2025 AAD Annual Meeting: Session spotlight

Expand your knowledge at the AAD Annual Meeting!

Discover fresh insights at the AAD Annual Meeting with brand-new sessions and returning favorites from past meetings. Learn from leading experts in dermatology across key topics like Cosmetics, Surgery, Pediatrics, Skin Cancer, Inflammatory Dermatoses, and more.

New updates to the 2025 schedule

There will be an Opening Ceremony Friday, March 7, with a President’s Address and Keynote presentation. The Plenary session will still take place on Sunday, March 10, with the AAD Annual Business Meeting and Named Lectureship Presentations.

This year we have over 50 new sessions designed to keep you informed:

• Advanced Cosmetic Surgery that Dermatologists Can Perform

• Vitiligo

• New Drugs, New Rashes: An Update on Cutaneous Drug Eruptions

• In Office Surgical Techniques for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS)

• Social Media and Skincare: Where the Dermatologist Fits In

Back by popular demand from our previous meetings, don’t miss these featured sessions:

• Therapeutic Hotline

• Late-breaking Research

• Hot Topics

• Therapeutic and Diagnostic Pearls

• Controversies in Acne and Rosacea

Session categories

Inflammatory Dermatoses

• Atopic Dermatitis

• NEW - The Metabolic Revolution: Training Dermatologists to be Prepared for/Incorporate/Utilize GLP-1 Agonists and Other Antidiabetics in Skin Disease

• Psoriasis: Modern Therapeutic Approaches

Find more Inflammatory Dermatoses sessions by searching any of these keywords in the searchable program: Acne, Atopic, Psoriasis, Rosacea, Dermatoses, and Hidradenitis Suppurativa.

Pediatric Dermatology

• Are You Smarter Than a Pediatric Dermatologist?

• Atopic Dermatitis in Young Children: Controversies, Concerns, and Current Guidelines

• NEW - Hot Topics in Pediatric Dermatology

Find more Pediatric Dermatology sessions.

Cosmetic Dermatology

• NEW - The Future of Cosmetic Dermatology

• The Science of Cosmeceuticals and Nutraceuticals

• Complications of Cosmetic Procedures

Find more Cosmetic Dermatology sessions.

Surgical Dermatology

• NEW - Nail Surgery: The Small Procedures to the Nail Apparatus that Frighten You

• Workhorse Reconstruction: Favorite Repairs

• Quick Fire Surgical Pearls to Optimize Patient Outcomes

Find more Surgical Dermatology sessions.

Practice Management

• NEW - Leveraging Teledermatology to Improve Patient Access to Dermatologist-Level Care

• NEW - Building Your Digital Reputation: Strategies for Online Reviews and Effective Marketing in Dermatology

• Practical Practice Enhancements: Applying Evidence Based Strategies

Find more Practice Management sessions.

Melanoma & Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers

• NEW - Evidence-based Management of Melanocytic Neoplasms

• What's New in the Management of Advanced Skin Cancer

• Staging, Work-up and Management of High Risk Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Find more Melanoma and Non-Melanoma skin cancer sessions.