Events - Maryland Dermatologic Society

Membership Meetings

Thursday, March 12 – Membership Dinner & CME
- Speaker: Mary Elizabeth Shenk, MD, MHSA – Assistant Professor of Dermatology & Dermatopathology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology
  A Better Biopsy: Case-Based CPC Strategies to Improve Diagnostic Accuracy

Wednesday, May 6 – Spring 2026 MDS Clinical Conference & Membership Meeting hosted by the Johns Hopkins Department of Dermatology. Our special guest speaker is Arturo P. Saavedra, MD., PhD, MBA who has served as Dean of the VCU School of Medicine, a national expert in the care, management and immunopathology of Graft-versus-host disease.

August 13 – Dermatology Residents Summer Social at the Rye Street Tavern on the Baltimore Peninsula (Port Covington)

September 10 – Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in BCC and CSCC: Aligning Clinical Practice with Best Practices and Guidelines (PDF Flyer with registration) Our speaker is Justine V. Cohen, D.O., Senior Physician, Center for Cancer Therapeutic Innovation (Early Drug Development Program) and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School. Registration (Virtual Webinar)

October 16 – Fall 2026 MDS Clinical Conference & Dr. Bahram Sina Memorial Lectureship hosted by the University of Maryland Department of Dermatology — Courtney J. Ensslin, MD, will present “Not Just Another Bump in the Road: Rare Tumors Disguised as Benign Lesions.” Dr. Ensslin is the Director of Skin Cancer Surgery at The Blavatnik Family Chelsea Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Case presentations will be part of the agenda. Lunch will be served at 12:15 before the clinical conference.

- 2026 Skin Cancer Screening & Advocacy Day in Annapolis was held on Thursday, February 12, 2026.
  Thank you to all of our volunteers for 2026 skin cancer screening day in Annapolis!