Organizing Committee
Biography
Diamant Thaci graduated in 1989 with a Medical Degree from the University of Pristina, Pristina, Kosovo. He remained in Pristina until 1992, specializing in dermatology and venereology, before taking up a post in the Department of Dermatology and Venerology at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. He became aboard certified dermatologist and venereologist in 1995 and, from 1997, Dr. Thaci has held the roles of Senior Consulting Specialist in Dermatology, Director of Clinical Research, and Head of Photodermatology Division at the university. He became Associate Professor of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology at the Goethe University in Frankfurt/Maio, Germany, and in 2013 was appointed Professor and Head of the Comprehensive Center for Inflammation Medicine, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany.
Research Interest
His research experience covers immunology and all stages of clinical drug development. Between 2002 and 2015 he was involved in more than 300 clinical trials, and was lead investigator on several national and international multicenter trials in chronic inflammatory skin diseases. In addition to his clinical commitments, his lectures on scoring systems in dermatology and is involved in the training of study personnel and publishing articles and book chapters in dermatology.
Biography
Aristides Arellano is working as a medical surgeon in the University of New York. He served as a Director General of Dermatological clinic and Aesthetic surgery of puebla s.a. de c.v. 1999 – 2015. He was a member of the evaluation committee of the State Award in the area of Technology and Medical Sciences. 2003 – 2005.
Research Interest
Dermatology
Biography
Eijiro Akasaka is an Associate Professor of Department of Dermatology, Hirosaki University, Graduate School of Medicine. He has completed his MD and PhD degrees in Dermatology form Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, in 2003 and 2011, respectively. He has worked at Hirosaki University Hospital, Japan, as a Dermatologist. His research interests include diagnostic and therapeutic approach of genetic skin diseases, especially epidermolysis bullosa and disorders of keratinization and autoimmune bullous diseases. He has received several awards including: The Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology Kisaragi Award (2010), Travel Grant Award from the 3rd Eastern Asia Dermatology Congress (2014) and Abstract Award of the 113th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Dermatological Association (2014).
Research Interest
Dermatology