April 2022 Monthly Conference
 Wednesday, April 13, 2020
Meeting Host: Stroger Hospital of Cook County
Meeting location: Gleacher Center
- Member registration: CLICK HERE
- Member log-in required -- The registration deadline is April 11 at 8 a.m.
- Residents & Dermatology Fellows -- At the request of your department chair, all residents are automatically registered. However if you are not attending, please contact the CDS office by email - [email protected] so we can take you off the list.
- Medical Students: Register Medical Students Here
Please note this important deadline: Registrations submitted after 8 a.m. Monday, April 11 are considered "late." After that time, advance registrations will be closed; please contact the CDS office if you wish to submit a late registration.
This Month's Guest Speaker
Arturo Dominguez, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology and Department of Internal Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Dr. Dominguez specializes in complex medical dermatology, autoimmune blistering diseases, teledermatology, and hospital dermatology, and he founded the inpatient dermatology consult service for UT Southwestern-affiliated hospitals. He earned his undergraduate degree at Princeton University and his medical degree at UT Southwestern. He completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Washington School of Medicine and then a dermatology residency at UT Southwestern.
His research focuses primarily on autoimmune blistering diseases, teledermatology, inpatient dermatology, and community health education interventions. He has published a number of scholarly articles and delivered more than 50 research-related presentations. He takes part in UT Southwestern-based clinical trials to evaluate diseases such as severe cutaneous drug reactions and autoimmune blistering diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris. Dr. Dominguez attends on the internal medicine teaching service at Parkland Hospital and is active in residency education in that department. He is a member of the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Dermatology.
CME Conflict of Interest Disclosure: The speaker's conflict of interest disclosure will be made at the time of the conference.
This Month's Program
View the protocol book - CLICK HERE (member log-in required) Available on approximately April 11th
Program Activities
8:00 a.m.
Meeting registration desk opens; continental breakfast & exhibitors
Gleacher Conference Center
450 N. Cityfront Plaza Dr., Chicago.
All conference activities will take place on the 6th floor
8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Clinical Rounds
Patient/Slide Viewing & Posters
Exhibit area open
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Morning Lecture -
"Calciphylaxis Updates in Controversies, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment"
Arturo Dominquez, MD
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Break and visit with exhibitors
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Case Presentations & Discussion and MOC Self-assessment Questions
Stroger Hospital of Cook County Residents
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Box lunches & visit with exhibitors
12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
CDS Business meeting
1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Barsky Lecture -
"Questions in infectious disease prophylaxis in immunosuppressed dermatological patients"
Arturo Dominquez, MD
2:15 p.m. -- Final Comments
2:30 p.m. -- Meeting adjourns
Meeting Site
The April meeting take place on the 6th floor of the Gleacher Center, the University of Chicago's business school conference center in downtown Chicago. It is located at 450 Cityfront Plaza Drive on the Chicago River west of Columbus Drive. The NBC Tower is immediately adjacent to the Gleacher Center.
Although we are not able to offer discounted parking through CDS, most of the parking lots nearby have attractive "early bird" pricing.
- CLICK HERE to view maps provided by the Gleacher Center
- View a Google Map showing the Gleacher Center location
Meeting Registration
CLICK HERE to access the online member registration form. (Member log-in required.)
So that we can better plan the meeting, please register no later than 8 a.m. on Monday, April 11. Registrations received after that time are considered late. Attendees who pre-register will be guaranteed a protocol book and lunch. Those who register late normally will receive these items, but it is not guaranteed.
Annual CDS dues includes attendance at the monthly meeting. There is no charge for members in good standing with paid dues. Residents & fellows in training are not charged, and they are automatically registered for each meeting. (Residents who are unable to attend are asked to contact the CDS office so we can make the appropriate adjustments.)
Educational Items
Course Director: Joerg Albrecht, MD; Chair, Stroger Hospital
Target Audience: Practicing dermatologists, dermatology residents and fellows.
Conference participants are asked to turn in their CME attendance form and evaluation form before leaving the meeting. A CME credit certificate will be mailed following the conference. Residents also must return the attendance form in order to be marked "present." Thank you for your assistance in this important activity.
Questions? Need more information?
Contact the Chicago Dermatological Society office:
Richard H. Paul, executive director
10 W. Phillip Rd., Suite 120
Vernon Hills, IL 60061-1730
Phone: 847-680-1666
Fax: 847-680-1682
Email: R[email protected]
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