Century of Dermatologic Excellence Covering Skin Cancer, Hair Disorders, and Dermatopathology
The A Century of Dermatologic Excellence conference is a century of dermatologic excellence program held September 26-27, 2025 by Cleveland Clinic, celebrating the career of Wilma Bergfeld, MD. It includes 4 videos and 43 PDFs across four sessions: skin cancer, surgery, and cosmetic dermatology; hair disorders; medical dermatology; and dermatopathology pearls from the Demodex Society, with continuous video recordings of each session’s individual lectures.
-
4Conference Sessions
-
43PDF Handouts
-
2025Conference Year
Inside this resource
Skin Cancer, Surgery, and Cosmetic Dermatology
Session 1 covers surgical pearls, germline genetics in melanoma, dermoscopy of non-melanoma skin cancers, port wine stain management, and acne scar treatment.
Hair Disorders: Medical and Procedural Advancements
Session 2 covers regenerative therapies for hair loss, JAK inhibitors in alopecia, hormonal modulation, and a keynote lecture by Wilma Bergfeld, MD.
Medical Dermatology
Session 3 covers biologics for inflammatory skin disease, lymphomatoid reactions, drug reactions, connective tissue disease updates, and new and emerging infectious diseases.
Dermatopathology Pearls from the Demodex Society
Session 4 features dermatopathology pearls and reflections from Demodex Society members, part of this century of dermatologic excellence celebrating Dr. Bergfeld’s career in dermatopathology.
Who this serves
- Dermatologists — the conference is explicitly targeted to physicians interested in dermatology, medical dermatology, and dermatopathology.
- Dermatopathology physicians — a dedicated session offers dermatopathology pearls from the Demodex Society for deepening microscopic skin analysis skills.
- Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, residents, and fellows — the conference lists these as part of its intended healthcare professional audience.
Faculty & syllabus
Faculty 55 speakers
Named faculty (a partial list of speakers across sessions; credentials as given in source data):
- Wilma Bergfeld, MD — Keynote Lecture: Hair Today; honoree
- Melissa Piliang, MD — Opening Remarks; Hair Disorders session moderator; Closing Remarks
- Allison Vidimos, MD — Skin Cancer session moderator; Innovations in dermatologic surgery at Cleveland Clinic
- Philip Bailin, MD, MBA — A brief and selective history of dermatologic surgery at Cleveland Clinic
- Christine Poblete-Lopez, MD — What I have learned in 25 years of Mohs surgery
- Jennifer Lucas, MD — Surgical pearls
- Joshua Arbesman, MD — Germline genetics in melanoma
- Michelle Tarbox, MD — Dermoscopy of non-melanoma skin cancers
- Paul Benedetto, MD — Atypical surgical site infections
- Mahwish Irfan, MD — Management of port wine stains
- Anthony Benedetto, DO — Synthetic surgical dressings
- Alok Vij, MD — Surgical management of hidradenitis suppurativa
- Taryn Murray, MD — Laser surgery for dermatologic conditions
- Mara Weinstein Velez, MD — Acne scar treatment: a multimodal approach
- Charlene Lam, MD, MPH — Preventing disasters in cosmetic dermatologic procedures
- Shilpi Khetarpal, MD — Regenerative therapies for hair loss
- Natasha Mesinkovska, MD, PhD — JAK inhibitors in alopecia
- Stephanie Trovato, MD — Challenging cases in lichen planopilaris/frontal fibrosing alopecia
- Sara Hogan, MD — Treating hair loss from the procedural perspective
- G. Cheyana Ranasinghe, MD — Hormonal modulation in women with alopecia
- Charlotte LaSenna, MD — Tips for building an alopecia specialty clinic
- Najwa Somani, MD — Transitioning careers from academic medicine to industry
- Joan Tamburro, MD — Pediatric body focused repetitive behavior (trichotillomania)
- Angela Kyei, MD — Practical tips for treating hair loss in African-American patients
- Cheryl Bayart, MD, MPH — An approach to pediatric alopecia areata
- Rashmi Unwala, MD — Alopecia in the medical dermatology patient
- Anthony Fernandez, MD, PhD — Medical Dermatology session moderator; Update in connective tissue diseases
- James Taylor, MD — AI and patient safety update 2025
- Dirk Elston, MD — Navigating the array of available biologics
- Joan Guitart, MD — Lymphomatoid reactions and immune dysregulation
- Tom Helm, MD — Update on drug reactions; Dermatopathology Pearls session moderator
- Joseph Pierson, MD — Re-thinking erythema migrans
- Michelle Kerns, MD — Hidradenitis suppurativa update
- Jeffrey McBride, MD, PhD — Relevance of extracellular vesicles as biomarkers and therapeutics
- Marilyn Wickenheiser, MD — Inflammatory dermoscopy
- Gowri Kabbur, MD — Cutaneous complications of novel oncologic therapies
- Esteban Fernandez Faith, MD — Management of challenging scars
- Carly Elston, MD — Great dermatology hospital cases
- Kenneth Tomecki, MD — New and emerging infectious diseases
- Steven Billings, MD — Dermatopathology pearls, Demodex Society
- Angela Collie, MD, PhD — Dermatopathology pearls, Demodex Society
- Jennifer Ko, MD, PhD — Dermatopathology pearls, Demodex Society
- Laszlo Karai, MD, PhD — Dermatopathology pearls, Demodex Society
- Karl Napekoski, MD — Dermatopathology pearls, Demodex Society
- Raj Patel, MD — Dermatopathology pearls, Demodex Society
- Luis Sardina, MD — Dermatopathology pearls, Demodex Society
- Claudia Ricotti, MD — Dermatopathology pearls, Demodex Society
- Vic Shrivastava, MD — Dermatopathology pearls, Demodex Society
- Jeff Uchin, MD — Dermatopathology pearls, Demodex Society
- Shruti Agrawal, MD — Dermatopathology pearls, Demodex Society
- John McAfee, MD — Dermatopathology pearls, Demodex Society
- Andrew Miner, MD — Dermatopathology pearls, Demodex Society
- Richard Scarborough, DO — Dermatopathology pearls, Demodex Society
- Michael Schowalter, MD — Dermatopathology pearls, Demodex Society
- Anurag Sharma, MD — Dermatopathology pearls, Demodex Society
Before you buy
What does this dermatologic excellence conference include?
4 videos and 43 PDFs covering four sessions: skin cancer/surgery/cosmetic dermatology, hair disorders, medical dermatology, and dermatopathology pearls, recorded September 26-27, 2025.
Are the session recordings continuous or split by lecture?
The videos are continuous recordings of each full session; individual lecture titles and speakers are listed for reference within each continuous recording.
The chart
| Format | Continuous session video recordings + PDFs |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4 sessions over 2 days |
| Faculty | 50+ named speakers |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publisher | Cleveland Clinic |
| Department | Dermatology |
| Delivery | Instant download after checkout · lifetime re-access |
Verified original fileInstant downloadEncrypted checkout



Reviews
There are no reviews yet.