2009 - 36th ANNUAL MEETING - SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
BIOTERRORISM IN DERMATOLOGY: PART I - GERMS AND POISONS
 
Co-chairmen - Lawrence Parish / Daniel Wallach
Program Director - Eve J Lowenstein
MARCH 6, 2009 - Thursday

10 AM - Tour and Lecture - Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon

12 PM - Luncheon Session - Campton Place Hotel, 340 Stockton Street

1:30 PM - SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM - Campton Place Hotel, 340 Stockton Street
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Welcome - Lawrence Parish
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SPECIAL PRESENTATION
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  Eponyms – Importance, Spelling, Phonetics - Karl Holubar
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SESSION I
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  Introduction
  What is bioterrorism? - Robert Norman
  What are germs? - Eve Lowenstein
  What are poisons? - Daniel Wallach
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GERMS
PLAGUE
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  Fleas – A most important vector - Gerd Plewig
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LEPROSY
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  Spanish use of leprosy fear / 1495 - Mark Valentine
  Biological Warfare in the South Pacific and Pre-Columbian Mexico - John Wolf
  Leprosy, terror, and the wheel of time - Mauricio Goihman-Yahr
  Postage spread of leprosy - 19th century - Douglas Altchek
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SESSION II
ANTHRAX
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  Anthrax in ancient Egypt - Heba Abdulla
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SMALLPOX
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  Smallpox in colonial times - Noah Scheinfeld
  Smallpox in the Civil War - Thomas Cropley
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GLANDERS
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  Glanders Chronic Cutaneous Glanders in WWII - Michael Franzblau
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POISONS
LEAD
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  The roman madness - Lucio Andreassi
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MERCURY
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  Mercury poisoning in the 19th century - Branka Marinovic, Jasna Lipozencic
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DIOXANE
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  Agent orange and skin disease - Robert Pariser
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MARCH 8, 2009 - Saturday - 7 PM
36th HISTORY OF DERMATOLOGY SOCIETY DINNER - InterContinental Hotel, 888 Howard Street
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COCKTAILS - 7 PM

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LECTURE - 8 PM

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  Samuel J. Zakon Lecture: Larry E Millikan - Michigan/Missouri dermatology to international dermatology: a trip to the 21st century – colleagues and events along the way
  Introduction: Mark Chastain
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DINNER - 9 PM

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  Marion B. Sulzberger Toast – Martin Black
  Herman Beerman Toast – Richard L Spielvogel
  John T. Crissey Toast – Karl Holubar
  Poet Laureate – Robert Norman
  29th Samuel J. Zakon Prize in the History of Dermatology – to be announced by Mark C. Valentine