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The Society for Pediatric Dermatology was founded in 1975. As the only national organization in the United States specifically dedicated to the subspecialty of pediatric dermatology, its annual conference is something its 1400+ members look forward to each year. Meena Julapalli, MD, a board-certified pediatric dermatologist at Bluebird Dermatology in Houston, Texas, eagerly awaits this year's meeting, and talks about the sessions she is most looking forward to attending.

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Meena Julapalli, MD, notes the sessions she is most looking forward to at the 2022 SPD 47th Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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To stop inflation, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says high unemployment for an extended time period may be the only way to curb rising inflation.

Summers, whose comments were made at a speech in London and reported by 

, said the U.S. needs five years of unemployment above 5% to contain inflation, or two years of 7.5% unemployment, five years of 6% unemployment, or one year of 10% unemployment.

Unemployment is currently 3.6% according to the 

Typically, when inflation is high, unemployment is low, and Summers argument is that higher unemployment means less discretionary income going into the economy, thus lowering demand and reducing prices.

Current Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says that overall consumer spending is strong, but that spending patterns are changing due to rising food and energy prices. She says that household savings that grew during the pandemic will help sustain spending.

The national saving rate is now around 6%, below pre-pandemic levels, after hitting 16.6% in 2020 and 12.7% in 2021.

Yellen told national news shows over the weekend that she expects the economy to slow after a period of very rapid growth, but to not hit recessionary levels.

 lose their inverse relationship — creating a period of high unemployment with high inflation — this creates what is known as stagflation. The last time this happened was in 1973. The fix was for the Fed to raise the federal funds rate to more than 20%, creating record unemployment rates, but also bringing inflation back to acceptable levels.

The Fed said last week that it would do whatever it takes to get prices under control, saying its commitment to reining inflation is “unconditional,” and added that stability is necessary to support a strong labor market.

 0.75% last week, the biggest increase since 1994 and indicated another large increase may happen in July. The Fed also downgraded its economic outlook, stating that the economy is now seen to have 1.7% growth with unemployment rising to 3.7% by the end of the year and rising to 4.1% through 2024.

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A large and impressive roster of poster sessions covering a broad range of pediatric dermatologic conditions is available this year at the SPD 2022 47th Annual Meeting. Poster sessions cover current pediatric dermatology clinical trials; the burden of atopic dermatitis in infants and preschoolers; adolescent rosacea in peer-reviewed publications, including a look at the 2017 National Rosacea Society Updated Guidelines; assessing alopecia areata in pediatric patients; a pilot study on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children with psoriasis; and associations of the history of eczema with health care utilization. 

Additionally, there will be a series of efficacy and safety posters on biologics such as dupilumab, alpelisib, lebrikizumab, ritlecitinib, and ruxolitinib cream for a variety of indications. 

Other posters cover sun safety interventions for children; an analysis of gender differences in cases of pediatric and adolescent melanoma; coconut allergy and its relationship to facial atopic dermatitis; and, a reminder that the pandemic is still with us, the impact of COVID-19 on the frequency of pediatric dermatology visits for various skin disorders and conditions.

An extraordinary display of posters at this year's Society for Pediatric Dermatology Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Poster Sessions at the SPD 2022 47th Annual Meeting

The SPD 2022 47th Annual Meeting kicks off this year on July 8 with welcome remarks from 4 key opinion leaders in the field of dermatology:

--Anita Haggstrom, MD, FAAD, associate professor in the departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Associate Program Director for Dermatology, Director of the Pediatric Dermatology Division, Director of the Pediatric Dermatology Fellowship, and the Director of the Multidisciplinary Vascular Lesion Clinic at Riley Hospital in Indianapolis;

--Esteban Fernandez Faith, MD, assistant professor of Pediatrics and Dermatology at Ohio State University and Program Director of the Pediatric Dermatology Fellowship at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio;

--Jenna Streicher, MD, FAAD, assistant professor in the department of Dermatology, Division of Pediatric Dermatology at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, with advanced research training in biostatistics and clinical epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia;

--and Patricia Treadwell, critical advisor to the dean of Indiana University School of Medicine on diversity, equity, and inclusion; professor emeritus of Pediatrics and professor emeritus of Dermatology at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis.

And that’s just the beginning. Intriguing sessions at SPD this year include “Capillary Malformations: When to Worry,” led by Maria Garzon, MD, professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Director of the Division of Pediatric Dermatology at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in New York City; “Neurofibromatosis: Bench to Bedside,” presented by D. Wade Clapp, MD, Richard L. Schreiner Professor, Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and a Distinguished Professor at Indiana University; “Working With Orphan Diseases: Challenges and Opportunities,” by Elena Pope, MD, MSc, Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto; and “JAK Inhibitor Update,” by Ali Jabbari, MD, PhD, associate professor of Dermatology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

The meeting closes on July 10 with a year in review, a look at the range of pediatric dermatology conditions that are front and center in 2022, helmed by Brandi-Kenner-Bell, MD, assistant professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and attending physician, Dermatology, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

From pediatric dermatology quizzes to the latest news in telederm to practical pearls on atopic dermatitis, alopecia, and vitiligo, there’s a lot going on at the SPD 2022 47th Annual Meeting, this year in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Hot Topics at the SPD 2022 47th Annual Meeting

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