Geriatrics News

ORLANDO, Fla. – The American Academy of Dermatology announced it has installed a new vice president and board members, who will take office at the end of its annual meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Henry W. Lim, MD, FAAD, chair emeritus of the department of dermatology and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, took office as president of the American Academy of Dermatology at its annual meeting.

ORLANDO – Healio.com/Dermatology is providing live coverage of the 75th annual American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting in Orlando beginning today.

Research funding that psoriasis had a strong association with type 2 diabetes and obesity in a nationwide study of Danish twins was among the 10 most-read articles of 2016 on Healio.com/Dermatology.

Patients who received a preoperative telephone call in the week before undergoing same-day office consultation and Mohs micrographic surgery did not experience relieved anxiety or improved satisfaction compared with patients who did not receive a phone consultation, according to recently published study results.

The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association recognized physicians with Patient Safety Hero and Federal Advocate awards at the ASDS annual meeting in New Orleans.

Mohs micrographic surgery was effective in treating patients with sebaceous carcinoma, and should be considered the first-line treatment, according to study results published in Dermatologic Surgery.

The American Academy of Dermatology has announced that ContextMedia:Health has been selected as a patient education affinity partner.

The American Society of Dermatologic Surgery announced that Thomas E. Rohrer, MD, began his term as president of the society and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association during the ASDS annual meeting in New Orleans.

Research finding that women who applied broad-spectrum photostable sunscreen to their face daily for a year showed improvement in the signs of existing photodamaged skin was among the most-read articles in October on Healio.com/Dermatology.