Agenda
Friday, August 22, 2025
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Amgen Product Theater Breakfast: Don't Wait: A Patient Case-Based Approach to Treating With an Oral Therapy Approevd for Plaque Psoriasis or Psoriatic Arthritis
Indigo 202 (separate meeting room from CME sessions)
E. James Song, MD - Frontier Dermatology
*Non-CME accredited session
8:10 am - 8:30 am
Opening Remarks from CalDerm & PDA
Melissa Shive, MD - UC Irvine
Veena Vanchinathan, MD, FAAD - The Permanente Medical Group
April Armstrong, MD - UCLA
8:30 am - 8:50 am
Management Cutaneous Reactions from Immunotherpy
Steven Chen, MD - MGH
8:50 am - 9:10 am
Energy-Based Device Update
Kristen M. Kelly, MD - UC Irvine
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Challenging Dermoscopy Cases
Elizabeth Berry, MD - Oregon Health & Science University
9:30 am - 9:50 am
High-risk SCCs, Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors, Transplant Patients, and Prevention
Badri Modi, MD - City of Hope
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Panel Q&A
10:10 am - 10:35 am
AM Exhibitor & Poster Break
Exhibit Hall: Indigo ABEF
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Resident Case Presentation 1: CK20-Negative Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Single Center Retrospective Cohort Study
Grace Sora Ahn, MD - UC San Diego
10:40 am - 11:00 am
Tricky Biopsies and Such: Tips for Minor Procedures You Can Incorporate into Your Practice
Melissa Shive, MD, MPH - UC Irvine
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Androgenetic and Scarring Alopecia
Carolyn Goh, MD - UCLA
11:20 am - 11:40 am
Autoimmune Blistering Skin Disease Update
Vanessa Holland, MD, UCLA
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
Panel Q&A
12:05 pm - 12:35 pm
Product Theater Luncheon: Johnson & Johnson
Indigo 202 (separate meeting room from CME sessions)
Speaker TBA
*Non-CME accredited session
12:40 pm - 1:10 pm
Sanofi Regeneron Product Theater Luncheon: Dupixent: A biologic Inhibiting IL-4 and IL-13 Signaling Across Multiple Conditions Driven in Part by Type 2 Inflammation
Indigo 202 (separate meeting room from CME sessions)
Jeffrey Sugarman, MD, PhD
*Non-CME accredited session
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
So Swell: Updates on Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria
April W. Armstrong, MD - UCLA
1:50 pm - 2:10 pm
Evidence-Based Acne Management: Practical Pearls for Practice
Carol Cheng, MD - UCLA
2:10 pm - 2:40 pm
HS: Updates in Medical and Procedural Management
Jennifer Hsiao, MD - USC
Akhil Wadhera, MD, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
2:40 pm - 2:55 pm
Panel Q&A
2:55 pm - 3:25 pm
PM Exhibitor & Poster Break
Exhibit Hall: Indigo ABEF
3:25 pm - 3:30 pm
Resident Case Presentation 2: A Case of Pembrolizumab-Induced Lichen Planus Pemphigoides Exacerbated After Dupilumab
Jennifer Y. Liu, MD, PhD - UCLA
3:30 pm - 3:50 pm
Recognizing and Managing Cosmetic Complications of Botox and Fillers
Swati Kannan, MD - UC San Diego
3:50 pm - 4:10 pm
Update on Melanoma Management
Jennifer Lin, MD - UC San Diego
4:10 pm - 4:20 pm
Panel Q&A
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Closing Remarks
James Song, MD - Frontier Dermatology
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Opening Reception in Exhibit Hall
Exhibit Hall: Indigo ABEF
Saturday, August 23, 2025
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Lilly Product Theater Breakfast: Explore EBGLYSS®(lebrikizumab-lbkz): See How EBGLYSS Can Leave a Lasting Impression
Indigo 202 (separate meeting room from CME sessions)
Tina Bhutani, MD, MAS
*Non-CME accredited session
8:35 am - 8:50 am
Opening Remarks
Melissa Shive, MD - UC Irvine
8:50 am - 9:10 am
AAD President's Talk
Susan C. Taylor, MD - Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
9:10 am - 9:50 am
Augmented Intelligence in Dermatology: 2025 Update
Ivy Lee, MD - Comprehensive Dermatology Center of Pasadena
Akhil Wadhera, MD - Kaiser Permanente Northern California
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Psoriasis Management Pearls: Oral & Biologics
April Armstrong, MD - UCLA
10:10 am - 10:25 am
Panel Q&A
10:25 am - 10:55 am
AM Exhibitor & Poster Break
Exhibit Hall: Indigo ABEF
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Resident Case Presentation 3: A Rare Case of Paraneoplastic Acral Vascular Syndrome
Danielle Yee, MD - UC Davis
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Updates and Insights in Infectious Disease Dermatology
Iris Ahronowitz, MD - UCLA
11:20 am - 11:45 am
CalDerm Legislative Update
Bryce Docherty
*non-CME accredited session
11:45 am - 12:05 am
Disorders of Hyperpigmentation: Melasma and Others
Susan C. Taylor, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
12:05 am - 12:25 pm
Surgical Pearls for the Medical Dermatologist
Jenny Hu, MD - USC
12:25 pm - 12:35 pm
Panel Q&A
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
PDA Executive Committee Meeting
Room: Aqua 310A
12:40 pm - 1:10 pm
AbbVie Product Theater Luncheon: Raising the Bar- Exploring Higher-Level Endpoints from a Head-to-Head Study in the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis
Indigo 202 (separate meeting room from CME sessions)
Jeff Crowley, MD
*Non-CME accredited session
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Pfizer Product Theater Luncheon - Join Pfizer for a Presentation: Counseling a Patient with Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis
Indigo 202 (separate meeting room from CME sessions)
E. James Song, MD - Frontier Dermatology
*Non-CME accredited session
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
JAK Inhibitors: AD, AA, and Off-Label Use of JAKs
James Song, MD - Frontier Dermatology
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Updates in Delusional Infestation
Jesse Keller, MD, MCR - Oregon Health & Science University
3:00 pm - 3:20 pm
Psoriasis, Obesity, and Diet
Sam T. Hwang, MD, PhD - UC Davis
3:20 pm - 3:35 pm
Panel Q&A
3:35 pm - 4:05 pm
PM Exhibitor & Poster Break
Exhibit Hall: Indigo ABEF
4:05 pm - 4:25 pm
Newcomer Lecture: Rosacea and Cool Science Parts
Richard Gallo, MD, PhD - UC San Diego
*non-CME accredited session
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Veena Vanchinathan, MD, FAAD - The Permanente Medical Group
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Early Career Networking Reception
Room: Indigo 202A
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
President's Reception / VIP Reception with Sponsors
Room: Indigo 202B
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Family Celebration Reception
Location: Indigo Terrace
Sunday, August 24, 2025
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Novartis Product Theater Breakfast: Unlocking Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU): Exploring the Role of Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) in Pathophysiology, Unmet Needs, and Disease Burden
Indigo 202 (separate meeting room from CME sessions)
Jason E. Hawkes, MD, MS - Oregon Medical Research Center
*Non-CME accredited session
7:30 am - 8:30 am
CLIA Histopath Exam
Bonnie A. Lee, MD - UC San Diego
8:30 am - 8:45 am
Opening Remarks
Jenny Hu, MD - USC
8:45 am - 9:05 am
Clinicopathologic Correlation: New Drugs, New Problems
Bonnie A. Lee, MD - UC Irvine
9:05 am - 9:25 am
Interesting Cases from the Rheum Derm Clinic
Nicole M. Fett, MD, MSCE - Oregon Health & Science University
9:25 am - 9:45 am
From Diapers to Droplets: Viral Exanthems and Diaper Rashes
Marcia Hogeling, MD - UCLA
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Panel Q&A
10:00 am - 10:30 am
AM Exhibitor & Poster Break
Exhibit Hall: Indigo ABEF
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Resident Case Presentation 4: A Case of Zosteriform Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis
Soha Ghanian, MD - University of Arizona
10:35 am - 10:55 am
Biologic Therapies for Atopic Dermatitis: What's Here and What's Coming?
Neal Bhatia, MD - Therapeutics Clinical Research
10:55 am - 11:15 am
Incorporating Cosmeceuticals into Clinical Practice
Janine Luke, MD - Loma Linda University
11:15 am - 11:35 am
Topical Therapies in Dermatology: Endangered Species or New Beginnings?
Neal Bhatia, MD - Therapeutics Clinical Research
11:35 pm - 11:50 pm
Panel Q&A
11:50 pm - 12:00 pm
Closing Remarks from CalDerm & PDA
Melissa Shive, MD - UC Irvine
Veena Vanchinathan, MD, FAAD - The Permanente Medical Group
12:00 pm
Adjourn