10^th Asia-Pacific Dermatology Conference November 28-29, 2016 Melbourne, Australia

Professor Rodney Sinclair is Professor of Dermatology at the University of Melbourne and Director of SInclair Dermatology. He is Past-President of the Australasian Society for Dermatology Research, the Australasian Hair and Wool Research Society and the Skin and Cancer Foundation of Victoria. Prof Sinclair is the co-author of the section on Dermatology in the Oxford Textbook of Medicine, the Hair Chapters in Rook and Bologna and lead author of Therapeutic Guidelines- Dermatology. He has written 13 textbooks of dermatology, and has over 400 research publications.

Sinclair Dermatology conduct clinical research in psoriasis, hair loss, urticaria, atopic dermatitis, hidradenitis suppurativa, and skin cancer prevention and treatment as well as laboratory research into stem cell biology, regenerative medicine and gene discovery.

As one of the leading Plastic Surgeons in Japan, Dr. Tanaka brings with him years of experience and a wealth of knowledge in the fields of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, anti-aging, and photobiology. As well as being the founder of Clinica Tanaka, and International Photo biological Society, visiting professor of Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, he is also a member of many Japanese and international institutions and societies. Dr. Tanaka has published over 40 peer-reviewed papers in English in a number of prestigious international journals, and has edited 2 international open access books regarding melanoma and photo medicine.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, anti-aging, and photobiology

Vascular and Endovascular surgeon, Patrik J. Tosenovsky provides services for all vascular patients, sub-specialising in chronic venous disease, diabetic foot and vascular access. Patrik performs sub-specialty procedures including; deep vein reconstructions through keyhole surgery for patients with severe post-thrombotic syndrome, surgical management of extensive DVT, laser and sclerotherapy for varicose veins, micro-vascular procedures, including free tissue transfer for non-healing ulcers. Trained in Europe as a vascular and transplant surgeon, Patrik has practiced as a consultant since 2000. He holds a fellowship from the European Board of Vascular Surgeons, which he completed in Amsterdam, and a PhD in diabetic foot. He completed his FRACS in Sydney. Patrik has always been active in research and teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is currently participating in an early stage clinical study in Western Australia that will look at innovative diagnostic tools for arteriovenous fistulas for patients on haemodialysis.

sub-specialising in chronic venous disease, diabetic foot and vascular access,deep vein reconstructions through keyhole surgery for patients with severe post-thrombotic syndrome, surgical management of extensive DVT, laser and sclerotherapy for varicose veins, micro-vascular procedures, including free tissue transfer for non-healing ulcers.

Dr Kim Alexander Papp, MD, PhD, F.R.C.P.C. is the founder and President of Probity Medical Research Inc., an organisation that guides the conduct of clinical researchers. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Calgary Medical School and was a resident in Internal Medicine and Dermatology at the University of Toronto. Over the past 15 years, Dr Papp has conducted more than 220 clinical trials and followed over 3,000 subjects. He has authored or co-authored more than 250 publications and abstracts and has investigated over 50 unique compounds in development for the treatment of psoriasis.

Dermatological Diseases, Psoriasis, Dermatopathology Clinical Research on Dermatology

Kristian Reich, MD, is Professor of Dermatology at the Georg-August-University Göttingen and leads the inflammation center at the Dermatologikum Hamburg, an international center of excellence for dermatology, plastic and vascular surgery, dermatopathology, microbiology and molecular biology. He is founding partner and Medical Director at SCIderm, a CRO and research institute dedicated to the development of new therapies in dermatology. Professor Reich is a member of the Psoriasis Guideline Group of the German Society of Dermatology, chairs the Scientific Advisory Committee of the German Psoriasis Registry and is board member of the Alfred-Marchionini Foundation, the Foundation Dermatologikum, and the ProDerma Foundation.

Dermatology, Plastic and Vascular surgery, Dermatopathology, Microbiology and Molecular biology

Dr. Shaofeng Yan received M.D. degree from Peking Union Medical College and Ph.D. degree from University of Washington at Seattle. She finished Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and a combined Harvard Dermatopathology Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham Women’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital. She is currently director of Dermatopathology Section and program director of Dermatolopathology Fellowship Program of the Department of Pathology at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.

Dermatolopathology,Skin cancer- Melanoma,

Dr Uma Nahar Saikia, working as Professor in the department of Histopathology, has an avid interest in dermatopathology. She has years of experience in research, teaching and administration at a research institute. She is on the panel of editorial board of various journals and research committees. She also keeps her interest in the field of cardiovascular pathology

Dermatopathology,Histopathology,Cardiovascular Pathology

Mohammad Aldeen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Melbourne.

Control Systems, Linear and Nonlinear (Decentralized Control) Medical Image Processing (Melanoma and Psoriasis) Fault Detection in Engineering Systems (Engineering Systems)

Dr. Rekha is one of the widely recognized Ayurveda experts in India, focusing mainly at Andaman’s & Nicobar Islands and Kerala. Dr. Rekha is always in close contact with Ayurveda experts and herbal specialists all over the world and maintains a good rapport with them always. Dr. Rekha has been one of the 100 chosen Ayurveda doctors for the Commonwealth Games that took place in India recently. She also have attended quite a few national and international level seminars and conferences and have treated nationally as well as internationally known persons. Through her practice, she is taking care of health and well-being of thousands every year. Her experience encompasses entrepreneurship, private practice and teaching. She has offered numerous lectures, seminars and workshops in many health conferences, on radio etc. Dr. Rekha has also written a book, The Panchakarma Reckoner that explains the ancient science and all its aspects in a simple but effective manner.

Ayurvedic Approach In Dermatological Diseases. Hollistic Treatment by Ayurveda, Psoriasis Treatment, Autoimmune Diseases

Dr. Yu Zhi-ling received his undergraduate education at the Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and obtained his PhD degree in biochemistry from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is an associate professor in Hong Kong Baptist University. Dr. Yu is known for his research in herbal pharmacology, focusing on anticancer, anti-inflammatory and melanogenesis-regulating herbs, and in quality control of Chinese medicinal materials.

herbal pharmacology, focusing on anticancer, anti-inflammatory and melanogenesis-regulating herbs, and in quality control of Chinese medicinal materials

João Manuel R. S. Tavares is graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Universidade do Porto, Portugal (1992). He also earned his M.Sc. degree and Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Universidade do Porto in 1995 and 2001, and the Habilitation in Mechanical Engineering in 2015. He is a senior researcher and project coordinator at the Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI) and an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP). João Tavares is co-editor of more than 35 books, co-author of more than 30 book chapters, 550 articles in international and national journals and conferences, and 3 international and 2 national patents. He has been a committee member of several international and national journals and conferences, is co-founder and co-editor of the book series “Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics” published by Springer, founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization” published by Taylor & Francis, and co-founder and co-chair of the international conference series: CompIMAGE, ECCOMAS VipIMAGE, ICCEBS and BioDental. Also, he has been (co-)supervisor of several MSc and PhD thesis and supervisor of several post-doc projects, and has participated in many scientific projects both as researcher and as scientific coordinator.

His main research areas include computational vision, medical imaging, computational mechanics, scientific visualization, human-computer interaction and new product development.

• Michelle Tarbox has done her M.D. from Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX in the year 2005. She has done an Internship on Internal Medicine at Cleveland Clinic, St. Louis from 2005 – 2006. She has experienced in Dermatological Care from Dermatology Residency, Cleveland Clinic, St. Louis, MO from 2006 to 2009. She earned a Dermatopathology Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, St. Louis, MO, 2009 – 2010She was an Assistant Professor in Dermatopathology, Dermatology at Saint Louis University from 2010 to 2013. Now she is an Associate Professor in Dermatology at Texas Tech University from 2013.

Dermatopathology, Mohs micrographic surgery, Cosmetics, General dermatology

Dr. Tanja Dominko obtained a DVM at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and a PhD in Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,USA. She was a staff scientist at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center in Portland, Oregon, investigating mechanisms of somatic cell reprogramming in non-human primates.

Cellular reprogramming, Cell transplantation, Skeletal muscle tissue engineering, Regenerative medicine

Gupta obtained D.Phil. Degree in Chemistry from University of Allahabad in 1984 on Polymer Chemistry and has been awarded fellowships by Govt. of France,USSR, Denmark, Poland and Japan under cultural exchange programs of Govt. of India. Prof. Gupta worked as Scientist at IIT. New Delhi and then moved to IIT. Roorkee as Lecturer in 1987 and now working as Professor since 2004. Gupta has published more than 100 research articles in International Journals of PolymerrnScience and actively engaged in guiding PhD and M.Tech students from various streams. He has also supervised research projects funded by DST, CSIR, UGCrnand AICTE, New Delhi, India. Gupta served as member on editorial board of National and International Journals of Polymers and Chemistry. He is a member of several International Scientific Societies including American Chemical Society, Washington and USA.

Kinetics of homo and co polymerization, surface modifications by polymers. Applications of polymers in sensing devices, development of membrane grade polymers for reverse-osmosis technology. Responsive polymers for drug delivery and targeting. Polymers as intelligent and smart material. Deign of polymer supports for catalysts and enzymes. Kinetics and mechanism of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis.

Monica BUTNARIU is a chemist, a graduate of West University of Timisoara, has completed his PhD with title “Researches on the heavy metals content in the Banat’s soils and the consequences on the environment” and postdoctoral Studies: "Formulation and evaluation of dermato–cosmetic products". She is the habilitated doctor of the University of Cluj Napoca. She has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals (41 publications in journals with Impact Factor and indexed in Thomson Reuters from Web of Science Core Collection) and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Food Science, Agricultural Plant Science

Dr Seyed Afshin Shorofi has attained his PhD degree from School of Nursing & Midwifery of Flinders University, where he subsequently started working as Research Associate. H e is currently an Adjunct Research Fellow at Flinders University (South Australia), and an Assistant Professor at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (Iran). Dr Shorofi has been a senior lecturer at medical universities for many years, and is nationally well known for his publications, for which he has won several prizes. He is part of the editorial/advisory board of several peer-reviewed journals. He has been working with various multidisciplinary teams running a variety of workshops for academics, aimed at improving and maintaining the academics’ skills in the context of education as well as research. Dr Shorofi has participated in designing, analyzing and/or reporting a couple of quantitative and qualitative research studies.

Dr Seyed Afshin Shorofi research interests are Aged Care, Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Evidence-based Practices, Holistic Care, Research Issues in Health, Research Methodologies, Pain Management, Palliative Care.

Professor Rodney Sinclair is Professor of Dermatology at the University of Melbourne and Director of SInclair Dermatology. He is Past-President of the Australasian Society for Dermatology Research, the Australasian Hair and Wool Research Society and the Skin and Cancer Foundation of Victoria. Prof Sinclair is the co-author of the section on Dermatology in the Oxford Textbook of Medicine, the Hair Chapters in Rook and Bologna and lead author of Therapeutic Guidelines- Dermatology. He has written 13 textbooks of dermatology, and has over 400 research publications.

Sinclair Dermatology conduct clinical research in psoriasis, hair loss, urticaria, atopic dermatitis, hidradenitis suppurativa, and skin cancer prevention and treatment as well as laboratory research into stem cell biology, regenerative medicine and gene discovery. .