2026 Symposium Speakers

In alphabetical order. Subject to change

 

 SpeakerTitleInstitution
Patrick Brunner, M.D., M.Sc.Director, Cutaneous Lymphoma and Associate Professor of DermatologyIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Marcus Buggert, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorKarolinska Institutet
Frank Carbone, Ph.D.Emeritus ProfessorDoherty Institute

 

Jaehyuk Choi, M.D., Ph.D.Director, Center for Cellular Therapies and Cancer Immunology and Vice Chair, Translational Research and Innovation, Department of DermatologyUT Southwestern Medical Center

 

Rachael Clark, M.D., Ph.D.Shing-Yiu Yip and Cecilia M. Hepp Professor of DermatologyHarvard Medical School

 

Laura Cooney, Ph.D.Director, Biomarker Discovery ResearchUniversity of Michigan

 

William J. Crisler, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of DermatologyHarvard Medical School

 

Shawn Demehri, M.D., Ph.D.Associate Professor, Dermatology and Director, High Risk Skin Cancer ClinicHarvard Medical School

 

Liv Eidsmo, M.D., Ph.D.Professor of Dermatology and VenereologyKarolinska Institutet
Donna Farber, Ph.D.Professor & Division Chief of Surgical Sciences and Professor of Microbiology & ImmunologyColumbia University
Lukas Flatz, M.D.Medical Director and Senior Physician, Dermato-Oncology SectionEberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Joseph Fraietta, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department Microbiology and Director, Translational & Correlative Sciences, Perelman School of MedicineUniversity of Pennsylvania
Thomas Gebhardt, M.D., Ph.D.Professor, Dermatology & Head of Gebhardt LabUniversity of Melbourne
Johann Gudjonsson, M.D., Ph.D.Professor of Dermatology, Professor of Internal Medicine and Research ProfessorUniversity of Michigan

 

John Harris, M.D., Ph.D.Chair, Department of DermatologyMass General Brigham
Tamia Harris-Tryon, M.D., Ph.D.Associate Professor of DermatologyUT Southwestern Medical Center
Dan Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D.Professor of Dermatology and ImmunologyUniversity of Pittsburgh
Thomas Kupper, M.D.Professor and Founding Chair, Department of DermatologyHarvard Medical School
Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D.Adjunct Professor of DermatologyOHSU
Marine-Alexia Lefevre, M.D., Ph.D.

 

Associate Professor, Immunology, Allergy & DermatologyFrench Institute of Health and Medical Research
Tiago Matos, M.S., M.Sc., Ph.D.Associate Professor of DermatologyHarvard Medical School
Jean McGee, M.D., Ph.D., MSAssociate Professor of DermatologyHarvard Medical School
Shruti Naik, Ph.D.Associate Professor and Director, Tissue Repair Program, Department of Immunology & ImmunotherapyIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Alex Ortega Loayza, M.D., M.C.R.Professor and Interim Chair of DermatologyOHSU
Christoph Schlapbach, M.D., Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of DermatologyUniversity of Bern
Phillip Scott, Ph.D.Vice Dean for Research & Academic Resources and Professor of ImmunologyUniversity of Pennsylvania
Georg Stary, M.D.Professor of Dermatology and ImmunologyMedical University of Vienna
Rei Watanabe, M.D., Ph.D.Professor of DermatologyJuntendo University
Jia Zhu, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and Associate Professor in Research, Department of Laboratory Medicine & PathologyUniversity of Washington