Rising Stars in Dermatology Conference

Saturday, April 5th, 2025 | Toronto, ON

Conference Objectives

The 2025 Rising Stars in Dermatology Conference will serve a foundational role in helping early-in-practice dermatologists gain meaningful insight into patient and disease management for dermatologic diseases. This event is geared towards the early-in-practice clinician (<10 years in practice) and will include didactic lectures, complex case discussions, and panel Q&A sessions. In addition, we will have a ‘Rising Stars Challenge’ with prizes awarded to the winners.

Scientific Steering Committee

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Vimal H. Prajapati

Co-Chair Steering Committee, MD, FRCP, DABD

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Alim R. Devani

Co-Chair Steering Committee, MD, FRCPC

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Bez Toosi

Steering Committee, MD, FRCPC

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Natalie Cunningham

Steering Committee, MD, FRCPC

Register Today: Spots Are Limited!

Only 40 spots, including limited travel grants, are available for this inaugural conference and we encourage you to register early.

If you are able to join us, kindly RSVP by registering to the conference using the link below. Registrations will close on December 15th, 2024, or when the conference reaches capacity. As space is limited, we encourage you to RSVP at your earliest convenience if you plan to attend.  

Conference Agenda

We are pleased to share our preliminary agenda for this conference below. Please continue to check back for updates!

Time

Topic

Speaker

Time

Session

Speaker

8:15 - 8:45 am

Sponsored Breakfast Symposium

8:45 - 8:55 am

Welcome & Opening Remarks

2025 Steering Committee

8:55 - 9:20 am

Session: Acne - new paradigms in assessment and management

Dr. Mimi Tran

9:20 - 9:45 am

Session: Hidradenitis suppurativa: new paradigms in assessment and management

Dr. Jessica Asgarpour

9:45 - 10:15 am

Session: Psoriasis - new paradigms in assessment and management

Dr. Ashley O’Toole

10:15 - 10:30 am

Health Break

10:30 - 10:55 am

Session: Type 2 inflammation - what you need to know

TBD

10:55 - 11:20 am

Session: Atopic dermatitis - new paradigms in assessment and management

Dr. Andrew Ferrier

11:20 - 11:45 pm

Session: Prurigo nodularis - new paradigms in assessment and management

Dr. Maxwell Sauder

11:45 - 12:30 pm

Lunch & Networking

12:30 - 1:00 pm

Sponsored Lunch Symposium #1

1:00 - 1:30 pm

Sponsored Lunch Symposium #2

1:30 - 1:45 pm

Health Break

1:45 - 2:15 pm

Session: Challenging Cases Roundtables

All

2:15 - 2:40 pm

Session: Vitiligo - new paradigms in assessment and management

Dr. Marisa Ponzo 

2:40 - 3:05 pm

Session: Alopecia areata - new paradigms in assessment and management

Dr. Julien Ringuet

3:05 - 3:30 pm

Session: Practical management of treatment for immune-mediated inflammatory disease with systemic JAKi

Dr. Mark Kirchhof

3:30 - 3:55 pm

Session: Best of Dermatology Literature

Dr. Elena Netchiporouk

3:55 - 4:00 pm

Closing Remarks & Adjournment

Our Sponsors

Gold

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Silver

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Bronze

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In collaboration with Dermatology Learning Institute

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