Agenda subject to change.
Program Derm Summit 2026
Moderator
Sam Polesie
MD, Associate Professor, Adjunct Senior Lecturer – Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg
FREDAG April 24 2026
08.30 – 09.00
Registration and coffee
09.00 – 09.15
Welcome and an update of the activities at Diagnostiskt Centrum Hud – Anne Wetter & Petra Verga Kan
09.15 – 10.15
Pigment and Progress: A Review of Vitiligo Assessment, Impact and Care – Marissa Joseph, MD, MSc, FRCPC (Pediatrics, Dermatology), Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Canada
10.15 – 10.45
Leg stretch
10.45 – 11.45
An update on the current status of rosacea – Dr. Firas Al-Niaimi, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark, and Taktouk Clinic, London, UK. Moderated by Professor, Dr.med., Peter Bjerring, Aalborg University Hospital
11.45 – 12.30
Cutaneous lymphoma – from suspicion to treatment – Amra Osmancevic, Adjunct Professor, Senior Physician, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch
13.30 – 14.30
Dermatological treatment of scars – Katrine Karmisholt, PhD, Senior Physician, Assistant Professor, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen
14.30 – 15.15
Derm Gallery – Kristofer Thorslund, Dermatologist, MD, Knivsta Dermatology Clinic
15.15 – 15.45
Coffee break
15.45 – 16.45
Genital dermatoses with tricky patient cases – Sinja Kristiansen, MD, PhD, Dermatology Clinic, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö
19.00
Dinner at Nalen, Regeringsgatan 74
Parallel program for nurses, Friday April 24 (Room 314)
13.30 – 14.15
Improving wound healing in clinical practice – Dakin’s solution, sutures, and practical shortcuts. Anna Holst, MD, Specialist in General Practice, Senior Lecturer at the University of Gothenburg, Närhälsan Backa Primary Care Centre, and Julia Åsberg, District Nurse, Närhälsan Backa Primary Care Centre
14.15 – 15.15
Eczema school – how do we improve patients’ self-care ability?
Susanne Lundin, University nurse, Dept. of Dermatology, Sachsska barn- och ungdomssjukhuset, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm
Coffee break
SATURDAY, April 25, 2026
09.00 – 10.00
“Skin cancer potpourri” – Ada Girnita, Senior Physician, Associate Professor, Stockholm
10.00 – 10.45
AI, the last industrial revolution – Javier Fuentes, Partner @ NCompany, Madrid, Spain
10.45 – 11.15
Coffee break
11.15 – 12.00
From serum to supplement: how antioxidants influence cancer – Martin Bergö, Professor of Molecular Medicine and Vice President, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
12.00 – 12.30
Improved diagnostics and management of high-risk basal cell carcinoma – Hannah Ceder, Senior Physician, PhD, certified Mohs surgeon, Diagnostiskt Centrum Hud, Göteborg
12.30 – 13.00
Closing remarks and presentation of Diagnostiskt Centrum Hud grant recipients.
13.00
“Grab & go” lunch
