Advanced Certificate of Dermoscopy for Dermatology

Professor Aimilios Lallas MD PhD MSc Read bio Professor Aimilios Lallas

Dermatologist-Venereologist, First Department Of Dermatology, Aristotle University, Greece

President, International Dermoscopy Society

Aimilios Lallas is a  Professor of Dermatology at the First Department of Dermatology of Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece. He is specialised in skin cancer diagnosis with non-invasive techniques, as well as in the management of skin cancer patients.

His main field of research interest is dermoscopy of skin tumours, the application of the method in general dermatology and the improvement of the management of oncologic patients. He is an author of more than 330 scientific papers published on Pubmed Central, most of them on dermoscopy and skin cancer. He is an editor of eight books and author of several book chapters on dermoscopy. He is a co-investigator in several Phase III Clinical trials on skin cancer treatment. He has been awarded several scholarships and scientific awards.

Over the last years, Prof Lallas has established scientific collaboration with numerous colleagues from several countries and has supervised the training of numerous fellows from different countries. He is an invited speaker in several domestic and international congresses and meetings, mainly on dermoscopy and on skin cancer diagnosis and management. He is particularly involved in teaching activities on dermoscopy, having organised and participated in numerous domestic and international courses.

Prof Lallas is currently the President of the International Dermoscopy Society.

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Dr Zoe Apalla MD PhD Read bio Dr Zoe Apalla

First Dermatology Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Dr Zoe Apalla was board certified in dermatology in 2008 at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She was trained in dermatopathology at the St John’s Institute of Dermatology in London in 2010 and obtained her PhD degree at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2013.

Zoe has worked as a consultant in the First Dermatology Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki since 2010. She oversees the Supportive Oncology Outpatient Clinic and the Skin Cancer Outpatient Clinic, and the department’s dermatopathology laboratory. She also holds General Dermatology and Inflammatory Dermatoses Outpatient Clinics.

Zoe’s main research fields include skin oncology, melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer, topical treatments, photodynamic therapy and dermatoscopy. She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles in international journals and has lectured at many international and national congresses and meetings.

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Dr Enzo Errichetti Read bio Dr Enzo Errichetti

Dermatologist & Venereologist

Institute of Dermatology of the University Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia in Udine (Italy)

His main research area the use of dermoscopy in the diagnosis and monitoring of non-tumoral dermatological diseases. He is author of around 120 papers published in international and national peer-reviewed journals and about 25 book chapters on dermoscopy as well as editor of the book Dermoscopy in General Dermatology (CRC Press). He is Section Editor for Dermatology Practical and Conceptual and Editorial Board Member in the field of Dermoscopy for Dermatology and Therapy. He served as reviewer for more than 40 journals and was awarded as top peer reviewer in 2017, 2018 and 2019 by Publons.

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Dr Zoe Apalla MD PhD Read bio Dr Zoe Apalla

First Dermatology Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Dr Zoe Apalla was board certified in dermatology in 2008 at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She was trained in dermatopathology at the St John’s Institute of Dermatology in London in 2010 and obtained her PhD degree at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2013.

Zoe has worked as a consultant in the First Dermatology Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki since 2010. She oversees the Supportive Oncology Outpatient Clinic and the Skin Cancer Outpatient Clinic, and the department’s dermatopathology laboratory. She also holds General Dermatology and Inflammatory Dermatoses Outpatient Clinics.

Zoe’s main research fields include skin oncology, melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer, topical treatments, photodynamic therapy and dermatoscopy. She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles in international journals and has lectured at many international and national congresses and meetings.

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Professor Biancia Maria Pirraccini Read bio Professor Biancia Maria Pirraccini

Associate Professor, Scientific Disciplinary Sector MED / 35, Skin and Venereal Diseases, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine – Division of Dermatology University of Bologna  

Professor Bianca Maria Piraccini has a PhD in Dermatological Science from the University of Bologna. She is Head of the Outpatient consultation of Allergology and Skin Annexes Disease and of the Laboratory of Mycology and Dermatological Parasitology at the Dermatological Clinic of S. Orsola-Malpighi, University Hospital Bologna. The Skin Annexes Diseases Consultation deals with basic, clinical and instrumental research on nails, hair and scalp and their pathologies. It is the Italian reference centre for these diseases and was the first to apply video-dermatoscopy to the study of adnexal diseases, sanctioning indications and use of the technique.

Prof Piraccini’s main research fields include biology and hair and nail pathology, medical mycology, and dermatological parasitology. She is an active teacher in these fields and has been the Director of the Specialisation school in Dermatology at the University of Bologna since 2019.

Prof Piraccini is the author of 282 journal articles (of which 248 appear on PubMed), 45 chapters of volumes and 11 monographs on dermatological diseases. She has participated in numerous national and international congresses and courses where she is often a speaker.

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Assoc. Professor Adriana Rakowska MD, PhD Read bio Assoc. Professor Adriana Rakowska

Specialist in Dermatology and Venereology

Doctor (PhD) in Medicine

Associate Professor at the Department of Dermatology Medical University of Warsaw

Assistant Professor Adriana Rakowska graduated from Bialystok Medical University, Poland in 2001. A/Prof Adriana Rakowska is the author of over 50 scientific journal articles, primarily on trichoscopy and hair and scalp disorders. Her most important achievement has been the development of trichoscopic criteria for female androgenic alopecia and trichotillomania. She is co-editor of the Atlas of Trichoscopy (Springer, 2012).

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Dr Michela Starace MD PhD Read bio Dr Michela Starace

Treasurer of EHRS (European Hair Research Society)

Secretary of the ENS (European Nail Society)

Board Member of IDS (International Dermoscopy Society)

Founding member of International Nail Society

Section Editor of Hair and Nail of DPC (Dermatology Practical and Conceptual)

Dr Michela Starace is a dermatologist and trichologist at the Dermatologic Clinic of Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy since March 2012, and Head of Hair and Nail Consultation at the Dermatologic Clinic of Modena Hospital, University of Modena, Italy. She is an assistant in the degree course in Podology and in the degree course in Single Cycle degree / combined bachelor and Master in Medicine and Surgery (Infectious Diseases, Dermatology and Plastic Surgery). Dr Starace is mainly responsible for the Dermatologic Unit of the submission of all the studies to the local Ethic Committee and is responsible for organising the National Alopecia Areata Day in Italy.

Her major research activities include hair and nail biology, paediatric medicine, and mycology. She holds memberships of:

• European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV)

• Società Italiana Dermatologia e Malattie trasmesse sessualmente (SIDEMAST)

• European Hair Research Society (EHRS)

• European Nail Society (ENS)

• Council Nail Disorders (CND)
  Associazione Italiana

• Diagnostica Non Invasiva in Dermatologia (AIDNIND)

• International Trichoscopy Society

• Member of Fostering Trainee

• Commettee of EADV from 2012 to 2016.

Dr Starace is the author of 100 papers published in international and Italian journals and 20 books chapters. She is also author of the book Le follicoliti superficiali del cuoio capelluto.

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Assoc. Professor Trilokraj Tejasvi MBBS MD Read bio Assoc. Professor Trilokraj Tejasvi

Assistant Professor, Director, Cutaneous Lymphoma Program, Department of Dermatology, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan

Director, Teledermatology services, Faculty Associate, Department of Dermatology, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan

Chief of Dermatology Service, Ann Arbor Veteran Health

Trilokraj Tejasvi is an Assistant Professor, Director, Cutaneous Lymphoma Program, Director, Teledermatology services, Faculty Associate, GLOBAL REACH at Department of Dermatology, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. He is also Chief of Dermatology Service for the Ann Arbor Veteran Health services.

A/Prof Tejasvi’s main research interest is teledermatology, technology, and imaging of skin, including dermoscopy, confocal microscopy. He has published 52 peer-reviewed journals and publications, including those in Nature Genetics, the Journal of Dermatology, the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, and the American Journal of Human Genetics. He is the current chair of the Teledermatology SIG, American Telemedicine Association, and vice-chair of the Teledermatology Taskforce, American Academy of Dermatology.

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