Academic Programme Outline*

The Westin Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
20th to 22nd October, 2025

*Subject to minor changes. 

Monday, 20th October

07:30 – 08:30  

Registration

 Venue – Ballroom  

08:30 – 08:40

Opening & welcome

08:40 – 10:00

ERRORS MADE, LESSONS LEARNED – Moderator: Philip LeBoit (U.S.A.)

  • 08:40 – 08:57 | “My Back Pages” – Philip LeBoit (U.S.A.)
  • 08:57 – 09:14 | [Topic to be confirmed –  Omar Sangüeza (U.S.A.)]
  • 09:14 – 09:31 | “A Mistake” –  Maxwell Fung (U.S.A.)
  • 09:31 – 09:48 | Lessons learned from bland appearing sweat gland tumours –  Thomas Brenn (U.S.A.)
  • 09:48 – 10:00 | Questions and answers

10:00 – 10:30  

Coffee Break

 Venue – Ballroom  

10:30 – 11:50  

PEARLS & GEMS FROM THE EXPERTS – MORE CLUES, CLUES, CLUES – Moderator: Anjela Galan (U.S.A.)

  • 10:30 – 10:45 | Pearls and gems in the epidermis – Dieter Metze (Germany)
  • 10:45 – 11:00 | Uncovering the Crown: Hidden Gems in Alopecia Diagnostics – Catherine Stefanato  (U.K.)
  • 11:00 – 11:15 | Cutaneous Lesions That Preferentially Affect the Eyelid and Periorbital Region – Sylvia Pasternak (Canada)
  • 11:15 – 11:30 | Histological Clues to Dermatitis Artefacta – Arti Bakshi (UK)
  • 11:30 – 11:45 | Epidermal Dysmaturation: A Closer Look – Anjela Galan (U.S.A)
  • 11:45 – 11:50 | Questions and answers

11:50 – 13:00  

CUTANEOUS SOFT TISSUE TUMOURS – AN UPDATE – Moderator: Rajiv Patel (U.S.A.)

  • 11:50 – 12:05 | Naevus, Melanoma or Something Else? Soft Tissue Tumors with Melanocytic Differentiation – Konstantinos Linos (U.S.A.)
  • 12:05 – 12:20 | Immunohistochemical Pearls and Patterns in Superficial Mesenchymal Neoplasms – Ahmed Alomari (U.S.A.)
  • 12:20 – 12:35 | Acral Mesenchymal Neoplasms: Classic and Emerging Entities – Carina Dehner (U.S.A.)
  • 12:35 – 12:50 | Cutaneous Epithelioid Vascular Tumors: Novel Insights and Diagnostic Advances  – Eleni Ieremia (U.K.)
  • 12:50 – 13:00 | Questions and answers

13:00 – 14:00  

Lunch

 Venue – Ballroom  

13:00 – 14:00   

I.S.D.P. Executive Committee Meeting

14:00 – 15:00  

WHAT IS NEW IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES? – Moderator: Martin Sangüeza (Bolivia)

  • 14:00 – 14:14 | Intriguing infectious dermatoses – Sujay Kandpur (India)
  • 14:14 – 14:28 | What’s new in fungal infections: a brief update – Alvaro Laga (U.S.A.)
  • 14:28 – 14:42| Filariasis in South-east Asia – Panitta Sitthinamsuwan (Thailand)
  • 14:42 – 14:56 | Infectious diseases cases from South America – Martin Sangüeza (Bolivia)
  • 14:56 – 15:00 | Questions and answers

15:00 – 16:00  

UPDATE ON ADVERSE CUTANEOUS DRUG REACTIONS – Moderator: Phyu Aung  (U.S.A.)

  • 15:00 – 15:18 | Histologic Patterns of Mogamulizumab-Associated Rash (MAR) – Christina Mitteldorf (Germany)
  • 15:20 – 15:36 | Overview of the Most Recent Advances in Immunotherapy – Ana Mercedes Ciurea (U.S.A.)
  • 15:36 – 15:54 | Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions (SCARs) and Their Mimics: Diagnostic Challenges in Clinical Practice – Penvadee Pattanaprichakul (Thailand)
  • 15:54 – 16:00 | Questions and answers

16:00 – 16:30    

Coffee Break

 Venue – Ballroom  

16:30 – 18:30   

SLIDE SEMINAR – Part 1 – Moderators: Joyce Lee (Singapore), Aleodor (Doru) Andea (U.S.A.)

  • 16:30 – 16:40 | Case 1: Ann Fleming (U.K)
  • 16:40 – 16:50 | Case 2: Ben Tallon (New Zealand)
  • 16:50 – 17:00 | Case 3: Marijke van Dijk (Netherlands)
  • 17:00 – 17:10 | Case 4: Tirelo Pitjadi (South Africa)
  • 17:10 – 17:20 | Case 5: Reem El Bahtimi (U.A.E)
  • 17:20 – 17:30 | Case 6: Yamile Corredoira Salum (Chile)
  • 17:30 – 17:40 | Case 7: Jayson Miedema (USA)
  • 17:40 – 17:50 | Case 8: Mirna Bradamante (Croatia)
  • 17:50 – 18:00 | Case 9: Laszlo Karai (U.S.A)
  • 18:00 – 18110 | Case 10: Johann Schneider (South Africa)
  • 18:10 – 18:20 | Case 11: José Carlos Cardoso (Portugal)
  • 18:20 – 18:30 | Case 12: Daniel Zuriel (Kenya)

18:45 – 20:00   

Welcome Reception

Tuesday, 21st October

07:30 – 08:30  

Registration

  Venue – Ballroom 

08:30 – 10:00

DERMATOPATHOLOGY AT THE CUTTING EDGE – Moderator: Rossitza Lazova (U.S.A.), Maxwell Fung (U.S.A.)

  • 08:30 – 08:44 | New classification of alopecia – Curtis Thompson (U.S.A.)
  • 08:44 – 08:58 | Profile of inflammatory cytokines in chronic skin diseases: The cutting edge of Dermatopathology through immunohistochemistry and new tools – Franco Rongioletti (Italy)
  • 08:58 – 09:12 | Below the yellow: Xanthomas and histiocytoses – Eray Zhou (China)
  • 09:12 – 09:26 | When immunosuppression meets infection: Diagnostic pitfalls in dermatopathology – Rute Lellis (Brazil)
  • 09:26 – 09:40 |The blues and reds of granulomas – Uma Nahar (India)
  • 09:40 – 09:54 |Digital pathology – Laszlo Igali (U.K.)
  • 09:54 – 10:00 | Questions and answers

10:00 – 10:30  

Coffee Break

  Venue – Ballroom 

10:30 – 11:50  

PAEDIATRIC DERMATOPATHOLOGY – Moderators: Tammie Ferringer (U.S.A.), Sylvie Fraitag (France)

  • 10:30 – 10:45 | Longitudinal melanonychia – Isabelle Moulonguet (France)
  • 10:45 – 11:00 | Desmosomal acantholysis – Dieter Metze (Germany)
  • 11:00 – 11:15 | ALK histiocytosis – Dominique Berrebi (France)
  • 11:15 – 11:30 | Paediatric NTRK-rearranged spindle cell neoplasm: what to expect of this “new” tumour in the skin?– Philippe Drabent (France)
  • 11:30 – 11:45 | Pediatric vascular tumors with lymphatic differentiation: A spectrum of entities with distinct clinical and pathological features– Sylvie Fraitag (France)
  • 11:45 – 12:00 | Questions and answers

11:50 – 12:00

UPDATE ON XLV SYMPOSIUM OF THE I.S.D.P. – LONDON, 2026 – Catherine Stefanato (U.K.)

12:00 – 13:00  

ORAL ABSTRACTS – Moderators: Christine Ahn (U.S.A.), Adam Botha (South Africa)

  • 12:00 – 12:08 | Clinico-pathological concordance of skin diseases – Omokhaye Excel Ogunbor (Nigeria)
  • 12:08 – 12:16 | Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii: A Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Public Sector Perspective – Absalom Mwazha (South Africa)
  • 12:16 – 12:24 | Keratoacanthoma regression and outcomes: A retrospective review of 328 cases – David Mattis (U.S.A)
  • 12:24 – 12:30 | Questions and answers)
  • 12:30 – 12:38 | Molecular Classifier for Early MF Diagnosis – Natalie Garzorz-Stark (Germany)
  • 12:38 – 12:46 | Future of Digital Diagnostics: Structural imaging to quantitative explainable precision AI – Bernd Rolauffs (Germany)
  • 12:46 – 12:54 | Leprosy in Central South Africa: A Case Series – Ruben Bernardus van Wyk (South Africa)
  • 12:54 – 13:00 | Questions and answers

13:00 – 14:00  

Lunch

  Venue – Ballroom 

14:00 – 15:00  

SKIN ADNEXAL NEOPLASMS – WHAT’S NEW? – Moderator: Thomas Brenn (U.S.A.)

  • 14:00 – 14:13 | Lessons from near misses in the diagnosis of sweat gland tumors – Scott Bresler (U.S.A.)
  • 14:13 – 14:26 | New IHC and molecular tools for the diagnosis of skin adnexal tumours – Rosalynn Nazarian (U.S.A.)
  • 14:26 – 14:39 | New developments in skin adnexal tumors – Cynthia Heffron (Ireland)
  • 14:39 – 14:52 | The spectrum of sebaceous neoplasms – Ingrid Ferreira (Belgium)
  • 14:52 – 15:00 | Questions and answers

15:00 – 16:00  

ACKERMAN LECTURE – Moderator: Wayne Grayson (South Africa)

  • “Thinking Up A Hurricane” – Martinique (Nikki) Stilwell

16:00 – 16:30    

Coffee Break

  Venue – Ballroom 

16:30 – 18:30   

SLIDE SEMINAR – Part 2 – Moderators: Joyce Lee (Singapore), Aleodor (Doru) Andea (U.S.A.)

  • 16:30 – 16:40 | Case 13: Philip Shapiro (U.S.A)
  • 16:40 – 16:50 | Case 14: Oana Crainic (Australia)
  • 16:50 – 17:00 | Case 15: Gabriel Casas (Argentina)
  • 17:00 – 17:10 | Case 16: David Cassarino (U.S.A)
  • 17:10 – 17:20 | Case 17: Katrin Kerl-French (Germany)
  • 17:20 – 17:30 | Case 18: Suat Hoon Tan (Singapore)
  • 17:30 – 17:40 | Case 19: Brian Schapiro (U.S.A)
  • 17:40 – 17:50 | Case 20: Thiago Jeunon de Sousa Vargas (Brazil)
  • 17:50 – 18:00 | Case 21: Carlos Prieto Granada (U.S.A)
  • 18:00 – 18110 | Case 22: Gauri Panse (U.S.A)
  • 18:10 – 18:20 | Case 23: Richard Carr (U.K)
  • 18:20 – 18:30 | Case 24: Kudakwashe Maloney (U.S.A)

18:30 – 19:00  

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE I.S.D.P. – Chair: Aleodor (Doru) Andea (U.S.A.)

20:00 – 22:00  

Gala Dinner

Wednesday, 22nd October

07:30 – 08:30  

Registration

    Venue – Ballroom  

08:30 – 10:00

CUTANEOUS HAEMATOLYMPHOID NEOPLASMS – AN UPDATE – Moderators: Carlos Torres Cabala (U.S.A.), Jakki Junkins-Hopkins (U.S.A.)

  • 08:30 – 08:45 | Unusual clinical presentations of cutaneous lymphoma – Jacqueline Junkins-Hopkins (U.S.A.)
  • 08:45 – 09:00 | Unusual histopathological presentations of cutaneous lymphoma – Carlos Torres-Cabala (U.S.A.)
  • 09:00 – 09:15 | EBV-related lymphoid proliferations – Martin Sangueza (Bolivia)
  • 09:15 – 09:30 | A practical approach to the diagnosis of cutaneous lymphoproliferations – Werner Kempf (Switzerland)
  • 09:30 – 09:45 | A practical approach to the diagnosis of cutaneous lymphoproliferations – Christina Mitteldorf (Germany)
  • 09:45 – 10:00 | Questions and answers

10:00 – 10:30  

Coffee Break

    Venue – Ballroom  

10:30 – 13:00  

UPDATE IN MELANOCYTIC LESIONS – Moderators: Victor Prieto (U.S.A.), Johann Schneider (South Africa)

  • 10:30 – 10:50 | WHO classification overview – Aleodor (Doru) Andea (U.S.A.)
  • 10:50 – 11:10 | Spitz lesions – Alessio Giubellino (U.S.A.)
  • 11:10 – 11:30 | Concept of Melanocytoma – Gerardo Cazzato (Italy)
  • 11:30 – 11:45 | Break
  • 11:45 – 12:05 | Nail and acral lesions – Ursula Sass (Belgium)
  • 12:05 – 12:25 | Neoadjuvant therapy – Carlos Torres Cabala (U.S.A.)
  • 12:25 – 12:45 | Undifferentiated and transdifferentiated melanomas – Victor Prieto (U.S.A.)
  • 12:45 – 13:00 | Questions and answers

13:00 – 14:00  

Lunch

    Venue – Ballroom  

14:00 – 16:00  

EMERGING STARS IN DERMATOPATHOLOGY – Moderators: Omar Sangüeza (U.S.A.)

  • 14:00 – 14:22 | Dermatopathologic emergencies  – Heath Blankenship (U.S.A.)
  • 14:22 – 14:44 | Topic to be confirmed  – Cecilia Lezcano (U.S.A
  • 14:44 – 15:06 | The Many Faces of Acquired Interferon-Gamma Antibody Syndrome: What Dermatopathologists Need To Know  – Joel Lim (Singapore)
  • 15:06 – 15:28 | Practical approaches to frozen sections in dermatopathology  – Christine Ahn (U.S.A.)
  • 15:28 – 15:50 | Revisiting squamous cell carcinoma: Historical, contemporary, and future landscape – Raúl Pisano (Chile)
  • 15:50 – 16:00 | Questions and answers

16:00 – 16:30    

Coffee Break

    Venue – Ballroom  

16:30 – 17:30   

MULTICONTINENTAL MATCH – Moderators: Omar Sangüeza (U.S.A.), Christine Ahn (U.S.A.)

17:30 – 17:40  

Close of Meeting