Las Vegas - Though Medicare reform is the hostage of legislative gridlock, and tort reform is the victim of pre-election year inertia, American Academy of Dermatology President Raymond L. Cornelison Jr., M.D., has at least one piece of positive news for dermatologists. According to Dr. Cornelison, the AAD's recently formed Ad Hoc Task Force on Skin Care for Developing Countries, in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in Haiti has begun an initiative providing for volunteer dermatologists to train primary care givers to treat filoriasis.
A pediatric dermatologist explains how CALM count, size, age, and associated findings separate benign spots from neurofibromatosis type 1 and its mimics.
At a Dermatology Times Case-Based Roundtable, Vishal A. Patel, MD, led a discussion on treatment selection, tolerability, and individualized care for patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma.
Phase 2 BEACON findings published in JAMA Dermatology demonstrate rapid improvements in disease activity and skin-related quality of life with oral brepocitinib.