Jean-Hilaire Saurat, MD, is professor emeritus at Geneva University where he chaired the department of Dermatology for 28 years. He had studied Dermatology at the Hôpital Saint-Louis, and Experimental Pathology at the Faculté Necker Enfants Malades, both in Paris.  

Prof. Saurat has been President of the International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS), President of the European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR), and the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV). 

Prof. Saurat has been chief editor of Dermatology 1986-2015 , and has been section editor of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology  1987-1997. He is the leading editor for editions 1st through 6th of the French Textbook of Dermatology Elsevier-Masson pub.  

Prof. Saurat’ current research includes: sebaceous glands pathophysiology, skin aging/dermatoporosis, dermatotoxicology, and retinoids. His past research interests have included inflammatory skin diseases, graft-versus-host reaction, severe drug reactions, and pediatric dermatology.  

Prof Saurat currently has a selected private practice in Geneva. 

Prof. Saurat citations report indicates his 1.027 publications were cited 24.845 times, with an h-index of 75.  

Prof. Saurat is “Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur” France. 

Bernard Cribier is the Head of Department, Dermatology & Dermatopathology at the Strasbourg University Hospital, France. He is a certified Dermatologist since 1989 and has a PhD in Virology. His main fields of interest are dermatopathology, rosacea and history of dermatology. 

He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie since 2010. He is the author of 518 indexed articles (H index Google Scholar: 69) and 72 book chapters, including a book dedicated to clinicopathological correlation: “Dermatologie, de la Microscopie à la Clinique”. 

In the field of dermatopathology, he is the coordinator of the French network for adnexal carcinomas (CARADERM). All his academic efforts are dedicated to teaching dermatopathology to both dermatologists and pathologists and to emphasize the critical role of dermatopathology in dermatology.

Bernard Cribier is also a member of the international ROSCO group which contributed significantly to the recent classification of rosacea.

Specialised in dermatology at the Free University of Brussels (ULB) in 1989, Dr Fabienne FORTON has been practising dermatology in Brussels, initially in various hospitals, then in private practice. She began to be interested by Demodex mites since 1983, when almost no one was interested in it, since it was considered as a non-pathogenic mite, when most doctors did even not know that the human skin harboured a mite. This was this very fact that piqued her curiosity. So, at first she was interested in an "academic curiosity", in a parasite that was supposed to cause problems only exceptionally. But, during her first years of dermatological practice, she gradually realized that in fact, the importance of the mite was clearly underestimated, because it actually concerned everyday dermatology and that an irrational/passionate climate reigned around its role in rosacea.  She therefore set out to provide scientific evidence in this passionate climate: to dare to question the prevailing opinion, apparently unchanged since 1933 (when its role in rosacea had already been mentioned), to focus solely on observation, objective analysis and logical reflection, in short, on scientific reasoning, and to provide, by all possible means at her disposal, new information allowing a better understanding of the pathogenic role of the parasite in human medicine and in rosacea in particular.

Although working exclusively in private practice, she published 19 international peer-reviewed articles, assembling them finally in a PhD thesis on the role of Demodex in rosacea, presented in June 2021 at the ULB.

After medical and dermatological studies in Paris and Montpellier University (France), she worked for Laboratoires Dermatologiques Avène - Medical affairs, while maintaining medical practice in Dermatology Department - University Hospital, Toulouse. She is currently medical expert in clinical development strategy for dermocosmetics and medical devices for PFDC. Areas of focus are cosmeceuticals, skin barrier, inflammatory skin diseases for PFDC skin care products.

He is the first non-american to receive the Leon Goldman Award 2022 (USA) as a world Laser Expert by ASLMS (American Socienty of Laser Medicine and Surgery)
He as Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Barcelona, and PhD from the University of Alcalá de Henares.
He is Associate Professor of Dermatology from the University of Alcalá de Henares – Madrid, and Clinical Chief of the Dermatology Department and director of dermatology laser unit of the Ramón y Cajal Hospital
He obtained an MBA in hospital management and medical management.

International expert in the use of dermatological lasers, he is active participant in congresses around the world due to his contributions in dermatology and dermatologic surgery.

He has published a multitude of books and more than 100 articles in specialized international publications.
His passion and knowledge of the profession leads him to a permanent research and participation in consultancies for the development of laser technology, mainly in the USA.

Pablo Boixeda is invited guest to the most important national and international congresses of dermatology and laser technology due to his status being a worldwide reference.
In constant evolution and permanent training, he attends to training courses and seminars that provide knowledge and update the dermatological field.

2022 Dr Boixeda receives THE LEON GOLDMAN MEMORIAL AWARD , from ASLMS (USA) (https://www.aslms.org/for-professionals/grants-awards/awards/leon-goldman-memorial-award)

Marco Ardigò was graduated at the School of Medicine of the University of Pavia, Italy on 1998, got the specialization degree in Dermatology and Venereology (cum laude) from the same University in 2003 and PhD degree (cum laude) in “Medical Science” in 2014 at University of Alcalà of Madrid. He is the Head of Rare Diseases and Non invasive Diagnostic Techniques at IFO-San Gallicano Institute of Rome and Adjuvant Professor at the Dermatology School at the Catholic University of Rome. He has more than 150 original publications in peer-reviewed international journals, 50 publications in non-indexed journals and more than 30 books chapters mainly on Reflectance Confocal Microscopy.

Prof. Dr. med. Dr. med. habil. Markus Reinholz studied medicine at the Ludwig-Maximillians-University from 2005 – 2011 and finished with his doctorate thesis on the influence of orthotopic injection of a TLR9 ligand on the survival of mice with gastric tumors in the department of clinical pharmacology of the clinic and polyclinic of the Ludwig-Maximillians-University in December 2012, gaining his Dr. med. title.

Prof. Reinholz has been working as a professor at Ludwig-Maximillians-University in Munich for the subject dermatology and venerology and medical specialist, chief medical officer, senior doctor, senior staff physician and head of the entire polyclinic area at the clinic and polyclinic for dermatology and allergology of the Ludwig-Maximillians-University.

In 2019 Prof. Reinholz finished his PhD on the Human Papillomavirus in regards to epidemiology, diagnostics and therapy and gained his Dr. med. habil. title. Shortly after he also received his fellow of the European Board of Dermatologists diploma (FEBDV).

Currently Prof. Reinholz is working independently in his practice for dermatology in Munich and as a specialist for Skin- and sexually transmitted diseases at the clinic and polyclinic of the Ludwig-Maximillians-University.
Prof. Reinholz is currently in charge of his research team in the field of translational dermatology.

Gwendal JOSSE, PhD, is head of Biophysics-Biostatistics-Digital technologies R&D team.

He has been leading research on the development of new techniques to investigate skin state, and, on skin imaging for two decades. He notably worked on MRI, ultra-sound imaging, OCT, confocal, Raman, Infrared and Mass Spectrometry. His projects were mostly focused on acne, atopic dermatitis, and photobiology.
Also, he initiated many research projects between universities and Pierre Fabre laboratories.