AGENDA

2026 Agenda

Friday, August 14th

Time Session
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Resident Day
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM NP/PA Alopecia Bootcamp
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Non-Scarring and Scarring Alopecia 101
2:00 PM – Diagnosis and Workup of Non-Scarring Alopecia (Joseph Fakhoury, MD)
2:25 PM – Diagnosis and Workup of Scarring Alopecia (Tiffany Mayo, MD)
2:50 PM – 3:00 PM – Q&A
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Non-CME Product Theater
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Non-CME Unbranded Symposium Product Theater
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CME Sessions
5:00 PM – Social Media Trends in Alopecia Panel (Loren Krueger, MD)
5:30 PM – Hair Transplant 101 for the Clinician: Assessing Candidates and Counseling Patients for Hair Transplant (Nicole Rogers, MD)
5:50 PM – Q&A
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Welcome and Networking Reception

Saturday, August 15th

Time Session
7:00 AM Registration Opens
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Non-CME Sponsored Breakfast Symposium
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM Congress Welcome and Introductions / Recognition of Sponsors
(Crystal Aguh, MD & Maryanne Senna, MD)
8:30 AM – 9:45 AM What’s New in Hair Loss
8:30 AM – Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia Management Pearls (Victoria Barbosa, MD)
8:50 AM – Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia Management Pearls (Maria Hordinsky, MD)
9:10 AM – Pattern Hair Loss Management Pearls & Emerging Therapies (Daniel Asz Sigall, MD)
9:30 AM – Panel Q&A
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM Coffee Break
10:00 AM – 11:15 AM Updates in JAK Inhibitors
10:00 AM – JAKi in AA – Clinical Pearls and Difficult Cases (Brett King, MD)
10:15 AM – Updates in JAKi for Scarring Alopecia (Maryanne Senna, MD)
10:30 AM – Use of JAKi in Pediatric Population (Britt Craiglow, MD)
10:45 AM – Emerging Treatments for Alopecia Areata (Arash Mostaghimi, MD)
11:00 AM – Panel Q&A
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Concurrent Workshops
Workshop A: Using Histology to Differentiate Difficult Cases (Len Sperling, MD & Kemi Onajin, MD)
Workshop B: How to Incorporate Hair Transplantation into Your Practice (Marc Avram, MD & Meena Singh, MD)
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM Non-CME Sponsored Lunch
1:45 PM – 2:15 PM Visit Exhibits
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM Keynote Lecture – (Jerry Shapiro, MD)
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM Trichoscopy
2:45 PM – Non-Scarring Alopecia (Rodrigo Pirmez, MD)
3:05 PM – Scarring Alopecia (Amy McMichael, MD)
3:25 PM – Panel Q&A
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM Coffee Break
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM Controversies in Alopecia Treatment
3:45 PM – Finasteride in Women (Achaimah Osei-Tutu, MD)
4:00 PM – Utility of Hair Supplements in Alopecia (Blake Brooks, MD)
4:15 PM – Telogen Effluvium – To Treat or Not To Treat (Jamie Mackelfresh, MD)
4:30 PM – Q&A and Final Position Reveal
4:45 PM – 5:35 PM Hair and Scalp Care
4:45 PM – Hair & Scalp Care Science of Hair Care (Crystal Aguh, MD)
5:10 PM – Seborrheic Dermatitis & Scalp Psoriasis (Paradi Mirmirani, MD)
5:35 PM – Panel Q&A
5:45 PM Adjourn
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Independent Exploration of Chicago
8:30 PM – 10:30 PM Studio 54 / Disco Themed Social Event

Sunday, August 16th

Time Session
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Non-CME Breakfast Presentation
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Concurrent Workshops
Workshop A: Procedural Interventions for Hair Loss (Neil Sadick, MD & Ronda Farah, MD)
Workshop B: Clinical Research Updates (Research Abstracts TBA)
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Coffee Break
9:15 AM – 10:45 AM Derm/Endocrine Session
9:15 AM – The Impact of GLP-1 Weight Loss on the Hair (Maryanne Senna, MD)
9:35 AM – Derm/Endocrine: Leveraging Anti-Diabetic Medications for Hair Loss (Lindsey Bordone, MD)
9:55 AM – Hormonal Fluctuations and Hair Loss: PCOS/Menopause (Wilma Bergfeld, MD)
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM – Q&A
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM Ask the Experts / Conference Faculty: Q&A / Adjourn