Registration is now open for the ODAC Dermatology Conference, which is slated to take place January 16–19, 2026, in Orlando, FL, at the Omni Orlando at ChampionsGate.
The four-day ODAC conference will feature medical, surgical, and cosmetic hands-on workshops and comprehensive updates and practical takeaways that address a wide range of dermatologic concerns, including inflammatory skin diseases, skin cancer, vulvar dermatoses, hidradenitis suppurativa, hair loss, and more.
At this year’s meeting, TDD X ODAC meeting correspondents Mina Farah and Nikkia Zarabian, Fellows at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Washington, DC, will be on-site covering key sessions and posters.
Among the expected highlights:
In medical dermatology, Ronda S. Farah, MD, FAAD, Associate Professor of Dermatology at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN, will present “Strands of Clarity: Mastering the Hair and Scalp Exam.”
In addition to live demonstrations, attendees will have the opportunity to develop their skills in real time during hands-on workshops led by faculty. Two new workshops for 2026 include “Getting Your Hand Around Hidradenitis Suppurativa: An Interactive Medical–Surgical Hands-On Workshop” and “Beyond the Books: The DermSurg Workshop.”
“In the dynamic and ever-evolving world of medical and procedural dermatology, what truly sets the ODAC 2026 hands-on sessions apart is this: method becomes muscle memory in real time as our expert faculty guide your hand (not literally) through an array of practical procedures,” says ODAC Conference Co-Chair Adam Friedman, MD, FAAD, Professor and Chair of Dermatology at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Washington, DC, in a news release. “These immersive workshops transform book knowledge into competence, and competence into confident application of learned skills on the following Tuesday when you are back in your practice.”
In cosmetic dermatology, a two-part aesthetic workshop will feature simultaneous live injection demonstrations and cadaver dissection. While New Orleans, LA-based dermatologist Sarah Jackson, MD, FAAD, performs live injections, Robyn Siperstein, MD, FAAD, Founder of Siperstein Dermatology in Boca Raton & Boynton Beach, FL, will guide attendees through the anatomical structures on cadaver dissection, offering insights into safety zones, injection depth, and complication prevention.
ODAC will also offer several live injectable demonstrations and a hands-on aesthetic skills lab for young dermatologists and dermatology residents. ODAC will also provide resident-focused sessions, including a three-party board review workshop in collaboration with Dermatology In-Review (DIR).
“ODAC delivers an unparalleled blend of clinical depth and truly practical strategies that clinicians can implement immediately,” says Vishal A. Patel, MD, FACMS, ODAC’s Guest Advisor for Surgical Dermatology and an Associate Professor of Dermatology at the GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences and the Director of the Cutaneous Oncology Program at the GW Cancer Center in Washington, D.C. “The hands-on workshops stand out among dermatology meetings, and the focused content for early-career physicians provides an especially strong foundation for those beginning to build their practice. I’m honored to help advise a meeting that consistently elevates dermatologic education and empowers physicians at every stage.”
Registration is available at orlandoderm.org. Up to 26.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, AAPA Category 1 CME credits, and Continuing Nursing Education credits are available.
ODAC is a product of SanovaWorks, the publisher of Journal of Drugs in Dermatology (JDD) and the producer of Skin of Color Update and Pigmentary Disorders Exchange Symposium. SanovaWorks is a partner of Medscape.
