SDEF, an Elsevier business, has thirty years experience and specializes in the development and implementation of high quality Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities; devoted to educating and updating dermatologists and allied health professionals about diseased and conditions of the skin. Through various educational methods, SDEF provides health professionals with an increased awareness of new techniques and technologies useful in maintaining a dermatology practice. SDEF annually sponsors five dermatology-focused CME seminars around the United States with annual attendance of 1,000+ and offering a total of 125 CME credits. For a complete list of seminars, click here.

Medical Directors

Medical Dermatology
Joseph F. Fowler, MD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
University of Louisville,
Dermatology Specialists PSC
Louisville, KY
 

Christopher B. Zachary, FRCP
Professor and Chair
Department of Dermatology
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA

 

Our distinguished Scientific Advisory Board will assist us in creating exceptional educational programs that are both timely and useful in the care of meeting attendees’ patients’ medical needs.

 

 

Scientific Advisory Board and Program Chairs
Larry Eichenfield, MD
Sheila F. Friedlander, MD
Kenneth B. Gordon, MD
Maria Hordinsky, MD
Francisco Kerdel, MD
Craig Leonardi, MD
Ashfaq Marghoob, MD
Henry R. Roenigk, Jr, MD
Bruce Strober, MD

 

 

Skin Disease Education Founding Chairs
Howard Maibach, MD
Professor of Dermatology
University of California, San Francisco

 

 

Henry R. Roenigk, Jr, MD
Professor Emeritus
Department of Dermatology
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Mission Statement

Skin Disease Education Foundation^TM is devoted to educating and updating physicians about diseases and conditions of the skin. Through various educational methods we provide dermatologists and other healthcare professionals with an increased awareness of new techniques and technologies useful in maintaining a dermatologic practice.