Dr. Reetesh Bose is a board-certified dermatologist at The Ottawa Hospital and a faculty lecturer in the Division of Dermatology at the University of Ottawa. He completed his dermatology residency training at the University of Ottawa. He is an EDI committee member with the CDA, and Division of Dermatology Lead for EDI with The Ottawa Hospital. With numerous publications, his clinical and research interests include ethnodermatology, medical education, medical, surgical, and cosmetic dermatology. Dr. Bose serves as director of the Ottawa Skin of Colour Dermatology Clinic at The Ottawa Hospital and co-directs the Ottawa-Nunavut Dermatology Program.

Dr. Genest works at McGill University Health Center, where she heads Canada’s first university-based reproductive immunology clinic. She is also Director of the Reproductive Immunology Fellowship Program at McGill. Her clinical and research interests focus on reproductive immunology, including determining which patients may benefit from immunotherapy and identifying biomarkers of immune dysregulation to improve care for this vulnerable patient population. Clinically, she established Canada’s first university-based reproductive immunology clinic, which is now a reference centre in Quebec for the evaluation of complex patients with unexplained infertility or recurrent pregnancy loss. Since 2020, it has also been home to Canada’s only Reproductive Immunology Fellowship Program. In research, Dr. Genest is completing her PhD in Experimental Medicine. Her main project aims to develop a diagnostic test to detect patients with immune-mediated reproductive failure and determine which patients may benefit from immune therapies to improve their chances of conceiving or maintaining a pregnancy.

Dr. Annie Genois is a dermatologist based in Montreal, Canada. She completed her dermatology residency at the Université de Montréal in 2018, after previously earning a law degree.

She is co-owner of Clinique de dermatologie Rosemont, where she practices general dermatology, caring for both adult and pediatric patients, and provides phototherapy. In collaboration with the Centre de recherche Saint-Louis, she is actively involved in clinical research as a principal investigator and sub-investigator in numerous clinical trials.

Her main clinical interests include inflammatory dermatoses and dermoscopy.

Dr. Carolyn Jack (MDCM, PhD, FRCPC) is an Assistant Professor, Dermatology, at McGill University, a Scientist in the Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), and an FRQS Clinical Research Scholar. Dr. Jack is also the founder and head of the MUHC Center of Excellence for Atopic Dermatitis, the first tertiary care centre in Canada dedicated to adult atopic dermatitis. 

Dr. Lemieux is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Université de Montréal. He completed his residency at the Université de Montréal, with a master’s degree in Experimental Medicine during his training. He also completed a fellowship in autoimmune blistering diseases at the national reference centre in Rouen, France. He has a specific interest in complex medical dermatology and currently practices at Sacré-Coeur Hospital in Montreal, where he is actively involved in resident teaching and research.

Dr. Elena Netchiporouk is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology and an FRQS Junior 1 clinician-scientist at McGill University Health Centre. She received her MD from the Université de Montréal and completed her dermatology residency and MSc in Experimental Medicine at McGill University. She co-directs the multidisciplinary skin fibrosis, urticaria/mastocytosis, and genodermatology clinics at the Montreal General Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre. Her research focuses on immune-mediated skin diseases and orphan dermatoses. Dr. Netchiporouk leads innovative research integrating epidemiology, machine learning, and bioinformatics to identify risk factors and improve management strategies for these conditions. Her work has been supported by prominent funding agencies, including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS), Scleroderma Foundation, and Canadian Dermatology Foundation (CDF). She also serves as the Regional Director of the Canadian Dermatology Association. Dedicated to mentorship, she has trained numerous graduate students and actively practices dermatology in underserved communities.

Dr. Maxwell B. Sauder is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Dermatology at the University of Toronto. He is an onco-dermatologist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and the Research Director at Toronto Research Centre. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree at McMaster University, completed his residency in dermatology at the University of Ottawa, and completed fellowship training in Cutaneous Oncology at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Sibbald is a dermatologist who completed her residency training at the University of Toronto and is board certified in Canada and the United States. She completed fellowship training in pediatric dermatology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She holds an MSc in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and a BSc Ph.M. from the University of Toronto. She is a staff physician with research and clinical activities at the Hospital for Sick Children and recently joined the pyoderma gangrenosum clinic at Women’s College Hospital. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Pediatrics, with a cross-appointment to the Department of Medicine. Her clinical interests are broad and include alopecia, morphea, and laser treatment of vascular lesions.

Dr. Danya Traboulsi is a board-certified dermatologist in both Canada and the United States and is appointed as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. She practices general medical, surgical, and cosmetic dermatology at Skin Health & Wellness Centre. She completed her Biological Sciences degree at the University of Calgary and medical school at Queen’s University, where she was awarded the Franklin & Helene Bracken Scholarship in Medicine for students with the highest academic standing. She is actively involved in education and sits on the Residency Program Committee for the University of Calgary Dermatology Residency Program. Dr. Traboulsi is also involved in research, has published articles in leading dermatology journals, and participates in clinical trials.

Dr. Ron Vender is a dermatologist practicing in Hamilton, Ontario, where he is the founder and director of Dermatrials Research Incorporated and Venderm Consulting Inc. He has served as principal investigator in more than 120 clinical trials, enrolling over 1,000 participants. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, at McMaster University and serves on the editorial boards of several high-impact journals. Dr. Vender is one of a small number of Canadians elected to the International Psoriasis Council and is a member of the Canadian Professors of Dermatology and the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. He represents Canada on multiple global educational steering committees and international advisory boards. He has authored over 180 peer-reviewed publications, including work published in leading journals such as The Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine. His posters, abstracts, and lectures have been presented internationally across five continents and in more than 50 countries.