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Scientific Program 2025

The Scientific Program will be finalized by 22nd of October

Thursday, November 6, 2025
Friday, November 7, 2025

Thursday, November 6, 2025

08:30 - 18:00
Registration
Duration: 570 min
09:30 - 10:30
Case Reports / Free Communications
Duration: 60 min

Chairs: I. Jākobsone, M. Šepte, K. Bērziņa

09:30 - 09:40
Contact dermatitis: Problems and perspectives
Duration: 10 min
09:40 - 09:50
Case Reports from daily practice
Duration: 10 min
09:50 - 10:00
Langerhans cell histiocytosis and palmopalmar keratosis as side effect of vemurafenib treatment
Duration: 10 min
10:00 - 10:10
Dermatitis herpetiformis in a 16-year-old adolescent. Diagnostic challenges and favourable response to dapsone and gluten-free diet
Duration: 10 min
10:10 - 10:20
Photosensitivity reactions of locally applied medicines on human skin
Duration: 10 min
Andra Derveniece (Latvia)
10:20 - 10:30
Androgenetic Alopecia - what weapons do we have in modern dermatology?
Duration: 10 min
Marko Kozelj (Slovenia)
10:30 - 11:30
JOHNSON & JOHNSON Company Symposium
Duration: 60 min

Approaches to Psoriasis Diagnosis and Treatment

10:30 - 11:00
Differential diagnosis of psoriasis and the impact of risk factors on treatment efficacy
Duration: 30 min
11:00 - 11:30
Navigating systemic psoriasis treatment
Duration: 30 min
11:30 - 12:30
Plenary Lectures
Duration: 60 min

Chairs: K. Eisendle,  I.Hartmane

11:30 - 11:50
Cutaneous Sarcoidosis: Diagnostic Correlations and Treatment Algorithms
Duration: 20 min
11:50 - 12:10
Long COVID-19 syndrome in Dermatology
Duration: 20 min
12:10 - 12:30
Non surgical treatment of Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)
Duration: 20 min
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch Break and Poster Session presentations
Duration: 60 min
13:30 - 14:30
Symposium/Plenary lectures
Duration: 60 min

Chairs: K.Kingo, S.Rubins

13:30 - 13:50
IPL Technology – What We Know From Research from Long-Term Analyses
Duration: 20 min
13:50 - 14:10
Genome-Wide Association Study of a Rare Papulosquamous Disease - Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris
Duration: 20 min
14:10 - 14:30
Rare Syndromes with Urticaria
Duration: 20 min
14:30 - 15:30
Symposium/Plenary Lectures/Free Communication
Duration: 60 min
14:30 - 14:45
Langerhans cell histyocytosis as a differential diagnosis for intertriginous dermatitis
Duration: 15 min
14:45 - 15:00
Evaluation of a multimodal 4-step erbium:YAG and Nd:YAG laser protocol effectiveness using validated digital photo-analysis systems
Duration: 15 min
15:00 - 15:15
Artificial Intelligence in Dermatology: A Continuous Quandary
Duration: 15 min
Madison Downs (USA)
15:15 - 15:30
Interpretation of Pigmented Lesions on Facial Skin: The Role of the Pseudonetwork in Preventing Misdiagnosis
Duration: 15 min
15:30 - 15:50
Coffee break
Duration: 20 min
15:50 - 16:50
SANOFI Company Symposium
Duration: 60 min

Chairs: Andris Rubins (Latvia); Silvestrs Rubins (Latvia)

From Trials to Triumphs: How we can translate the Evidence Based Medicine into successful clinical practice

15:50 - 16:10
One Fire, Many Flames: Type 2 Inflammation Across the Body
Duration: 20 min
16:10 - 16:30
Beyond the EASI Score: Redefining Success with Dupilumab in Severe AD
Duration: 20 min
16:50 - 18:10
Plenary Lectures
Duration: 80 min

Chairs: Skaidra Valiukeviciene, Igor Bartenjev, Axel zur Hausen

16:50 - 17:10
Kaposi’s Sarcoma 2025
Duration: 20 min
17:10 - 17:30
Algorithms for easy recognition of melanocytic lesions. Three points Checklist
Duration: 20 min
17:30 - 17:50
Linking Merkel cell polyomavirus and early B cells and skin oncology
Duration: 20 min
17:50 - 18:10
Adult Atopic Dermatitis: Characteristics and Management
Duration: 20 min
18:10 - 18:30
Congress Opening
Duration: 20 min

Opening speeches:

Andris Rubins, BADV President and 20th BADV Congress President
Līga Kozlovska, Member of Latvian Parliament
Ivars Kalvins, President of the Latvian Academy of Sciences,
Kirovs Lipmans, Chairman of  the Council of JSC Grindeks
Saulius Čaplinskas, Member of Lithuanian Parliament,
Skaidra Valiukeviciene, 21st BADV Congress President

18:30 - 19:00
Opening Lecture
Duration: 30 min

Chair: S. Rubins

18:30 - 19:00
Synchronous teledermatology consultations for people in countryside and outlying islands in Taiwan: 6 years of weekly services
Duration: 30 min
19:00 - 22:00
Welcome reception and Get together! (For all participants)
Duration: 180 min

Friday, November 7, 2025

08:30 - 12:00
Registration
Duration: 210 min
09:00 - 10:00
Young Doctors and Residents Symposium
Duration: 60 min

Chairs: K.Kingo, S.Valiukeviciene, A.Rubins

09:00 - 09:10
Atypical Hidradenitis Suppurativa of the Lower Abdominal Fold
Duration: 10 min
Gaile Miseikyte (Lithuania)
09:10 - 09:20
Case report of patient with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Scabies - UV, high magnification (HM) and optical dermatoscopy (OD)
Duration: 10 min
09:20 - 09:30
Granulomatous Dermatitis as a Cutaneous Manifestation of Multiple Myeloma: a Diagnostic Challenge
Duration: 10 min
Evelina Malukaite (Lithuania)
09:30 - 09:40
Graham-little-piccardi-lasseur syndrome: a rare case of lichen planopilaris presenting with the classic triad and features of frontal fibrosing alopecia
Duration: 10 min
Diana Druse (Latvia)
09:40 - 09:50
Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid
Duration: 10 min
Saule Jaskovikaite (Lithuania)
09:50 - 10:00
Vitiligo as a Determinant in Biologic Therapy Selection for Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
Duration: 10 min
Igne Gineityte (Lithuania)
10:00 - 10:25
PHARMACERIS Company Lecture
Duration: 25 min
10:00 - 10:25
Comprehensive Management of Rosacea: Adjunctive Care Beyond Pharmacotherapy
Duration: 25 min
10:25 - 10:50
SWIXXBIOPHARMA Company Lecture
Duration: 25 min
10:25 - 10:50
Rare inherited genetic disorder Epidermolysis bullosa
Duration: 25 min
10:50 - 11:10
Coffee break
Duration: 20 min
11:10 - 11:40
ABBVIE Company Lecture
Duration: 30 min
11:10 - 11:40
Perspectives of treatment options for psoriasis patients in Latvia
Duration: 30 min
11:40 - 12:10
What's New in Dermatological Therapy
Duration: 30 min

Chair: S.Rubins (Latvia)

12:10 - 13:10
GRINDEKS Company Symposium
Duration: 60 min
12:10 - 13:10
Superficial Skin Lesions – Mechanical, Traumatic, and Superficial Infectious Lesions: Diagnosis and Treatment
Duration: 60 min
13:10 - 14:10
Lunch Break and Poster Session presentations
Duration: 60 min
14:10 - 15:00
Free Communications / Case Reports
Duration: 50 min

Chairs: A. Soha , V. Kucinskiene

14:10 - 14:30
From molecules to clinical practice: translational and omics perspectives in HIV-associated skin diseases
Duration: 20 min
14:30 - 14:45
Cutaneous metastases of melanoma (CMM): dermoscopic features and treatment options
Duration: 15 min
14:45 - 15:00
Intense Pulsed Light for Erythematotelangiectatic Rosacea: Clinical and Imaging-Based Outcomes Using Stellar M22
Duration: 15 min
15:00 - 16:00
Symposium “Sexually transmitted diseases”
Duration: 60 min

Chairs: S. Čaplinskas, S. Rubins

15:00 - 15:15
Migration, HIV/AIDS and Health System Leadership: Lessons from the Influx of Refugees from the War in Ukraine to the Baltic Region
Duration: 15 min
15:15 - 15:30
Neurosyphilis: Diagnostic Challenges
Duration: 15 min
15:30 - 15:45
STI in Latvia - Update
Duration: 15 min
15:45 - 16:00
Update in the Management of Gonococcal infections
Duration: 15 min
16:00 - 16:30
SANDOZ Company Lecture
Duration: 30 min
16:00 - 16:30
Crossroads of Gastroenterology and Dermatology – Biological Therapy. How to Recognize Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Get Ahead of Colorectal Cancer
Duration: 30 min
16:30 - 17:00
Closing Ceremony
Duration: 30 min
19:00 - 22:00
Congress Dinner for invited persons only
Duration: 180 min

POSTER PRESENTATIONS (Virtually on November 6 and November 7 during lunch break)

Madara Celmina (Latvia)

Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans Presenting on the Scalp: A Multimodal Diagnostic Approach in Clinical Dermatology

Luize Septe (Latvia)

Adalimumab biosimilar therapy for moderate to severe psoriasis vulgaris

Madara Celmina (Latvia)

Chronic Ulcer in a Patient with Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma: From Misdiagnosis of Carcinoma to Viral Etiology

Christopher Karim (USA)

Blue Lunula: Link to Systemic Disease

Beatrice Kolesinskaite (Lithuania)

Linear morphea with systemic involvement mimicking connective tissue disease: a diagnostic challenge

Maya Jodidio (USA)

Hidradenoma Papilliferum: Histologic Reappraisal of a Rare Tumor with Diagnostic Pitfalls

Kamile Meliesiute (Lithuania)

Lichenoid dermatitis associated with eosinophilic fasciitis: a case report

Sara Morgan (USA)

An Unusual Presentation of Segmental Neurofibromatosis

Audrey Terrany (USA)

Bilateral Plantar Acral Melanoma with Nodal Metastasis: A Case Report

Paulina Judzinskyte (Lithuania)

Rosacea prevalence in Lithuania – population based study

Maya Jodidio and Camila K. Janniger (USA)

Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Dermatology

Maya Jodidio (USA)

Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars in Fitzpatrick Skin Types IV-VI: Current Treatments and Emerging Therapies

Maya Jodidio (USA)

Hidradenoma Papilliferum: Histologic Reappraisal of a Rare Tumor with Diagnostic Pitfalls

Ugne Tiskeviciute (Lithuania)

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: evaluation of comorbidities and specific gene expression

Evelina Malukaite (Lithuania)

Solar Urticaria in a Marathon Runner: Diagnostic Challenges and the Role of Phototherapy in Achieving Long-Term Remission

Mikeila Jazbutyte (Lithuania)

Ulcerated, inoperable basal cell carcinoma of the face in an elderly patient – expanding therapeutic horizons

Contact information about registration and website

President of Latvian and Baltic Association of Dermatovenerologists, Congress President

Prof. Andris Rubins, MD, PhD
+37129481725
arubins@apollo.lv

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