Dermatology and Cosmetic Medicine

Professor Rodney Sinclair is Professor of Dermatology at the University of Melbourne and Director of SInclair Dermatology. He is Past-President of the Australasian Society for Dermatology Research, the Australasian Hair and Wool Research Society and the Skin and Cancer Foundation of Victoria. Prof Sinclair is the co-author of the section on Dermatology in the Oxford Textbook of Medicine, the Hair Chapters in Rook and Bologna and lead author of Therapeutic Guidelines- Dermatology. He has written 13 textbooks of dermatology, and has over 400 research publications.

Sinclair Dermatology conduct clinical research in psoriasis, hair loss, urticaria, atopic dermatitis, hidradenitis suppurativa, and skin cancer prevention and treatment as well as laboratory research into stem cell biology, regenerative medicine and gene discovery.

As one of the leading Plastic Surgeons in Japan, Dr. Tanaka brings with him years of experience and a wealth of knowledge in the fields of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, anti-aging, and photobiology. As well as being the founder of Clinica Tanaka, and International Photo biological Society, visiting professor of Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, he is also a member of many Japanese and international institutions and societies. Dr. Tanaka has published over 40 peer-reviewed papers in English in a number of prestigious international journals, and has edited 2 international open access books regarding melanoma and photo medicine.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, anti-aging, and photobiology

Vascular and Endovascular surgeon, Patrik J. Tosenovsky provides services for all vascular patients, sub-specialising in chronic venous disease, diabetic foot and vascular access. Patrik performs sub-specialty procedures including; deep vein reconstructions through keyhole surgery for patients with severe post-thrombotic syndrome, surgical management of extensive DVT, laser and sclerotherapy for varicose veins, micro-vascular procedures, including free tissue transfer for non-healing ulcers. Trained in Europe as a vascular and transplant surgeon, Patrik has practiced as a consultant since 2000. He holds a fellowship from the European Board of Vascular Surgeons, which he completed in Amsterdam, and a PhD in diabetic foot. He completed his FRACS in Sydney. Patrik has always been active in research and teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is currently participating in an early stage clinical study in Western Australia that will look at innovative diagnostic tools for arteriovenous fistulas for patients on haemodialysis.

sub-specialising in chronic venous disease, diabetic foot and vascular access,deep vein reconstructions through keyhole surgery for patients with severe post-thrombotic syndrome, surgical management of extensive DVT, laser and sclerotherapy for varicose veins, micro-vascular procedures, including free tissue transfer for non-healing ulcers.

Dr Kim Alexander Papp, MD, PhD, F.R.C.P.C. is the founder and President of Probity Medical Research Inc., an organisation that guides the conduct of clinical researchers. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Calgary Medical School and was a resident in Internal Medicine and Dermatology at the University of Toronto. Over the past 15 years, Dr Papp has conducted more than 220 clinical trials and followed over 3,000 subjects. He has authored or co-authored more than 250 publications and abstracts and has investigated over 50 unique compounds in development for the treatment of psoriasis.

Dermatological Diseases, Psoriasis, Dermatopathology Clinical Research on Dermatology

Kristian Reich, MD, is Professor of Dermatology at the Georg-August-University Göttingen and leads the inflammation center at the Dermatologikum Hamburg, an international center of excellence for dermatology, plastic and vascular surgery, dermatopathology, microbiology and molecular biology. He is founding partner and Medical Director at SCIderm, a CRO and research institute dedicated to the development of new therapies in dermatology. Professor Reich is a member of the Psoriasis Guideline Group of the German Society of Dermatology, chairs the Scientific Advisory Committee of the German Psoriasis Registry and is board member of the Alfred-Marchionini Foundation, the Foundation Dermatologikum, and the ProDerma Foundation.

Dermatology, Plastic and Vascular surgery, Dermatopathology, Microbiology and Molecular biology

Dr. Shaofeng Yan received M.D. degree from Peking Union Medical College and Ph.D. degree from University of Washington at Seattle. She finished Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and a combined Harvard Dermatopathology Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham Women’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital. She is currently director of Dermatopathology Section and program director of Dermatolopathology Fellowship Program of the Department of Pathology at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.

Dermatolopathology,Skin cancer- Melanoma,

Dr Uma Nahar Saikia, working as Professor in the department of Histopathology, has an avid interest in dermatopathology. She has years of experience in research, teaching and administration at a research institute. She is on the panel of editorial board of various journals and research committees. She also keeps her interest in the field of cardiovascular pathology

Dermatopathology,Histopathology,Cardiovascular Pathology

Mohammad Aldeen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Melbourne.

Control Systems, Linear and Nonlinear (Decentralized Control) Medical Image Processing (Melanoma and Psoriasis) Fault Detection in Engineering Systems (Engineering Systems)

Dr. Rekha is one of the widely recognized Ayurveda experts in India, focusing mainly at Andaman’s & Nicobar Islands and Kerala. Dr. Rekha is always in close contact with Ayurveda experts and herbal specialists all over the world and maintains a good rapport with them always. Dr. Rekha has been one of the 100 chosen Ayurveda doctors for the Commonwealth Games that took place in India recently. She also have attended quite a few national and international level seminars and conferences and have treated nationally as well as internationally known persons. Through her practice, she is taking care of health and well-being of thousands every year. Her experience encompasses entrepreneurship, private practice and teaching. She has offered numerous lectures, seminars and workshops in many health conferences, on radio etc. Dr. Rekha has also written a book, The Panchakarma Reckoner that explains the ancient science and all its aspects in a simple but effective manner.

Ayurvedic Approach In Dermatological Diseases. Hollistic Treatment by Ayurveda, Psoriasis Treatment, Autoimmune Diseases

Dr. Yu Zhi-ling received his undergraduate education at the Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and obtained his PhD degree in biochemistry from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is an associate professor in Hong Kong Baptist University. Dr. Yu is known for his research in herbal pharmacology, focusing on anticancer, anti-inflammatory and melanogenesis-regulating herbs, and in quality control of Chinese medicinal materials.

herbal pharmacology, focusing on anticancer, anti-inflammatory and melanogenesis-regulating herbs, and in quality control of Chinese medicinal materials

João Manuel R. S. Tavares is graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Universidade do Porto, Portugal (1992). He also earned his M.Sc. degree and Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Universidade do Porto in 1995 and 2001, and the Habilitation in Mechanical Engineering in 2015. He is a senior researcher and project coordinator at the Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial (INEGI) and an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP). João Tavares is co-editor of more than 35 books, co-author of more than 30 book chapters, 550 articles in international and national journals and conferences, and 3 international and 2 national patents. He has been a committee member of several international and national journals and conferences, is co-founder and co-editor of the book series “Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics” published by Springer, founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization” published by Taylor & Francis, and co-founder and co-chair of the international conference series: CompIMAGE, ECCOMAS VipIMAGE, ICCEBS and BioDental. Also, he has been (co-)supervisor of several MSc and PhD thesis and supervisor of several post-doc projects, and has participated in many scientific projects both as researcher and as scientific coordinator.

His main research areas include computational vision, medical imaging, computational mechanics, scientific visualization, human-computer interaction and new product development.

• Michelle Tarbox has done her M.D. from Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX in the year 2005. She has done an Internship on Internal Medicine at Cleveland Clinic, St. Louis from 2005 – 2006. She has experienced in Dermatological Care from Dermatology Residency, Cleveland Clinic, St. Louis, MO from 2006 to 2009. She earned a Dermatopathology Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, St. Louis, MO, 2009 – 2010She was an Assistant Professor in Dermatopathology, Dermatology at Saint Louis University from 2010 to 2013. Now she is an Associate Professor in Dermatology at Texas Tech University from 2013.

Dermatopathology, Mohs micrographic surgery, Cosmetics, General dermatology

Dr. Tanja Dominko obtained a DVM at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and a PhD in Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,USA. She was a staff scientist at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center in Portland, Oregon, investigating mechanisms of somatic cell reprogramming in non-human primates.

Cellular reprogramming, Cell transplantation, Skeletal muscle tissue engineering, Regenerative medicine

Gupta obtained D.Phil. Degree in Chemistry from University of Allahabad in 1984 on Polymer Chemistry and has been awarded fellowships by Govt. of France,USSR, Denmark, Poland and Japan under cultural exchange programs of Govt. of India. Prof. Gupta worked as Scientist at IIT. New Delhi and then moved to IIT. Roorkee as Lecturer in 1987 and now working as Professor since 2004. Gupta has published more than 100 research articles in International Journals of PolymerrnScience and actively engaged in guiding PhD and M.Tech students from various streams. He has also supervised research projects funded by DST, CSIR, UGCrnand AICTE, New Delhi, India. Gupta served as member on editorial board of National and International Journals of Polymers and Chemistry. He is a member of several International Scientific Societies including American Chemical Society, Washington and USA.

Kinetics of homo and co polymerization, surface modifications by polymers. Applications of polymers in sensing devices, development of membrane grade polymers for reverse-osmosis technology. Responsive polymers for drug delivery and targeting. Polymers as intelligent and smart material. Deign of polymer supports for catalysts and enzymes. Kinetics and mechanism of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis.

Monica BUTNARIU is a chemist, a graduate of West University of Timisoara, has completed his PhD with title “Researches on the heavy metals content in the Banat’s soils and the consequences on the environment” and postdoctoral Studies: "Formulation and evaluation of dermato–cosmetic products". She is the habilitated doctor of the University of Cluj Napoca. She has published more than 100 papers in reputed journals (41 publications in journals with Impact Factor and indexed in Thomson Reuters from Web of Science Core Collection) and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Food Science, Agricultural Plant Science

Dr Seyed Afshin Shorofi has attained his PhD degree from School of Nursing & Midwifery of Flinders University, where he subsequently started working as Research Associate. H e is currently an Adjunct Research Fellow at Flinders University (South Australia), and an Assistant Professor at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (Iran). Dr Shorofi has been a senior lecturer at medical universities for many years, and is nationally well known for his publications, for which he has won several prizes. He is part of the editorial/advisory board of several peer-reviewed journals. He has been working with various multidisciplinary teams running a variety of workshops for academics, aimed at improving and maintaining the academics’ skills in the context of education as well as research. Dr Shorofi has participated in designing, analyzing and/or reporting a couple of quantitative and qualitative research studies.

Dr Seyed Afshin Shorofi research interests are Aged Care, Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Evidence-based Practices, Holistic Care, Research Issues in Health, Research Methodologies, Pain Management, Palliative Care.

Professor Rodney Sinclair is Professor of Dermatology at the University of Melbourne and Director of SInclair Dermatology. He is Past-President of the Australasian Society for Dermatology Research, the Australasian Hair and Wool Research Society and the Skin and Cancer Foundation of Victoria. Prof Sinclair is the co-author of the section on Dermatology in the Oxford Textbook of Medicine, the Hair Chapters in Rook and Bologna and lead author of Therapeutic Guidelines- Dermatology. He has written 13 textbooks of dermatology, and has over 400 research publications.

Sinclair Dermatology conduct clinical research in psoriasis, hair loss, urticaria, atopic dermatitis, hidradenitis suppurativa, and skin cancer prevention and treatment as well as laboratory research into stem cell biology, regenerative medicine and gene discovery. .

Kimberly Purdy Lloyd, BS (Pre-med), MS (Welch Scholar) utilizes her expertise in Applied Biochemistry and Immunology to gain deeper understanding of how naturally derived ingredients may support health benefits. She collaborates and helps design protocols with scientific experts in basic and clinical research to understand functionality, safety and efficacy of novelty ingredients and product formulations. She is Executive Research and Development Scientist for LifePharm Inc., Lake Forest, CA, providing the liaison between academia and the company to bring quality scientific knowledge towards formulation and testing ingredients that may prove beneficial in cosmetic, medical device and dietary supplement formulations. She provides interpretation of scientific discoveries and studies for educational purposes for consumers, health-care professionals and the business community to enhance their understanding of ingredient information, use and benefit when merited.

Dana Buchbut have recently graduated from the MIT Sloan School of Management and she is the Founder and CEO of Fortress, a startup that is building the next generation medical billing fraud and abuse detection platform for the healthcare industry. Prior to MIT, She earned an MD from Tel-Aviv University and practiced Dermatology and Venereology (STDs) in Israel, at the two biggest hospitals, the Ministry of Health and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR). As part of her role at the Ministry of Health and Physicians for Human Rights, she led mobile clinics designed to provide free medical services to sex workers and Palestinians respectively. In addition, she held the position of Lieutenant at the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). She is passionate about delivering better care to patients and finding novel ways to utilize technology and science for what matters the most our health.

Daniel de Rossi Fattaccioliis the member of the American Academy of dermatology , International Society of Peeling ISP, Argentina Dermatology Society , Cilad Coligeo Iberolatino Mericano of Dermatology , Peruvian Society of Dermatology. He is the Principal Professor of Dermatology National University of Tacna “Jorge basadre Grossman” and particular university of Tacna. Ex President of Peruvian Society of Dermatology.

Karen Sinclair Drake is the Founder and creator of skincare brand SOPHYTO and leads their talented Ethical Sustainable Science Laboratories based in the UK, from the HQ in California. With a love of textiles and vintage fabrics, Karen attended the same design college as iconic fashion designer Zandra Rhodes, the Kent Institute of Art. However, Karen was equally passionate about sustainability, re-cycling and the footprint we leave on the planet which ultimately lead her to create the now hugely successful range of natural skin care products, SOPHYTO.

Dr Sarath N Bodapati graduated from James Cook University with MBBS (hons) in 2014. He currently works at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital as a Resident Medical Officer. As an aspiring dermatologist, Dr Bodapati is interested in medical dermatology, and is actively involved with research.

Emily Shao graduated from the University of Queensland with a BSc/MBBS in 2015. She is currently working at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital as an intern and is completing a Masters of Public Health at the University of Sydney. An aspiring dermatologist, Dr Shao is actively involved with dermatology-related research.

Dr. Kwan-Kyu Park, M.D., Ph.D., now is a professor of pathology, a chief of the pathology laboratory in college of medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, based in Daegu, Republic of Korea. Prof. Park has published over 300 papers about various inflammatory disease and pathology. He is an expert in kidney and liver pathology and his main research interest is inflammatory diseases including dermatitis. He is also interested in therapeutic effects of bee venom and its component on various diseases. The papers he published about bee venom are over 30. Further, he has been studied about gene therapy using oligodeoxynucleotide decoy and siRNA. Currently, Dr. Park Kwan-Kyu leads 8 members of the pathology laboratory, and works as a specialist for Daegu Catholic University Medical Center.

Farouk A.H. AL-Watban is the President World Academy for Laser Applications (WALA) and Formerly Principal Scientist, Medical Laser Unit, Research Centre in King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center. He completed his Ph.d from Heriot-Watt University, College of Engineering and physical Science, Edinburgh, U.K. He is the fellow of American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. Member of International Photodynamic Association, The Royal South Hants Hospital, South Hampton, U.K.

Emily Shao graduated from the University of Queensland with a BSc/MBBS in 2015. She is currently working at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital as an intern and is completing a Masters of Public Health at the University of Sydney. An aspiring dermatologist, Dr Shao is actively involved with dermatology-related research.

Professor/Chief Consultant Surgeon, FWACS, FICS, University of Calabar/University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, (UCTH),Calabar, Nigeria. Served as the Head of Department of Surgery, University of Calabar, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, and Dentistry and currently Provost College of Medical Sciences. His major research interest is dermatological oncology. Head of the Oncology unit of UCTH, Calabar, Nigeria. Attended several International and Local conferences, presented several papers on dermatological oncology and member of Dermatology-2014/ 2015-Organising Committee. He pioneered research resulting in over 80 publications.

Farrokh Khosravi has completed his Fellowship of Rheumatology in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. He is a part time Assistant Professor of Medicine. His field of interest is autoimmune skin diseases and he has published papers in the field of Behcet's disease and Multicentric Reticulohistiocytosis in reputed journals and served as a Reviewer for Journal of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences and Rheumatology Research Journal.

Stef Stienstra is a strategic and creative development manager in biomedical science with parallel career in science journalism, which has resulted in an extensive international network and lots of valuable pharmaceutical and biotech information. Extensive practical experience in microbiology, immunology and blood transfusion. Due to natural business acumen and negotiation competence a successful starter of new businesses. Ability to create unexpected but fruitful matches between unrelated businesses. Stimulating personality, who helps co-workers to excel. Competence is not limited to biomedical science only. Military specialist on chem- and bioterrorism. Internationally successful in consulting at top-level management, due to good understanding of science combined with excellent skills in communication with non-specialists. Skilled in writing reports under time stress.He Performed pioneering work in biomedical research, established dedicated research and quality control research environments. The first in the world to use flow-cytometry in blood bank routine quality control (1989).Pioneer in gene-vaccination, Validated new diagnostics and prototypes of clinical analysers.Organiser of scientific meetings and gives frequent scientific presentations,Lecturer for the Dutch Police Academy for chem- and bio-terrorism scenarios.

Dermatology, Military medicine and in CBRNe science & Consequence Management.

Takashiro AKITSU, PhD is a full Professor for the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Division II at Tokyo University of Science. He completed his under graduate school training (chemistry) from Osaka University, Japan and his graduate school training (physical & inorganic chemistry, especially coordination, crystal and bioinorganic chemistry) from Osaka University, Japan. Dr. Akitsu has published up to about 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has had posters presented at international level. He has been a peer reviewer of many journals and acted an organizing committee of several international conferences.

Absorption of light by metal complexes and their hybrid materials

Dr. Clemens Esche is a dermatologist in Allentown, Pennsylvania and is affiliated with Pocono Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Medizinische Fakultat: Startseite - Universitat zu Koln and has been in practice for 22 years. Dr. Esche accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 2 doctors at Pocono Medical Center who specialize in Dermatology. He also speaks multiple languages, including German

General Dermatology, Cosmetic Dermatology

Amir Feily is dermatologist and researcher in Skin and Stem Cell research Center of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran and Department of Dermatology of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran. He is the member of editorial Board of Journal Dermatology Report, Journal of Pigmentary disorder , Aperito Journal of Dermatology , Journal of Drug Metabolism and Toxicology, International Journal of Dermatology Research and Therapy and Associated editor of Asian Journal of Dermatology. He is also the reviewer of many dermatologic journals such as British Journal of Dermatology (BJD), International Journal of Dermatology (IJD),Clinical Experimental dermatology(CED), Journal of European Academy of Dermatology (JEADV) and etc. He has More than 85 high quality papers in Dermatology and Pharmacology. His recent two awards were 2013 Global Education Award, granted by International Society of Dermatology (IJD) and Imrich Sarkani Non-European Memorial award Granted By European Academy of Dermatology at 23rd EADV Congress Amsterdam, the Netherland 2014. Dr.Amir Feily also was awarded as the best young investigator in the country in all area of medical Sciences in the 22th Razi Research Festival in Iran, 2017. Razi Medical Sciences Research Festival was founded in 1995 after the name of the great Iranian physician, chemist, pharmacist, and philosopher, Razi who lived in the 9th century CE.

Dermatology: Vitiligo, Melasma, Psoriasis and hair transplant Pharmacology: New Drugs and Mechanisms and New Hypothesis Immunology and Autoimmune Disorders Pruritus

Dr. Fazeela Abbasi is a specialist dermatologist and originator and chief of DFA skin, hair and laser Institute. She is thought to be an expert on lasers and propelled stylish methods like fillers and botox. Subsequent to finishing her therapeutic school at Nishtar Medical College she continued seeking after her postgraduation capability in clinical dermatology from Saint Johns Institute of dermatology, Kings College London, the widely acclaimed's dermatology establishment. She finished her residency from Saint Thomas and Guys Hospital London. After that she joined MD dermatology and finished her doctorate in pharmaceutical enhancing her instructive vocation with the most prestigious capability in the field of dermatology.

Cosmetic & Aesthetic Dermatology.

Ariel Beresniak is Medical Doctor specialized in Public Health, with a master's degree in Economics and a PhD in applied mathematics. He also hold an Accreditation to Supervise Research (HDR), the French highest academic diploma allowing to supervise PhD students. Ariel Beresniak was pioneer of developing methodologies in Outcome Research and Public health. He is author of several reference books in Public Health and Health Economics including book "Health Economics" (Elsevier Masson) published in French and Portugues, two dictionaries in Health Economics (Elsevier Masson= published in French and Spanish, and one dictionary of terms used in health industries (Flammarion Medicine Sciences) published in French. He is also coauthor of "Understanding Pharmacoeconomics" (John Libbey) published in French and "Pharmacoeconomics" (Elsevier Japan) published in Japanese. He has published more than 80 articles in peer review scientific journals mainly in the field of Outcome research, risk assessment and cost-effectiveness. Ariel Beresniak is Chief Executive Officer of Data Mining International, an independant research agency based in Geneva, Switzerland, specialized in advanced data analytics and value demonstration for innovation.

Public health and Pharmacoeconomics

Dr. Haffner has concluded his medicine study and his doctorate in Budapest, Hungary in 1979 and he became a specialised general surgeon in 1985. Since 2000 he opened his own outpatient private clinic for aesthetic-plastic surgery in Cologne, Germany. He has specialised in the cosmetic surgery of the face and the breast and of the intimate surgery. Dr. Haffner owns the Hungarian and German specialist\'s recognition of the surgery and vascular surgery. He passed the european examination cosmetic surgery and he is a board certified cosmetic surgeon of the International Board of Cosmetic Surgery in Cambridge, UK.

Aesthetic-Plastic surgery

Nooshin Bagherani is dermatologist and master of international law. She is independent researcher at Dr. Nooshin Bagherani’s office, Khoramshahr, Iran. She also is annual professor at Università DEGLI STUDI GUGLIELMO MARCONI, Rome, Italy. she is the founder and Editor of "The World's Greatest Dermatology Atlas". She is on editorial board of many journals such as Dermatologic Therapy, Global Dermatology, Journal of Procedural Dermatology, Journal of Clinical & Experimental Pathology, Cosmetology & Oro Facial Surgery, Oral Health Case Reports, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Venereology and Cosmetology, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, OA Dermatology, Medical Sciences, and Health Sciences Research. Furthermore, she collaborates with many journals as reviewer such as Dermatologic Therapy, Global Dermatology, Journal of Pigmentary Disorders, International Journal of Clinical Medicine Research, International Journal of STD & AIDS, Pharmacologia, and Journal of Clinical & Experimental Pathology. Currently with accompanying Prof. Bruce R Smoller, she is guest editor of special issue entitled “The history of novel dermatology and dermatopathology in different countries” related to the journal of “ Global Dermatology”.

Dermatology, Cosmetology, Venereology, Oro facial surgery, Dermatologic therapy, Pigmentary disorders