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Session Information
CRS C008
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Structure & Function of the Skin
Tuition fee and ticket required for admission
Subject:
Date:
Friday, March 01 - Saturday, March 02
CME Credits:
11.00
Location:
Room A106/107
Time:
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Director:
John J. DiGiovanna, MD, FAAD - Handout
Speakers:
- Radhika Atit, PhD - Handout
- Rachael Clark, MD, PhD, FAAD
- Richard August Clark, MD, FAAD
- George Cotsarelis, MD, FAAD - Handout
- Thomas N. Darling, MD, PhD, FAAD - Handout
- Emma Guttman, MD, PhD, FAAD
- Thomas J. Hornyak, MD, PhD, FAAD - Handout
- Jenny J. Kim, MD, PhD, FAAD - Handout
- Heidi H. Kong, MD, MHS, FAAD - Handout
- Andrew P. Kowalczyk, PhD - Handout
- Kenneth Howard Kraemer, MD, FAAD - Handout
- James G. Krueger, MD, PhD, FAAD
- Lloyd S. Miller, MD, PhD, FAAD - Handout
- Dennis H. Oh, MD, PhD, FAAD - Handout
- David S. Rubenstein, MD, PhD, FAAD - Handout
- John T. Seykora, MD - Handout
- Hensin Tsao, MD, PhD, FAAD
- Mark C. Udey, MD, PhD, FAAD - Handout
- Jouni J. Uitto, MD, PhD, FAAD - Handout
- Kim B. Yancey, MD, FAAD - Handout
Learning Objectives:
Following this course, the attendee should be able to:
- Define basic structures in the epidermis and dermis, and list their basic functions.
- Summarize the pathophysiology of representative dermatologic diseases.
- Describe the rationale of selected therapeutic agents.
Description:
Lectures will discuss normal structure and function of cells and tissues within the skin, and how they are impaired in representative diseases. Keratinocytes, melanocytes, Langerhans cells, the epidermal basement membrane, fibroblasts, connective tissue, and adnexal structures (hair, pilosebaceous units and sweat glands) will be discussed. Their abnormal functions will be related to pathology, including inflammation, autoimmunity, blistering, cancer, photosensitivity, dyspigmentation, infection, and genodermatoses. Examples will be shown of how new understanding of skin biology is being translated into therapies and improved patient care. Bringing a print or electronic copy of the handouts may facilitate following the lectures.
Schedule:
| Friday, March 01 |
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| 9:00 AM | Introduction / Dr. DiGiovanna |
| 9:05 AM | Skin Embryology and Morphogenesis / Atit |
| 9:30 AM | Keratinocyte Biology and Pathology / Dr. DiGiovanna |
| 10:00 AM | Break / |
| 10:15 AM | Epidermal Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Adhesion / Kowalczyk |
| 11:00 AM | Pemphigus: Anti-Desmosomal Autoimmune Diseases / Dr. Rubenstein |
| 11:30 AM | Autoimmune and Inherited Diseases of Epidermal Basement Membrane / Dr. Yancey |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch / |
| 2:00 PM | Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes / Dr. Darling |
| 2:30 PM | Cutaneous Photobiology / Dr. Oh |
| 3:00 PM | DNA Repair Abnormalities and Skin Cancer / Dr. Kraemer |
| 3:30 PM | Break / |
| 3:45 PM | Extracellular Matrix in Acquired and Inherited Skin Diseases / Dr. Uitto |
| 4:15 PM | Melanocytes and Disorders of Pigmentation / Dr. Hornyak |
| 4:45 PM | Questions & Answers / |
| Saturday, March 02 |
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| 9:00 AM | Introduction / Dr. DiGiovanna |
| 9:05 AM | Adnexal Structures in Skin / Dr. Seykora |
| 9:45 AM | Diseases of Hair / Dr. Cotsarelis |
| 10:15 AM | Break / |
| 10:30 AM | Disease of the Pilosebaceous Unit / Dr. Kim |
| 11:00 AM | Pathogenesis of BCC, SCC, and Melanoma / Dr. Tsao |
| 11:30 AM | Skin as an Immune Organ / Dr. Udey |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch / |
| 2:00 PM | Innate Immunity / Dr. Miller |
| 2:30 PM | The Cutaneous Microbiome / Dr. Kong |
| 2:50 PM | Wound Healing / Dr. Clark. |
| 3:15 PM | Break / |
| 3:25 PM | Current Concepts in Psoriasis / Dr. Krueger |
| 4:00 PM | Current Concepts in Atopic Dermatitis / Dr. Guttman |
| 4:25 PM | Regulatory T cells: The good, the bad, and the ineffective / Dr. Clark |
| 4:45 PM | Questions & Answers / All faculty |