Course Director:
Ashfaq Marhoob, MD - Associate Clinical Member at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Faculty:
Ashfaq Marhoob, MD
Ralph Braun, MD
Margaret Oliviero, NP
Harold Rabinovitz, MD

Learning Objectives:

1) Recognize the benefits and limitations of non-polarized and polarized dermoscopy
2) Ability to identify dermoscopic features suggestive of a melanocytic lesion
3) Become familiar with the dermoscopic structures in dermatofibromas, basal cell carcinomas, seborrheic keratosis, hemangioma, squamous cell carcinoma and clear cell acanthoma.
4) Become acquainted with the benign patterns encountered in nevi and the ten melanoma specific structures

Meeting Agenda:

Thursday - June 21, 2012  
3:00-5:00 REGISTRATION

Friday - June 22, 2012  
7:00 - 8:00 AM REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
8:00 - 8:20 AM Introduction to Dermoscopy - Marghoob
8:20 - 8:40 AM Equipment and Principles (polarized vs non-polarized) - Marghoob
8:40 - 9:00 AM Pre-Test (25 cases) - Marghoob
9:00 - 9:45 AM Structures with Histo Correlations - Braun
9:45 - 10:00 AM 2-Step - Marghoob
10:00 - 10:30 AM REFRESHMENT BREAK
10:30 - 11:00 AM DF, BCC, SK/Lentigo, Hemangioma - Rabinovitz
11:00 - 11:30 AM Vascular Structures (includes SCC & CCA) - Rabinovitz
11:30 - 12:00 PM Melanocytic Lesions: Pattern Analysis - Marghoob
12:00 - 12:30 PM Dermoscopy of Nevi - Braun
12:30 - 1:30 PM LUNCH
1:30 - 2:00 PM Dermoscopy of Melanoma - Marghoob
2:00 - 2:30 PM Melanoma on Sun Damaged Skin - Rabinovitz
2:30 - 3:00 PM Melanoma Features as a Function of Thickness - Braun
3:00 - 3:30 PM REFRESHMENT BREAK
3:30 - 4:00 PM Difficult to Diagnose Melanomas - Marghoob
4:00 - 4:30 PM Lesions on Palms & Soles - Braun

Saturday - June 23, 2012  
7:00 - 8:00 AM BREAKFAST
8:00 - 8:20 AM Nails - Braun
8:20 - 8:40 AM Lesions on the Face including Lentigo Maligna - Rabinovitz
8:40 - 9:30 AM Insights Gained From Dermoscopy - Marghoob
9:30 - 10:00 AM What's New and Important in Dermoscopy? - Braun
10:00 - 10:30 AM REFRESHMENT BREAK
10:30 - 12:00 PM Post Test - Marghoo
12:00 - 1:00 PM LUNCH
BREAKOUT SESSIONS IN 3-4 GROUPS
1:00 - 4:00 PM Unknowns for the Audience (Marghoob/Braun/Rabinovitz/Oliviero)
4:00 - 4:30 PM Closing Remarks • PRIZES • Q & A - Marghoob