2nd International Keloid Symposium

2nd International Keloid Symposium is organized by Keloid Research Foundation (KRF) and will be held during Jun 06 - 08, 2018 at Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

2nd International Keloid Symposium is to provide a forum for open debate about basic science and clinical management of keloid disorder with the aim of having data driven, evidence based clinical management guidelines.

The 2018 program emphasizes exceptionally strong scientific and clinical content across the breadth of Keloid Disorder, from cutting-edge laboratory research and clinical data-mining to current treatment approaches, pros and cons of surgery, radiation therapy, cryotherapy, chemotherapy, laser treatment and other non-surgical interventions. One session is even dedicated to the discussion of terminology used to describe the disorder, hoping to part from terms such as “Keloid and Hypertrophic Scarring”. Another session will focus on staging of keloid disorder and its clinical applications, as well as analysis of data on >1,000 keloid patients, staged accordingly.

We hope that this meeting would bring many investigators as well as specialist clinicians, dermatologists, plastic surgeons, ENT physicians, all under one roof to discuss the challenges of this poorly understood and under-studied human ailment for the benefit of those who suffer the most, the keloid patients.

This year’s meeting will be held in conjunction with the joint congress of the International Society of Dermatologic Surgery (ISDS) and the Italian Society of Surgical and Oncological Dermatology (SIDCO). Registered participants will have full access to all sessions of this collaborative meeting on both days. Participants who wish to attend the 3rd and 4th days of the SIDCO/ISDS, will need to register for those two days directly with SIDCO/ISDS. We will soon have a link to this special registration path.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.