Due to the cancellation of the 2020 AAD Annual Meeting in Denver CO, the IEC’s symposium on “Hand Eczema” has been cancelled as well.  Please check back with us for updates as we work to reschedule this symposium for a later date.

Hand Eczema

At AAD 2020 | March 19, 2020 12:00-4:30 pm MDT

Le Méridien Denver Downtown | Grove Ballroom 1475 California St. Denver, CO 80202

Learn about chronic hand eczema during a complimentary educational symposium the day before the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) annual meeting. An internationally renowned panel of experts will discuss the diagnosis, management and future treatment strategies for chronic hand eczema. Please join us on March 19 in Denver.

This program is sponsored in part by a grant from Leo Pharma.

PROGRAM CHAIRS

• Robert Bissonnette, MD, FRCPC, MSc, Innovaderm, Montreal, QC, Canada
• Tove Agner, MD, DMSc, Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
• David Cohen, MD, MPH, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

• Review the epidemiology, etiologies and clinical subtypes of chronic hand eczema (CHE)
• Discuss the essentials of an effective CHE clinic
• Provide insights on allergic contact hand eczema
• Understand the tools available to measure CHE severity
• Discuss current and future therapeutic options

AGENDA

12:00–12:15 pm Lunch

12:15–12:20 pm Welcome Emma Guttman, MD, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

12:20–12:25 pm Program Overview Robert Bissonnette, MD, FRCPC, MSc, Innovaderm, Montreal, QC, Canada

12:25–12:55 pm Epidemiology, etiology and classification April Armstrong, MD, MPH, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

12:55 pm–1:25 pm How to run a hand eczema clinic Tove Agner, MD, DMSc, Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

1:25–1:50 pm Allergic contact hand eczema David Cohen, MD, MPH, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

1:50–2:05 pm Break 2:05–2:30 pm Tools to measure severity of CHE Robert Bissonnette, MD, FRCPC, MSc, Innovaderm, Montreal, QC, CA

2:30–2:55 pm Current therapeutic strategies, phototherapy and systemic therapy Jonathan Silverberg, MD, PhD, MPH, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA

2:55–3:35 pm Experimental topical and systemic treatments in clinical trials Emma Guttman, MD, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

3:35–4:00 pm Panel Discussion All faculty

4:00–4:15 pm Closing Comments

This educational symposium presented by the IEC is offered at no cost to attendees.