AstraZeneca – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Atomwise – Consultant(Honoraria); Avotres, Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Boehringer Ingelheim – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Bristol Myers Squibb – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Bristol-Myers Squibb – Consultant(Honoraria); Cara Therapeutics – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Castle Biosciences, Inc – Consultant(Honoraria); Celltrion – Consultant(Honoraria); Clexio Biosciences, Ltd – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); CoreEvitas, LLC – Consultant(Honoraria); Dermavant Sciences – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Dermsquared – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Edesa Biotech – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Eli Lilly – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Eli Lilly and Company – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Evommune, Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria); Facilitation of International Dermatology Education – Consultant(Honoraria); Forte Biosciences – Consultant(Honoraria); Galderma – Consultant(Honoraria); Genentech, Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria); Incyte Corporation – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Inozyme Pharma – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Janssen Research & Development, LLC – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Leo Pharma A/S – Consultant(Honoraria); Mayne Pharma Group – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd – Consultant(Honoraria); Mindera – Consultant(Honoraria); Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); MoonLake Immunotherapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); New York College of Podiatric Medicine – Speaker/Faculty Education(Honoraria); Oruka Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Pfizer Inc. – Consultant(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Revolo Therapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Sanofi/Regeneron – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria), Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. – Consultant(Honoraria); Strata Skin Sciences – Consultant(Honoraria); Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Honoraria); Trevi Therapeutics – Consultant(Honoraria); UCB – Investigator(Grants/Research Funding); Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc – Consultant(Honoraria);
Joseph Merola, MD, MSc, FAAD
AbbVie – Consultant(Honoraria); Amgen – Advisory Board(Honoraria); AstraZeneca – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Biogen – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Boehringer Ingelheim – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Bristol-Myers Squibb – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Eli Lilly and Company – Consultant(Honoraria); Galderma – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc – Consultant(Honoraria); MoonLake Immunotherapeutics – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); Novartis – Consultant(Honoraria); Pfizer Inc. – Investigator(Fees); Sanofi/Regeneron – Consultant(Honoraria); Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. – Consultant (1099 relationship)(Fees); UCB – Consultant(Honoraria);