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Future Leaders Network

The 2021-22 program will kick off on Sept. 10-11 in Chicago, IL. 

If you would like to be added to the list of potential mentees or mentors for the 2021-22 program, please email Tamika Walton at twalton@asds.net.

Choose from Two Tracks to Enhance Your Leadership Skills

  • ASDS FLN Program: Implement team projects that support the priorities of ASDS, ASDSA or the Dermatologic Surgery community at-large.
  • ASDSA FLN Program: Expand your knowledge about the policymaking process, ASDSA priorities, and how to have meaningful influence on the legislative and regulatory process. The Advocacy FLN team will also take on a project, as a team, that advances ASDSA Advocacy goals.

Climb to the Next Level of Success!

  • Strengthen and gain insights into your leadership style
  • Translate your vision into realistic business strategies
  • Build and manage cohesive teams
  • Effectively persuade and motivate others
  • Master public speaking
  • Manage projects efficiently
  • Successfully negotiate and manage conflict
  • Apply leadership concepts to a real-life scenario

Help make a difference. Volunteer to be a mentor!

It only takes one person to make a difference. As a volunteer mentor, you have an excellent opportunity not only to apply and enhance your own leadership skills, but also to develop new friendships and enhance your understanding of ASDS and the work it does. You will share your experiences, interests, and knowledge as you see your mentee grow and meet the challenges of creating and producing a project that expresses his or her talent to be a future leader of ASDS.

Mentor Invitation (PDF)

Essentials in Dermatologic Surgery for Medical Students

This book was created through FLN to help students of medicine who want to enhance their self directed learning, heighten their experience during rotation and carry the knowledge they gain into their future practices. It provides a concise summary of dermatologic surgery to guide medical students interested in learning more about the specialty.

Read the Book
2019-20 ASDS FLN Program

Mentees: Shelia Farhang, MD, and Kemunto Mokayo, MD
Mentor: Vince Bertucci, MD, FRCPC

Mentees: Sonya Kenkare, MD, and Ramya Kollipara, MD
Mentor: Arash Koochek, MD, MPH

Mentee: Vincent Richer, MD
Mentor: Seaver Soon, MD