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Masterclasses in Dermatology Saturday Morning Live

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Saturday Morning Live is a free, virtual dermatology education series designed for busy clinicians seeking timely, practical insights without disrupting the workweek. Each episode features expert-led, case-based discussions covering the latest research, emerging data, and real-world clinical challenges across inflammatory, medical, surgical, aesthetic, and diagnostic dermatology. Recorded from live Saturday morning sessions, the podcast delivers concise, clinic-ready education you can apply immediately to patient care. Topics include inflammatory skin diseases, atopic dermatitis, emerging biol...

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Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Emerging Targets and What the Pipeline Means for Your Patients 17.06.2026 40:11

In this session from Masterclasses in Dermatology Saturday Morning Live, Dr. Joseph F. Merola sits down with Dr. Alice B. Gottlieb -- dermatologist, rheumatologist, and one of the field's foremost experts in HS -- for a focused clinical conversation on where hidradenitis suppurativa treatment is headed. Dr. Gottlieb walks through the current unmet needs in HS care, from better systemic contro...

New Targets for Atopic Dermatitis and Chronic Itch: Neuroimmune Biology, OX40, JAK Inhibitors, and What's Coming 13.05.2026 44:43

Dermatologists, NPs, and PAs: this session cuts straight to the clinical questions that matter most in atopic dermatitis right now. Dr. Shawn Kwatra, MD — chair of dermatology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and director of its dedicated itch center — joins hosts Joseph Merola, MD, MMSc, FAAD, FACR and Alice Gottlieb, MD, PhD to break down the neuroimmune biology of chronic itch,...

Cardiodermatology and Cardiovascular Risk in Inflammatory Skin Disease 29.04.2026 42:47

Dermatologists and rheumatologists may be the first clinicians to catch cardiovascular disease in patients with psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa, and cutaneous lupus — but most aren't screening for it systematically. In this episode, Dr. Joseph Merola and Dr. Alice Gottlieb (dermatologist-rheumatologists, UT Southwestern Medical Center) are joined by Dr. Brittany Weber, one of the first ca...

Remission in Dermatology: What Does "Clear" Really Mean for Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis? 21.04.2026 40:39

The bar for treating psoriasis has moved dramatically — from PASI 50 to PASI 75 to complete clearance — and the field is now seriously asking whether remission is an achievable clinical goal, not just an aspirational one. In this episode, Dr. Joseph Merola and Dr. Alice Gottlieb break down how remission is currently defined in dermatology, where those definitions came from, and what they actually...