Program

7:30AM

Registration / Networking

8:00AM

Welcome

  • William Ju, MD, FAAD
  • President , Advancing Innovation in Dermatology, Inc.
8:05AM

Featured Speaker

  • Patricia Walker, MD, PhD, FAAD
  • President and Chief Scientific Officer , Brickell Biotech
8:25AM

Session 1 - Using a "Magic Wand℠" to Identify Problems Worth Solving

Chair
  • Rox Anderson, MD, FAAD
  • Professor , Harvard Medical School ; Director , Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
Presenters
  • Lilit Garibyan, MD, PhD, FAAD
  • Instructor , Harvard Medical School
  • Physician-Scientist , Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Adam Raff, MD, PhD, FAAD
  • Physician-Scientist , Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Fernanda Sakamoto, MD, PhD, FAAD
  • Assistant Professor in Dermatology , Harvard Medical School, Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Josh Tam, PhD
  • Biomedical Engineer , Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital
9:25AM

Featured Speaker - Moving Towards Precision Medicine In Dermatology

  • Michael L. Sierra, Ph.D.
  • Vice President , LEO Science & Tech Hub
9:35AM

Break

9:55AM

Session 2 - Targeting Disease At Its Source

Chair
  • Neil Kumar, PhD
  • Chief Executive Officer and Founder , BridgeBio Pharma, LLC
Presenter
  • Mark de Souza, PhD
  • Executive Chairman , PellePharm, Inc.
  • Neil Kirby, PhD
  • Chief Executive Officer , Edimer Pharmaceuticals
10:40AM

Featured Speaker - The Transformation of Ideas into Therapies … The Creation, Capture, & Role of Intellectual Property

  • Raymond A. Miller, JD
  • Partner and Co-Chair , Intellectual Property Department, Pepper Hamilton LLP
10:50AM

Panel: Exciting New Therapeutics: Emerging Public Company Showcase

Presenters
  • Dan Browne
  • President & Chief Executive Officer , Revance Therapeutics
  • Dr. Neal Walker, MBA
  • Founder & Chief Executive Officer , Aclaris Therapeutics
  • Nathan Stasko, PhD
  • Co-Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director , Novan, Inc.
  • Dov Tamarkin, PhD
  • Chief Executive Officer , Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
11:35AM

Lunch Panel: Product & Asset Building - Optimizing Partnering & CRO Interactions

Chair
  • Daniel Piacquadio, MD, FAAD
  • Founder, Chief Executive Officer and President , Therapeutics, Inc.
Presenters
  • Susan J Walker, MD, FAAD
  • Immediate Past Director , Division of Dermatology and Dental Products (DDDP), FDA
12:15PM

Session 3 - Let's Get Personal: Novel Approaches to Personalized Dermatology

Chair
  • Seth Orlow, MD, PhD, FAAD
  • Senior Advisor , Pharus Advisors
  • Professor & Chair of Dermatology , NYU School of Medicine
Presenters
  • John Dobak, MD
  • Chief Executive Officer , DermTech, Inc.
  • Emmanuel Dumont, PhD
  • Founder and CEO , Shade
  • Dana Hosseini, MBA
  • Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder , ProdermIQ
  • David Lortscher, MD, FAAD
  • Founder and Chief Executive Officer , Curology
  • Alexander Meves, MD, FAAD
  • Consultant, Department of Dermatology , Mayo Clinic
1:00PM

Break

1:20PM

Session 4 - What's the Future

Chair
  • Angela Christiano, PhD, FACMG
  • Vice-Chair of Research, Departments of Dermatology and Genetics & Development , Columbia University
Presenters
  • David Giljohann, PhD
  • Chief Executive Officer , Exicure, Inc
  • Michael Girardi, MD, FAAD
  • Professor of Dermatology; Director, Residency Program; Vice Chair Department of Dermatology , Yale School of Medicine
  • Brian S. Kim, MD, MTR
  • Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Anesthesiology, Pathology and Immunology; Co-Director, Center for the Study of Itch , Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine
  • Roberto Novoa, MD, FAAD
  • Clinical Assistant Professor , Departments of Pathology and Dermatology, Stanford University
2:20PM

Summary/Close of General Session

  • Dr. Neal Walker, MBA
  • Founder & Chief Executive Officer , Aclaris Therapeutics
2:25PM - 4:00PM

One on One Partnering / Free Flow Networking

Advancing Innovation in Dermatology, Inc. is a registered IRS 501(c)(3) organization designated as a public charity in the United States.

The Dermatology Innovation Forum

an Advancing Innovation in Dermatology, Inc. conference
  • March 2, 2017, 7:30AM – 4:00PM
  • Hyatt Regency Orlando
    9801 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819.
Advancing Innovation in Dermatology, Inc. is a registered IRS 501(c)(3) organization designated as a public charity in the United States.