THE WASHINGTON D.C. DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY

President Sandra I. Read, M.D.
Vice President Mark Welch, M.D.
Secretary-Treasurer Vincenzo Giannelli, M.D.

Administrator Janiece Jones
P.O. Box 15423, Alexandria, VA 22309

Telephone/Fax (703) 360-1877 email: washdcderm@msn.com

Business Meeting

• Dr. McKinley-Grant called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.

Old Business

• The May 24, 2005 minutes from the Howard University Hospital meeting were unanimously approved
• A survey was sent out to the membership to discuss the start times and varying days of the DC Dermatology meetings. Here is a summary with the table of results:
  • A majority of the members liked the Sat. Fairfax meeting
  • A majority of the members liked the 4:30 PM start times for GWU and Children’s
  • The most common response for what day and time to hold the meetings was to keep it the way we had it this year, i.e. mostly Tuesdays at 6:30 but with a few institutions having an earlier start time. We must be certain to give plenty of notification for these exceptions.
  • A majority of members wanted 10-15 patients presented at each meeting
  • A majority of members enjoyed having one non-academic meeting per year
  • All members wanted a clinical, practical, or surgical pearl presented at meetings
• DC Derm Web Site
  • We’ve reached the point where a DC Dermatological society Web Site is going to be necessary. Dr. Robert Silverman has received three proposals so far for designing a six to eight page web site that will include:
    • A public section and a password protected members section
    • Meeting dates, times and locations
    • Current Membership with office locations
    • A link to register for the 2006 Atlantic Dermatology conference
• Chuck Grasmeder will step down as the WDCDS Administrator as of July 2005. We all thank him for the fine job he did as we search for a new administrator. A job description was included with last months minutes. Any interested candidates should contact the DC Derm officers.
• Officers for the 2005/2006 Season
  • President Sandra Read, M.D.
  • Vice President Mark Welch, M.D.
  • Secretary-Treasurer Vincenzo Gianelli, M.D.

New Business

• New Members
  • Dr Alison Ehrlich’s application for membership was approved.
• An Atlantic Dermatology planning meeting will be held in September
  • Specific date to be determined
  • All officers and chairpersons will be expected to attend.
• Membership dues
  • In the past, DC Dermatology dues for the year that the society sponsors the Atlantic Dermatology conference have included the registration fee for the conference. A motion was made and the members present at this meeting voted to continue this practice.
    • The 2005/2006 DC Derm dues will be $375. This will include the registration fee for the 2006 Atlantic Dermatology conference. All DC Derm members will be registered for this conference.
    • There will be a reduced registration fee for residents
    • Residents who present patients will have no registration fee.
• Realignment of WRAMC and NNMC
  • The Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) commission has recommended realigning Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Medical Center as follows:
    • Close the medical facility on the Walter Reed campus in DC
    • Relocate tertiary care services to the Naval Medical Center campus in Bethesda, establishing it as the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (possibly a five year time frame)

Adjournment

• The business meeting was adjourned at 7:20 p.m.

GUEST LECTURERS
Steve Straus, M.D.
Office of Complementary Medicine, National Institute of Health
“Varicella Vaccine”

Steve Holland, M.D.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
“Defects in IFN-gamma and IL 12 signaling pathways”

Jonathan Vogel, M.D.
National Cancer Institute
“Stem Cells in the Skin”

Thomas Hornyak, M.D.
National Cancer Institute
“Dermoscopy and the evaluation of pigmented lesions”

Douglas Lowy, M.D.
National Cancer Institute
“Update on virus particles for immunization against HPV”

Respectfully submitted,

Mark Welch, Secretary/Treasurer
Washington, D.C. Dermatological Society

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