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Skin of Color Literature Review 2019 Panel
Featuring Ginette Okoye, MD and Temitayo Ogunleye, MD Saturday morning began with an enlightening conversation with Dr. Ginette Okoye and Dr. Temitayo Ogunleye reviewing medical literature on skin of color. While this is improving, Dr. Okoye mentioned “ there is not a lot of great research in skin of color”. […]
June 8, 2019
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Product Theater – CIMZIA® (certolizumab pegol): A Different Kind of Anti-TNF for Psoriatic Disease
Featuring Guest Faculty, Robert Casquejo, PA-C For Saturday morning’s product theater, Robert Casquejo, PA-C, presented information on the medication Cimzia. Cimzia is an FDA approved biologic treatment for adults with moderate to severe psoriasis and for treatment of adults with psoriatic arthritis. Cimzia is an injectable TNF blocker medication. According […]
June 8, 2019
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Product Theater – TREMFYA® (guselkumab): A First-line Biologic with Clinical Data vs Adalimumab and Secukinumab
Featuring Guest Faculty, Jeffrey Johnson, PA-C For Friday afternoon’s product theater, Jeffrey Johnson, PA-C , discussed psoriasis and treatment with Tremfya. Mr. Johnson reminded the audience psoriasis is not just an inflammatory skin disease but a global inflammatory disease which can affect all organ systems. For example, patients with moderate […]
June 7, 2019
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Evaluation of New Onset Hypopigmentation and Other Dyschromias
Featuring Ginette A. Okoye, MD, FAAD In one of the morning breakout sessions, Dr. Ginette Okoye gave an enlightening presentation on hypopigmentation and other dyschromias. When you see hypopigmentation , Dr. Okoye cautioned, “ don’t automatically diagnose post inflammatory hypopigmentation”. The first decision to make in the approach to these […]
June 7, 2019
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Interpreting Medical Literature
Featuring Dr. Jennie Clarke and Dr. Joslyn Kirby This morning Dr. Jennie Clarke and Dr. Joslyn Kirby gave a wonderful presentation reviewing pertinent medical literature from the last year applicable to current dermatology practice. Confirming what most in the dermatology field already believed, a recent JAMA Dermatology article revealed total […]
June 7, 2019
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Product Theater – Changes Impressions of Topical Therapy: Duobrii Lotion
Featuring Larry Green, MD Dr. Larry Green presented a new medication for the treatment of psoriasis that will soon be released in the US. Duobrii is a once daily topical emulsion lotion that is FDA approved for the treatment of psoriasis. Dr. Green reports when psoriasis patients are surveyed, 100% […]
June 7, 2019
