Program

11:00 AM
Registration / Networking Lunch / Poster Session 1
12:00 PM
Opening Remarks
William Ju, MD, FAAD, President, Advancing Innovation in Dermatology, Inc.
12:05 PM
The HPV Vaccine: Developing Technology at the NIH
Douglas Lowy, MD, DABD, Deputy Director of the National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health; Chief of the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, Center for Cancer Research at NCI
12:20 PM
From Doctor to Entrepreneur
Howard Murad, MD, FAAD, Founder, Murad, Inc.; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (Dermatology), Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
12:45 PM
Financing Panel
Moderated by John Doux, MD, MBA, FAAD, Investor, Palo Alto Investors Cami Samuels, MBA, Partner, Venrock; Katie Rodan, MD, FAAD, Co-Founder, ProActiv, Rodan & Fields; Kathy Fields, MD, FAAD, Co-Founder, Proactiv, Rodan & Fields; Andrew Hall, MBA, Commercial Head of New Products and Strategic Analytics, Celgene Corporation; Seth Orlow, MD, PhD, FAAD, Senior Advisor, Pharus Advisors; Professor & Chair of Dermatology, NYU School of Medicine; Dr. Neal Walker, MBA, FAAD, Founder & CEO, Aclaris Therapeutics
1:20 PM
Innovation in Dermatology: A View from the AAD
Mark G. Lebwohl, MD, FAAD, Professor, Department of Dermatology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
1:35 PM
Entrepreneurship as Therapy
Rox Anderson, MD, FAAD, Professor, Harvard Medical School; Director, Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
2:00 PM
Networking Break
2:20 PM
Intellectual Property Panel
Moderated by Albert Cha, MD, PhD, Managing Partner, Vivo Capital Mika Mayer, JD, Partner, Morrison Foerster; Raymond A. Miller, JD, Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Transactions and Rights Management Practice Group, Pepper Hamilton LLP; Jeffrey K. Mills, JD, PhD, Partner, Fanelli Haag & Kilger
2:45 PM
Pharmaceutical Entrepreneur Case Study and Q&A
Stuart D. Shanler, MD, FAAD, Chief Scientific Officer, Aclaris Therapeutics; Co-founder, Vicept Therapeutics
3:10 PM
SHIELD Centers: What Are They and How Will They Help the Dermatology Entrepreneur
Didier C. Leclercq, Managing Director, SHIELD Network, Nestle Skin Health
3:20 PM
Idea-to-Product Forum
Moderated by Jean Tang, MD, PhD, FAAD, Associate Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine PDE4 & Atopic Dermatitis: Jon Hanifin, MD, FAAD, Professor of Dermatology, Oregon Health & Science University; Lee T. Zane, MD, FAAD, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Anacor Pharmaceuticals
Sonic Hedgehog & Basal Cell Cancer: Ivor Caro, MD, FAAD, Senior Medical Director, Genentech, Inc.; Ervin H. Epstein, Jr., MD, FAAD, Senior Scientist and Dermatologist, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
4:10 PM
Networking Break
4:30 PM
Regulatory / Outcomes Panel
Moderated by Dr. Neal Walker, MBA, FAAD, Founder & CEO, Aclaris Therapeutics Markham Luke, MD, PhD, FAAD, Deputy Office Director & Chief Medical Officer, Office of Device Evaluation, CDRH, FDA; Patricia Walker, MD, PhD, FAAD, Consultant, Board of Directors, Neothetics, Inc.; Susan Walker, MD, FAAD, Immediate Past Director, Division of Dermatology and Dental Products, FDA; Jonathan Wilkin, MD, FAAD, Founding Director (Retired), Division of Dermatology & Dental Products, FDA
5:00 PM
"Shark Tank" Business Competition
Moderated by Frederick Beddingfield III, MD, PhD, FAAD, CMO, Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. & UCLA Dermatology John Doux, MD, MBA, FAAD, Investor, Palo Alto Investors; Jim Glasheen, PhD, General Partner, Technology Partners; Douglas S. Ingram, JD, President, Allergan, Inc.; Cami Samuels, MBA, Partner, Venrock
5:55 PM
Closing Remarks
Dr. Neal Walker, MBA, FAAD, Founder & CEO, Aclaris Therapeutics;
6:00 PM
Reception / Poster Session 2
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