Learning Objectives:

1.    Identify the importance of questioning prevailing medical dogma; Differentiate medical tenets based on medical opinion from those that are evidenced based; Recognize the importance of referring to the medical literature to confirm the validity of long held beliefs published in medical textbooks and/or expressed by other medical professionals – Eisen
2.    Discuss how to approach HS management both medically and surgically; Understand how to use the “Scratch Test” to differentiate SK vs melanocytic lesions; Understand how to use the “Alcohol Wipe Test” to detect basal cell carcinomas– Orlowski
3.    Identify common comorbidities of pediatric hidradenitis suppurativa (HS); Discuss when and how to screen for comorbidities in the setting of pediatric HS; Discuss treatment considerations for pediatric patients with HS- Shen
4.    Outline the Rheumatologic Dermatology and Multidisciplinary Lupus Clinics; Review select elements of Shapiro clinic operations - Lam

Disclosures:

Christina Lam, MD, Presenter, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose

Gregory Orlowski, MD, Presenter, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose

Richard Eisen, MD, Presenter, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose

Lisa Shen, MD, Presenter, is a Site PI for clinical trial with Pfizer. 

Faculty member: Lisa Shen, MD, does plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product: ustekinumab, infliximab