Advances in Hair Disorders

Program

Earn CME Credits

An application has been made to the Lebanese Order of Physicians to grant CME credits. 

Free Registration


Saturday May 3, 2025
Location: LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital, Auditorium D, 5th floor 
& Online via WebEx (exclusively for international guests)

Time Details
10:00 - 10:30 Onsite registration 
10:30- 10:40 Welcome and Opening Remarks:
Zeina Tannous, MD - Professor & Chair, Department of Dermatology, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, LB
Session 1
Moderators: 		 Zeina Tannous, MD - Professor & Chair, Department of Dermatology, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, LB
Selim Nasser, MD - Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Pathology, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, LB

10:40- 11:05 

Lecture 1: Exploring Alopecia: A dermatopathologist’s approach to hair loss

Presented by
Elie Saliba, MD - Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, LB
11:05- 11:30

Lecture 2: Trichoscopy: a Comprehensive Overview

Presented by
Joelle El Hakim, MD - The Skin Clinic and The Hair Clinic, LB 
11:30- 11:40  Q&A
Session 2
Moderators: 		 Jinane El Khoury, MD - Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, LB
Ahmad Berjawi, MD - Department of Dermatology at Clemenceau Medical Center & Department of Dermatology at Bellevue Medical Center, LB
11:40-12:00

Lecture 3: Common hair disorders in the pediatric population

Presented by
Remie Chrabieh, MD -  Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati, Director of the Hair and Nail Clinic at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Pediatric Resident Education Director at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, USA
12:00 - 12:20

Lecture 4: Decoding Genetic Hair Disorders

Presented by
Jinia El-Feghaly, MD - Pediatric Dermatology at the University of Rochester, USA
12:20- 12:30 Q&A
12:30- 13:20 Lunch Break
 
Session 3
Moderators: 		 Zeina Tannous, MD - Professor & Chair, Department of Dermatology, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, LB
Farah El Chaer, MD - Dermatology, Laser & Cosmetics Private Clinic, LB
13:20- 13:40

Lecture 5: Laser and Hair

Zeina Tannous, MD - Professor & Chair, Department of Dermatology, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, LB
13:40- 14:00

Lecture 6: Restore and regrow: Exploring treatments for Androgenetic Alopecia

Presented by
Bader Zimmo, MD, FRCPC, DABD - Assistant Professor of Dermatology at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
14:00- 14:30

Lecture 7: Hair Transplantation for Women and Men

Presented by
Marc Avram, MD - Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medical School/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA
14:30- 14:50 Q&A
14:50- 15:10 Coffee Break 
Session 4
Moderators: 		 Jinane El Khoury, MD - Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, LB
Elie Saliba, MD - Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, LB
15:10- 15:40

Lecture 8: JAK inhibitors in Alopecia Areata

Presented by
Carlos Gustavo Wambier, MD, PhD - Associate Professor of Dermatology, Clinician Educator in the Department of Dermatology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Director of the Center for Lasers and Aesthetics & Medical Director of Clinical Trials at Brown Dermatology Inc., USA
15:40- 15:50 Q&A
Session 5
Moderators: 		 Zeina Tannous, MD - Professor & Chair, Department of Dermatology, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, LB
Elie Saliba, MD - Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, LB
15:50- 16:40

Lecture 9: Clinical overview of scarring Alopecia

Presented by
Lynne J. Goldberg, MD - Professor Emeritus of Dermatology at the Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and Dermatopathologist at DermDX New England, Sonic Healthcare, USA
16:40- 16:50 Q&A
16:50-17:00 Closing Remarks: 
Zeina Tannous, MD - Professor & Chair, Department of Dermatology, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, LB


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LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
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