Dermapen May 20181

DermapenDermapenPresident’s message

Dear Members, Greetings from Executive Committee of KN IADVL. I am pleased to note that the subsequent edition of DERMAPEN is ready to hit the racks.

KN IADVL is one of the most vibrant state branches of IADVL. In the past and present, it has become the role model for other state branches by launching unique social and academic programs like vitiligo rath and theme based CMEs and Workshops. We continue this tradition in this academic year too by rolling out programs like Sarathi - A soft skill development program for clinic staff and a connect program for family physicians, pediatricians and gynecologists to educate them about basic dermatology conditions which can be treated at their level and to refer such cases when needed to a dermatologist of their locality and also showcase advances made in the field of dermatology particularly cosmetology and dermatosurgery.

Many of our members have brought laurels to KN IADVL through their publications, participation in international conferences and by assuming key positions at National IADVL. I congratulate and wish them good luck to achieve new heights in the future.

I am proud and happy to share that we are hosting DERMACON 2019 in the month of January 2019 which for the first time is getting elevated to international level, truly termed as DERMACON INTERNATIONAL 2019 - Bengaluru. This conference is further expected to change the way conferencing is done in India, akin to the land mark conferences of 2000 and 2009.

I take this opportunity to thank all my EC members, all committees and each and every member of KN IADVL for providing timely inputs and cooperation for the smooth functioning of the association activities.

Jai Hind Jai KarnatakaDr. B.S. Chandrashekar

President KN IADVL

Vol 6,

Issue 1,

May 2018IADVL

KARNATAKA BRANCHNews bulletin of IADVL Karnataka Branch www.iadvlkarnataka.org

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President’s messageFrom the Hon Gen Secretary’s deskFrom the Editor’s deskMinutes of meeting 4• Minutes of EC meeting during Dermazone South - Nov 2017• Minutes of AGBM held during DermazoneSouth - Nov 2017• Minutes of EC meeting during Dec 2017 at Bangalore• Minutes of EC meeting held during Dermacon 2018 at KochiIADVL KN Academic activities 10• Dermazone South &Cuticon Karnataka 2017• O-Scar program• Derma advance 2018, KIMS, Bangalore• National symposium on dermatophytosis (dermatofight 2)• Impact 2.0CME and Workshops Conducted 12• A State Level CME and Live Workshop on

“Dermatosurgery, Cosmetic Dermatology and Lasers” - AIMS, Bellur

• CME on Atopic dermatitis : current concepts and challenges – SNMC, Bagalakot

• IADVL TorrentDermatosurgeryworkshop 2018 - JSSMC, Mysore.• Workshop on dermoscopy, KBNIMS, Kalaburgi• Challenges in clinical dermatology, Ramaiah Medical

College, Bangalore• Leprosy update – SBMC, Chitradurga.• CME on Psychodermatoses.IADVL KN community dermatology activities 15• World AIDS Day 1 December 2017• World leprosy day• Skin care run• World skin health dayIADVL KN members’ achievement 18“IADVL for its members” - members friendly initiatives • Sarathi- A soft skills development program for clinic staff• IADVL DVL welfare trust • IADVL E-library • IADVL E-groups• IADVL DermaAppObituary 20Announcements 20

Dermatofight - Mangalore

CME on Atopic dermatitis - Bagalakot

Leprosy update – Chitradurga

Dermatoscopy workshop – Kalaburgi

IADVL Torrent – Dermatosurgery workshop, JSS medical college, Mysore

Impact 2.0 – KMC Manipal

CME on “ challenges in clinical dermatology”

O-Scar Program – Bangalore

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Dr. Umashankar N

Dr. Satish Pai BDr. Chandrashekar B S

Dr. Savitha A S

Dr. Shashikumar B M Dr. Manjunath Hulmani

Dr. Arun C InamadarDr. Manjunath R

Dr. Jayanth D P

Dr. Nagesh T S Dr. Sujala S Aradhya Dr. Prabhakar M Sangolli Dr. Nandini A S

President Past President

Vice-Presidents Joint Gen Secretaries

Hon. General Secretary President Elect

Honorary Treasurer Dermapen Editor Associate Web editor ACAD Chairman ACAD Convenor

OFFICE BEARERS OF IADVL KARNATAKA 2017-18 WORLD AIDS DAY

Sarathi program

Aesthetics workshop - Hubballi

Derma Advance 2018

Dermatosurgery work shop - AIMS Bellur

CME - PSYCHODERMOTOSES

Dermazone south

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Leprosy day activities

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From the Editor’s desk

It gives me immense pleasure to bring out this edition

of Dermapen with all the activities and achievements of

our KN branch of IADVL.

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce to

you the member friendly initiatives taken up by IADVL

and promoted by our branch. These include the new and

revamped IADVL website, IADVL DermaApp, E goups, E

voting, Digital library and the DVL trust. E-voting is going to

be the only form of voting from 2018, completely replacing

the ballot paper version. I thank the members who have

enrolled themselves in these initiatives and request others

to get enrolled in all these initiatives.

I also take pride in presenting to you the unique

program initiated by IADVL KN; ‘Sarathi’- a soft skill

development program for the clinic staff. In addition to

these programmes, IADVL KN has also actively participated

in various community dermatology activities during the

World AIDS day, Leprosy day and World skin health day.

I thank all the district co-ordinators who have actively

participated in the various activities and provided the

inputs necessary in editing the Dermapen.

I request all members to update us about your individual

achievements and the achievements of other members,

and also the events being held by your department and

sister societies.

Dr Nagesh TS Dr Namitha Chathra

Editor, Dermapen Assistant editor

From the Honorary General Secretary’s deskDear Members,

Continuing with its tradition,

IADVL Karnataka has a flurry of

activities lined up for this year too.

In addition to the regular activities,

a lot of novel initiatives have taken

place this year. A programme for soft skills development for

the staff of IADVL KN members (SARATHI), appointment of

a legal adviser to address the legal issues of the association

and its members are among the unique initiatives for this

year. Also, we are coming up with print versions of both our

journals this year onwards. Creation of an active Practice

management cell to take up practice related issues is also on

the top of the agenda for this year.

IADVL offers a number of grants and awards to

its members both at the central and the state levels.

Unfortunately, IADVL KN members are not utilising these

benefits, mainly because of their lack of interest in applying.

I request the sister society presidents and secretaries to

actively identify and motivate the eligible members from

their respective societies to apply for these benefits.

IADVL also gives generous grants to conduct academic

programs like DERMA BASICS, DERMAADVANCE, SIG

Workshops etc. I request all medical colleges to host any

one of these IADVL activities at least once in two years, in

addition to the regularly conducted CMEs.

From this year onwards, voting in the IADVL elections

is possible only through E voting. I request all members to

enrol as E voters at the earliest, if not done already.

We have created member’s whatsapp groups for

reaching out to all members. I request all members to join

these groups.

I thank the dynamic president of IADVL KN,

Dr BS Chandrashekhar, for his guidance and support in all

our activities. I also thank all the EC members of IADVL

KN, the Editorial teams of DERMAPEN and WEBSITE,

Presidents and Secretaries of Sister Societies and all the

coordinators- district, zonal and state for their constant

support.Long live IADVL

Dr Manjunath R. Honorary Secretary General

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Minutes of meetingMinutes of EC meeting held on

17th November The EC meeting of IADVL Karnataka was held on

November 17th 2017, during DERMAZONE South and

CUTICON KN at the VIP lounge of Father Muller Convention

Centre, Mangalore from 7:30 to 8:30 pm.

Dr Arun Inamadar, President, KN IADVL branch welcomed

the gathering and started the meeting. Dr Shashikumar B.

M., Hon. Gen Sec, presented the Secretary’s report, which

was accepted. Dr Manjunath R. presented the treasurer’s

report. Dr Venkatram Mysore suggested that the income

and expenditure of each conference must be mentioned

separately in the report. He also suggested that EC should

try to get IT exemption for IADVL KN on lines of Bangalore

Dermatology Society. Dr Manjunath Shenoy suggested

that when educational grant is received from pharma

companies for three years for a programme, an annual

percent of increase should be there to compensate for the

increase in expenses each year. Dr Umashankar suggested

to have only e-version of DERMAPEN to save on the printing

expenses. Dr Chandrashekar opined to continue the print

versions as advertisements in DERMAPENS can be a source

of income to the association. Dr Venkatram enquired if the

treasurer’s report has been submitted to finance committee,

and opined that financial transactions of more than one lakh

should be referred to the finance committee.

Academy report was presented by Dr Raghunatha

S. The steroid survey has been done in 14 centres, and

the plan is to extend it to all medical colleges. Initially a

pilot report to be published from the available data. The

postgraduate manual is ready for print. Pharma companies

want to print the book and have distribution rights.

Dr Venkatram suggested that it can be given to a publisher

who can give it to pharma companies for distribution,

IADVL KN will receive royalties for that. Dr Chandrashekar

suggested to elevate the PG manual to national level

and then release an e version of the book. Dr Venkatram

suggested a copy can be sent to international societies a

part of the IADVL international outreach programme.

Dr Inamadar suggested to have a cross sectional survey

for diseases like vitiligo and psoriasis, involving all the medical

colleges taking the help of community department.

Two issues of the journal CDR has been released with

one supplement on dermatophytosis which has been

well accepted by dermatologists. Dr Raghunath urged all

members to submit more original articles to the journal so

that it can be indexed at the earliest. The plan is to have

the journal indexed by Copernicus by 2019, as submissions

will increase once indexed.

Dr Ravi Rathod submitted CUTICON 2016 reports which

were accepted. Dr Raghunath Reddy briefed about the

preparations for DERMACON INTERNATIONAL 2019.

Gadag dermatology society bid for CUTICON 2019 and

was accepted by the EC, subject to acceptance by AGBM.

Dr Chandrashekar B S proposed Madikeri as venue

for MIDCUTICON. It was decided to let the EC decide on

a venue. Dr Venkataram insisted this should be strictly for

practitioners and exclude postgraduates.

St. John’s Medical College has requested to permit

them to host DERMAADVANCE 2019, DERMABASICS 2019

will be hosted by Yenepoya Medical College Mangalore,

and 2020 by Basaveshwara Medical college Chitradurga.

As Dr Umashankar has been elected as the Gen Secretary

of national IADVL 2018-20, it was suggested that he remain

as vice president for this term. Dr Satish Pai B is the President

elect, and Dr Shashikumar B M vice president.

Dr Narendra Kamath has suggested to review and

update the SOP which were framed in 2009. A committee

to be formed to do the same.

Dr Venkatram Mysore suggested to have a DERMASEWA

App, which will facilitate communication between

physicians and dermatologists in remote areas where

there is a lacuna for dermatologists. Many members had

queries regarding the same which were answered by Dr

Venkataram and Dr B S Chandrashekar. It was decided by

EC to take up the project on a pilot basis in one place and

then expand to other places depending on the results,

after approval in AGBM..

Dr Manjunath Kollegal suggested to have an IADVL KN

legal, ethical and social media cell to address the ethical

issues in view of the KPME act.

Dr B S Chandrashekar proposed to make some changes

in the existing divisions of zones, as some districts were

not part of the zone, to facilitate easier communications.

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Each district will have a district coordinator who will

coordinate with the respective zonal co-ordinators for

IADVL KN activities. A meeting to be held shortly involving

all the coordinators to discuss the plans.

A proposal was made to have a leprosy training centre

in a central place like Bangalore or Hubballi, where leprosy

patients will receive treament and other measures such as

reconstructive surgeries and help in rehabilitation.

Dr Chandrashekar B S proposed for the association to

pay 50% of DVL trust amount to enroll more members in

it, or make it part of conference registration and also to

appoint an insurance agent to meet the dermatologists

across the state and enroll them in this. Dr Venkatram

Mysore said that the DVL trust as a product was not

attractive and offered small compensation.

Dr Chandrashekar suggested to have a mentorship

programme on lines of national IADVL to guide young

dermatologists. Other proposals were IADVL directory, to

have monthly community dermatology activities by each

district and increase the enthusiasm in observing the

leprosy day.

Vote of thanks was proposed by Dr Shashikumar B. M.

IADVL KN Annual General body meeting, 18th Novemebr 2017, Mangaluru.

The annual general body meeting of IADVL KN was held

on 18th November 2017 at 5:30 pm in Hall B, at Father

Muller Convention centre, Mangalore, during CUTICON KN.

Welcome address was given by Dr Arun C Inamadar.

Condolensces was offered to the departed souls of Dr K

N Prakash and Dr Govindaiah . Dr S Sacchidanand and Dr

Raghavendra Tophakane spoke about them and a minute

of silence was observed. Secretary, report was presented

by Dr B M Shashikumar which was accepted and passed by

the GB. Dr Manjunath Kollegal presented the Treasurer’s

report which was accepted and passed by the GB.

Dr Venkatram suggested not to mention the company

sponsored registrations in the report, instead to write it as

educational grants.

Dr Umashankar opined the permission of GB to be

sought to change the auditor for the next year as it is

expensive. Dr Mysore said the auditor should not be

changed everytime the secretary changes and maintaining

the same auditor helps in keeping all documents safe with

one person. Dr Chandrashekar B S recommended BDS

auditor Mr Pradeep as IADVL KN is planning to apply for

tax exemption under 80 G. The house agreed to authorize

Dr B S Chandrashekar to negotiate with the auditor Mr

Pradeep and to take a decision.

DERMAPEN editor Dr Manjunath Kollegal submitted

the report which was accepted and passed. Dr T S Nagesh,

the current assistant editor was appointed as DERMAPEN

editor; Dr. Namitha Chathra was confirmed as the assistant

editor ,on the proposal of Dr B S Chandrashekar, seconded

by Dr Umashankar N.

Dr Jayanth D P presented the website report and was

accepted by GB.

Dr Raghunatha S, academy convener presented the

academy report. The academy proposed to conduct

epidemiological studies on vitiligo, psoriasis and Tinea by

involving all the institutions of Karnataka. It was accepted

and passed.

Dr Ravi Rathod presented CUTICON 2016 accounts

which was accepted and passed by GB.

Dr Nanjundaswamy presented the report of CUTICON

2018 to be held from September 28th to 30th at Silent shores,

Mysore. The theme of the conference is ‘ Immunodermatology

- Bench to Bedside’. Dr Raghunath Reddy presented the

DERMACON INTERNATIONAL 2019 report.

Gadag Dermatologist society had bid to conduct

CUTICON 2019 at Gadag, the GB accepted it. MIDCUTICON

2018 venue to be decided by the EC.

St Johns Medical College had applied to conduct

DERMAADVANCE 2019, it was accepted. It was also decided

that DERMABASICS 2019 will be held in Chitradurga,

and 2020 in Hubballi. Dr Umashankar suggested

DERMAADVANCE 2020 to be offered to Bellary. Dr Satish

Pai from KMC agreed to do DERMAADVANCE 2020 if

Bellary refuses.

Like previous years, the existing EC members

were promoted, Dr Shashikumar as Vice President,

Manjunatha R as Honorary Secretary General, Dr Sathish

Pai as President Elect, Dr Savitha A S as Treasurer. This

was accepted by the house. Dr Jayanth was proposed as

Joint Secretary by Dr Y M Shivakumar and seconded by

Dr Bangaru.

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It was decided to induct all the zonal coordinators as

EC members. According to the constitution, EC needs 22

members. Dr B S Chandrashekar suggested to absorb all

district coordinators as EC and CC members, Dr Raghunath

Reddy said it has to be amended in constitution.

Dr Umashankar said to have only core committee as

EC members, like national IADVL. Dr Venkatram said

that president elect has to attend national CC meeting.

President elect to be included as CC member.

EC members : Bangaru H, , Mohan Shinde, Sudhir

Nayak, Shivanand DR, Sujala, Vishalakshi P, Nagesh T S,

Veeresh. Ex officio EC members : all district,zonal and state

coordinators, sister society presidents and secretaries.

CC members : Sathish Pai B, Mahesh Kumar C,

Ashwini P K, Harish M R, Rajashekar T S, Raghunath

Reddy, Shivakumar Y M, Vijaykumar Kote, Jagadish P,

Yogendra, Nagaraj, Surendra KK, MitaxariHugar.

The New EC for the year 2017-18President Dr Chandrashekhar B SPresident Elect Dr Sathish Pai BPast President Dr Arun InamadarHonorary

Secretary General

Dr Manjunatha R

Honorary

Treasurer

Dr Savitha AS

Vice presidents Dr Umashankar N &

Dr Shashikumar BMJoint secretaries Dr Manjunath Hulmani &

Dr Jayanth DPEC Members Dr BangaruH, Dr Mohan Shindre,

Dr Sudhir Nayak, Dr Shivanand D R,

Dr SujalaAradhya, Dr Vishalakshi P,

Dr Nagesh TS, Dr VeereshCC Members Dr Mahesh Kumar C, Dr Ashwini PK,

Dr Harish MR, Dr Rajashekhar TS,

Dr Raghunathareddy,

Dr Shivakumar YM, Dr Yogendra,

Dr Jagadish P, Dr Nagaraju TS,

Dr Surendran KAK,

Dr MitaxariHugar

The new EC was inducted and Dr B S Chandrashekar

addressed the gathering and shared his plans for the next

year.

President B S Chandrashekar proposed the following

points :

= Plan to initiate programme which will run for three

years or more.

= District coordinators to be involved in all activities of

IADVL KN which will help to disseminate information

and carry out the IADVL activities successfully in all

districts.

= DERMA SEWA app- to create an app to fill

the lacunae in few areas where there are no

dermatologists, help connect the primary

care physicians to local dermatologists. Many

members like Dr Purushotham, Dr YM Shivakumar,

Dr Tukaram Sori opposed the app, they felt it

might hinder the practise of local dermatologists

if advice was given to physicians through the app.

a few members felt that physicians might misuse

the app and not refer patients to dermatologists.

It was proposed by Dr Venkatram Mysore to start

the app in one district, as a pilot project if the

dermatologists of the district agree, and then assess.

Dr Umashankar suggested the app can be used to

educate the physicians regarding common conditions

rather than prescribing medicines.

= To have a leprosy rehabilitation centre in Hubli or

Bangalore, for the rehabilitation and treatment of

leprosy patients

= Mentorship programme to help and guide junior

dermatologists

= Psoriasis and vitiligo registry

= To strengthen practice management cell, to make a

list of procedures whuich are applicable for GST so

that it will be uniform in Karnataka

= To motivate more members to avail benefits of DVL

trust, to allocate funds from the association for

enrolling members,

= To get 80 G status for IADVL Karnataka.

The meeting concluded with vote of thanks from

Dr Shashikumar.

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IADVL-KN ACADEMY – Minutes of Meeting 2017

The Academy of IADVL-KN conducted its annual

meeting on 17-11-2017 at 5.30pm in Hall C, Father

Muller Convention Centre, Mangalore. The meeting was

attended by Dr Prabhakar Sangolli, Dr Leelavathy B.,

Dr Ragunatha S, Dr Manjunath Shenoy, Dr Arun C.Inamadar,

Dr Chandrashekhar B.S., Dr Chidambaramurthy,

Dr Umashankar N, Dr Ashwini P.K, Dr Nandini A.S.

Other members had given prior intimation about their

inability to attend the meeting. The meeting was presided

by Dr Arun C. Inamadar, Chairman; Dr Prabhakar Sangolli,

Deputy Chair and Dr Ragunatha S, Convenor; IADVL-

KN Academy. The following are the minutes of meeting,

Dr Ragunatha S, welcomed the members to the meeting and

presented the activities of Academy during the year 2017.

1. Dr Prabhakar Sangolli was elected as Deputy Chairman,

Academy of IADVL KN. Dr Ragunatha S was retained as

Convenor of Academy. Dr Satish Pai And Dr Kantaraj

G.R.have completed their term and were relieved

from the membership of Academy. The following

new members were suggested : Dr Gatha Upadya,

Dr Nagesh T.S., Dr Ashwini P.K.

2. The Academy has started ‘Multicentric study on

factors associated with steroid abuse of face’. A total

of 24 teaching institutions across Karnataka accepted

to participate in the study. A few of the institutions

have submitted their results. The results from these

centres are under the process of analysis.

3. The Academy has prepared and monitored the

scientific programme of Midcuticon 2017 held in May

2017 at Sagar.

4. The Academy is involved in the preparation of Part-I of

PG manual. It is under the process of review.

5. Dr Gatha Upadya has prepared the guidelines for

IADVLKN researchgrant. It has been reviewed and

submitted to IADVL EC for approval.

6. The Academy members were involved in evaluation

of abstracts submitted by delegates for Cuticon 2017

which was at Mangalore.

7. The Academy members are involved in evaluation of

Dissertation submitted by delegates for Best Thesis

Award to be given in Cuticon 2017 to be held at

Mangalore.

8. The Academy is also involved in preparation of

guidelines for various awards and orations given by

IADVL KN.

Dr Ragunatha S, thanked all the members for their

contribution

Dr Ragunatha S, put forward the following agenda of

the meeting :

= Discussion on activities of Academy

= Proposal by members

= All the members participated actively in the discussion

and gave following suggestions :

= Discussion on Research projects

8 Dr Manjunath Shenoy. suggested to set a deadline of

December 31st 2017 for the present project

= Discussion on PG manual

8 All the members suggested that once completed,

it can be published through a major publisher after

thorough review by academy members

= Proposals by members

8 Dr Ragunatha S, suggested epidemiological study on

Vitiligo and Psoriasis. All the members agreed for

the same and Dr Ragunatha S agreed to prepare a

research protocol

8 Dr Manjunath Shenoy, suggested a study on

recalcitrant dermatophytos. All the members agreed

for the same and the new convenor will take up the

project

Dr Ragunatha S, before conclusion of meeting, thanked

Deputy Chair, Dr Prabhakar Sangolli.and Chairman,

Dr Arun C. Inamadar for their support, encouragement

and expert opinion on various activities of Academy.

Dr Prabhakar Sangolli and Dr Arun C.Inamadar thanked all

the members for their co-operation. As Dr Ragunatha S,

has completed his tenure as convenor, all the members

of Academy unanimously selected Dr Nandini A.S. as

Convenor of Academy. Dr Chidambaramurthy, Dr Nischal

K.C., Dr Balachandra Ankad and Dr Naveen K.N. have

completed their tenure. The Convenor will select the

new members in consultation with Chairman and Deputy

Chairman of the Academy.

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Minutes of combined EC and CC meeting of IADVL Karnataka at Hotel Citrine,

Bengaluru on 17/12/2017.The first combined CC-EC meeting after taking over by

the office bearers of 2017-18 was held at Hotel Citrine, Bengaluru on Sunday 17th December 2017 from 9.30 AM to 1.00PM. Eighteen members attended the meeting.

The President, Dr B S Chandrashekar, welcomed the EC and CC members. He emphasized the need for strengthening IADVL activities at grass root level by appointing District co- ordinators and empowering them.

Secretary of IADVL-KN, Dr Manjunatha R, presented Secretary’s report. LM and PLM details were explained. Out of the current 937 life members, 410 are registered as E voters at present. He said that enrolling all IADVL KN members as E voters is essential because from 2018, E voting will be the only form of voting. He also stressed the need for a membership drive because approximately 300 dermatologists across Karnataka are still not enrolled as IADVL members.

Treasurer’s report was presented. Members were informed that IADVL Karnataka’s new bank account is being opened at Kotak Mahindra Bank , Kollegal. DERMAZONE SOUTH 2017, Mangaluru – provisional accounts were presented. It was informed that a total savings of 24 -27 Lakhs was expected after the pending Pharma payments come in. Fifty per cent of this savings will be given to IADVL KN branch as per protocol. All members conveyed their appreciation to DERMAZONE 2017 Mangaluru team for this record savings.

Website report was given by Dr D P Jayanth. Dr D P Jayanth and Dr Mohan Shendre, Hubballi were re-appointed as E voting co-ordinators of Karnataka to further the task of encouraging E-voting registration. Dr Jayanth requested that the insurance agent, if appointed by KN branch for DVL welfare trust enrolment, may also do e- voting registration through KN website by OTP method. Members felt that appointing an insurance agent for DVL trust or E voting may be counter productive as they will be more likely to sell their own products instead of doing IADVL activities. President Dr BS Chandrashekar suggested that any publication by an IADVL KN member should be made available on our website in the form of a link to the publication.

Academy report was presented by Dr Nandini A. S., it was brought to the attention of the EC that the Academy committee needed to be updated. A study on Dermatophytosis- culture and sensitivity has been approved,however, the proposal for KIMS, Bengaluru to serve as the central lab for the study is pending. Dr Manjunath Shenoy has been entrusted to opine on the matter.

Dr B S Chandrashekar presented his plans for the activities for 2018.He emphasized that his vision is to see that these activities are carried forward atleast for the next three years. The following are a list of plans of Dr BS Chandrashekhar :

Re organisation of Zones : Zones to be re organised and made more convenient for the participating districts. District coordinators to play more active roles at the district and the zonal levels.

Zonal co-ordinators were appointed. 31 district co- ordinators were decided. Final list would be put up soon by Dr Manjunatha R.

Sister societies were requested to inform IADVL KN branch about their activities. Branches of smaller cities were encouraged to host SIG programmes. Community survey programmes to be implemented by district co-ordinators. Pharmacists to be educated about steroid abuse and fungal infections at their monthly meetings.

Academy will prepare modules for such educational meetings and also prepare separate information modules for schools , pharmacists and IMA meetings. Dr Shashi suggested 246 Morarji Desai schools of Karnataka can be adopted for educational program (especially regarding scabies and fungal infections). Dr Nandini suggested that a talk on menstrual hygiene may also be given simultaneously. This was approved by the members.

Dr D P Jayanth suggested that KN branch can buy a laptop for secretary with a dongle and mobile SIM in his name. This will be easier for documentation , accounting and also for handing over to next KN secretary. This was unanimously approved.

Dr Chandrashekar proposed that new Tertiary leprosy centre at Bengaluru can have a combined office of IADVL Karnataka, Bangalore Dermatology Society and ACSI. This was approved by the members. He further informed that about Rs 90 lakhs savings from WCOCD conference will be used for building construction.

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DVL WELFARE TRUST ENROLLMENT : Dr Chandrashekar suggested appointing an insurance agent with an incentive of Rs. 250/- per enrolment to enroll members across Karnataka. He may also do e voting registration through KN website on smartphone by OTP method.

Dr Jagadish P ,Secretary, Bangalore Dermatology Society suggested that BDS clerk Basavaraj may do the same with the same incentive. This was approved by the members.

Dr Y M Shivakumar, Past president, Mysore Dermatology Society offered to enroll all members of Mysore Dermatology society. He also gave an update about Cuticon KN 2018, Mysuru. Dr Chandrashekar spoke about signing an MOU with Mysore Dermatology Society regarding monthly account updates at Dermacon 2018, Kochi.

Dr Chandrashekar spoke about mentorship programmes of 3 weeks duration at centres designated by academy. Teaching institute will be paid by KN branch. He proposed Soft skills development (tax, GST, KPME act etc...) and Sarathi programme for clinic staff for 1 day at district level. Dr Manjunath Hulmani to be in charge of co-ordinating this through district co-ordinators. He also spoke about conducting a CME on Dermatology for other specialities - through IMA.

Community programmes by sister societies- educational videos on skincare with pharma grants, camps, skincare education and TV channel updates on IADVL days were the ideas put forth.

Dermatology ICU guidelines to be updated with inputs from Dr Arun Inamdar. Electronic medical records to be encouraged among practitioners in Karnataka.

IADVL activities : ITATSA- Dr Nandini and Dr Nagesh will be in charge

ITAQ (anti quackery)- Dr Mahesh KumarIJPPD Journal printing cost to be paid by KN branch

with generous donation from WCOCD funds.Legal and ethical cell, Social media cell and practice

management cell to be established. Dr Manjunatha R, being a medico legal expert to head the legal cell, Dr K H S Rao and Dr D P Jayanth will also be in the legal cell.

Dr Chandrashekar B S, President and Dr Manjunatha R, Secretary thanked all the members for attending the

meeting and actively participating.

Combined EC and CC Meeting of IADVL Karnataka at DERMACON 2018,

Le Meridien, KochiDate : 19th January 2018 Time : 05:30pm onwards= Dr. B S Chandrashekar, the President, welcomed the

members of both CC and EC to the meeting.= Dr. Manjunath R, the Secretary, presented the

Secretary’s report.4 The various WhatsApp groups have been started and

members getting added accordingly. The respective group moderators were thanked for their contributions for maintaining the group.

4 Updating of members personal and contact information is being done vigorously. The EC directed the Zonal coordinators and office bearers of all Sister Societies to actively help with the same.

4 The Secretary suggested that the office bearers of all Sister Societies can actively promote the enrollment of their Society members into DVL Welfare Trust, as this would benefit each and every member of the DVL Welfare Trust.

= Dr. Savitha A S, the Treasurer, delivered her report to the EC and it was entirely approved.

= Dr. Sujala S Aradhya, Asst. Web Master, informed the EC that the website domain & CMS was due for renewal on 23rd Feb 2018. EC approved to renew the same with the current vendor T Vasan Tech Pvt. Ltd..

= Dr. Mahesh Kumar C discussed regarding Legal Cell and ITAQ with respect to hiring of a lawyer.

4 He was directed to explore the option of a single lawyer/ law firm being hired simultaneously by IADVL parent association, DVL Welfare Trust and all the State branches.

4 He was also instructed to prepare a MOU inclusive of the suggested pointers by the EC, and that the hired lawyer/ law firm should sign and abide by the same MOU.

4 EC decided that an interested IADVL-KN member should become a representative member of the Legal cell and ITAQ, and that such a member may be suggested by the respective Zonal coordinators from their zones.

= Dr. Ramesh Bhat informed that all the finances of CUTICON-KN and DERMAZONE South 2017, Mangalore have been audited and the report will be shared soon. EC approved the same.

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= MID-CUTICON 2018, Chikkamagaluru : Dr. Manjunath R informed that Hotel Adrika has been booked for 19th and 20th May, and Taj Gateway was being considered for the banquet dinner. EC suggested to further explore the entertainment options for co-delegates.

= CUTICON 2018, Mysuru : Dr. Shivakumar Y M informed that Silent shores Resorts was confirmed as the venue, and updated EC about the various progress made. He was directed by the EC to inform the Organizing team to send in an official report of the conference progress till date.

= Torrent Dermatosurgery workshop : Dr. Ashwini informed EC that the workshop is being conducted on 11th Feb at JSS Medical College, Mysuru.

= IMPACT 2.0 : Dr. Sudhir Nayak informed EC that the CME has been scheduled on 4th March at Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru. He was directed to include Dr. Leelavathy B, Dr. Savitha, Dr. D S Krupashankar and 2 members from SIG as the advisors for the CME.

= DERMABASICS 2018 : Dr. Manjunath Shenoy informed that it was scheduled for 5th Aug. He then requested for approval to organize 1 Zonal workshop on 4th Aug. EC approved.

= Dr. B S Chandrashekar discussed about soft skills training program for members and clinic staff :

4 He informed that an interface meeting between primary care Physicians, General Practitioners, Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and Paediatricians would be planned to educate them about common dermatoses, their prognosis, diagnosis and treatment options. This may be arranged with a different Pharma company in each zone.

4 Soft skill training for clinic staff may be organized along with Pharma companies.

4 He stressed the need of patient management software for everyday clinic practice. EC decided to search for such a software.

= Journals : Dr. Raghavendra Rao discussed about IJDPDD, EC approved for the MOU renewal and to go ahead with the print version of the journal. About 600 journals to be printed per issue, and 2 issues per year to be published and printed. IADVL-KN will provide financial support for the first 2 issues, sponsorship to be arranged after that. Each medical college’s library and the corresponding authors to be provided free copies of the first 2 issues, along with a letter informing

the availability of the journal to every Dermatology and Pathology department HODs of each of these medical colleges.

= Dr. Manjunath Shenoy informed EC that all documents for the renewal of Society’s registration have been submitted, the fee has to be paid. He also requested for the photographs of the current office bearers to complete the renewal of registration.

= The President, Dr. B S Chandrashekar delivered the

vote of thanks.

IADVL KN Academic activitiesDERMAZONE SOUTH &

CUTICON KARNATAKA 2017 21st DERMAZONE SOUTH Conference and 8th

Annual Conference of Karnataka, Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists (IADVL) was held at Father Muller Convention Centre, Mangalore between 17th to 19th November 2017. Nearly 1,200 delegates from all over India and abroad participated in this mega event.

The conference was preceded by “HOW TO PUBLISH” Workshop on 16th November at Decennial Memorial Hall, Father Muller Medical College. It was organized by Internal Quality Assurance cell, Father Muller Medical College in association with Dermatology department and IADVL Karnataka Branch.

Rev. Fr. Rudolph Ravi D’Souza, Administrator of FMMCH inaugurated the workshop. Dr. Indrani Karunasagar, Director – Research - NITTE University delivered the key note address. Dr. NilayKanti Das from Kolkata was the guest of honour during the workshop. There was an enthusiastic participation by 121 delegates in this workshop.

The 21st DERMAZONE SOUTH conference was inaugurated by Dr. Yogesh S Marfatia, IADVL National President on 17th November 2017 at 6.30 pm. Rev. Fr. Richard Coelho, Director, Father Muller Charitable Institutions, Dr. Ramesh Bhat M, IADVL National President Elect, Dr. Vijay Zawar, Vice President – IADVL National, Dr. K R Kamath, President, IMA – Mangalore were the guests of honor for the inauguration and CUTICON Karnataka conference was inaugurated by Dr. S. Sacchidanand, Director of Medical Education, Government of Karnataka on 18th November 2017 at 11am. Dr. Jayaprakash Alva, Dean, FMMC was the Guest of Honour. Dr. Venkataram Mysore was awarded and felicitated with prestigious Prof. Siddappa Memorial Lifetime achievement Award.

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Dr. Arun C Inamdar, IADVL Karnataka Branch President presided over both the inaugural functions.

Prof Dr. Ganesh S Pai was the organizing committee chairman, Dr. Nanda Kishore B & Dr. CBalachandran were Co Chairmen of the conference.

Dr. Sukumar D, Professor & Head of Dermatology Department, Father Muller Medical College was the organizing secretary of DERMAZONE South and Dr. Manjunath Shenoy, Professor & Head of Dermatology Department, Yenepoya Medical College was the organizing secretary for CUTICON Karnataka.

Dr. Ramesh Bhat M, Professor & IADVL National President Elect and Dr. K Narendra Kamath were Coordinators of the conference. Dr. Sathish Pai, Professor & Head of Dermatology department, KMC Manipal & Dr. Gatha Upadhya, Professor & HOD KMC Mangalore were Chairmen of Conference Scientific Committee. Dr. Jacintha Martis, Professor, Department of Dermatology, Father Muller Medical College and Dr. Balasaraswathy, Consultant Dermatologist Mangalore were Treasurers for the conference.

The conference had scientific deliberations in the field of Dermatology, Venereology, Leprosy and Cosmetology. Accredition was received by Karnataka Medical Council for 6 points. The theme of the conference was “DERMATOLOGY IN MEDICINE - THE INSIDE STORY”. It highlighted on skin manifestations of lifestyle diseases and skin cancers which is a growing concern. The lectures were delivered by renowned National and International Faculty.

Dr. (Maj.Gen.) A. K Jaiswal delivered Prof. J N Shetty Oration on 18th November 2017 to enlighten us about current scenario of sexually transmitted infections in armed forces. Dr. B.Leelavathy delivered Prof Shiva Kumar & Prof Rajendran Memorial Oration on 19th November 2017 highlighting cutaneous manifestations of HIV infections.

Dr. Ashwini Babu, Alumni of department of Dermatology, Father Muller Medical College was presented with “Best Dissertation Award” for her post graduate dissertation titled “Ultrasonography as a diagnostic modality for the involvement of peripheral nerves in leprosy”.

Skin Care Run was held on 18th November 2017 at 6.30 am which was flagged off by Kannada Film actress Sharmila Mandre. This run was arranged to create awareness on the growing misuse of over the counter topical corticosteroids as fairness creams.

In addition to the academic feast, scientific research papers, posters were presented by practicing Dermatologists

and Post Graduates during the conference. O – Scar program : Bangalore Dermatological Society

(BDS), Bengaluru conducted the IADVL Sponsored O-SCAR on Sunday 17th December 2017, Time 2;15pm to 5;30pm , Venu: Hotel Vivanta By Taj, 41/3, MG Road, Bangalore-560 001.

A master class on evolving issues and new approaches in the management of acne.

The aim of the program was to update practicing dermatologists with advances in the understanding of acne as a systemic disease and in its treatment. The content had been formulated by the IADVL Acne Experts Group and approved by the IADVL Academy in coordination with the EC- BDS Bengaluru, under the Guidance and monitored by Dr Raghunatha Reddy Hon President BDS . The speakers were eminent experts in acne. The program started with the welcome note by Dr. Chandrashekhar BS President KN IADVL ,with the introduction on O-Scar by Dr ShashiKumar and the sessions were Chaired by Prof Dr Leelavathy B. Speakers who gave talks were Dr. Dipankar De, Dr. GulrezTyebkhan, Dr. Urmila Nischal and Dr. Umashankar N then followed by a panel discussion with the above speakers and Dr B S Chandrashekar as one more Panelist, moderated by Dr Dipankar De. The session was attended by 156 delegates with good involvement of delegates in panel discussion and the programme ended with closing remarks by Dr Jagadish P, Secretary BDS.

DERMA ADVANCE 2018, KIMS, Bangalore

• DERMAADVANCE is the CME programme that is

designed exclusively for the final year exam going post

graduate students to help them get oriented towards

the exam module.

• DERMAADVANCE 2018 was successfully conducted on

6th and 7th of Jan 2018 at Kempegowda Institute of

Medical sciences KIMS, Bangalore in Association with

IADVL-Karnataka

• A total of 126 PGs and 24 faculty from across Karnataka

participated in the programme

• It was a two day Programme . Day 1 started with

the inaugural ceremony at 10.30 am with Chief

Guest Dr Sacchidanand and Guest of Honour Dr B S

Chandrashekar- President IADVL-KN. Other dignitaries

included Principal and Dean- KIMS, AMO, Dr Sharath

Kumar BC and Dr Nandini A S.

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• Spotters Discussion at 6 stations simultaneously with 2

faculties in each station with around 23 students in each,

4 to 5 spotters were discussed per station in a duration

of 20 min. This was followed by lunch and then lectures

on various exam related topics till 4.30 pm.

• Day 2 started with long and short case discussions

at 6 stations- with 1 long and 2 short cases at each

station

• This was followed by lunch and then lectures and panel

discussion on what to do after passing the exams.

• Feedback was collected from all participants and

certificates were given.

National Symposium on Dermatophytosis (Dermatofight 2),

K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, 11th February, 2018.

In the past few years, we have been encountering an

onslaught of difficult to treat and atypical dermatophyte

infections. Poor response to standard treatment &

recurrences have been common, necessitating extended

or modified therapy. To address this issue a national

symposium was organized in K.S.Hegde Medical Academy,

Mangalore on February 11th, 2018, under the guidance

of IADVL Task-force Against Recalcitrant Tinea (ITART).

Dr. Girisha B S, was organizing chairman with Dr. Shricharith

Shetty as organizing secretary. Symposium was conducted

by 14 faculties and was attended by 103 delegates. Dr.

Kabir Sardana started the scientific session, where he spoke

about various atypical presentations of dermatosphytosis.

Dr. Suchitra Shenoy, Microbiologist, delivered a talk on

changing microbiological profile and its clinical significance.

Dr Juliet Mohan Raj, molecular biologist discussed on non-

conventional methods in diagnosing dermatophytes such

as polymerase chain reaction and its scope for future

research. This was followed by a heated panel discussion

moderated by Dr. Manjunath Shenoy on Up-dosing/

sequential therapy/combination therapy: has it become

essential for the therapy of dermatophytosis? Dr. Ramesh

Bhat, Dr. Madhu Rengarajan & Dr. Raghunatha Reddy

spoke for the topic & Dr. Kabir Sardana, Dr. Girisha B S,

Dr. Jyothi J spoke against this. Following lunch, there were

two interesting debates. First was on “Will terbinafine die

a slow death? “Dr. Pramod Kumar spoke for & Dr. Smitha

Prabhu against it. The second debate was “Is the non-

response an indicator of evolving drug resistance? DrTonita

M Noronha spoke for & Dr Madhu R against it. Symposium

ended with Dermatofight 2 quiz conducted by quiz masters

Dr. Malcolm Pinto & Dr. Prashanth Kamath. Dr. Soumya

from KVG medical college, Sullia & Dr. Navyashree from

Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore won first prize.

Impact 2.0The department of Dermatology, Venereology and

Leprosy of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (of Manipal

Academy of Higher Education) hosted the 6th in the

series of the IMPACT 2.0 for the year 2018 in association

with IADVL and IADVL-Karnataka on 4th March 2018. It

was attended by 53 delegates. Dr. Sathish Pai, Head of

Department, welcomed the delegates. Dr. Savitha A.S.

gave the audience an oversight into IADVL IMPACT 2.0.

The SIG nominated speakers Dr. Brijesh Nair and Dr. Sushil

Tahiliani gave an overview on combination therapy in

psoriasis and the Indian perspective on biologicals. The

IADVL-Karnataka nominated speakers were Dr. Savitha,

Dr. Leelavathy and Dr. Krupa Shankar. Dr. Savitha spoke on

psoriasis and pregnancy. Dr. Leelavathy addressed the issue

of Psoriasis and HIV with co-morbidity. Dr. Krupa Shankar

enlightened the audience on palmoplantar psoriasis with

nail involvement. The final session was the panel discussion

which was focused on the management issues in psoriasis

and was moderated by Dr. Sushil Tahiliani. The IMPACT 2.0

was well organized by 6 Sigma especially Mr. Hardik Jain

who was of great assistance. He was in regular contact

with the department and was instrumental in the smooth

conduct of IMPACT 2.0. The vote of thanks was read out by

Dr. Sudhir Nayak.

CME/ Workshops conducted:A State Level CME and Live Workshop

on “Dermatosurgery, Cosmetic Dermatology and Lasers”

SUMMARY : A State Level CME and Live Workshop

on “Dermatosurgery, Cosmetic Dermatology and Lasers”

in association with IADVL, Karnataka branch and Mandya

Society of Dermatologists at Adichunchanagiri Institute of

Medical Sciences on 21st December 2017. Eminent speaker

Dr. Avitus John Raakesh Prasad, conducted the entire CME

and Live Workshop from 8.30am to 5.00pm.

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Registration for the workshop was done between

8.00am to 8.30am. The number of delegates crossed 100

in number and the workshop was well received by the

delegates. A brief introduction of the speaker was given

by Organising co-chairman Dr. M Ranga Swaroop following

which scientific session started. The first session started at

9.00am wherein the speaker gave an insight into different

types of chemical peels and with emphasis on newer peels.

This was followed by live demonstration on a patient. The

next session started at around 10.00am. In this session, the

Speaker highlighted on the techniques and applications

of Fractional CO2 and Micro-needling RF lasers followed

by live demonstration on two patients with acne scars.

This was followed by the inaugural function at 11.15am,

where Dr M G Shivaramu, Principal, AIMS was the invited

chief guest, other dignitaries being Dr. T M Manohar, the

Medical Superintendant, AIMS; Dr. Somasekharaiah D, KMC

Observer; Dr. B D Sathyanarayana, Organising chairman

and Head of the Department, Dermatology; Dr. Avitus John

Raakesh Prasad, Speaker; Dr. Jayanth D P, Joint General

Secretary, IADVL, Karnataka. The inaugural ceremony

started with lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries and

welcome speech by Dr. B D Sathyanarayana and speech by

chief guest. The speaker was felicitated by the Principal,

AIMS. The function was concluded with vote of thanks

by Dr. Yogesh, Organising secretary. The inauguration

ceremony was followed by tea break of 10 minutes.

Post tea break, the most awaited session was on

Vitiligo Ultrathin epidermal grafting wherein the speaker

gave a lucid description of the technique to harvest

Ultrathin Epidermal graft in Vitiligo. He later demonstrated

the procedure on a patient with stable vitiligo.This was

followed by lunch break of 45 minutes.

In the post lunch session, the speaker highlighted on

techniques and application of Qs Nd:YAG laser for tattoo

and pigmentary disorder which was followed by live

demonstration in two patients. The last scientific session

was regarding the applications of the Intense Pulsed

Light (IPL) in Aesthetic dermatology, wherein the speaker

discussed extensively about IPL and gave valuable practical

tips regarding its applications. Following the lecture, he

demonstrated the procedure on patient with Hirsutism for

hair removal.

The last session was followed by question and answer

session wherein the delegates interacted with the speaker.

This was followed by valedictory function at 4:45pm..

CME on Atopic dermatitis: current concepts and challenges

Date : 24-12-2017

Venue : Medical education department, S N M C, Bagalkot

Organized by : Bijapur-Bagalkot Dermatologist’

Association, IAP Bagalkot District, SN Medical College

and BLDE’S SBPM Medical College

The programme started at 10am sharp. Dr B S Ankad

introduced the guests. Dr R T Patil narrated his experience

in atopic dermatitis. It was an overview. Dr. Raghunatha

S. spoke in detail about Current concepts and etiology

in atopic dermatitis. Clinical features were explained by

Dr Shivakumar Patil. The programme was inaugurated in

the presence of all the guest speakers and the cheif guest,

Dr Shivayogi TC. After tea break, Dr Samipa Mukherjee

spoke about importance of counseling in atopic dermatitis.

Finally, current management strategies were impressed

upon by Dr Shivayogi. Quiz was conducted for post-

graduate students. Four teams participated and each

team was having one dermatology and one pediatric post-

graduate students. Students from S N MC, Bagalkot AND

BLDE MC, Vijayapur competed in quiz. Dr Mahajabeen

was the quiz master.

IADVL Torrent Dermatosurgery workshop

The IADVL Torrent Dermatosurgery workshop 2018,

from the south zone, was conducted by Department

of Dermatology, JSS Medical College, Mysuru on 11th

February 2018.

Around 110 delegates attended the workshop. The

workshop started with sessions on basic set up of a minor

OT by Dr Omprakash, Consultant Dermatologist, Vikram

hospital, Mysore, followed by video demonstration of

Regional blocks and Suturing techniques by Dr Srinivas

HT, Anesthesiologist and Dr Vijay L, Plastic Surgeon

respectively.

Since Vitiligo surgeries are among the commonly

performed procedures by Dermatologists, we had Dr

Ashique KT, consultant Dermatologist from Kerala,

educating us about the various Vitiligo surgeries including

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suction blister grafts, melanocyte transfer for vitiligo

through video demonstration.

The program was inaugurated by our chief guest

Dr B Manjunatha, Registrar and was presided by Dr

Basavangowda, Prinicipal, JSS Medical College, in

the presence of Dr Chander Grover, Convenor SIG

Dermatosurgery, IADVL.

Post inauguration, there were sessions on acne surgeries

by Dr Ashwini PK, Assistant Professor, Department of

Dermatology, JSSMC, Mysuru and by Dr Madura C, Consultant

Dermatologist, Cutis,Bengaluru. Various methods of post

acne scar management were demonstrated like subcision,

microneedling, dermal and fat grafts for scars.

The afternoon session started with an enlightening

talk by Dr Chander Grover, Consultant Dermatologist from

Delhi who explained about an array of nail surgeries like

intramatricial injections, nail biopsies and avulsions.

We had our eminent hair transplant surgeons from

Bengaluru Dr Sandeep Mahapatra and Dr Savitha AS who

took us through a step by step journey of doing a hair

transplantation, including FUE and FUT methods.

The concluding session was on the role of platelet rich

plasma and platelet rich fibrinmatrix in Dermatology. The

session was conducted by Dr Umashankar, Professor from

Rajarajeshwari Medical College, Bengaluru, which included

preparation of PRP and its various indications.

The queries from the participants were clarified by the

respective faculty during the interactive session at the end

of program.

Dermascopy workshop, KalburgiDepartment of DVL KBNIMS, along with Kalburgi

dermatological society organised hands on workshop on

dermoscopy on 18-2- 2018 at KBN teaching and General

Hospital campus Gulbarga from 9:30 a.m. onwards.

Dr B.S Ankad professor and HOD department of DVL

SNMC Bagalkot was a resource person and speaker for the

workshop. Eminent Dermatologists of Kalburgi City, PGs

of MR Medical College and KBNIMS, Medical director of

KBNIMS, Medical supertendent of KBNIMS attended the

program. Live demonstration of dermascopy on more

than 20 cases was followed by a talk on basics and various

dermoscopic patterns of dermatological conditions.

Program was facilitated by Dr Guruprasad K.Y. Professor

and HOD,Department of DVL along with PGs of KBNIMS

Gulbarga.

“Challenges in clinical dermatology” held on 1st April 2018 at Ramaiah

Medical CollegeThe department of Dermatology, headed by

Dr. T K Sumathy, RMC conducted a CME on “Challenges

in Clinical Dermatology”, on 1st April 2018 at Ramaiah

Memorial Hospital auditorium, the idea was to have

an academic platform to bring various medical colleges

together to share their experiences in managing the

challenging clinical situations.

The CME was inaugurated by the chief guest Dr. Harish

K. Vice-Principal & Associate Dean RMCH and guest of

honour; Dr. S.Sachidanand, DME & Dean BMCRI, with

other dignitaries on the dais, Dr. A. G.Prathab, Registrar

(academics) RMC; Dr. T K Sumathy, Sr. Professor & Head and

Dr. A L Shyam Prasad, Professor. The DME Dr. S Sachidanand

inspired the audience by his visionary thoughts on how to

improve clinical dermatology in the present day practice.

Registrar of academics addressed the gathering and gave

his valuable inputs.

The scientific session started exactly on time with an

introductory note by Dr. T K Sumathy emphasising on the

importance of clinical dermatology and the challenges

encountered in Clinical dermatology practice. This was

followed by an exciting photo quiz session by Dr. Praveen

Kumar S, Associate. Professor, with an active participation

from young as well as senior dermatologists.

The challenges encountered either during diagnosis or

management in various aspects of dermatology including

clinical dermatology, histopathology, sexually transmitted

infections & HIV etc. were discussed from BMCRI, KIMS

and SJMC including our college with valuable inputs from

various experts. The last session of the scientific programme

was the panel discussion on “Clinical situations solving

the conundrum” with a special emphasis on leprosy,

moderated by Dr. A. L.Shyam Prasad. The panellists were

head of department of AMC, Command Hospital Air force,

VIMS and MVJ medical college

The total attendance was around 100 with an active

participation from the faculty, post graduates and practicing

Dermatologists from in and around Bengaluru. Everybody

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appreciated and acknowledged the academic programme

as well as the arrangements made.

Leprosy update : SBMC, ChitradurgaAs a part of Leprosy fortnight 2018, The department

of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy in association

with IADVL KN, hosted a CME “ Leprosy – An Update” in

Basaveshwara Medical College and Hospital, Chitradurga

on 10th February 2018. The CME was attended by 70

delegates with accreditation of two hours by Karnataka

Medical Council.

The programme was inaugurated by Dr G N

Mallikarjunappa, Executive Director (Academics), SJM

Vidyapeeta. Dr G. Prashanth, Vice Principal; Dr M Yogendra,

HOD of Department of Dermatology; Dr Suresh, District

leprosy Officer and Dr Manjunath Hulmani, KMC observer

were present on the occasion.

The scientific programme started with a talk on

‘Epidemiology and Current Scenario of leprosy’ by Dr

Nagendra Gowda M R, Professor and HOD, Department

of Community Medicine. Dr Parvathi C N, Professor of

DVL spoke on ‘Introduction, History and Clinical features

of Leprosy and Its Reactions’ in her lucid presentation. A

speech on ‘Management of leprosy, new regimens and

leprosy vaccine’ was delivered by Dr Manjunath Hulmani.

New drugs in leprosy and regimens were highlighted by

the speaker. Dr Chidambara Murthy S, associate professor,

VIMS, Bellary spoke on, ’Childhood leprosy’. He stressed

the importance of early diagnosis of leprosy in children.

Histopathological aspects of leprosy with pictures were

detailed in her speech by Dr Sonam N, Assistant Professor,

Department of Pathology.

The CME was concluded with an interactive panel

discussion on various aspects of leprosy, moderated by Dr

M Yogendra with all the speakers as panelists.

CME PSYCHODERMOTOSES 11.03.2018.We, Department of skin and STD, MMC & RI Mysore.

successfully conducted CME PSYCODERMOTOSES on 11.03.2018 Sunday at Pathology lecture hall, MMC & RI Mysore. The function was inaugurated by Dr. C.P Nanjaraju, Dean and director and presided by Dr. B.L Nanjund swamy, Professor and HOD, Skin and STD. Dr. D.P Jayanth gave talk on introduction to Psychodermatology. Dr. Raveesh B N, Professor and HOD Dept. of Psychiatry MMCRI

Mysore briefed Psychosis perspectives & Approach among Dermatological Patients. Dr. Sathyanarayana, Professor, Dept of Psychiatry, J S S Medical College Mysore gave talk on Venerophobia Approach & Management and about approach & Management of Erectile Dysfunction. A Panel discussion on the topic An Approach to Psychocutaneous Dermatoses was done by moderator Dr. D.P Jayanth and Dr.Prasanna P, Consultant Dermatalogist; Dr. Ompraksh Consultant Dermatalogist; Dr. Raveesh B N; Dr. Narendra Kumar M S; Dr. Sathyanarayana.

IADVL KN community Dermatology activitiesWorld AIDS day : December 1st

World AIDS day was observed by various institutes

across Karnataka. Many public awareness programs were

conducted across the state.

KBNIMS, Gulbarga : On the occasion of World AIDS

Day the department of dermatology K B N IMS Gulbarga

conducted a CME program on post exposure prophylaxis of

HIV, which was delivered by Dr Murugeshpastapur, on 5th

December 2017 at 11 a.m. Dr Imtiaz Ul Haq, Dean/ Principal;

Dr P.S. Shankar, senior medical advisor; Dr Guruprasad

K.Y.,Professor & HOD, department of dermatology with

other departmental colleagues and staff including post

postgraduates, students attended the programme. At the

end of the program, question-answers were discussed.

JSS Medical college, Mysore : As a part of World AIDS

Day, an informative talk was held in JSS Urban health center

on 1st December 2017 at 12 noon . The talk started with an

invocation by Mrs Bhagya, nursing staff at JSS urban health

center. Dr Pushpakamalini CMO, JSS UHC; Dr Chethana

S G, Senior Resident, Department of Dermatology, JSS

Medical collegeand Dr Pushpalatha, Assistant professor,

Department of Prevention of Oral Medicine, JSS Dental

college were present on the Dias.

Mrs Bhagya spoke about the importance of observing

world AIDS day every year on 1st December, discovery of

HIV, mode of transmission of HIV, and availability of free

testing, counselling and medications.

Dr Chethana spoke about signs and symptoms of

a person infected with HIV, including mucocutaneous

manifestations,the precautions that should be taken to

prevent HIV transmission, about investigation and anti-

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retroviral therapy and online and government schemes for

HIV infected individuals. Dr Pushpalatha spoke about oral

hygiene, signs and symptoms of oral cavity infection in a

HIV infected person and social awareness.

The talk was addressed to patients attending JSS UHC,

general public of surrounding area, nursing students and

paramedical staff. Their doubts regarding HIV and AIDS

were addressed.

Skin care runSkin Care Run was held on 18th November 2017 at 6.30

am which was flagged off by Kannada Film actress Sharmila

Mandre. This run was arranged to create awareness on the

growing misuse of over the counter topical corticosteroids

as fairness creams.

World leprosy daySparsh Leprosy Awareness

Campaign- Father Muller Medical ClloegeSparsh Leprosy Awareness Campaign and Free skin

camp was conducted at Aided Stella Maris Hr. Pry School,

Kotekar on 3rd February 2018. This programme was

organized to commemorate of Anti Leprosy Fortnight -

30-1-2018 to 13-2-2018.

The programme was jointly conducted by St. Joseph

Leprosy Hospital (Unit of Fr. Muller Charitable Institutions),

District Health and Family welfare society (Leprosy Division),

I A D V L – Karavali, and Aided Stella Maris Hr. Pry School,

Kotekar. The Assistant Administrator Fr. Muller Medical

College Hospital- Rev. Fr. George Jeevan Sequeira presided

over the function. The programme started with prayer

songs. Sr. Maria Carmel welcomed the gathered. The chief

guest, Dr. Rathnakar, District Leprosy Officer, inaugurated

the Free skin Camp and presided overoathtaking fromthe

gathered people on Leprosy awareness and eradication.

Mr. Rajesh Uchil, President of Someshwar Grama

Panchayath, spoke on importance of cleanliness.

Dr. Sukumar D., H O D, Dermatology department,delivered

Awareness talk on leprosy. Dr. Jayanth Kumar, Psychiatrist,

addressed the audience on coping-up of stress during

examination. Sr. Janet D Souza, Chief Nursing Officer,

dispatched vote of thanks. Approximately 300 people

gathered in this programme. Finally, free skin camp

conducted for public. Total 236 people benefited from this

Free Skin camp.

JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL-2018

World leprosy day is celebrated on January 30th and

the entire week is celebrated as leprosy week. Department

of Dermatology, JSS medical college and Hospital took this

golden opportunity to reach out to the people and create

awareness among the general public by creating large

banners and pamphlets which had information about the

early signs, symptoms, modes of transmission, treatment

modalities and deformities associated if neglected.

An enthusiastic group of 20 people which included

the consultants and post graduate students reached the

foothills of Chamundi , Mysore at 6:30 am in the morning

where hundreds of people thronged up and down the hills

and this place was chosen as it attracts people from in and

around Mysore to seek blessings from goddess chamundi.

We displayed our banners by the side walk and distributed

the pamphlets. A good amount of interaction took place

between the doctors and the public where questions were

entertained and the myths and cons about the disease

were cleared.

KMC, MANGALORE

Leprosy week was observed in dermatology department

of KMC hospital, Mangalore with the following activities

1. Display of leprosy awareness posters in the hospital

2. Leprosy awareness talk arranged in FM channels.

3. Small write up published in both Kannada and English

print media

4. Free leprosy camp was arranged in the hospital from

1st February to 7th February

KMC MANIPAL

1. Dr. Sathish Pai gave a talk in a TV program on Daiji

world - The topics were Psoriasis, Vitiligo and Leprosy.

This was done on 27th.

2. Leprosy week is being celebrated from 29th Jan to

Feb 3rd with poster display at important places in the

hospital

3. Article on leprosy by Dr. Smitha Prabhu may be printed

on the 4th of Feb in Arogyavani Udayavani Sunday

section

4. Awareness program for non teaching staff by

Dr. SmithaPrabhu and Dr. Varsha Shetty on the 30th

of Jan.

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Chitradurga

As part of leprosy fortnight CME on updates in leprosy

is being held at Basavrshwara medical college, Chitradurga.

Congratulations to Dr Yogendra and team.

KSHEMA, Mangaluru

Leprosy awareness programme was conducted by Dept

of Dermatology, K S Hegde Medical Academy (KSHEMA) in

the hospital premises for the general public, by distributing

information leaflets. Posters were displayed at important

places in the hospital.

Dr. Tonita Noronha Pereira participated in a live

television interview lasting one hour and answered many

queries regarding leprosy from the general public.

KIMS, Hubballi

As a part of Leprosy awareness Programme, a scientific

session was organised in KIMS Hubballi on 8th February by

dept of skin and STD and urban Leprosy centre.

Session was inaugurated by the Director, Dr DD Bant. Dr

Ravi Rathod, Prof and head, welcomed the dignitaries and

audience. Saplings were handed over to the dignitaries. A

talk was arranged on ‘Leprosy-an overview. A written quiz

on Leprosy was arranged for undergraduates. 5 teams

were selected for whom oral quiz was conducted by Dr

PV Bhagwat, Assoc Prof and Dr Chandramohan,AssProf.

Winning two teams were given medals and Jopling’s

handbook of Leprosy.

KIMS, Koppal

Leprosy awareness programme was conducted by Dept

of Dermatology, KIMS Koppal in association with IMA,

Koppal branch on 08/02/2018.

Various activities involved are as follows:

1. Leprosy awareness by local gigipad singer,

2. Skit by Medical students,

3. Speech by Director and Dr. Basavaraj Bachalapur,

senior dermatologist.

4. Audio-visual presentation about Leprosy by the

Dr. Vijay kumara Adavi and Dr. Vishalakshi Pandit.

GIMS, Gadag

Dr veeresh, Associate professor in Dept of dermatology,

GadagInstitute of Medical Sciences, gave a talk on

awareness on leprosy in Kannada to students of MSW and

other health staff at DHO auditorium, Gadag. There was

also a role play skit by MSW students.

HIMS, Hassan

Leprosy day was observed on 30/01/2018

Handouts based on leprosy dos and donts were

distributed which helped in creating awareness.

The inauguration was done by Dr Ravikumar B C.

All leprosy patients were educated regarding wound

care by PG students. Total of 15 patients who are on MB-

MDT were educated regarding blister pack usage and

importance of completing treatment. Day completed with

distributing around 200 hand outs to general OPD patients

Dr Suresh M R, Dr Vinay KN and Dr Vivekananda Ittigi were

involved in all the activities

VIMS and RC, Bengaluru

On 25.01.2018, symposium on leprosy was conducted

for medical students. Around 275 UG students, PG

students, and Staff attended. Speakers were post graduate

students of following speciality. Time: 2.00 pm to 3.30 pm

1) Dr MariyaZafer --> Microbiology department

2) Dr Sameeranandan Reddy --> Pathology department

3) Dr Srikanth --> Community medicine department

4) Dr RanjithaChowdary --> Dermatology department

5) Dr Sunitha Mohan --> Dermatology department

6) Dr Aditi Nadamani --> Radiology department

7) Dr Rohit Kumar Gupta --> Ophthalmology department

8) Dr Shivam --> Pharmacology department

All PG students spoke well. Dr Mangala, Professor &

HOD Community medicine department

stressed the importance of early detection and prompt

and adequate treatment.

Dr K Hanumanthayya, Professor & HOD, and

Dr Balasubrahmanyam, Assistant Professor, Dermatology

Department organized and conducted the programme.

Vijayapura

The National Anti-Leprosy Day was observed at Shri B

M Patil Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, BLDE

(Deemed to be) University, Vijayapur on 30th January 2018.

World skin health dayWorld skin health day was observed thoughout

Karnataka. Various public awareness initiatives were taken.

Press meets were held to create awareness about skin care

and world skin health day.

The department of Dermatology at Kasturba Medical

College, Manipal held a press meet on 5th of April 2018 at

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Udupi press club along with Dr SubashKini, Dermatologist

from the District Hospital Udupi. The press release was handed

over and they were briefed about the purpose of World skin

health celebration. Poster display with regard to skin health,

fungal infections and various side effects of misuse and abuse

of topical steroids were done for a week in different areas of

the hospital. The same was displayed in the TV in the OPD so

that patients could watch while waiting for their turn to be

seen by the consultants. A free camp was conducted on the

8th of April for taxi drivers and owners association. People

were told about common skin diseases and also misuse and

abuse of topical steroid creams. They were also told how to

take of skin and not to buy creams over the counter. Free

medicines were distributed to all patients.

IADVL KN member’s achievementDr Ramesh Bhat M

1. Took over as National President of IADVL for the year 2018.

2. Special Invitee during DUBAIDERMA and delivered 2 lectures.

3. Invited as a guest faculty during RSMPD and Annual

meet in Singapore.

Dr Sacchidanand

1. Elected a’s President of ACS (I) for a period of two

years from 2017 -19

2. Appointed as Dean cum Director of Bangalore Medical

College & Research Institute.

3. Released an Hand book on “Sclerotherapy in

Dermatology” during DERMACON 2018 @ Kochi.

4. Selected as Editor in Chief for the V edition of IADVL

Text book of Dermatology.

Best Paper award from JCAS

ORIGINAL ARTICLE : Follicular unit grafting in chronic

nonhealing leg ulcers : A clinical study Leelavathy

Budamakuntla, Eswari Loganathan, Sacchidananda A

Sarvajnamurthy, HV Nataraj.

“IADVL for its members” - members friendly initiatives

1. Sarathi program : “SAARATHI” – the soft skill development programme

In continuation of various activities for the dermatologists

across Karnataka from IADVL-KN association, there was a

very innovative activity called “SAARATHI”. This is a unique

programme; where in there will be soft skill development

activities for the dermatologists and the clinic staff

(Receptionist, nursing staff, clinic helpers, and technicians).

All in all it is a human resource development programme

To start with, it was conducted keeping in mind the clinic

staff (Receptionist, nursing staff, clinic helpers, technicians)

across Karnataka. The aim was to train the staff in terms of

training of airhostess, to improve their skill of interaction

and behaviour with patients. Various topics covered were

: context setting and enhancing self esteem, will building

and self awareness, communication skills, empathy and

listening, managing angry patients and relatives.

Dermatologists can send their clinic staff for training.

Registration is free. The programme has been conducted

in zonal wise. The participants could opt for the centres of

their respective zones.

The Sarthi program was launched at Mysore

on March 4th. The program was inaugurated by

Dr B S. Chandrashekar, President, IADVL-KN. Total of 42

people attended the program. The program was held

Davangere on March 25th. Total of 35 people attended.

On April 29th, the Sarathi program was held at Mangalore.

Total of 20 people attended. On May 6th, it was held at

Hubli and 30 people attended. The program is scheduled

to be held across Karnataka in due course of time. The

speaker for the program was Subhash Hegde. It was

sponsored by Dr Reddys pharma. The program was very

well appreciated by all the participants across all centers.

Participants informed that it has helped them immensely

for their personality development and to handle various

situations that can arise day to day basis in a better way.

The program was with totally interactive sessions and the

resource person has a lot of experience in conducting

such programs. All the dermatologists can take this golden

opportunity and send all their clinic staff for this unique

human resource development programme.

2. IADVL DVL Welfare Trust : IADVL has launched a double benefit scheme which has

social security coupled with professional legal protection.

It is called the DVL welfare trust. The trust has been

registered at Vadodara. DVL Welfare Trust is by IADVL, of

IADVL and for IADVL members and their families.

Social security to family members : In case of the

unfortunate demise of a member, the nominee will get Rs.

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450 x N, where N = No. of members of DVL trust. In other

words, when more IADVL members join this scheme, more

fraternity benefit for members families.

Professional legal protection (Optional) : An option

to provide comprehensive indemnity cover in the event

of litigant situations arising out of alleged professional

negligence by the members. Legal help is extended in

all types of cases like civil, criminal, labour& consumer

redressal fora. Please note, it is the only professional

indemnity scheme that covers cosmetic procedures.

Eligibility of the members : Any life member of IADVL,

irrespective of age is eligible to become a Regular Member

of the scheme. Family members of Life members of IADVL

can also join the scheme as Beneficiary Members. Please

note that separate forms need to be filled for each member

of a family.

Application forms can be downloaded at http://www.

dvlwelfaretrust.org

For clarifications, contact : DVL Welfare Trust,

Shreeji Chambers, BrahmpuriDandia Bazar, Vadodara

- 390001 Gujarat, India. Phone : 0265 2431085 E-mail

dvlwelfaretrust@gmail.com

Contact persons :

Dr Chetan N Patel email : dvlwelfaretrust@gmail.com

Dr JayadevBetkerur : jbetkerur@gmail.com jbetkerur@

yahoo.com

Dr Ravi M Rathod : rmr23366@yahoo.com

3. IADVL E-LibraryIADVL now has an E-Library which is ready to provide

articles from the following journals to all IADVL members:

1. British Journal of Dermatology

2. Clinical & Experimental Dermatology

3. Dermatologic Therapy

4. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

5. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology &

Venereology

6. Paediatric Dermatology

7. The Journal of Dermatology

To obtain any full text article from these journals,

please write to :

iadvlejournals2016@gmail.com

While doing so, please cite your IADVL membership

number and provide details of the articles in the following

format: Citation and URL

Chao PH, Cheng YW, Chung MY. Generalized pustular

psoriasis in a6-week-old infant. Pediatr Dermatol 2009; 26:

352–354

URL: Just copy the address on the browser, where the

abstract is displayed and paste it.

Please note that full text articles are available from

these journals , since 1997 only.

State Co-ordinators: Mail with request to

BalachandraAnkad :drbsankad@gmail.com

Shricharith: drshricharith@gmail.com

4. IADVL E groupsFor its life members, IADVL operates 2 yahoo e groups.

IADVL@yahoogroups.com and

ACAD_IADVL@yahoogroups.com. IADVL group is a

general group for light hearted general discussion on any

interesting topic.

ACAD IADVL group is for discussion on academic

matters.

To join the e groups, please send an e mail to the

following mail id. You have to mention your details along

with your IADVL life membership number. You will get a

reply mail inviting you to join the e groups. You will need

to accept the invitation to get started.

If you are not a member, it is time to enroll.

Please mail your details and IADVL Life membership

number to : drdinesh1512@gmail.com

5. IADVL DermaAppIADVL DermaApp, the official mobile app of IADVL, that

has been developed to connect all IADVLites and foster a

vibrant mobile community of the association.

To download :Open Google Play app in your mobile and

search for “IADVL DermaApp”

(or)

click ‘Google Play’ icon below from your mobile

IADVL DermaApp is the official mobile app of

Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists

and Leprologists and has been developed to connect

professionals registered with IADVL to foster a vibrant

mobile community.

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Key features of the mobile app includes:

* Latest news and announcements from IADVL

* Access to E-Learning portal

* Access to journals

* Easy tracking of key events & conferences

* Registration for E-Voting

* Access to Member Directory with search features and more...

For any support, email to : helpdesk@

healthconnectdigital.com.

All IADVLites are requested to visit iadvl.org and

updated the following :

1. Sign up in the IADVL website

2. Register for e-voting

3. Update one’s profile details

Announcements

ObituaryN.A. Karibasappa Davanagere LM/KN/1870

AG Shetty Dharwad LM/KN/1935

AnnouncementsIADVL TORRENT AESTHETICS

WORKSHOP 2018A Workshop on Aesthetic Procedures in Dermatology

The IADVL SIG Lasers and Aesthetics (IADVL Academy),

in association with IADVL Karnataka and Department of

Dermatology, Shri B M Patil Medical College, Vijayapur,

is organizing a workshop on Aesthetic Procedures in

Dermatology at Shri B M Patil Medical College, Vijayapur

on 17th June 2018

Workshop brochure and registration details will be

available on IADVL KN website soon. For details, contact

Dr.KeshavmurthyAdya (Organizing secretary).

CUTICON 2018 – MysoreThe 9th Annual Conference of Indian Association of

Dermatologists, Venereologistsand Leprologists [IADVL]

- Karnataka branch will be held from 28 to 30 September

2018,at the historic city of Mysuru. The theme of the

conference is “IMMUNODERMATOLOGY - BENCHTO BEDSIDE”.

“UNDERSTANDING - CLINICAL IMMUNO DERMATOLOGY”, a

preconference,continuation medical education programme

will be organized on 28 SEPTEMBER 2018.

Dermacon International 2019 – Bengaluru

DERMACON INTERNATIONAL 2019 – INDIA, first

International DERMACON being hosted by the vibrant

team of Dermatologists of IADVL Karnataka. It is the

47th National Conference of Indian Association of

Dermatologists, Venereologists & Leprologists and the

first ever DERMACON with an international outreach

- an “Indian mission with a global vision”. It will be held

between 17th to 20th January 2019.

The venue of the conference, Clarks Exotica Convention

Resort & Spa is located close to the international airport,

away from the hustle and bustle of the metropolitan city. It

has been chosen carefully and has all facilities to cater to a

conference of this magnitude. “Team Derma Bengaluru &

IADVL Karnataka” are ready and eager to host and warmly

welcome each of you to our country India and experience

its legendary hospitality.

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Dr. Umashankar N

Dr. Satish Pai BDr. Chandrashekar B S

Dr. Savitha A S

Dr. Shashikumar B M Dr. Manjunath Hulmani

Dr. Arun C InamadarDr. Manjunath R

Dr. Jayanth D P

Dr. Nagesh T S Dr. Sujala S Aradhya Dr. Prabhakar M Sangolli Dr. Nandini A S

President Past President

Vice-Presidents Joint Gen Secretaries

Hon. General Secretary President Elect

Honorary Treasurer Dermapen Editor Associate Web editor ACAD Chairman ACAD Convenor

OFFICE BEARERS OF IADVL KARNATAKA 2017-18 WORLD AIDS DAY

Sarathi program

Aesthetics workshop - Hubballi

Derma Advance 2018

Dermatosurgery work shop - AIMS Bellur

CME - PSYCHODERMOTOSES

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Leprosy day activities

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DermapenDermapenPresident’s message

Dear Members, Greetings from Executive Committee of KN IADVL. I am pleased to note that the subsequent edition of DERMAPEN is ready to hit the racks.

KN IADVL is one of the most vibrant state branches of IADVL. In the past and present, it has become the role model for other state branches by launching unique social and academic programs like vitiligo rath and theme based CMEs and Workshops. We continue this tradition in this academic year too by rolling out programs like Sarathi - A soft skill development program for clinic staff and a connect program for family physicians, pediatricians and gynecologists to educate them about basic dermatology conditions which can be treated at their level and to refer such cases when needed to a dermatologist of their locality and also showcase advances made in the field of dermatology particularly cosmetology and dermatosurgery.

Many of our members have brought laurels to KN IADVL through their publications, participation in international conferences and by assuming key positions at National IADVL. I congratulate and wish them good luck to achieve new heights in the future.

I am proud and happy to share that we are hosting DERMACON 2019 in the month of January 2019 which for the first time is getting elevated to international level, truly termed as DERMACON INTERNATIONAL 2019 - Bengaluru. This conference is further expected to change the way conferencing is done in India, akin to the land mark conferences of 2000 and 2009.

I take this opportunity to thank all my EC members, all committees and each and every member of KN IADVL for providing timely inputs and cooperation for the smooth functioning of the association activities.

Jai Hind Jai KarnatakaDr. B.S. Chandrashekar

President KN IADVL

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President’s messageFrom the Hon Gen Secretary’s deskFrom the Editor’s deskMinutes of meeting 4• Minutes of EC meeting during Dermazone South - Nov 2017• Minutes of AGBM held during DermazoneSouth - Nov 2017• Minutes of EC meeting during Dec 2017 at Bangalore• Minutes of EC meeting held during Dermacon 2018 at KochiIADVL KN Academic activities 10• Dermazone South &Cuticon Karnataka 2017• O-Scar program• Derma advance 2018, KIMS, Bangalore• National symposium on dermatophytosis (dermatofight 2)• Impact 2.0CME and Workshops Conducted 12• A State Level CME and Live Workshop on

“Dermatosurgery, Cosmetic Dermatology and Lasers” - AIMS, Bellur

• CME on Atopic dermatitis : current concepts and challenges – SNMC, Bagalakot

• IADVL TorrentDermatosurgeryworkshop 2018 - JSSMC, Mysore.• Workshop on dermoscopy, KBNIMS, Kalaburgi• Challenges in clinical dermatology, Ramaiah Medical

College, Bangalore• Leprosy update – SBMC, Chitradurga.• CME on Psychodermatoses.IADVL KN community dermatology activities 15• World AIDS Day 1 December 2017• World leprosy day• Skin care run• World skin health dayIADVL KN members’ achievement 18“IADVL for its members” - members friendly initiatives • Sarathi- A soft skills development program for clinic staff• IADVL DVL welfare trust • IADVL E-library • IADVL E-groups• IADVL DermaAppObituary 20Announcements 20

Dermatofight - Mangalore

CME on Atopic dermatitis - Bagalakot

Leprosy update – Chitradurga

Dermatoscopy workshop – Kalaburgi

IADVL Torrent – Dermatosurgery workshop, JSS medical college, Mysore

Impact 2.0 – KMC Manipal

CME on “ challenges in clinical dermatology”

O-Scar Program – Bangalore