ESLD Teaching Course

Teaching Course

ESLD HANDS ON LASER AND EBD TEACHING COURSE

Florence | Italy | Villa Donatello
5-6 September 2025

Dear Colleague,

I am honoured to welcome you to ESLD Hands-on Laser and EBD Teaching Coures (Florence, 5-6 September 2025).

The Course seeks to enhance your knowledge and expertise in the ever-evolving field of laser dermatology. Our comprehensive program has been meticulously crafted to cover the latest advancements in laser technology, procedures, and techniques in dermatology. You will gain valuable insights and practical skills from world-renowned experts in the field.

We understand the importance of hands-on experience in mastering laser procedures. Thus, you will have the opportunity to practice laser treatments under the guidance of experienced instructors, ensuring you leave with confidence in your abilities.

This course provides an ideal platform for networking and collaboration, fostering relationships with fellow dermatologists, healthcare professionals, and experts from around the world.

Thanks for trusting ESLD and joining us in Florence! It will be another great success!

Prof. Ashraf Badawi
ESLD President

Joining the TC as non member will include ONE YEAR FREE MEMBERSHIP!

Our Programme

ESLD hands-on laser and EBD Teaching Course programme is build in order to provide a comprehensive teaching of lasers and EBD application, starting from the basis to more detailed and specific cases.

Hands on sessions are tightly linked to the theoretical talks so as to boost immediate questions.

Theoretical sessions are always followed by a hands on session, while on Sunday afternoon attendees are encouraged to submit to speakers and colleagues their cases to get suggestions and solutions.

The programme also includes coffee and lunch breaks, as well as a social dinner on Saturday night, to foster networking and sharing among attendees, speakers and sponsors technical staff.

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Meet the Faculty

PROF. ASHRAF BADAWI
ESLD President
PROF. ALBERT WOLKERSTORFER
ESLD Vice-President
DR. AHMED SADEK
ESLD Secretary General
DR. Leonardo MARINI
ESLD Honorary Member
DR. Paolo BONAN
Florence, Italy
Nicola ZERBINATI
Italy
Dr. Johan Snauwaert
Treasurer

The venue

Villa Donatello
Via Attilio Ragionieri, 101
50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI)
Italy

HOW TO REACH THE VENUE

The easiest way to reach Villa Donatello with public transportation is by train. You can get a train at one of the 4 main train station in Florence :

Firenze Santa Maria Novella
Firenze Campo di Marte
Firenze Rifredi
Firenze Statuto

Destination: Firenze Castello 

The train station is a few minute walking from Villa Donatello, and the ride will take approx. 20 minutes. Check the timetable online at https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html

Dinner @8

Fri. 5 September 2025 - 8PM

Olio Restaurant
Via Il Prato, 58R
Florence

Registration

  • Members fee
  • 690 €

Reduced rate for ESLD members. Payment of the membership fee for 2024 must be duly settled.
Fee includes attendance to all scientific sessions, coffee breaks, lunches, 1 entrance to dinner@8, certificate of attendance, delegate bag.

  • Non members fee
  • 840 €

Full fee includes attendance to all scientific sessions, coffee breaks, lunches, 1 entrance to dinner@8, certificate of attendance, delegate bag.
Become an ESLD member now and get the reduced registration fee! The registration fees includes 1 year of ESLD membership.

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  • Extra dinner ticket
  • 100 €

Take your special one with you at the dinner@8 on Saturday night. You can purchase an extra ticket in the registration form and share with your plus one a special evening.

Accommodation

 

Sponsors

The Teaching Course is organized with the unrestricted financial support by

Deka
Fotona
positivo

EACCME Accreditation

EACCME Accreditation

The ESLD Handson Laser and EBD Teaching Course, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy, 05/09/2025 - 06/09/2025, has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 12.0 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications.

Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal Collegeof Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Credit will be converted based on one (1) hour of participation equalling one credit for all activities. Physicians wishing to convert EACCME® credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ will be required to access the AMA website at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications to obtain the necessary paperwork and instructions. Physicians and other health care professionals will be required to pay a processing fee to the AMA. For other countries, please contact the relevant national/regional accreditation authority.

Each participant can only receive the number of credits he/she is entitled to according to his/her actual participation at the event once he/she has completed the feedback form. Cf. criteria 22 of UEMS 2023.07.

In order to help you issue individual certificates to each participant, please find below the breakdown of ECMEC®s per day:

  • 05/09/2025 6.5
  • 06/09/2025 5.5

The EACCME® awards ECMEC®s on the basis of 0,5 ECMEC® for 30 minutes of CME with a maximum of 8 ECMEC®s per day. cf. Chapter XIII of UEMS 2023.07.

Teaching Course History

8-9 July 2016 --- Florence – Italy

13-14 January 2017 --- Florence – Italy

7-8 July 2017 --- Geneva – Switzerland

27-28 January 2018 --- Szeged – Hungary

15-16 June 2018 --- Malmo – Sweden

18-19 January 2019 --- Amsterdam - the Netherlands

5-6 July 2019 --- Trieste – Italy

17-18 January 2020 --- Brussels – Belgium

12-16 October 2020 --- Virtual ESLD Teaching Course

17-21 May 2021 --- Virtual ESLD Teaching Course

8-11 November 2021 --- Virtual ESLD Teaching Course

17-21 October 2022 --- Virtual ESLD Teaching Course

17-18 February 2023 --- Trieste – Italy

15-16 September 2023 --- Athens – Greece

1-2 March 2024 --- Vilnius – Lithuania

13-14 September 2024 --- Madrid – Spain

22-23 February 2025 --- Sofia – Bulgaria

5-6 September 2025 --- Florence – Italy

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