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Summer 2018 | Live Blog | Product Theater | Tremfya: A Selective IL-23 Inhibitor with Pivotal Studies vs. Adalimunab
June 28, 2018

For the first product theater of the SDPA Annual Summer Conference, Cynthia Trickett, PA-C, reviewed Tremfya. Ms. Trickett specializes in the treatment of patients with psoriatic disease and discussed Tremfya as a first line therapy medication for patients 18 years or older with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. As Ms. Trickett stated, “psoriasis affects and

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Summer 2018 | Live Blog | Lessons From Literature 2018

Dr. Rosen began Day 1 of the SDPA Annual Summer Conference this morning with a complementary message thanking PAs for being “the most open to adopting new technology and new drugs and pushing your doctors into the 21st century”. Dr. Rosen also vocalized his continued support of PAs! He started his review of the latest

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Summer 2018 | Live Blog | An In-Depth Look at Dermoscopy
June 27, 2018

The SDPA Annual Summer Conference kicked off the morning pre-conference track with in an-depth look at dermoscopy. Dr. Jennie Clarke provided a quick overview of the history of dermoscopy while emphasizing that dermoscopy is not used for diagnosis but for guidance to determine the need to biopsy suspicious lesions. She highlighted that dermoscopy can be