Resident Case Submission
Resident case presentations are an integral part of each PDA Annual Meeting as they showcase future leaders in the field of dermatology. Our 2025 Resident Case Symposium will take place over four days during the CalDerm - PDA 2025 Conference, to be held August 22-24 in San Diego, California. Don't miss your chance to gain experience as a presenter and educator, compete against residents from other programs, and interact with prominent dermatologists who are also meeting faculty.
Shreya Sreekantaswamy, MD, University of Utah
2024 Winner
The submission deadline for the Resident Case Symposium is June 7, 2024.
- $750 in travel expenses will be provided for the 15 residents selected to present
- Resident presenters will receive complimentary meeting registration
- The top case will be selected as the Anita Gilliam Best Resident Case and receive $500 cash
- The best resident presenter will receive a "traveling" award engraved with their name and past winners that can be displayed prominently at their institution
Submission Guidelines
All Resident Case Presentation submissions must be done online.
Submissions will be open in 2025.
Submitted cases should have good teaching value and good clinical slides. Please note that a case abstract and clinical photos are required as part of the submission, not any potential presentation slides. Submissions are limited to 1 per presenter - please send us your best case!
The submission deadline is to be determined. Please note that residents should receive a confirmation email immediately after submission of the case online. If this email is not received within 5 minutes of your submission, please contact PDA at info@pacificderm.org.
15 cases will be selected for presentation in the Resident Case Symposium. 3-4 resident cases will be presented each day of the Annual Meeting (Thursday, August 22 through Sunday, August 25). Your presentation should not exceed 6 minutes total which includes time for one or two questions from the audience.
Eligibility
Submission to be a presenter is open to residents in recognized dermatology residency programs from the following US states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington as well as the Western Canada provinces of British Columbia and Alberta.
Evaluation
Submissions will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
- Uniqueness of the case
- Educational value
- Quality of photos
Please omit any information that might lead the judges to recognize you or the institution for which the work was done.
Travel Expenses
Reimbursement for hotel accommodations and travel expenses with a comprehensive maximum of $750 will be distributed upon submission of receipts at the conclusion of the meeting to selected presenters.
Awards - Individual & Residency Program
The best resident presenter will receive the PDA 2024 Anita Gilliam Best Resident Case Award, which includes $500 cash and two years of free membership to the PDA following the completion of their residency. The residency program of the selected best presenter will be sent an engraved, "traveling" award (will be returned before the 2025 Annual Meeting) with current and past winners that can be displayed prominently at your institution.
Past Resident Case Winners
2023 - Ajay Nair Sharma, MD, University of California, Irvine
Alopecia Areata-like Presentations with Mogamulizumab Therapy
2022 - Elise Burger, MD, University of California, San Diego
Chronic Granulomatous Oleoma from Cooking Oil Injections
2021 - Riana Dutt Sanyal, MD, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma with Kasabach-Merritt Phenomenon: Successful Treatment with Sirolimus in a Neonate
2019 - Kelly Laskoski, MD, San Antonio Uniformed Health Services Education Consortium
A Case of Leprosy Saved from Catastrophic Consequences
2018 - Justin Besen, MD, Stanford University
Immunotherapy-Induced Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma?
2017 - Teo Soleymani, MD, Stanford University
Massively Metastatic Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans
with Fibrosarcomatous Transformation Years After Surgical Resection
2016 - Lance Chapman, MD, University of California, Irvine
A Rare Case of Autosomal Dominant Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia
2015 - Lina Rodriguez, MD, University of California, Los Angeles
Diagnostic Skin Biopsy for Lafora Disease
2014 - James Yen Wang, MD, University of California, Los Angeles
A Novel Retiform Lichenoid Dermatitis in a Patient with IPEX Syndrome
2013 - Iris Ahronowitz, MD, University of California, San Francisco
Three Primary Subcutaneous Merkel Carcinomas in a Single Patient
2012 - LaVonne Meadows, MD, Loma Linda University
Pre B-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Misdiagnosed as a Hemangioma
2012 - Jeffrey Melancon, MD, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Is That a Shark Bite, or Do You Need to See a Dermatologist?
2011 - Christina Han, MD, University of British Columbia
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Triggered by Levamisole-Tainted Cocaine:
A Case Report and Review of the Literature
2010 - Caroline Piggott, MD, University of California, San Diego
Caught at the Border: 5 Prisoners and the Dermatologic Surprises Found Beneath…
2009 - Julianne Mann, MD, Oregon Health & Science University
A Rare Case of Galli-Galli Disease
2008 - Julie Gladsjo, MD, University of California, San Diego
Lues Maligna
