Speakers Bio | European Hair Research Society Meeting

SPEAKERS

John Ebling Lecture

Bianca Maria Piraccini
Full Professor in Dermatology, University
of Bologna, Italy; Voluntary Professor, Departmentof Dermatology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Chair of the Dermatology Unit at the University
of Bologna, Italy; Director of the Residency; Program in Dermatology and Venereology.
Past president of the European Nail Society (ENS),Past president of the European Hair research Society (EHRS). Main research interests: hair and nail diseases.

##MORE## Author of 499 peer-reviewed scientific papers -with more 11.000 citations and an h-index value of 56 (Scopus Jan 2025)- and many book chapters on hair and nail disorders. Co-author of the European and Italian guidelines on the treatment of androgenetic alopecia and of several consensus of experts on the treatment of various types of areata. Coordinator of many Italian and international epidemiological studies on several forms of cicatricial and non- cicatricial alopecia.

Keynote speaker

Regina C. Betz
Professur für Dermatogenetik, Institut für Humangenetik, Universitätsklinikum Bonn
Regina Betz is Professor of Dermatogenetics at the Institute of Human Genetics at the University of Bonn in Germany. After studying medicine at the University of Saarland and the Karolinska Institute Stockholm, she worked in Stockholm, and the Universities of Freiburg, Bonn and Antwerp. In 2010, she was appointed as Heisenberg Professor for Dermatogenetics in Bonn which became tenure in 2015.

##MORE##The particular research focus of her working group is dermatogenetics, with a main interest in diverse forms of monogenic and genetically complex alopecias and hyperpigmentation disorders. The work, and primarily the elucidation of several disease genes, was rewarded by a number of prizes and awards and is documented in more than 180 publications, among them several publications in high ranking international journals (e.g. Nature Genet., Am J Hum Genet, J Invest Dermatol). Dr. Betz has a board qualification in Human Genetics.

Keynote speaker

Maria K. Hordinsky
R.W. Goltz Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Minnesota
She is a tenured faculty member, Vice Chair of Research, and Immediate Past Chair of the Department, a position she supported for 23 years. Dr. Maria Hordinsky is recognized for her expertise and research in hair diseases and the peripheral nervous system as it relates to hair follicle biology.

##MORE## She recently completed a five year term as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Scarring Alopecia Foundation. She is also a Past President of the American Hair Research Society (North, South, Central) and the Association of Professors of Dermatology.
Dr. Hordinsky was a recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award and has over 200 publications. She regularly lectures and teaches on hair diseases and divides her time between seeing patients with residents and medical students in her clinical practice associated with University of Minnesota Physicians, doing clinical research, teaching, and administration.

Daniel Asz Sigall
Dermatologist, dermato oncologist and trichologist. President of the Mexican Society of Trichology. Founding member of the International Society of Trichoscopy. Medical assistant, dermato-oncology and trichology clinic, National University of Mexico, Mexico City. Expert and invited speaker at many conferences, including Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Ulrike Blume-Peytavi
Prof. Ulrike Blume-Peytavi is full University professor of Dermatology and Allergology. She is Vice director of the Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Director of the Clinical Research Center for Hair and Skin Science (CRC) and head of the Pediatric Dermatology unit. Prof. Blume-Peytavi`s clinical research interests and clinical activities comprise hair disorders, pediatric dermatology and innovative topical dermatotherapy.

##MORE## She is author of more than 370 scientific publications, editor of the Textbook on Hair Growth and Disorders and also editor of the German Atlas of Pediatric Dermatology. Prof. Blume-Peytavi is an active member of different national and international societies, founding member and past president of the European Hair Research Society, the Women’s Dermatologic Society, past president of the German association of pediatric dermatology and past president and board member of the Berlin Association of Dermatology.

Rachita Dhurat

Prof & Head, department of dermatology, LTMMC & LTMG Hospital, Mumbai, India

Scientific Advisor to Folic Bio, USA and Alain Scott, USA; Systopic oration at international congress of dermatology, Delhi, Dec 2013 formicroneedling for hair stimulation; Dr Marquis oration at Cuticon Nov 2018, Nagpur; Member of International registry of Alopecia areata;

##MORE##Member International collaboration Frontal fibrosis alopecia, Cicatricial; Alopecia; Member of International society of Dermatology; Faculty for F1000- post peer publication review for trichology; International speaker at various global conferences; Member of International Dermoscopy Society; Chairperson and organising secretory Trichology Update 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2025; Fellow of American Academy of Dermatology; Reviewer of various national and international journals; Editor of Textbook for ‘Female pattern Hiar loss-Art & Science of successful treatment of hair loss in women’

Özlem Dicle
Dr Özlem Dicle completed her medical education at Istanbul and pursued her academic career in the Department of Dermatology and Venerology at Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine where she established the Hair Diseases Unit and contributed through research and patient care. Since then, she has been providing hair disease diagnosis and treatment, as well as trichoscopy training in national resident programs for approximately 15 years. Currently, she works as a Clinical Professor at the Dermatology Department of Acıbadem Hospital in Istanbul.

##MORE##Dr. Dicle is a member of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, European Hair Research Society, International Trichoscopy Society and the International Dermoscopy Society. Additionally, she has been an active member of the Turkish Dermatology Association Hair Diseases Working Group since its establishment and has served as the group president for the past two years.

Nadia El Kadi
Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos (UNIFESO).
PhD student in the Postgraduate Program in Pathology at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Brazil.
Member of the American Hair Research Society (AHRS).

Daniel Fernandes Melo

Dermatologista MD, MSc, PhD

Master's degree from the State University of Rio de Janeiro
PhD degree from the State University of Rio de Janeiro
Postgraduate degree in Dermatology from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro
Former head of the trichology department of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology

Andy Goren
Prof. Andy Goren has over 25 years of experience in research, development, and commercialization of breakthrough therapeutics and diagnostics. Among the list of many firsts in dermatology, Prof. Goren was the first to develop a clinical genetic test for predicting androgenetic alopecia, the first to discover epigenetic markers predicting anti-androgen therapy response in female androgenetic alopecia, the first to develop a clinical acne vulgaris antibiotic response test based on

##MORE## P. Acnes bacterial genomics, and the first to develop a rapid test for predicting minoxidil response in androgenetic alopecia. Prof. Goren was involved in the development, commercialization, and listing of several drugs and medical devices including new therapies for female pattern hair loss, chemotherapy-induced alopecia, excessive hair shedding, female sexual dysfunction, and COVID-19. His latest research is focused on human adaptation to the energy crisis. Prof. Goren currently serves as an External Medical Advisor and a Co-Researcher at the Trichology Unit, Ramon y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain; a Visiting Professor of Dermatology at the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Clinical Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia; a Medical Doctor at the Skin & Cosmetic Research Dept., Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Shanghai, China; and a Visiting Medical Doctor at the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, L.T.M. Medical College Sion, Mumbai, India. As the Clinical Research Director at Samel Hospital, Manaus, Brazil, Prof. Goren has published dozens of peer-reviewed original medical research papers. He is an honorary as well as ordinary member of several dermatology societies worldwide as well as a regular lecturer at dermatology congresses around the world. He has had numerous appearances and interviews on TV, radio, and in prestigious newspapers.

Tülin Güleç
Prof. Dr. A. Tülin Güleç has been working as a dermatovenereologist since 1997, and has become Professor of Dermatology in 2010. She had been working in Başkent University Faculty of Medicine in Ankara for almost 24 years, and was the chair of Dermatology and Venereology Department for 7 years (2013-2020). Prof. Güleç runs her own Skin and Hair Health Clinic since October 2020. She is the member of Turkish Association of Dermatology and Venereology, European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology,

##MORE## SCOPE (Skin care in organ transplant patients Europe), International Dermoscopy Society (board member of Turkey since 2021) and International Trichoscopy Society. Her main medical fields of expertise are hair disorders and trichoscopy, skin cancers and dermoscopy, and skin diseases in organ transplant patients. Prof. Tülin Güleç has more than fifty-five international publications. She is the author of the Trichoscopy section of first Turkish Atlas of Dermatoscopy (2017), and she is the author of chapter titled “Hair in systemic diseases” in Hair Disorders. Eds. Alexander Katoulis, Dimitrios Ioannides, and Dimitris Rigopoulos. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis.

Matthew Harries
Dr Matthew Harries received his medical degree from the University of Leeds, UK (1998).During specialist dermatology training he took time out of programme to study the hair immune system in primary cicatricial alopecias. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Manchester in 2011. He now works as a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester and an Honorary Consultant Dermatologist at Salford Royal Hospital. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London.

##MORE## He is the co-lead of the NIHR Manchester BRC inflammatory hair diseases research programme, a member of the British Skin Foundation charity large grant awards committee and sits on the Alopecia UK charity research committee. He is currently leading the BAD living guidelines for management of people with alopecia areata and was the lead author for the acquired hair disorders chapter in the 10 th Edition Rook Textbook of Dermatology.

Claire A. Higgins President of EHRS, Department of Bioengineering Imperial College London Dr Claire Higgins is a Reader, and Group Leader of the Skin Regeneration Laboratory in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London. Her group uses interdisciplinary approaches to improve the holistic understanding of skin and hair, both in homeostatic conditions and after disease or injury, with the goal of identifying strategies to diagnose, treat or prevent skin disease

##MORE## or injury. A unique aspect of her research group is that all investigations use human tissue, bypassing the need to translate findings from other species prior to clinical translation. Some notable pieces of work from her group have shown how the hair follicle interacts with and influences the surrounding skin microenvironment, from scar tissue to sensory neurons. She is currently President of the European Hair Research Society and Vice President of the Institute of Trichologists. She is also on the research grants committees for the British Skin Foundation, Alopecia UK and the Royal Society.

Chang Hun Huh

Prof. Chair of Dermatology at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Graduated from Seoul National University and got PhD with stem cell study. A Co-president of the 14 th World Congress for Hair Research in 2026. The Vice President of the Korean Hair Research Society. The President of the Korean Society of Dermatologic Surgery. The President of the Korean Society for Dermatologic Laser Surgery.

##MORE## An International Mentor of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery and A Preceptor of the International Society for Dermatologic Surgery.

Grażyna Kamińska-Winciorek
Professor Grażyna Kamińska-Winciorek is a board-certified dermatologist and venereologist with the EADO & UEMS European Board Certification in Medical Tumor Therapy in Dermato-Oncology. She currently works at the Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Oncohematology at the Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology (MSCNRIO), Gliwice Branch, where she also serves as Head of the Skin Cancer and Melanoma Working Group.

##MORE##She is the Chair and Co-founder of the Dermoscopy and Other Skin Imaging Techniques Section (DITOS) of the Polish Dermatological Society and serves as Secretary of the Immuno-Oncology Section of the Polish Society of Oncology. She is also a member of the Executive Board of the Polish Dermatological Society, the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV), the European Academy of Dermatology Oncology (EADO), and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
From 2006 to 2008, she served on the Advisory Board of the International Society of Teledermatology and was a National Board Representative of the International Dermoscopy Society for the terms 2018–2020 and 2021–2024.
For nearly two decades, Professor Kamińska-Winciorek has focused on dermoscopy in both clinical practice and scientific research. She is the co-author of over 200 scientific publications on dermoscopy in skin disease diagnostics, malignant skin tumors, oncology treatment-related skin toxicities, and cutaneous graft-versus-host disease. She also co-authored national guidelines for the treatment of melanoma and skin cancer in Poland.

Alexander Katoulis
Alexander Katoulis is Professor and Chairman of the 2 nd Department of Dermatology-Venereology and Director of the Post-graduate Program "Update Diagnostics in Dermatology and Allergology;quot; of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, based at “Attikon” General University Hospital. He is currently member of the Executive Committee of the EADV, co-Chair of the EADV Task Force for Hair Diseases, and Vice President of the Hellenic Dermoscopy

##MORE##Society and of the Hellenic Hair Research Society. His clinical, educational, and research interests span hair disorders, Dermato-oncology, Dermoscopy, acne, hidradenitis suppurativa, and autoinflammatory dermatoses. Prof. Katoulis has delivered over 180 presentations, co-edited 3 textbooks, including «Hair Disorders: Diagnosis and Management», authored 51 book chapters and has published over 210 papers in peer-reviewed journals. His citation index is 4436, with h-index: 37, and i10-index:93.

Nino Khutsishvili
Nino Khutsishvili, MD, graduated from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia, in 2010. She has been a specialist in Dermatology and Venereology since 2014 and is currently a PhD student at David Tvildiani Medical University. She is an active member of several local and international dermatologic scientific and research societies and has participated in more than 50 international and national conferences and meetings. She currently serves as Vice President of the Georgian Hair Research Society.

Natalia Kovylkina
Dr. Natalia Kovylkina is a dermatologist with expertise in both clinical and aesthetic dermatology. A graduate of Odesa State Medical University (Ukraine), she honed her clinical skills at the Regional Odesa HIV center and excelled in cosmetology at Virtus Aesthetic Surgery Clinic practicing rejuvenating injectable procedures and chemical peelings. Dr. Kovylkina combines her medical expertise with a business acumen, holding an MBA degree in International Management

##MORE## and having previously held communication, sales, and marketing roles within the skincare and biotech industries. She currently serves as the Global Director of Medical Relations at Vichy Laboratoires.

Beata Kręcisz
Specialist in Dermatology and Venereology.
Head of the Dermatology Clinic in Regional Hospital (Wszz) in Kielce
Vice-Rector for Medical Affairs Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce
As a result of many years of scientific reaserch, numerous new contact allergens and sources of sensitization have been identified. The studies also highlighted the professional groups most at risk of developing occupational dermatoses. The obtained research results have been published in both national and international scientific journals.

##MORE## Scientific output includes:

Contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, and urticaria
Occupational dermatology and allergic dermatitis
Allergy to metals and environmental health

Approximately 185 publications, chapters in books, total impact factor: 174.717; according to Scopus (excluding self-citations): 1870 citations, H-index: 22.

Marta Kurzeja
Dr. Marta Kurzeja studied at the Medical University of Warsaw. She did her specialization in dermatology at the Hospital of Ministry of the Interior. Since 2014, she has been working at the Dermatology Department of the Warsaw Medical University. Her special interest is in non-invasive diagnostic methods including trichoscopy.

Nino Lortkipanidze
Nino Lortkipanidze is a dermatologist and trichologist specializing in hair and scalp disorders. Graduated from Tbilisi State Medical University in 1996 and earned a PhD - Clinical-immunological and morphological characteristics of different types of Alopecia Areata. Full Professor at D.Tvildiani Medical University (since 2022). Head of Department of Dermatology at MediClubGeorgia (since 2022). Head of Residency program in Dermatology and Venereology at Tbilisi Medical Academy (since 2018). President of Georgian Hair Research Society (since 2013).

Anna Lyakhovitsky
Associate Professor at Tel Aviv University
Dr. Anna Lyakhovitsky is a dermatologist specializing in hair, scalp, and nail disorders. She earned her MD from Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and completed postgraduate training in internal medicine at Kaplan Medical Center, followed by dermatology training at Chaim Sheba Medical Center, affiliated with Tel Aviv University. Since 2003, Dr. Lyakhovitsky has been a dermatologist at Chaim Sheba Medical Center, where she leads the Hair and Scalp Disorders Clinic.

##MORE##She also serves as the Coordinator of Continuing Medical Education for Dermatology Residency Programs affiliated with Tel Aviv University. Her contributions in dermatology have been recognized with professional honors, including the Hadassah Medical School Faculty Prize for Excellence in Clinical Work and the Israel Society of Dermatology and Venereology Prize for Best Research. Dr. Lyakhovitsky is actively involved in both clinical and basic research on hair, scalp, and nail disorders. She has authored numerous scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals and continues to contribute to advancements in the field.

Andrew G Messenger
Andrew Messenger is a semi-retired consultant dermatologist based in Sheffield and an Honorary Professor at the University of Sheffield. He has a longstanding clinical and research interest in hair biology and disorders of hair growth. His research has focused on various aspects of alopecia areata, female pattern hair loss and frontal fibrosing alopecia. He was a founder member and is a past president of the European Hair Research Society.

Hoda Moneib

Dr Hoda Moneib is Professor of Dermatology , Venereology and Andrology at the Faculty of Medicine, Ain shams University. Professor Moneib is a graduate of Ain shams University holding increasing responsibilities in both academic and clinical fields for the last three decades. Professor Moneib served as assistant Professor from 1988 to 1993, and as Associate professor from 1993 to 1999. She was elevated to Full Professor in 1999. Professor Moneib is an active and the Board Member Representative of the International Society of Dermoscopy for Egypt,

##MORE## She is leading the effort to train young researches to join this field of research. Professor Dr. Moneib has been invited to present her experience to Dermatologists at different scientific meetings outside Egypt. Professor Dr. Moneib is an accomplished publisher in different international and local conferences and Journals. She has won the award for Best Paper at the 5CC Conference in 2013.
Professor Moneib is an active member of the American Academy of Dermatology, Egyptian Society of Dermatology and Venereology, Euoropean Academy of Dermatology; Venereology Sharm Derma Society of Dermatology, Egyptian Society of Aesthetic Dermatology. She additionally serves on the Executive Board of the International Dermoscopy Society.

Małgorzata Olszewska
Professor at the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Warsaw. The scientific and clinical interests of prof. Małgorzata Olszewska cover a wide spectrum of dermatological topics from non-invasive diagnostic methods to modern therapeutic methods in hair and scalp diseases, autoimmune bullous diseases, lichen planus, diseases of mucous membranes and psoriasis. She gained experience at the Medical University of Warsaw and at prestigious universities in Italy and Spain.

##MORE## She is the author of several hundred scientific articles, chapters in scientific monographs and scientific editor of monographs. She is a lecturer at Polish and international scientific congresses, including conferences of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology and World Congress of Dermatology. Past editor in chief of the Dermatology Review journal. For many years a member of the board and secretary general of the Warsaw Branch of the Polish Dermatological Society. Past chairman of the Depatment of Dermatology at Medical University of Warsaw. She has organized and co-organized numerous dermatological

Yuliya S. Ovcharenko
Professor of the Department of Infectious Diseases;and;Clinical Immunology;of the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (KhNU)
Head of the Residency Program in Dermatology and Venereology of the KhNU Medical School. Founder and Head of the Trichology Institute LLC – the specialized clinical, research, and educational center. President of the Ukrainian Hair Research Society (UHRS). Treasurer of International Trichoscopy Society (ITS).

##MORE## Advisor to the Membership Committee of the European Hair Research Society (EHRS). Co-founder of the patient organization Alopecia School in Ukraine.
Co-founder of educational web-platform in trichology UHRS-education. Author and co-author of over 100 scientific papers on trichology, 5 patents of Ukraine; co-author of national clinical guidelines Alopecia Areata Pharmacotherapy, Modern Methods of Diagnosis of Non Scarring Alopecia, Management of Patients with Alopecia Areata; author and co-author 8th books - the 1st and the 2nd editions of the book Trichology, Injection methods in cosmetology, Age and gender cosmetology, Trichopathy in children, translated edition of the «Atlas of Trichoscopy», «Psychotrichology», «Trichology. Practical Guide».

Rodrigo Pirmez
Head of the Hair Clinic in Santa Casa de Misericórdia Hospital in Rio de Janeiro; President of the International Trichoscopy Society; Member of the Scientific Program Committee of the American Hair Research Society; Author of multiple publications and international expert speaker.

Adriana Rakowska
Department of Dematology Warsaw Mediacl Unbiversity, Poland
Adriana Rakowska, MD, PhD (graduated from Bialystok MedicalUniversity, Poland in 2001). Specialist in Dermatology andVenereology (2009), Doctor (PhD) in Medicine (2010), AssociateProfessor at the Department of Dermatology Medical University ofWarsaw (2018). Treasurer of the Warsaw Branch of the PolishDermatological Society, Member of the Audit Committee of thePolish Dermatological Society, founding member of EADV Hair TaskForce.

##MORE##Author of over 100 scientific journal articles and over 80bookchapters, primarily on trichoscopy and hair and scalp disorders. Themost important achievement is development of trichoscopic criteriafor female androgenic alopecia, trichotillomania and cutaneous T-celldisorders. Co-editor of the “Atlas of Trichoscopy” (Springer, 2012)

Yuval Ramot
Associate Professor of Dermatology and Venereology; Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Prof. Yuval Ramot is an internationally recognized dermatologist and researcher, specializing in inflammatory and genetic skin diseases, as well as hair disorders. He earned his MD and MSc in Biochemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, graduating with distinction, and completed advanced training in hair research at the University of Lübeck, Germany, supported by the prestigious Minerva Fellowship.

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At Hadassah Medical Center, Prof. Ramot leads the Service for Inflammatory Diseases of the Skin and is a prominent member of the Center for Genetic Diseases of the Skin and Hair. His research spans inflammatory skin conditions, genetic disorders, cutaneous toxicology, and the neuroendocrine regulation of skin and hair. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles and contributed to 14 book chapters. Prof. Ramot is frequently invited to lecture at international conferences and scientific forums. He has received numerous awards, including the Young Dermatologist International Achievement Award and the Daniel Turnberg Fellowship, and serves on the boards of the European Hair Research Society and several high-impact journals, including Experimental Dermatology, Skin Health and Disease, and JEADV Clinical Practice.

Maria Fernanda Reis Gavazzoni Dias
Adjunct Professor of Dermatology at Universidade Federal Fluminense; Board Certificate Professor of Dermatology; Chair of the Postgraduate Dermatology Course and Co-Chair of the Residency Training Program in Dermatology, at Fluminense Federal University, Brazil; Thesis advisor at the Department of Dermatopathology; Founder of the First Alopecia Clinic at Antonio Pedro Federal Hospital; Former BOD member of Brazilian Society of Dermatology and AHRS.

Lidia Rudnicka
Professor and Chairman at the Department of Dermatology, Warsaw Medical University in Poland. Lidia Rudnicka has gained experience at multiple institutions such as Food and Drug Administration (USA), University of Liège (Belgium) and Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia (USA). She has authored or co-authored over 200 articles and book chapters. Her main scientific achievement is significant scientific contribution to the development of trichoscopy. She coined the term “trichoscopy” in 2006. She is the editor of the “Atlas of Trichoscopy”.

##MORE## Lidia Rudnicka is past Chairman of the Posters Exhibit Task Force of the American Academy of Dermatology. She is associate editor of the Journal of European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology and section editor of the journal Dermatologic Therapy. Lidia Rudnicka was speaker at multiple dermatology meetings, including World Congresses of Dermatology in New York, Sydney, Paris, Buenos Aires, Seoul and Vancouver. She has served as faculty at multiple meetings of the American Academy of Dermatology and European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology. She was invited speaker by many national societies worldwide and received awards, honors and honorary memberships for her contributions to trichoscopy.

David Saceda Corralo
Dr. David Saceda is a dermatologist at the Hair Disorders Unit of Hospital Ramón y Cajal and Grupo Pedro Jaén in Madrid, Spain. His clinical practice focuses on autoimmune-induced alopecia and medical procedures to treat hair loss. His current clinical research centers on frontal fibrosing alopecia at the University of Alcala, where he completed his PhD research on FFA. He also serves as the Co-Director of the Master’s Program in Hair Loss and Hair Transplantation (#TricoHRC).

Tatiana Silyuk
Immediate Past- President of Russian Hair Research Society (RHRS). The board member of International Trichoscopy society. Medical Director of Hair Care Center -medical treatment and transplantation center (St Petersburg, Russia). Graduated from St Petersburg Medical University (St. Petersburg, Russia) in 2000. She is a board certified dermatologist with a specialization in hair and scalp disorders and hair restoration surgery. Her main scientific and research interests include trichoscopy and severe cases of scaring alopecias. Author and co-author of many articles and book chapters.

##MORE## She is an invited lecturer at many national and foreign congresses. Board member of the European Hair Research Society (EHRS) (2017-2022).
The President of the Russian Hair Research Society (RHRS) (2018-2022)
Membership: International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS), International Trichoscopy Society, European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV), American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), American Hair Research Society (AHRS)

Rodney Sinclair
Professor of Dermatology University of Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Rodney Sinclair is a Professorial Fellow in the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne and director of Sinclair Dermatology.
Professor Sinclair has co-authored the section of Dermatology in the Oxford Textbook of Medicine, chapters on Hair Disorders in Rook’s Textbook of Dermatology and Bologna’s text Dermatology Essentials. He is a Dermatology expert group member for the Therapeutic Guidelines in Australia. He is considered a world leader in the treatment of, and clinical research in, hair and skin conditions and diseases, with over 750 research publications internationally.

##MORE## His research is highly cited and he receives regular requests for media commentary on treatment of hair loss and other hair and skin disease. Professor Sinclair is co-founder and Past-President of the Australasian Society for Dermatology Research (ASDR), co-founder and current President of the Australasian Hair and Wool Research Society (AHWRS) and Past–President of the Skin and Cancer Foundation of Victoria. He is Vice-President of the International Society of Dermatology and Executive Vice-President of the International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology. In addition, he is associate editor of the Australasian Journal of Dermatology, and was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the American Dermatology Association in 2012 and Honorary Life membership of both the British Association of Dermatologists and the Ukrainian Hair Research Society in 2021

Asmahane Souissi

Dr Asmahane Souissi is Associate Professor of Dermatology at the Medical University of Tunis, Tunisia. She is a board member and General Secretary of the Tunisian Society of Dermatology and Venereology. Dr. Souissi is the Treasurer of the African Society of Dermatology and Venereology. She is a past board member of the Association des Dermatologistes Francophones (ADF) (2022-2024). She is a member of the Task Force Group on Trichoscopy and Onychoscopy for the International Society of Dermoscopy.

##MORE##Dr. Souissi has authored and co-authored more than 50 peer reviewed scholarly articles in reputable international journals of dermatology and has written several book chapters mainly on alopecia and the skin microbiome. She co-edited the book « Clinical psychodermatology : A casebook ». Dr. Souissi is the Ambassador for North Africa of the Association for Psychocutaneous Medicine of North America (APMNA). Dr Souissi is researcher, lecturer and invited guest speaker in national and international congresses. Hair disorders, trichoscopy and psychodermatology are her main fields of expertise.

Leonardo Spagnol Abraham
Coordinator of the Trichology Unit at the "Hospital Regional da Asa Norte" in Brasilia-DF, Brazil
PhD candidate at the "Universidade de Brasília".He received the Master’s degree from the Federal
University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He was advisor to the Hair and Nail department of the Brazilian
Society of Dermatology (SBD). Author of several publications related to hair and nail diseases.

Michela Starace
Assistant Professor
Dermatologist at the Department of Medical and Surgical Science, Dermatology- IRCCS, Policlinico Sant’Orsola, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy; Chair of EADV Hair task force; Chair of IDS trichoscopy and onychoscopy task force; Treasurer of EHRS (European Hair Research Society); Board member of different International Societies; Section Editor of Hair and Nail in different International Journals;

##MORE## Major research activities: Hair and Nail biology, Mycology and parasitology, Wound care Unit, Cutaneous Toxicity; Memberships of National and International Societies; Reviewer for many international papers; Scientific activity: Dr Starace is Author of 257 Papers published on International and National Journals and 25 book’s chapter.

Jacek Szepietowski
Jacek C Szepietowski is a full professor of dermatology at the Faculty of Medicine of Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland and at the Department of Dermato-Venereology, 4 th Military Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland. He is a Doctor Honoris Causa of the Caucasus International University in Tbilisi, Georgia and a Fellow of the Royal Colleague of Physicians in Edinburgh. He is a current President of Polish Dermatological Society, Past President of the European Society for Dermatology and Psychiatry (ESDaP),

##MORE##Past Present of International Forum for the Study of Itch (IFSI) and Past Vice-President of the International Society of Dermatology (ISD). Prof. Szepietowski is an author or coauthor of more than 900 scientific articles, 17 books, more than 80 book chapters. His index “h” (Web of Science) is 72. He is a Honorary Member of 22 international and national scientific societies. His main topics of interests are: itch, psychodermatology and chronic skin inflammation, including hidradenitis suppurativa.

Antonella Tosti
Dr Tosti is Fredric Brandt Endowed Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery at the University of Miami. She trained in Dermatology in Bologna, Italy, which is the oldest university in the world, and was full Professor of Dermatology in Bologna before moving to Miami in 2010. Dr Tosti is internationally recognized as an expert on hair and nail disorders. She started a clinic dedicated to hair disorders at the University of Bologna in 1982, the very first hair clinic in the world— as there were very few people interested in hair at that time.

##MORE## She was president and founding member of the European Hair Research Society and is now Past President of the American Hair Research Society. She is founding member and past President and Secretary General of the International Society of Trichoscopy. She was president of the European Nail Society and Council of Nail Disorders. She is board member of the International Society of Dermatology. She is regularly invited worldwide as a speaker and she has been directing sessions and symposia at the AAD, EADV and World Congress of Dermatology. She organized several meetings on diagnosis and treatment of hair and nail disorders in Italy including a very successful annual Course on hair, nail and cosmetics in Capri. She is founder member of the International Academy of Trichoscopy an educationalorganization. She is author of more than 600 peer reviewed papers (h index 74 on Scopus) and editor/co-editor of 30 books including 10 published book on diagnosis and treatment of hair disorders. She is editor in chief of Skin Appendage Disorders. Dr Tosti trained hundreds of dermatologists from all around the world and is proud to say that many of them are today recognized as experts in hair and nail disorders.

Fernanda Torres Dermatological Private Practice exclusively on Hair and Scalp Health and Disorders, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Author of numerous scientific articles, chapters and national and international speaker worldwide in her field. Author of the book "Atlas of hair disorders: diagnosis and treatment", Ed Revinter, 2013, Bazil. Fellowship in Hair and Scalp Disorders at University of Bologna (2008) and Miami (2010)

Sergio Vañó-Galván
Dr. Sergio Vañó-Galván is a dermatologist and hair surgeon expert in hair research, director of the Hair Disorders Unit of the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital and the Hair Disorders and Hair Transplant Unit of Pedro Jaén Group Clinic, in Madrid. He holds a PhD in Medicine and is an Associate Professor of Dermatology at the University of Alcalá. He is the Secretary General of the Spanish Society of Dermatology (AEDV). He is the former President of the Spanish Hair Research Society (2019-2023).

##MORE## Dr. Vañó-Galván leads an active research group in the study of different forms of alopecia (#TricoHRC). Dr. Vañó-Galván has published over 325 scientific articles in Pubmed (h- index of 33) and is a regular guest speaker at international congresses of hair research. He is the Secretary General of the European Hair Research Society and an American Hair Research Society member. He is the Director of the International Master's Degree in Hair Disorders and Hair Transplantation at the University of Alcalá. Future President of the World Congress for Hair Research (Madrid, 2028) Dr. Vañó-Galván also works as a Section Editor in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and is an active user of social networks (@SergioVanoG, more information at: https://sergiovano.com/en/index.html).

Dmitri Wall
Consultant Dermatologist and Hair Transplant Surgeon
Hair Restoration Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
Dr. Dmitri Wall is a consultant Dermatologist with a special interest in hair disorders. A graduate of University College Dublin, Ireland, he completed higher specialist training with the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland before undertaking an international hair fellowship in Melbourne, Australia with Professor Rodney Sinclair. Since his return in 2019, he has worked as a consultant in St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, and Hair Restoration Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland.

##MORE## Dr. Wall also has a special interest in health informatics. He has obtained an MSc through Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, and has worked with Professor Alan Irvine and the Irish Skin Foundation charity, over the last decade, to develop the not-for-profit company National and International Skin Registries (NISR), that develops international patient registries. Dr. Wall has combined interests in hair and health informatics to lead development, along with colleagues in Australia – Rodney Sinclair, Bevin Bhoyrul; the U.K. – Nekma Meah; and South Africa – Katherine York, of a global network of patient registries for alopecia areata with a view to improving international collaboration and facilitating re-use of comparable clinical data.
Most recently Dr. Wall has worked with colleagues internationally to establish two global, physician-entered, anonymized patient registries, SECURE-AD (Alan Irvine – Ireland, Carsten Flohr – United Kingdom, Phyllis Spuls, Annelie Musters, Angela Bosma – The Netherlands) and SECURE-Alopecia (Rodney Sinclair, the U.K. – Nekma Meah; and South Africa – Katherine York; Ireland – Alan Irvine), to record and analyze outcomes of COVID-19 positive patients suffering from atopic dermatitis and all forms of alopecia, respectively

Anna Waśkiel-Burnat Ph.D, Assistant Professor, specialist in dermatology and venereology at the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Warsaw.
Author of over 60 scientific publications and 30 chapters of textbooks in Polish and English. Junior editor in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology and the International Journal of Dermatology. Speaker at many foreign and Polish conferences, including the American Academy of Dermatology, the European Academy of Dermatology

##MORE##and Venereology, the International Dermoscopy Society, Euroderm Excellence and the World Congress of Trichoscopy, as well as numerous trichoscopy courses.

Abraham Zlotogorski
Professor Abraham Zlotogorski, born in Haifa, Israel, is an MD graduate of the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His research and fellowship periods focused on the clinical aspects and the molecular biology of skin and hair diseases in the School of Pharmacy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute in New Jersey, USA, Columbia University in New York, NY, USA, and Department of Genetics and Metabolic diseases at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem.

##MORE## Prof. Zlotogorski was the director of the Center for Genetic Diseases of the Skin and Hair in Hadassah Medical Center and the chairman of the Department of Dermatology in Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. Prof. Zlotogorski served as the secretary and then president of the European Hair Research Society (2011-2017). His main research interests are hair diseases and genetic diseases of the skin and hair. He published more than 200 articles, book chapters and books, mainly on genodermatoses and hair diseases.