Upcoming Events
WDS Resident Education Series - Test Yourself: Dermatopathology Unknowns
May 28, 2020
WDS Resident Education Series - Members Only Events and Resources
The WDS Resident Education Series is a collection of live educational sessions on a variety of topics spanning the breadth of dermatology. Following the live events, the sessions will be available on the WDS Members Only section of the website. A Zoom link will be provided to all registered attendees before each event.
Event Details:
Thursday, May 28
5:30pm ET | 4:30pm CT | 2;30pm PT
Topic: Test Yourself: Dermatopathology Unknowns
Hosted by: Emily Chu, MD, PhD
*Please note, registration for all virtual networking and education events will close 2 hours prior to the meeting to ensure event access details are distributed to all registered attendees.
Social Media Committee Virtual Networking Event
May 31, 2020
Social Media Committee Virtual Networking
WDS Members are invited to attend remote WDS Virtual Networking events. This new series of positive, uplifting online networking events are led by the Chairs of WDS Committees and are open to all members. Come for fun and fellowship with your colleagues and friends in WDS! A Zoom link will be provided to all registered attendees before each event.
Event Details:
Sunday, May 31, 2020
12pm ET | 11am CT | 9am PT
Topic: Social Media Strategy for Dermatologists: Building a Presence and Engaging with Followers
Hosted by: Dr. Alyx Rosen Aigen
*Please note, registration for all virtual networking and education events will close 2 hours prior to the meeting to ensure event access details are distributed to all registered attendees.
WDS Resident Education Series - Workup and Management Pruritus
June 2, 2020
WDS Resident Education Series - Members Only Events and Resources
The WDS Resident Education Series is a collection of live educational sessions on a variety of topics spanning the breadth of dermatology. Following the live events, the sessions will be available on the WDS Members Only section of the website. A Zoom link will be provided to all registered attendees before each event.
Event Details:
Tuesday, June 2
12:00pm ET | 11:00am CT | 9:00am PT
Topic: Workup and Management Pruritus
Hosted by: Amanda Marsch, MD
*Please note, registration for all virtual networking and education events will close 2 hours prior to the meeting to ensure event access details are distributed to all registered attendees.
WDS Resident Education Series - What Advice Should We Give to Patients About Sunscreen?
June 4, 2020
WDS Resident Education Series - Members Only Events and Resources
The WDS Resident Education Series is a collection of live educational sessions on a variety of topics spanning the breadth of dermatology. Following the live events, the sessions will be available on the WDS Members Only section of the website. A Zoom link will be provided to all registered attendees before each event.
Event Details:
Thursday, June 4
11:00am ET | 10:00am CT | 8:00am PT
Topic: What Advice Should We Give to Patients About Sunscreen?
Hosted by: Michael Ming, MD
*Please note, registration for all virtual networking and education events will close 2 hours prior to the meeting to ensure event access details are distributed to all registered attendees.
WDS Resident Education Series - Treatment of Scarring Alopecia (in Skin of Color Patients)
June 11, 2020
WDS Resident Education Series - Members Only Events and Resources
The WDS Resident Education Series is a collection of live educational sessions on a variety of topics spanning the breadth of dermatology. Following the live events, the sessions will be available on the WDS Members Only section of the website. A Zoom link will be provided to all registered attendees before each event.
Event Details:
Thursday, June 11
12:00pm ET | 11:00am CT | 9:00am PT
Topic: Treatment of Scarring Alopecia (in Skin of Color Patients)
Hosted by: Temitayo Ogunleye, MD
*Please note, registration for all virtual networking and education events will close 2 hours prior to the meeting to ensure event access details are distributed to all registered attendees.
WDS Resident Education Series - Pediatric Nail Disorders
June 12, 2020
WDS Resident Education Series - Members Only Events and Resources
The WDS Resident Education Series is a collection of live educational sessions on a variety of topics spanning the breadth of dermatology. Following the live events, the sessions will be available on the WDS Members Only section of the website. A Zoom link will be provided to all registered attendees before each event.
Event Details:
Friday, June 12
12:00pm ET | 11:00am CT | 9:00am PT
Topic: Pediatric Nail Disorders
Hosted by: Julia Baltz, MD
*Please note, registration for all virtual networking and education events will close 2 hours prior to the meeting to ensure event access details are distributed to all registered attendees.
WDS Resident Education Series - Allergic Contact Dermatitis Pearls
June 18, 2020
WDS Resident Education Series - Members Only Events and Resources
The WDS Resident Education Series is a collection of live educational sessions on a variety of topics spanning the breadth of dermatology. Following the live events, the sessions will be available on the WDS Members Only section of the website. A Zoom link will be provided to all registered attendees before each event.
Event Details:
Thursday, June 18
5:30pm ET | 4:30pm CT | 2:30pm PT
Topic: Allergic Contact Dermatitis Pearls
Hosted by: Kari Martin, MD
*Please note, registration for all virtual networking and education events will close 2 hours prior to the meeting to ensure event access details are distributed to all registered attendees.
WDS Resident Education Series - The Skin Microbiome in Healthy and Eczematous Skin
June 23, 2020
WDS Resident Education Series - Members Only Events and Resources
The WDS Resident Education Series is a collection of live educational sessions on a variety of topics spanning the breadth of dermatology. Following the live events, the sessions will be available on the WDS Members Only section of the website. A Zoom link will be provided to all registered attendees before each event.
Event Details:
Tuesday, June 23
4:00pm ET | 3:00pm CT | 1:00pm PT
Topic: The Skin Microbiome in Healthy and Eczematous Skin
Hosted by: Heidi Kong, MD
*Please note, registration for all virtual networking and education events will close 2 hours prior to the meeting to ensure event access details are distributed to all registered attendees.
WDS Virtual Event - Renegade Joy: Finding the Poetry in Any Moment
June 24, 2020
WDS Virtual Speaker Event with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Previously Scheduled Annual Meeting Featured Speaker
Need a pick me up? An infusion of beauty? A reminder of what’s going right? Every moment—even mid-pandemic—contains an invitation to lean into the world as it is and find joy. Join poet and performer Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer for a playful, provocative exploration of how to find poetry in everything—from spatulas to depression, from cleaning the kitchen to catalog shopping. This isn’t your textbook poetry—it’s the poetry of your life.
Event Details:
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
7pm ET | 6pm CT | 4pm PT
Topic: Renegade Joy: Finding the Poetry in Any Moment
Hosted by: Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
*Please note, registration for all virtual events will close 2 hours prior to the meeting to ensure event access details are distributed to all registered attendees.
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer lives on the banks of the San Miguel River in San Miguel County. She served as the third Colorado Western Slope Poet Laureate (2015-2017), the first San Miguel County poet Laureate (2007-2011), co-hosts Emerging Form (a podcast on creative process), is the co-founder of Secret Agents of Change and co-directs Telluride’s Talking Gourds Poetry Club. Her poetry has appeared in O Magazine, on A Prairie Home Companion, in Rattle.com, and on river rocks. She has thirteen poetry collections, most recently Hush, winner of the Halcyon Prize for poems of human ecology, and Naked for Tea, a finalist for the Able Muse book award. She teaches poetry for addiction recovery programs, hospice, mindfulness retreats, women’s retreats, scientists and more. She’s been a storyteller at the National Storytelling Festival and Taos Storytelling Festival. Since 2006, she’s written a poem a day. You can find her daily poems on her blog, www.ahundredfallingveils.com One-word mantra: Adjust. www.wordwoman.com
WDS Resident Education Series - Microneedling: A New Approach for Treating Textural Abnormalities and Scars
June 30, 2020
WDS Resident Education Series - Members Only Events and Resources
The WDS Resident Education Series is a collection of live educational sessions on a variety of topics spanning the breadth of dermatology. Following the live events, the sessions will be available on the WDS Members Only section of the website. A Zoom link will be provided to all registered attendees before each event.
Event Details:
Tuesday, June 30
5:30pm ET | 4:30pm CT | 2;30pm PT
Topic: Microneedling: A New Approach for Treating Textural Abnormalities and Scars
Hosted by: Mara Weinstein Velez, MD
*Please note, registration for all virtual networking and education events will close 2 hours prior to the meeting to ensure event access details are distributed to all registered attendees.
WDS Resident Education Series - Updates in High Risk Squamous Cell Carcinoma
July 2, 2020
WDS Resident Education Series - Members Only Events and Resources
The WDS Resident Education Series is a collection of live educational sessions on a variety of topics spanning the breadth of dermatology. Following the live events, the sessions will be available on the WDS Members Only section of the website. A Zoom link will be provided to all registered attendees before each event.
Event Details:
Thursday, July 2
11:00am ET | 10:00am CT | 8:00am PT
Topic: Updates in High Risk Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Hosted by: Ashley Wysong, MD
*Please note, registration for all virtual networking and education events will close 2 hours prior to the meeting to ensure event access details are distributed to all registered attendees.
2020 Summer Meeting | Seattle, WA
August 13, 2020
In light of the decision by the AAD to cancel the 2020 Innovation Academy, WDS regretfully is cancelling all scheduled events that were to take place in Seattle August 13 - 16, 2020. WDS acknowledges the challenges which the AAD leadership and Board faced in making this difficult decision and fully supports their decision. The health and safety of members and attendees, their families, staff, patients and our communities are of primary importance to all of us.
Networking Breakfast at the ASDS Annual Meeting | National Harbor, MD
October 10, 2020
The Women's Dermatologic Society invites you to join us for a Networking Breakfast & Panel Discussion on Saturday, October 10, 2020 during the ASDS Annual Meeting. The breakfast is open to all WDS Members and ASDS Meeting Attendees, and will offer an opportunity to network with dermatologists at all levels in their careers. Breakfast will be provided.
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WDS Parade of Roses at the EADV | Vienna, Austria
October 28, 2020
WDS will be hosting the "Parade of Roses" Medical Education Symposium in Vienna, Austria at the EADV 29th Congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, from 2:30pm – 5:00pm
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