New Partnership to Promote International Dermatologic Surgery Education

Rolling Meadows, IL (PRWEB) May 08, 2014

The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) and the Dermatologic & Aesthetic Surgery International League (DASIL) have approved a new partnership that will improve the awareness of and access to the organizations educational programs.

The groups will collaborate to advance two international mentoring programs, with members of both groups encouraged to participate in existing programs and cross-promotional exchanges.

Our organizations have complementary interests, said ASDS President Mitchel P. Goldman, M.D. ASDS is a mature organization well-known for the excellence of its educational programs and faculty. The younger and growing DASIL, meanwhile, focuses on advancing dermatologic surgery education to all parts of the world outside the United States.

Since our inaugural meeting in Malta in 2012, our charge has been to offer top-notch educational programs in dermatologic and aesthetic surgery around the planet, and to foster growth of the dermatologic surgery specialty around the world, said DASIL President Sheldon V. Pollack, M.D. This new partnership helps both organizations fulfill key goals.

Pollack noted DASILs already close, existing ASDS ties. He, Treasurer and Past President Michael H. Gold, M.D., and President-Elect Marc B. Roscher, M.D., are all ASDS members.

Under the partnership, the organizations will work together on two ASDS international programs the International Traveling Mentorship Program and the International Preceptorship Program. Both are financially supported by the Lawrence Field, MD, International Dermatologic Surgery Educational Exchange Fund.

We pride ourselves on being a premier non-profit educational force in dermatology surgery, Pollack said. We welcome programs that help bring new techniques and procedures in the field to countries around the world.

DASIL also will become a co-sponsoring organization of the Dermatologic Surgery journal, the official publication for ASDS, American College of Mohs Surgery and International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery. Among other advantages, each DASIL member will receive a subscription to the journal, and DASIL will be invited to promote its educational programs. Its members and those of ANAS also will be encouraged to submit articles to the publication.

Working together benefits both ASDS and DASIL, said Goldman. We look forward to a long and successful relationship.

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New Partnership to Promote International Dermatologic Surgery Education