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ASDS Annual Meeting

Register for the 2020 ASDS Virtual Annual Meeting

The highest yield, dynamic and diverse educational content is now virtual!

Join us as we make this unprecedented ASDS Virtual Annual Meeting the most unique, innovative, impactful and memorable meeting yet with all the interaction, education and fun the meeting is known for as we celebrate the Society’s 50th Anniversary.

Four tracks that include the popular ASDS plenaries:

  1. Cosmetic Dermatologic Surgery
  2. Reconstruction / Skin Cancer
  3. Practice Management
  4. General Dermatology / Advocacy / Other

• LIVE content including sessions with faculty Q&A and fun networking events!
• Listen and view oral and e-Poster abstracts.
• Diverse perspectives from world-class faculty.
• Learn the latest innovations and advanced-level techniques.
• Discuss the pandemic and cultural climate impacting the specialty.

2020 Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker

Friday, Oct. 9, 9:50 โ€“ 10:35 a.m.
Nancy Etcoff is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Harvard Medical School, a faculty member of the Harvard University Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative, an Affiliate Scientist at the LKS Center for Health and Happiness at the Harvard School of Public Health, and a psychologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry where she is the Director of the Program in Aesthetics and Well Being.

Dr. Nancy Etcoff conducts ground-breaking and highly cited scientific investigations in the psychology and neuroscience of emotion, and the psychology and biology of beauty and aesthetics. Her research has culminated in numerous awards, and her book, Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty (Doubleday, 1999; Anchor, 2000) has been published in over a dozen languages and is the subject of a one-hour Discovery Channel documentary. At Harvard, Dr. Etcoff teaches seminars in Neuroaesthetics and The Science of Happiness.

Dr. Nancy Etcoff has appeared as a keynote speaker at numerous international, national and local conferences and festivals. Her 2004 TED talk on happiness and its surprises has been viewed by over 2 million people and translated into 23 languages. It was recently cited by TED curator, Chris Anderson as one of the 5 talks he learned the most from.

Vic Narurkar, MD, Innovations in Aesthetic Dermatology Lectureship โ€“ Suzanne Kilmer, MD

Friday, Oct. 9, 3 โ€“ 4 p.m.
Suzanne Kilmer, MD, will discuss advancements in aesthetic medicine. As a faculty member at Harvard, Dr. Kilmer researched the use of Q-switched lasers for treatment of tattoos and pigmented lesions and the rapidly pulsed CO2 lasers that are now popular for resurfacing. Dr. Kilmer was a principal investigator in the original trials for laser skin resurfacing, laser hair removal, pulsed dye and fractional lasers for wrinkles and scars, picosecond laser treatment of tattoos, cryolipolysis, tissue tightening devices and several filler studies.

Physician Oral or e-Poster Late-Breaking Abstract Submissions now CLOSED!

Share your high-impact research at the 2020 ASDS Virtual Annual Meeting.
Submit scientific abstracts for oral or e-Poster presentations at the most influential dermatologic surgery meeting of the year!

Future ASDS Annual Meetings - Save the Date!

2021 ASDS Annual Meeting - Chicago

Oct. 14 to 17
Hyatt Regency Chicago
East Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601