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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
| Thursday, Sept. 24th | ||
| 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Exhibitor Set-Up | |
| Friday, Sept. 25th | Sessions | Speaker |
| 6:30 AM - 7:00 PM | Registration | |
| 7:00 - 8:00 AM | Product Theater Breakfast | |
| 8:00 - 8:15 AM | Opening Remarks | April Armstrong, Tanya Evans, Melissa Shive |
| 8:10 - 8:30 AM | Management of SCC and BCC, Preventing and Managing Complications in Dermatologic Surgery | Jayne Joo, MD UC Davis |
| 8:30 - 8:50 AM | So Swell: Modern Management of Chronic Urticaria | Christina Kim, MD Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles Medical Center |
| 8:50 - 9:10 AM | Tales from Inpatient Dermatology | Scott Worswick, MD Keck School of Medicine of USC |
| 9:10 - 9:25 AM | Lightning Q&A | |
| 9:25 - 9:45 AM | Controversies in sunscreen, surgical pearls. | Melissa Shive, MD MPH FAAD UC Irvine Dermatology |
| 9:45 - 10:05 AM | Updates on Immunobullous Disease | Sergei Grando, MD, PhD, DSc University of California Irvine |
| 10:05 - 10:20 AM | Lightning Q&A | |
| 10:20 - 10:45 AM | Exhibitor Break | |
| 10:45 - 11:05 AM | Bring Your A game: Pearls on managing Acne and Rosacea | Carol Cheng, MD UCLA Division of Dermatology |
| 11:05 - 11:25 AM | Pearls in Practice Management | Tanya Evans, MD Southern California Skin & Laser |
| 11:25 - 11:35 AM | Lightning Q&A | |
| 11:45 AM - 12:50 PM | Product Theater Lunch | |
| 12:55 - 1:00 PM | Resident Talk #1 | |
| 1:00 - 1:20 PM | Fear No More: Practical Approaches to Managing Scarring Alopecia | Carolyn Goh, MD UCLA |
| 1:20 - 1:40 PM |
More than Just Patch Testing: Challenges in Managing Patient Expectations, Determining Clinical Relevance, and Ensuring Successful Contact Allergen Avoidance |
Brandon Adler, MD Keck School of Medicine of USC |
| 1:40 - 2:00 PM | Managing Melasma and Beyond: Disorders of Hyperpigmentation | Janiene Luke, MD Loma Linda University Medical Center |
| 2:00 - 2:15 PM | Lightning Q&A | |
| 2:15 - 2:25 PM | Closing Remarks | |
| 5:00 - 6:30 PM | Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall - Raffle | |
| Saturday, Sept. 26th | ||
| 6:30 AM - 7:00 PM | Registration | |
| 7:00 - 8:00 AM | Product Theater Breakfast | |
| 8:05 - 8:10 AM | Opening Remarks | |
| 8:10 - 8:30 AM | Recognizing, Avoiding, and Managing Laser Complications, Dodging the Energy Based Device Minefield! | E. Victor Ross, MD Scripps Clinic |
| 8:30 - 8:50 AM | Hot Topics in Psoriatic Diseases | April Armstrong, MD, MPH UCLA |
| 8:50 - 9:10 AM | Demystifying Diagnosis & Management of Cutaneous Immune-Related Adverse Events in Cancer Immunotherapy | Jonathan Cotliar, MD David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA |
| 9:10 - 9:20 AM | Lightning Q&A | |
| 9:20 - 9:35 AM | Exhibitor Break | |
| 9:35 - 9:40 AM | Resident Talk #2 | |
| 9:40 - 10:00 AM | Rheum-Derm: cutaneous lupus, scleroderma, morphea and more | Ashley Crew, MD Keck School of Medicine USC |
| 10:00 - 10:20 AM | Advocacy & Legislatvie Updates from CalDerm | Elan Newman and Jason Castillo |
| 10:20 - 10:30 AM | Lightning Q&A | |
| 10:30 - 10:50 AM | Exhibitor Break | |
| 10:50 - 10:55 AM | Resident Talk #3 | |
| 10:55 - 11:15 AM | Atopic Dermatitis: What is New and What is Coming? | Nathan Rojek, MD, FAAD University of California, Irvine |
| 11:15 - 11:35 AM | Cutting-Edge Insights in Infectious Disease Dermatology | Iris Ahronowitz, MD UCLA Division of Dermatology |
| 11:35 AM - 11:45 AM | Lightning Q&A | |
| 11:55 - 1:00 PM | Product Theater Lunch | |
| 1:05 - 1:25 PM | Managing Complications from Fillers and Neuromodulators | Glynis Ablon, MD, FAAD Ablon Skin Institute & Research Center |
| 1:25 - 1:45 PM | New and Upcoming Advances in Tissue Filler/Biostimulators/Scaffolds | Philip Scumpia, MD UCLA |
| 1:45 - 2:05 PM | The Heart-Skin Axis in Women: A Cardiologist’s Perspective on Menopause, Microvascular Health, and Skin Aging | Janet Wei, MD, FACC, FAHA Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
| 2:05 - 2:20 PM | Lightning Q&A | |
| 2:20 - 2:30 PM | Closing Remarks & Raffle | |
| 2:30 - 4:00 PM | Young Derm Forum: 1HR Panel & 30 min of Job Fair | |
| 5:00 - 6:00pm | Alumni Receptions | |
| 5:00 - 7:00 PM | Family Celebration - Raffle | |
| Sunday, Sept. 27th | ||
| 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration | |
| 7:30 - 8:30 AM | Product Theater Breakfast | |
| 7:30 - 8:30 AM | CLIA Exam | Bonnie Lee, MD University of California, Irvine |
| 8:40 - 8:50 AM | Opening Remarks | |
| 8:50 - 9:10 AM | Augmented Intelligence for Clinic & Personal Capacity | Ivy Lee, MD FAAD Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine |
| 9:10 - 9:30 AM | Updates in Melanoma Diagnosis and Management | Bonnie Lee, MD UC Irvine Health |
| 9:30 - 9:50 AM | Leveling Up in the Management of Hidradenitis Suppurativa | Jennifer Hsiao, MD University of Southern California |
| 9:50 - 10:00 AM | Lightning Q&A | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 AM | Exhibitor Break | |
| 10:30 - 10:35 AM | Resident Talk #4 | |
| 10:35 - 10:55 AM | Best Approaches for Tackling Common Pediatric Skin Diseases: Molluscum, Diaper Dermatits, and More | Marcia Hogeling, MD UCLA Pediatric Dermatology |
| 10:55 - 11:15 AM | Non-Scarring Alopecia in 2026: Translating Evidence into Practice | Delila Foulad, MD UCLA |
| 11:15 - 11:45 AM | Highlights from Medical Student-Led and Resident-Led Posters | April Armstrong (Moderator) |
| 11:45 AM - 12:00PM | Closing Remarks - Raffle |