Atopic Dermatitis, Barrier Breakdown: Understanding and Treating Atopic Dermatitis From the Inside Out
You will walk away from this lecture with a tool that allows you to pick the best drug for every atopic dermatitis patients.
A little preview...if you met somebody new to your city and they asked if you knew anybody you could set them up with, what would you do first? You'd ask some questions about what mattered to them - Looks? Intelligence? Ambition? Funny? Height? Exciting? Reliable? Kind?
You should think of every atopic dermatitis the same way. You need to find out what matters to them, then set them up for a date with the right drug.
Objectives:
- Differential the systemic drugs for atopic dermatitis
- List the important characteristics that differentiate patients with atopic dermatitis.
- Use the knowledge about the drugs and patients to select the right drug for the right patient.
Matthew Zirwas, MD
Board-Certified Dermatologist
DOCS Dermatology
Matthew Zirwas, MD is an American Board of Dermatology certified physician. He is a nationally known expert who has been specializing in contact dermatitis, pruritus, atopic dermatitis and seborrheic dermatitis for the last 20 years.
His passion figuring out the real, practical, take-home messages that we can get from the medical literature. Not just reciting ‘the data’ or what the authors said, but synthesizing it and putting it in the context of how it can help patients. Basically figuring out ‘what this study REALLY means’ and ‘how does this connect to what we already know’, then explaining it in a practical, relatable, entertaining and memorable way.
In Dr. Zirwas’s free time, he enjoys spending time with his kids and cats. In that order.
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