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2007 Hot Spots Conference Handouts

20th Hot Spots Conference
August 17 - 19, 2007
Waikoloa, Hawaii

DHC

August 17, 2006

Aloha Hot Spots Registrants and Faculty, Download Welcome07.pdf

    Mahalo for choosing to participate in this year’s conference.    Hot Spots aspires to provide Sun, Sand, Sea, Surf and Science.

    Instead of printing reams of handouts, we are experimenting with an electronic modality for storage and dissemination.  Let us know how this works for you.  The Syllabus follows and after that the handouts will be attached. If they are not provided, we will try to affix lecture notes taken at the time of the presentation. 

A hui hou and Aloha nui,

David Elpern

Hot Spots in Dermatology
Syllabus

Friday, August 17, 2007
Larry Eron:
John Bottjer: Dermoscopy:  History and Future Trends
George Reizner: Interesting Cases from Madison I
Jacob Levitt: Scabies and Lice                   
Erin Moncada: Camp Anuenue
Refreshment Break
Amit Pandya: Lighten up! Update on Pigmentary Disorders
Marne Carmichael Walsh will introduce
The Joel Shockman Memorial Lecture given by
Shay Bintliff:   Lessons in Grieving

Saturday, August 18, 2007
Roy Grekin:  Cosmetic Dermatology: An Emerging Specialty
Larry Eron: Dermatological Manifestations of ID Emergencies
Doug Johnson: Samoan Dermatology
Patty Walker: Drug Development, Down and Dirty
George Reizner: Interesting Cases from Madison II
CPC – Invited Cases

Sunday, August 19, 2007
Roy Grekin: Surgical Pearls for the Practittioner
Reizner/Elpern/Johnson:  The Imiquimod Chronicles
Scheel & Traub: Pearls from Integrative Dermatology      
Big Island Dermatology Society Short Prentations
Amit Pandya: Volunteerism  Cultural Competence in Dermatology

Faculty Bios Download faculty_bios07.doc

 

Handouts and other information

 

Shay Bintliff Email
No Worse There is None: On Grief Download no_worse_there_is_none.ppt [Read-Only].pdf

John Bottjer Email
Dermoscopy:  History and Future Trends (If you wish a copy of this presentation, Mr. Bottjer will email you one -- they were handed out at the conference. Download Bottjer.pdf

Larry Eron Email
New, Improved Flesh-eating Staphylococcus Download the_new_and_improved_mrsa.doc
Dermatological Manifestations of ID Emergencies Download dermatological_manifestations_of_infectious_diseases_emergencies.doc

Jacob Levitt Email Email
Scabies and Lice Download head_lice.pdf 

Douglas Johnson Email
Samoan Dwematology Download samoa_notes_07.pdf

Amit Pandya Email
Volunteerism  Cultural Competence in Dermatology Download cultural_competence.ppt.pdf
Lighten up! Update on Pigmentary Disorders Download managing_pigmentary.pdf

Monica Scheel and Michael Traub Email
Integrative Dermatology  Download traubscheel.pdf

Marne Walsh: Introduction to The Joel Shockman Memorial Lecture Download Shockman.pdf 

Turtles, Birds and Bears

Cancers follow three basic patterns: turtles, birds and bears.
1. Turtles move so slowly that you can still capture them while they’re moving slowly along;
2. The birds fly away so quickly that you can’t catch them in time;
3. The bears can escape if you ignore them, but if you catch them in time, you can capture them.

This simple but brilliant formula comes from a superb article by Christie Aschwanden on sunscreens and skin cancer that appeared in the July 10, NY Times.

Doctors Balk at Cancer Ad, Citing Lack of Evidence  See Permalink.

This is a reasoned piece based on the best evidence based information we have.  It is clear that the companies that make sunscreens benefit from a public that is running scared for many of the wrong reasons. Please read the article and draw your own conclusions.

Suscreen Update

Do Sunscreens Have You Covered? appeared in the NY Times on July 5, 2007.  While I don't agree with everything said, I think this is a reasonable synopsis of where we are at today.

For the complete article go to Permalink.

Melanoma Surgery and Interferon

An editorial was published in the June 2007 Archives of Dermatology which brings into question the value of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLN) and interferon therapy.

While many clinic dermatologists have questioned the value of these procedures for years, the dermatologists and oncologists in most U.S. melanoma centers advocated them and coerced patients to accept them as "standards of care."  It is said that "Every peddler praises his needles."

Unfortunately, it appears that SLN and subsequent lymph node biopsy if SLN is positive do not improve survival.  Similarly, interferon's toxic side-effects appear to outweigh the slightly longer survival it affords patients while not impacting on long term survival.

You will need to read the editorial to make informed decisions  for yourself or family members.  Download MelanomaArchDermatol.pdf

The Editors