Next event:

Volunteers Needed! Skin Cancer Screening at Legends of Science and Surfing Luau - Saturday, August 15, 2026

SDDS invites dermatologists and residents to volunteer at the annual Legends of Science & Surfing Luau Skin Cancer Screening on Saturday, August 15, 2026, from 8:00–11:00 AM at Scripps Pier.

This meaningful community event provides free skin cancer screenings while supporting the Legends of Science & Surfing Luau, a major fundraiser benefiting Moores Cancer Center. Last year alone, volunteer physicians identified four skin cancers through these screenings.

If you're interested in volunteering, please contact us at sddermsociety@gmail.com. For more information about the event, visit https://mcclegends.ucsd.edu.

Annual O’Grady Memorial Lecture - Thursday, October 8, 2026

Guest speaker Dr. Peggy Myung from Yale Medicine

Location: TBD

Time: TBD

Richard B. Stoughton Lecture - Thursday, April 29, 2027

Guest speaker Dr. Aimee Payne from Columbia University

Location: TBD

Time: TBD

Past events:

Navy Dermatology Meeting - Thursday, May 28, 2026

Dr. Jane Grant-Kels from UConn Health

Stoughton Meeting - Thursday, April 23, 2026

Dr. Sancy Leachman from the University of Utah. The War On Melanoma: Updates on Oregon's Public Health Experiment

Annual O’Grady Memorial Lecture - October 23, 2025, 5:00PM at ACTRI, UCSD.

Dr. John Seykora ‘How analysis of skin lesions informs our understanding of cancer and inflammatory diseases.’

2026 Innovations in Dermatology Symposium: San Diego: January 31, 2026

Pediatric Dermatology Meeting - Thursday, February 12, 2026

Guest speaker Dr. Yvonne Chiu from the Medical College of Wisconsin