NIDIskin Fall Symposium: Confocal Microscopy Reader’s Course
Date & Location
Overview
The NIDIskin Confocal Microscopy Reader’s Course is the only live course in the United States where attendees can gain general proficiency in reading RCM images through lectures, interactive sessions, and live practice cases.
Statement of Need
Target Audience
Dermatologists and Dermatopathologists
Objectives
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS ACTIVITY, PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
1. Analyze the basic patterns of reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) of the skin.
2. Distinguish skin cancer from benign lesions using RCM.
3. Discern when to user non-invasive tools (i.e. RCM) in a clinical setting.
4. Develop strategies to incorporate RCM into a clinical practice when appropriate.
Registration
Accreditation
Credit Designation
The Stanford University School of Medicine designates this activity for a maximum of 15.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The California Board of Registered Nursing recognizes that Continuing Medical Education (CME) is acceptable for meeting RN continuing education requirements as long as the course is certified for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM (rn.ca.gov). Nurses will receive a Certificate of Participation following this activity that may be used for license renewal.
Faculty
Chairman
Babar K. Rao, MD, FAAD
Director, Rutgers Center for Dermatology
Clinical Professor, Dermatology and Pathology, Rutgers RWJ Medical School
Clinical Associate Professor, Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medical College
President, American Confocal Group
Senior Faculty
Giovanni Pellacani
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Chairman, Dermatology, University Hospital
Policlinico of Modena
Dean of Faculty, Medicine, and Surgery
Professor of Dermatology
Jane M. Grant-Kels, MD, FAAD
Vice President, American Academy of Dermatology
Professor of Dermatology, Pathology, and Pediatrics
Founding Director of the Cutaneous Oncology Center and Melanoma Program
Vice Chair, Department of Dermatology, University of Connecticut
Adjunct Professor of Dermatology, Dermatology Department, University of Florida
Faculty
Samer Alaiti, MD, FAAD, RVT, RPVI, FACP
Clinical Professor, Dermatology, University of Southern California
Associate Attending Physician, Cedars Sinai
Medical Director, Miracle Mile Dermatology
Maxwell Fung, MD, FAAD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Pathology, UC Davis
Director, UC Davis Dermatopathology Service
Stephen Hammond, MD
Aurora Diagnostics
Manu Jain, MD
Assistant Attending, Dermatology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Optical Imaging Specialist
Vice President, American Confocal Group
Secretary, International Tele-Dermatology Society
Kerri Rieger, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Pathology and Dermatology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Trilokraj Tejasvi, MBBS
Assistant Professor, Dermatology
Director, Teledermatology
Director, Cutaneous Lymphoma Program
University of Michigan – Michigan Medicine
Instructors
Jennifer Cucalon, BS, CCIS
MS1 – St George’s University School of Medicine
Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Technician
Attiya Haroon, MD, PhD
PGY-2, Dermatology
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Catherine Reilly, BS
Research Fellow, Dermatology
Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Technician
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Radhika Srivastava
Research Fellow
Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Technician
MS4, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Friday
7:30am-8:00am
8:00am-8:15am
8:15am-8:35am
8:35am-9:00am
9:00am-9:30am
9:30am-10:00am
10:00am-10:15am
10:15am-11:15am
11:15am-12:30pm
12:30pm-1:30pm
1:30pm-3:30pm
3:30pm-3:45pm
3:45pm-4:30pm
4:30pm-5:30pm
Saturday
8:00am-8:30am
8:30am-9:30am
9:30am-10:30am
10:30am-10:45am
10:45am-11:30am
11:30am-12:00pm
12:00pm-12:30pm
12:30pm-1:30pm
1:30pm-1:50pm
1:50pm-2:35pm
2:35pm-3:30pm
3:30pm-3:45pm
3:45pm-4:45pm
4:45pm-5:15pm