I just returned from the 2nd congress of the International Dermoscopy Society. The conference was very well attended. Maybe that’s because it was held in Barcelona, Spain? But, since there really was not a lot of time for just being tourists I think the more than 700 physicians were there to hear about new research, compare notes, and learn. (Okay, and maybe enjoy some amazing paella, too.) Great speakers… Lots of useful information. I’ll share more about some of the key takeaways later this week. Because today’s post is really about the attendance — or lack thereof by members of the US medical community.

American physicians represented only a handful of attendees at this important conference. This is symptomatic of how we lag behind the rest of the world in the important area of dermoscopy. We can’t afford to relax about this issue. I encourage everyone to be as open to learning about and exploring what has been an exciting and proven advancement in this too often deadly area.

MoleSafe was well represented…both by alliance partners and physicians as well as in presentations: Many of the teledelormatogy lectures spoke highly of our program as the gold standard. Lots of worldwide interest. Now our joint effort has to be to generate interest from our folks here at home and move forward with the advances the rest of the world is embracing….