LIVE In-Person: Pediatric Dermatology for Primary Care 2026

Overview

Pediatric Dermatology for Primary Care is designed to teach primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurses how to diagnose and manage common skin conditions in children.

In this hands on course, attendees will learn about common pediatric skin conditions, including vitiligo, moles, warts, molluscum, and acne.  They will also have the opportunity to learn techniques for diagnosing and treating these conditions, such as dermoscopy, cryotherapy and Woods lamp examination.  Faculty will be composed of experienced board-certified pediatric dermatologists. This course will consist of traditional lectures and interactive workshops.

Course Topics Include:

• Vitiligo & Hypopigmented Differential
• Hair Disorders
• Viral Skin Lesions
• Melanocytic Lesions 
• Hands-on workshops
• More coming soon! 

Hands-on Workshops:

• Cryotherapy techniques
• Dermoscopy for PCPs
• Best practices for assessing psychosocial impact of hair loss
• Woods lamp examination

Course Format 

This course will be held in person only at the Hilton Garden Inn, 700 Brookline Ave., Brookline, MA 02446.

Learning Objectives: 

At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:

1. Diagnosis and manage vitiligo and other dyspigmented lesions
2. Review presentations of and treatment options for pediatric hair disorders
3. Assess and monitor melanocytic lesions
4. Recognize features of potential genodermatoses

Physician

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

Physician Assistant

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physician Assistants should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

Nurse

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this activity for 4.0 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  

Jennifer Huang, MD  Section Chief, Dermatology; Director, Pediatric Oncodermatology; Program Director, Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Training Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School    

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Sophia Delano, MD Dermatologist, Dermatology Program; Director, Quality Improvement and Physician Outreach; Director, Genodermatology Instructor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School    

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Yasin Damji, MD Attending Physician, Dermatology Program    

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Sarah Servattalab, MD Dermatologist, Dermatology Program      

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Elena Hawryluk, MD, PhD Dermatologist, Dermatology Program; Faculty Director of Pediatric Dermatology, Harvard Medical School Dermatology Residency Program Associate Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School    

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Disclosures

Boston Children’s Hospital adheres to all ACCME Essential Areas, Standards, and Policies. It is Boston Children’s policy that those who have influenced the content of a CME activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that Boston Children’s may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.

The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers do not have any financial relationships to disclose:

Name, Degree	Entity Name, or None
Sophia Delano, MD	None
Yasin Damji, MD	None
Jennifer Huang, MD	None

The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers, on behalf of themselves, have reported the following relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients: 

Name, Degree	Entity Name, or None
Sarah Servattalab, MD	Incyte corporation: Investigator
Elena Hawryluk, MD	Apogee Inc: advisory board

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