2026 AAD Annual Meeting: Session spotlight

Elevate Your education at the 2026 AAD Annual Meeting in Denver!

The 2026 AAD Annual Meeting offers unmatched opportunities to learn from leading experts, connect with peers from around the world, and tailor your experience to fit your educational goals. Featuring 275+ sessions and 40 new ones across the full spectrum of dermatology, this year’s meeting will leave you inspired and empowered to advance your practice. Explore some of our spotlighted sessions below and view the full program!

Returning for 2026!

You won't want to miss the Opening Ceremony on Friday, March 27 with the President's Opening Remarks, Gold Medal Winner recognition, President-elect candidate speeches and keynote address from a special guest speaker.

Featured sessions

• Therapeutic Hotline

• Psoriasis

• Botulinum Toxins: The Latest Updates

• Hair Loss from Trichoscopy to Therapy

• Acne and Rosacea

• Hot Topics

• The Metabolic Revolution: Training Dermatologists to be Prepared for/Incorporate/Utilize GLP-1 Agonists and Other Antidiabetics in Skin Disease

New sessions

• A New Paradigm in the Management of the Hidradenitis Suppurativa Disease Spectrum

• JAK Inhibitors in Dermatology: Identifying Ideal Candidates

• Advanced Dermoscopy

• Top Tips from Top Docs: Pearls to Improve Patient Satisfaction and Enhance Patient Experience

• Inflammatory Skin Diseases in Skin of Color
  
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Whether you're looking for a comprehensive educational experience or want to focus on a particular specialty, we've made it easy by grouping some of the over 275 sessions offered into popular categories.

Inflammatory Dermatoses

• NEW Inflammatory Skin Diseases in Skin of Color

• Inflammatory Skin Diseases: The Translational Revolution

• Big Rashes in Little Patients

• Navigating Unchartered Waters: The Management of Autoimmune & Inflammatory Skin Disorders in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Patients
  
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Hair Disorders

• Updates in Hair Disorders

• Follicular Rescue in Scarring Alopecias: Treating to Halt Disease Progression and Grow Hair

• Hair Disorders Made Easier

• Unraveling Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia: Current Landscape and Challenges
  
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Practice Management

• NEW Opportunities in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Dermatology

• Documentation and Coding: Getting Paid and Passing Audits

• Practical Practice Enhancements: Applying Evidence Based Strategies

• Business and Leadership: What Dermatologists Should Know
  
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Therapeutics

• NEW Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis: Still a Bunch of Management Controversies

• Pearls: Diagnostic and Therapeutic

• Field Cancerization Therapies: Medical Dermatology and Beyond
  
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Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer

• NEW Dermoscopy to the Rescue! Maximizing the Power of the Dermatoscope for Diagnostic and Management Challenges in Your Patients With Skin Cancer

• What's New in the Management of Advanced Skin Cancer

• Dermatology Review: Skin Cancer, Surgical, and Cosmetic

• When to Put Down the Scalpel: Non-Surgical Therapies for Skin Cancer
  
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Cosmetic Dermatology

• NEW Teaching Dermatologic Surgery in the Awake Patient: Strategies for Real-Time Learning

• The Science of Cosmeceuticals and Nutraceuticals

• Botulinum Toxins: The Latest Updates

• Complications of Cosmetic Procedures
  
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Surgical Dermatology

• NEW Beyond the Surgery: Advances in Cutaneous SCC Risk Stratification

• Nail Surgery: The Small Procedures to the Nail Apparatus That Frighten You

• Getting a Leg up is Never Easy: Discover Novel Ways to Approach Reconstruction of the Leg, Ankle and Foot

• Quick Fire Surgical Pearls to Optimize Patient Outcomes
  
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Pediatric Dermatology

• NEW The Birthmark Checklist: A How-To Approach to Evaluating and Managing Childhood Birthmarks

• Pediatric Dermatology for the Adult Dermatologist

• Hot Topics in Pediatric Dermatology

• Dermatoses of Infancy
  
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Accreditation
The American Academy of Dermatology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 Credit™ Designation
The American Academy of Dermatology designates this live activity for a maximum of 39 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.