2026 ADS Summer Symposium Agenda

This conference is currently being reviewed for a maximum of 13.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™and 13.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits.

Thursday, June 18, 2026

 Time  Event  Speaker                                                    Location
 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.   Registration Desk    Grand Ballroom Foyer

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.                                                              

Pre-Conference CME: Practice Management Forum 

2026 Dermatology Coding Trends and Updates

Getting Paid vs. Getting Played

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Improving Practice Efficiency Using Artificial Intelligence in Dermatology

Faith C. McNicholas, RHIT, CPC, CPCD, PCS, CDC

Bailey Porter, MHCA

Margaret VanLoock, PhD

  Beachside
6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Non-CME Product Theater, Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson: Icotyde - The Innovative Science Behind Targeted Oral Peptides in Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis         Marshall Shuler, MD, FAAD                                                                                                Beachside         
 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.  Welcome Reception, Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson

 Julep Point                                                                        

Friday, June 19, 2026

 Time  Session Name  Speaker  Location
 6:00 a.m.  Strolling Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall    Magnolia Ballroom
 6:50 a.m.  Welcome  ADS Board  Grand Ballroom
 7:00 - 7:50 a.m.  Pruritus

Shawn Kwatra

 

  Grand Ballroom
 7:50 – 8:15 a.m. 
  Pediatrics

Kelly Cordoro, MD

University of California, San Francisco

  Grand Ballroom
 8:15 – 9:05 a.m.   Surgery

Christopher Miller, MD

University of Pennsylvania 

  Grand Ballroom
 9:05 – 9:30 a.m 
  Navigating Psoriasis Systemic Therapy
  

Andrew Blauvelt, MD, MBA

 Blauvelt Consulting, LLC

  Grand Ballroom
 9:30 – 10:00 a.m 
  Break in the Exhibit Hall    Magnolia Ballroom
 10:00 – 10:50 a.m. 
  Integrative Medicine in Dermatology

Apple Bodemer, MD

University of Wisconsin 

  Grand Ballroom
 10:50 – 11:15 a.m 
  HA Filler: The Scapegoat of Bad Technique  Nicole Lee, MD, MPH, FAAD

Epoch Dermatology

  Grand Ballroom
11:15 – 12:05 p.m.  Towards a Cure for Psoriasis: Hit Hard, Hit Early

Andrew Blauvelt, MD, MBA

Blauvelt Consulting, LLC

  Grand Ballroom
 12:05 p.m. – 1:05 p.m.     Keynote Speaker Presentation  John O'Leary


  Grand Ballroom
 1:05 p.m. 
  Lunch in the Exhibit Hall    Magnolia Ballroom
 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  Family Pool Cabanas    Grand Family Pool
 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.   Bucky's Firepits    Bucky's Lawn

Saturday, June 20, 2026

 Time  Session Name  Speaker  Location
 6:00 a.m.  Strolling Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall    Magnolia Ballroom       
 6:50 a.m.   Welcome  ADS Board  Grand Ballroom
 7:00 - 7:50 a.m. From Skin-Direct4ed Therapy to Targeted Agents: The Changing Landscape of Mycosis Fungoides
 

Allison Jones, MD

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

  Grand Ballroom
 7:50 – 8:15 a.m. 
  Diet and Skin Disease

Apple Bodemer, MD

University of Wisconsin                            

  Grand Ballroom
 8:15 – 9:05 a.m. 
  Pigmentary, Vitiligo

Seemal Desai, MD, FAAD

Innovative Dermatology

  Grand Ballroom
 9:05 – 9:30 a.m. 
  Surgery

Christopher Miller, MD

University of Pennsylvania 

  Grand Ballroom
 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. 

 Break in the Exhibit Hall 

 Please take some time to view our resident and student posters.  

    Magnolia Ballroom
 10:00 – 10:25 a.m. 
 The Skinny on Hormonal Acne and PCOS

Sima Jain, MD

ClearSkin Dermatology, Jain Hair Loss Institute

  Grand Ballroom
 10:25 – 11:15 a.m. 
 The Metabolic Makeover: Longevity, Skin, and the GLP-1 Patient

Nicole Lee, MD, MPH, FAAD

Epoch Dermatology

  Grand Ballroom
 11:15 – 11:40 a.m. 
  Prurigo Nodularis

Shawn Kwatra

   

  Grand Ballroom
 11:40 – 12:30 p.m. 
  Pediatrics

Kelly Cordoro, MD

University of California, San Francisco


  Grand Ballroom
 12:30 - 12:55 p.m.  Top 10 of AAD Presidency

 Seemal Desai, MD, FAAD

Innovative Dermatology

 Grand Ballroom
 1:00 p.m. 
  Lunch in the Exhibit Hall    Magnolia Ballroom
 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.     Family Pool Cabanas 
    Grand Family Pool
 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.  Bucky's Firepits  

 Bucky's Lawn
 5:00 p.m.  ADS Family Night Bonfire

 Enjoy a family-friendly dinner, lawn games, roasting marshmallows and  more 

    Grand Ballroom

 Patio & Lawn 

Sunday, June 21, 2026

 Time

 Session Name  Faculty                 Location               
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.  Breakfast    Grand Ballroom
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. 
  Board Review

Sima Jain, MD

ClearSkin Dermatology, Jain Hair Loss Institute

  Grand Ballroom
9:30 – 11:00 a.m. 
  Resident Oral Competition:

 University of Alabama at Birmingham & University of Mississippi 

    Grand Ballroom 

All breakfasts, lunches and coffee breaks will be served in the Grand Hotel Golf Resort and Spa Conference Center.  Proper attire (no swimsuits or bare feet) is required to enter the Conference Center as other business meetings not part of ADS will be taking place.  Wristbands will be required for any attendee's guests that will be attending food and beverage functions in the Conference Center.

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