7^th European Dermatology Congress June 13-14, 2016 Alicante, Spain

Professor Lionel Fry qualified in 1957 with honours His research interests have focused on dermatitis herpetiformis and psoriasis. In the fomer he showed that all patients had Coeliac disease and that the rash responded to a gluten free diet. In psoriais he showed that the skin lesions were medisted by T Lymphocytes. He is currently investigating the microbiome of psoriasis.

Microbiome of psoriasis

Fernando Vidal-Vanaclocha is full professor and chair of the PhD program in Translational Medicine and the Master degree in Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapies, at the CEU-San Pablo University and HM-Hospitals School Medicine, Madrid. As a medical doctor with PhD training in Pathology, he has been involved in cancer metastasis research over more than 30 years. By taking advantage of his position as Chief Scientific Officer at HM-Hospitals, in 2010 he founded the Institute for Applied Molecular Medicine (IMMA). He is also adjunct Professor of Molecular Medicine, George Washington Univ. Sch. Med., Washington-DC and Editor of the Cancer Microenvironment Section, Journal Translational Medicine.

Cutaneous Melanoma

Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Columbia University; Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor, Mt.Sinai School of Medicine; Director of Dermatologic and Cosmetic Surgery, St. Luke’s Hospital, Mt.Sinai School of Medicine; Medical Director, Advanced Dermatology Laser & Cosmetic Surgery

Surgical Dermatology and Cosmetic Dermatology

Kroumpouzos is Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Brown Medical School and has served on the Faculty at Harvard Medical School. He graduated from the Athens University School of Medicine where he also completed a PhD in immunology. He then pursued research fellowships in immunology and molecular biology at the Department of Dermatology. The Free University of Berlin National Cancer Institute NIH and Department of Dermatology New York University prior to starting dermatology residency training at Boston and Tufts Universities. He is double board certified in dermatology in the US and EU and is a fellow of numerous dermatological and other societies. Dr. Kroumpouzos is on the Editorial Board of reputed dermatology journals and has served as a reviewer for 7 journals. He has authored more than 40 articles and book chapters. He has been honored by several societies including the New England Dermatological Society and European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology and has been the recipient of several awards including the Yamagiwa Yoshida and ICRETT awards by the International Union Against Cancer.

Disorders of pigmentation, lupus erythematosus malignant melanoma

Taha H. Aldeen, MB ChB, MRCP, Master and Diploma in Dermatology and STI/HIV. Consultant Dermatologist and Honorary Senior Clinical lecturer, Barnsley Hospital, UK. Published more than 16 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Psoriasis

Dr Robert Sinclair graduated from the University of Queensland in 1975 and undertook his residency and medical registrar training at Princess Alexandra Hospital. He spent the next 5 years in country general practice before commencing his Dermatology studies rotation through the Princess Alexandra, Royal Brisbane and Greenslopes Hospitals. He has subsequently worked in private specialist practice with visiting consultant roles at the Greenslopes and Princess Alexandra Hospitals. He has held various roles within the College of Dermatologists and the AMA and has contributed significantly during his career to government review and advisory committees.

Psoriasis, Skin diseases.

Hok Bing Thio, MD, PhD, born 2 April 1960 in Surabaya (Indonesia), is a full-time dermatologist consultant at the Department of Dermatology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His PhD thesis (1999) was entitled “Clinical and basic aspects of fumarates in psoriasis”, and his main research interests are basic and clinical immunology, particularly the immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) of the skin, psoriasis and atopic dermatitis (AD). Dr Thio has been the principal supervisor/investigator of clinical studies and translational research on psoriasis and AD. Dr Thio has authored and co-authored several papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Interaction of the immune system and the gut and skin microbiomes, fumarates as immunomodulatory agents, sarcoidosis, multiple sclerosis and lupus erythematosus.