63rd Annual Meeting of the |
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August 10-14, 2011 |
4:00 pm 7:00 pm
Registration
7:00 am 1:00 pm
Breakfast & Exhibits

7:50 am 8:00 am
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Elizabeth Abel, MD
PDA President
Benjamin Hsu, MD
2011 Program Chair

8:00 am 9:00 am
CLINICOPATHOLOGIC CONFERENCE - DAY 1
Clay Cockerell, MD
UT - Southwestern
Bruce D. Ragsdale, MD
Western Dermatopathology Services (Chair)
9:00 am 9:30 am
Blistering Diseases of the Skin
with Systemic Implications
John Zone, MD
University of Utah
9:30 am 10:00 am
Update on Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
Elise Olsen, MD
Duke University
10:00 am 10:30 am
Coffee/Exhibit Break
Exhibits Located in Bays 3-6
10:30 am 11:00 am
Top 10 Nail Tips
Phoebe Rich, MD
Oregon Health & Science University
11:00 am 11:30 am
The Many Faces of Lichen Planopilaris
Janet L. Roberts, MD
Northwest Dermatology and Research Center
11:30 am 12:00 pm
Female Pattern Hair Loss
Elise Olsen, MD
Duke University
12:00 pm 2:00 pm
Lunch (on your own)
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm — PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
2:00 pm 2:30 pm
Atopic Dermatitis:
Prevention and Therapy in Kids
Jon Hanifin, MD
Oregon Health & Science University
2:30 pm 3:00 pm
Management of Severe Pediatric Psoriasis
Kelly M. Cordoro, MD
University of California - San Francisco
3:00 pm 3:30 pm
Update on Birthmarks
Heather Brandling-Bennett, MD
Seattle Children's, University of Washington
3:30 pm 4:00 pm
The "Skinny" on Genes: Update on Genodermatoses
Virginia P. Sybert, MD
University of Washington/Group Health Permanente
5:00 pm 7:00 pm
Welcome Reception
7:00 am 1:00 pm
Breakfast & Exhibits

8:00 am 9:00 am
CLINICOPATHOLOGIC CONFERENCE - DAY 2
Clay Cockerell, MD
UT - Southwestern
Bruce D. Ragsdale, MD
Western Dermatopathology Services (Chair)
9:00 am 9:30 am
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
Classic Therapies
for Psoriasis
in the New Age of Biologicals
Elizabeth Abel, MD
Stanford University
9:30 am 10:00 am
"Biologics" for Psoriasis:
A New Treatment Paradigm?
Gerald Krueger, MD
University of Utah
10:00 am 10:30 am
Coffee/Exhibit Break
Exhibits Located in Bays 3-6
10:30 am 11:00 am
OCLASSEN LECTURE
What's New in Photoprotection?
Henry Lim, MD
Henry Ford Hospital
11:00 am 11:30 am
Acne Update
Guy Webster, MD
Jefferson Medical College
11:30 am 12:00 pm
Actinic Keratoses
Neil Swanson, MD
Oregon Health & Science University
12:00 pm 12:30 pm
CLIA Proficiency Exam
Bruce D. Ragsdale, MD
Western Dermatopathology Services
12:30 pm 2:00 pm
Lunch (on your own)
2:00 pm 5:00 pm
Optional Activities
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2:00 pm 5:00 pm
Tennis Tournament
Coeur d'Alene Resort Tennis Courts
Registration Required
2:00 pm 7:00 pm
Golf Tournament
Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course
Registration Required
7:00 am 1:00 pm
Breakfast & Exhibits

8:00 am 9:00 am
CLINICOPATHOLOGIC CONFERENCE - DAY 3
Clay Cockerell, MD
UT - Southwestern
Bruce D. Ragsdale, MD
Western Dermatopathology Services (Chair)
9:00 am 9:30 am
EPSTEIN LECTURE
Sleep Tight While the Bedbugs Bite
Ted Rosen, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
9:30 am 10:00 am
Think Allergic Contact Dermatitis!
Suzanne Connolly, MD
Mayo Clinic Arizona
2011 AAD Vice President
10:00 am 10:30 am
Coffee/Exhibit Break
Exhibits Located in Bays 3-6
10:30 am 12:30 pm
MELANOMA CONTROVERSIES SYMPOSIUM
Supported by the Spokane Derm Society's Jane Nitke Memorial Fund
Martin C. Mihm Jr., MD
Harvard Medical School and Brigham
and Women's Hospital (moderator)
10:30 am 11:00 am
Diagnosis & Treatment of Melanocytic Lesions:
Current Status from a Histopathologic Viewpoint
Clay Cockerell, MD
University of Texas - Southwestern
11:00 am 11:30 am
Challenges in Melanoma
Epidemiology and Detection
Darrell Rigel, MD
New York University
11:30 am 12:00 pm
Impact of the AJCC/NCCN/AAD Guidelines on Melanoma Staging, Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy & Management
Susan Swetter, MD
Stanford University Medical Center
12:00 pm 12:30 pm
Melanoma Therapeutics:
Have We Cured the Incurable?
Hensin Tsao, MD
Harvard University
12:30 pm 2:00 pm
Lunch (on your own)
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm — PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM
2:00 pm 2:30 pm
Does Politics Mix with Pills?
Ted Rosen, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
2:30 pm 3:00 pm
EMR vs. Early Retirement: The Choice is Unclear
Daniel Mark Siegel, MD, MS (Management & Policy)
SUNY Downstate
2011 AAD President Elect
3:00 pm 3:30 pm
Coding Tips: Keeping Under the Curve
& Away from the Auditors
Allan Wirtzer, MD
Mid Valley Dermatology
3:30 pm 4:00 pm
AAD Update
Suzanne Connolly, MD
Mayo Clinic Arizona
2011 AAD Vice President
7:00 pm 9:00 pm
President's Dinner
Cruise on Lake Coeur d'Alene
Tickets Required
8:00 am - 9:30 am
RESIDENT CASE SYMPOSIUM
Moderated by Catherine Hoffman, MD
1- Male-pattern Androgenic Alopecia and Hirsutism as Presenting Symptoms of a Sex Cord-stromal Ovarian Tumor in a 68-year old Woman
Lisa Zaba, MD, Stanford University
2- Multiple Cutaneous Effects in Two Patients on Vandetanib, including Eruptive Squamous Cell Neoplasms, Hyperpigmentation, Phototoxic Reaction, and Depigmentation
Katie Morrison, MD, University of Texas – Houston
3 - Purpuric Eruption in a Man With Dermatomyositis
Jason Bentow, MD, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
4 - An Easy Target: Primary Cutaneous Aspergillosis in the Extreme Premature
Helen Liu, MD, Oregon Health & Science University
5 - Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Triggered by Levamisole-Tainted Cocaine: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Christina Han, MD, University of British Columbia
6- Primary Cutaneous Nodular Amyloidosis
Doru Alexandrescu, MD, University of California - San Diego
7 - The Hex of Bazex: The Importance of Persistent Evaluation of
Atypical Psoriasis
Anisha Patel, MD, Oregon Health & Science University
8 - Cutaneous Acanthamoeba Infection – A Fatal Infection Diagnosed on Biopsy
Ryan Stevens, MD, LAC – University of Southern California
9 - Pediatric Nongenital Guttate Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus
Ern Loh, MD, University of California – Davis
10 - Auricular Chromoblastomycosis
Mark Douglas, MD, Naval Medical Center San Diego
11 - Syringotropic Mycosis Fungoides with Follicular Involvement
Genevieve Egnatios, MD, Mayo Clinic – Arizona
12 - Diffuse Umbilicated Vesicles in a Critically Ill Child
Laura Chang, MD, Kaiser Permanente – LA Medical Center
9:30 am 9:45 am
VICTOR D. NEWCOMER LECTURE
The Genomic Expression Profile of Erythematotelangiectatic Rosacea
Katie Beleznay, MD
University of British Columbia
9:45 am 10:00 am
Business Meeting & Installation of New Officers
10:00 am 10:15 am
Coffee Break
10:15 am - 12:15 am — COSMETIC SYMPOSIUM
10:15 am 10:45 am
Botulinum Toxins:
Any New "Wrinkles" on Wrinkles?
Allan Wirtzer, MD
Mid Valley Dermatology
10:45 am 11:15 am
Fill'er Up:
What's Happening with Dermal Fillers in 2011
Phil Werschler, MD
University of Washington
11:15 am 11:45 am
Laser Update
Sandy Tsao, MD
Harvard University
11:45 am 12:15 pm
Defying Newton's Law:
Surgical Rejuvenation of the Lower Face
Hayes Gladstone, MD
Stanford University
12:15 pm
Meeting
Adjourns
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