Agenda
7:00 AM – Registration/Check-in
7:30-10:30 AM – Meeting of the Vitiligo Working group (SOCS members are invited to attend; continental breakfast and light refreshments to be provided).
10:30-11:30 AM – Break
11:30-12:55 PM – Skin of Color Society (SOCS) Annual Business Meeting (open to all SOCS members; lunch to be provided).
12:55-1:00 PM – Welcome and Introduction – Marta I. Rendon, MD, SOCS President

Schedule of Events for SOCS Symposium 1:00PM-5:25PM
1:00-1:12 PM – Linda Amah, MD (Resident/Fellow Presenter) Success Rates in the Treatment of Sarcoidosis at a Tertiary Care Facility in Northeast Ohio.
1:12-1:15 PM – QA
1:15-1:27 PM – Cathy Yunjia Zhao (Resident/Fellow Presenter) The Reliability and Validity of Outcome Measures for Atopic Dermatitis in Patients with Pigmented Skin – A Grey Area
1:27-1:30 PM – Q/A
1:30-1:42 PM – Danielle Giambrone (Resident/Fellow Presenter) Melasma: Which Therapies Result in the longest disease free interval?
1:42-1:45 PM – Q/A
1:45-2:15 PM – Nikifords Kollias, PhD (Invited Speaker) TBD
2:15-2:20 PM – Q/A
2:20-2:35 PM – Break
2:35-2:47 PM – Isha Lopez (Resident/Fellow Presenter) Acne Vulgaris in Hispanic Patients
2:47-2:50 PM – Q/A
2:50-3:02 PM – Alicia Stallings (Resident/Fellow Presenter) Frequency of ILK Administration & Ratio of Milligrams of ILK Received to Initial SALT Score as Predictors of SALT Score Improvement in Patients with Alopecia Areata
3:02-3:05 PM – Q/A
3:05-3:17 PM – Shivani Bashiyan (Resident/Fellow Presenter) Laser Resurfacing in Skin of Color: A Systematic Review
3:17-3:20 PM – Q/A
3:20-3:50 PM – Tania Cestari, MD, PhD (Invited Speaker) Pigmentary Disorders- The Brazilian Experience Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
3:50-3:55 PM – Q/A
3:55-4:10 PM – Break
4:10-4:40 PM – Vicki P. Werth, MD (Invited Speaker) Connective Tissue Diseases in Patients of Color Chief, Dermatology, Philadelphia V.A. Hospital, Professor of Dermatology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, Professor of Medicine
4:40-4:45 PM – Q/A
4:45-5:15 PM – Ophelia E. Dadzie, MBBS (Invited Speaker) Ethnic Dermatology: A UK Perspective Founder & Director of London Ethnic Skin
5:15-5:20 PM – Q/A
5:20-5:25 PM – Closing Remarks
5:25-7:00 PM – Valeant / Skin of Color Society Research Award Reception