About SPoT
This program is offered under the auspices of the Canadian Professors of Dermatology (CPD) to residents who are registered in a Canadian dermatology training program.
The co-chairs and the President of the CPD wish to express their gratitude to AbbVie, Bausch Health, and Novartis for their generous sponsorship of the SPoT program.
2025 — Halifax, NS
June 18, 2025 — View the full recording (slides with audio) or select an individual presentation below.
Presentation 1 (Keynote) – Surgical and Energy based approaches to management of Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Dr. Chris Keeling
Presentation 2 – Dermatopathology: Lupus, Dermatomyositis, and Diagnostic pearls and pitfalls in Interface Dermatitis
Dr. Archana Kakadekar
Presentation 3 – Allergic Contact Dermatitis: “On the patch to success”
Dr. Melanie Pratt
Presentation 4 – Dermatopathology: Vascular Tumors for the Dermatology Resident
Dr. Ryan DeCoste
2024 — Ottawa, ON
June 27, 2024 — View the full recording (slides with audio) or select an individual presentation below.
Presentation 1 – Dermoscopy: Mini Masterclass
Dr. Marisa Ponzo
Presentation 2 (Keynote) – The Last of Us: Emerging Infections
Dr. Andrea Boggild
Presentation 3 – Advanced Cutaneous Oncologic Agents: What’s New in the Treatment of Skin Cancer
Dr. Eunice Chow
Presentation 4 – Dermatopathology: Special Stains & Challenging Dermpath Cases
Dr. Yvette Miller-Monthrope
2023 — Toronto, ON
June 15, 2023 — View the full recording (slides with audio) or select an individual presentation below.
Presentation 1 (Keynote) – What’s hot in cosmeceuticals: Ingredients, nomenclature, regulation
Dr. Sandy Skotnicki
Presentation 2 – Top 5 updates you need to know about the treatment of genodermatoses
Dr. Cathryn Sibbald
Presentation 3 – Top 5 things you need to know about the SPoT of hair and nails in skin of colour
Dr. Marissa Joseph
Presentation 4 – Therapeutics of JAK, TYK, antimetabolites
Dr. Patrick Fleming
2022 — Quebec City, QC
June 21, 2022
- Presentation 1 – Histology and special stains – Dr. Scott Bradshaw
- Presentation 2 – TH2 beyond atopic dermatitis – Dr. Elena Netchiporouk
- Presentation 3 – Basic Science of Lasers – Dr. Vincent Richer
- Presentation 4 – Psoriasis: pathways to clinic – Dr. Irina Turchin
2021 — Virtual
December 4, 2021
Lecture 1 – Don’t know JAK?
Dr. Carolyn Jack (McGill University)
Lecture 2 – Keratinocyte biology
Dr. Yuka Asai (Queen’s University) and Dr. Irina Oroz (University of Saskatchewan)
Lecture 3 – Mechanisms of autoimmunity in rheumatic diseases
Dr. Jan Dutz (University of British Columbia)
October 16, 2021
Lecture 1 – Basic Science of Phototherapy
Dr. Sunil Kalia (UBC)
Lecture 2 – Melanocyte biology and relevance to dermoscopy
Dr. Joël Claveau (Université Laval)
Lecture 3 – Basic Science of Allergic Contact Dermatitis
Dr. Sonja Molin (Queen’s University)
June 19, 2021
Lecture 1 – Skin microbiome
Dr. Vincent Piguet (UofT)
Lecture 2 – Review of genetics and genetic testing in the dermatology clinic
Dr. Michele Ramien (UCalgary)
Lecture 3 – Oncology Immunotherapy targets and the skin
Dr. Max Sauder (UofT)
Lecture 4 – Basic science of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
Dr. Jori Hardin (UCalgary)