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Committees

Organizing Committee

Atlal Al-Lafi
Conference Chairperson
Arti Nanda
Abeer Al-Bazali
Manar Al-Enezi
Mohammad Al-Otaibi
Dhuha Alrqobah
Ghadeer Al Alawi
Mutlaq Al Sulaili
Mai Elkolaly
Mohammad Salah

Scientific Committee

Arti Nanda
Scientific In-charge
Ibrahim Al Aradi
Humoud Al Sabah
Ahmad Al Mutairi
Iman Al Masry
Al-Sadat Mosbeh
Sara Mubarak
Jihan Rajy

Social Committee

Fawaz Al Enezi
Ahmad AlHajji
Khalifa Al Saleh
Ahmad Saleem
Abdullah Al Khars

Our Speakers

International speakers

Abdul Razzaque Ahmed
Aleksandra Bukvic Sajinovic
Alina Bridges
Dipankar De
Enno Schmidt
Eva Vilarrasa
Firas Al Niaimi
Gabriela Cobos
Ghassan Niaz
Hussein Hassab-El-Naby
Jennifer Huang
Leon Kircik
Miloš Nikolić
Mohannad Abu-Hilal
Olivier Cogrel
Pascal Joly
Peter Weisenseel
Raghavendra Rao
Raghda Almaashari
Rajeev Chavda
Victor Neel
Willem Visser

Regional Speakers

Arti Nanda
Ibrahim Al Aradi
Humood Al Sabah
Al-Sadat Mosbeh
Muneera Ben Nakhi
Manaf Shaban
Shaikhah Al-Abdulrazzaq

Event Schedule

Thursday, 10 October 2024

03:30 – 03:50 PM
Opening Ceremony
03:50 – 04:00 PM
AIBDs in Kuwait: 30 years on – Documentary
Immunodermatology Session I : Autoimmune Blistering Disorders
Chairpersons : Enno Schmidt - Dalia Sadeq
04:00 – 04:20 PM
IVIGs in pemphigus: 25 years on
Abdul Razzaque Ahmed
04:20 – 04:40 PM
State of art diagnosis of autoimmune blistering diseases
Enno Schmidt
04:40 – 05:00 PM
Pemphigus and rituximab: towards a personalized treatment strategy
Pascal Joly
05:00 - 05:20 PM
Managing refractory oral lesions in pemphigus
Dipankar De
05:20 – 05:40 PM
Low dose rituximab in pemphigus
Raghavendra Rao
05:40 - 06:00 PM
Managing autoimmune blistering diseases in elderly patients
Dipankar De
06:00 – 06:10 PM
Panel Discussion - Q&A
Immunodermatology Session II : Collagen Vascular Disorders & Skin Manifestations in Post-Transplant Patients
Chairpersons : Sondus AlSharidah - Ghadeer AlAlawi
06:10 – 06:30 PM
Update on Dermatomyositis
Gabriela Cobos
06:30 – 06:50 PM
Update on Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus
Mohannad Abu-Hilal
06:50 – 07:10 PM
Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus in Children
Miloš Nikolić
07:10 – 07:30 PM
Chronic Graft versus Host Disease
Jennifer Huang
07:30 – 07:50 PM
Skin Manifestations in Posttransplant Patients Other than GVHD
Arti Nanda
07:50 – 08:00 PM
Panel Discussion - Q&A
Laser Therapeutics Session I
Chairpersons : Meshal AlGhareeb - Fatemah Al Juadi
08:00 – 08:30 PM
Innovative laser techniques for hyperpigmentation and more
Aleksandra Bukvic Sajinovic
08:30 – 08:50 PM
Fundamentals of lasers in dermatology
Ghassan Niaz
08:50 – 09:00 PM
Panel Discussion - Q&A

Friday, 11 October 2024

Workshop I - Surgical Dermatology
Chairpersons : Victor Neel - Manaf Shaban
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Minimal Reconstructive Techniques in Mohs Surgery
Victor Neel
11:00 – 11:30 AM
Surgical Management of Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Olivier Cogrel
11:30 – 11:50 AM
Therapy for Seborrheic Keratoses
Victor Neel
11:50 – 12:00 PM
Panel Discussion
12:00 – 02:00 PM
Break
Industry Symposium I
Chairpersons : Abeer AlBazali
02:00 – 02:30 PM
Illuminating the Shadows of Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Eva Vilarrasa
Industry symposium II
Chairpersons : Hisham Hanafy
02:30 – 03:00 PM
Start Strong... Go Long
Peter Weisenseel
Industry symposium III
Chairpersons : Mohammad Al Otaibi
03:00 – 03:30 PM
Advanced therapies for the management of Mild to Moderate and Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis patients
Leon Kircik
Workshop II - Lasers in Dermatology
Chairpersons : Ghassan Niaz - Anwar AlSumait
03:30 – 04:00 PM
My Approach to Vascular Treatments with Laser
Firas Al Niaimi
04:00 – 04:30 PM
Lasers and Energy Devices in the Gulf area
Ghassan Niaz
Workshop III - Dermatopathology
Chairpersons : Hussein Hassab-El-Naby - Al-Sadat Mosbeh
04:30 – 04:50 PM
Gamechangers in Dermatopathology: Pigmented Lesions in the Molecular Era
Alina Bridges
04:50 – 05:10 PM
What Dermatologists Should Know About Mycosis Fungoides
Hussein Hassab-El-Naby
05:10 – 05:30 PM
Diagnosis Clues in Blistering Diseases
Humood Al Sabah
05:30 – 05:50 PM
Characteristic Figures in Dermatopathology
Al-Sadat Mosbeh
05:50 – 06:00 PM
Discussion
Immunodermatology Session - IV: Autoimmune Blistering Disorders II & Collagen Vascular Disorders
Chairpersons : Pascal Joly - Arti Nanda
06:00 – 06:20 PM
New and emerging therapies in auto immunobullous skin diseases
Pascal Joly
06:20 – 06:40 PM
Guideline-oriented management of mucous membrane pemphigoid
Enno Schmidt
06:40 – 07:00 PM
Paraneoplastic Autoimmune Laminin - 332 Syndrome (PALS)
Abdul Razzaque Ahmed
07:00 – 07:20 PM
AIBDs in Children
Miloš Nikolić
07:20 – 07:40 PM
Dermatologist approach to small vessel vasculitis
Raghavendra Rao
07:40 – 08:00 PM
Treatment pearls for SLE, systemic sclerosis and Raynaud's
Gabriela Cobos
08:00 – 08:10 PM
Panel Discussion - Q&A

Saturday, 12 October 2024

Workshop IV - Surgical Dermatology & Laser Therapeutics
Chairpersons: Olivier Cogrel - Ibrahim AlAradi
10:00 – 10:20 AM
Surgery of Nose: Concepts, Techniques and Scar Revision
Olivier Cogrel
10:20 – 10:40 AM
Ear Keloids – Surgical Management
Ibrahim Al Aradi
10:40 – 11:00 AM
Surgical Approach in the Management of Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Kuwait Experience
Muneera Ben Nakhi
11:00 – 11:20 AM
Mohs Surgery: Kuwait Experience
Ibrahim Al Aradi
11:20 – 11:40 AM
Update on Lasers for Scarring
Manaf Shaban
11:40 – 12:00 PM
Panel Discussion
12:00 – 02:00 PM
Break
Industry symposium IV
Chairpersons: Shehab Al Dhafiri
02:00 – 02:30 PM
Transition from clinical trials to real world evidence with Ixekizumab
Shaikhah Al-Abdulrazzaq
Industry symposium V
Chairpersons: Manar Al-Enezi
02:30 – 03:00 PM
Navigating the future of Dermatology
Willem Visser
Industry symposium VI
Chairpersons: Ali Al Ajmi
03:00 – 03:30 PM
Recent updates in Topical management of Acne and its Sequelae
Rajeev Chavda
Industry symposium VII
Chairpersons: Atlal Al Lafi
03:30 – 04:00 PM
Exploring the Concept of Disease Modification in Atopic Dermatitis
Raghda Almaashari
Interesting Case Presentation Session I: My Best Cases
Chairpersons: Alina Bridges - Humood Al Sabah
04:00 – 04:30 PM
Interesting Clinicopathological Cases from USA
Alina Bridges
04:30 – 05:00 PM
Interesting Clinicopathological Cases from Egypt
Hussein Hassab-El-Naby
05:00 – 05:30 PM
Interesting Cases from Canada
Mohannad Abu-Hilal
Interesting Case Presentation Session II - Pearls from Kuwait Presented by Kuwait Board Residents
Chairpersons: Qasem AlSaleh - Ashok Sharma
Interesting Clinicopathological Cases (Kuwait)

05:30 – 05:40 PM
Case 1
Fahad AlQenae

05:40 – 05:50 PM
Case 2
Shahad Al Mutairi

05:50 – 06:00 PM
Case 3
Aseel Al Enezi

06:00 – 06:10 PM
Case 4
Farah Ahmad

06:10 – 06:20 PM
Case 5
Dhari AlOtaibi

06:20 – 06:30 PM
Case 6
Fahad AlZuabi

006:30 - 06:40 PM
Case 7
Hamad AlDasem

006:40 - 06:50 PM
Case 8
Salah AlMutairi
06:50 – 07:00 PM
Panel Discussion - Q&A
Immunodermatology Session V - Mixed
Chairpersons: Jennifer Huang - Rafat Harby
07:00 – 07:20 PM
Late effects of the skin in childhood cancer survivors
Jennifer Huang
07:20 – 07:40 PM
Severe alopecia areata; updates on pathogenesis, management
Mohannad Abu-Hilal
07:40 – 08:00 PM
TBA
TBA
08:00 – 08:10 PM
Panel Discussion - Q&A
08:10 PM
Awards Announcement + Closing Ceremony

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