The 2025 Integrative Dermatology Symposium (IDS) focuses on optimizing skin health by addressing the relationship between the skin, microbiome, and overall systemic health. This year’s theme, “Guide Your Patients Toward a Healthy Biome and Optimal Skin Health,” highlights the role of biome health in managing dermatological conditions.

Expert-led sessions will cover topics like eczema, psoriasis, vitiligo, prurigo nodularis, chronic urticaria, melasma, and the impact of movement, weight loss, and cocoa polyphenols on skin health. Attendees will gain evidence-based strategies to restore biome balance, improve patient outcomes, and promote long-term skin health, equipping them with practical tools for integrative care.

As part of this event experience, attendees will have access to virtual courses that can be completed before and after the live sessions. These courses provide additional context, reinforce key concepts, and offer opportunities to deepen clinical understanding at your own pace—enhancing both pre-event preparation and post-event integration into practice.

After completing this activity, participants will be able to:

• Assess the role of GLP-1 and GIP agonists for weight management and their implications in managing inflammatory skin conditions.
• Interpret the pathophysiology of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) and assess how exercise and lifestyle practices influence disease management.
• Describe how lifestyle factors contribute to the development and management of acne and rosacea.
• Create interdisciplinary strategies to enhance JAK inhibition therapy for the treatment of alopecia areata (AA), integrating pharmaceutical and lifestyle approaches.
• Analyze integrative treatment strategies for psoriasis, combining pharmaceutical therapies with lifestyle modifications for optimal outcomes.
• Define integrative approaches to eczema that focus on restoring the skin barrier and modulating immune responses, including TH2 inflammation.
• Evaluate treatment strategies for vitiligo and melasma, incorporating environmental, lifestyle, and integrative factors affecting skin pigmentation.
• Identify therapeutic strategies that regulate immune responses to effectively manage chronic spontaneous urticaria.
• Examine innovative therapeutic paradigms and emerging treatments for pediatric dermatologic conditions.
• Evaluate advancing treatment strategies for Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW) to provide effective patient support and management.
• Discuss the role of polyphenols and antioxidants in achieving anti-inflammatory effects and improving skin health.
• Describe how movement and mindfulness practices can positively influence dermatologic conditions.