AGENDA

DC DTAD 2025: Advocacy in the Nation’s Capital & Topic/Issue Introduction

Thursday May 29 th 2025 @ 12-4 PM

12:00-1:00 PM: Advocacy 101 – Introduction to Advocacy

Speaker: Dr. Klint Peebles, MD. FAAD (Young Physician Representative of LGBTQ+ Section of American Medical Association)

Presentation on Advocacy Without Representation in Washington, DC (DC DTAD Leadership)

1:30-2:00 PM: Healthy Policy as an Academic Dermatologist

Speaker: DTAG Founder Dr. Avery LaChance, MD, MPH FAAD (Assistant Professor

of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School)

2:00-3:00 PM: Psoriasis Biologic Medication Coverage.

Prior Authorizations for Medicaid/Medicare Patients Speaker: Will Hubbert, Grassroots & Advocacy Manager (National Psoriasis Foundation)

Relevant legislation: Safe Step Act of 2023

3:00-3:30 PM: Cultural Competency & Physician Training

Discussion of cultural competency in dermatology for improvement diagnostic accuracy; reduction treatment delay. Relevant legislation: Improving Diagnosis in Medicine Act of 2022, Health Equity and Rare Disease Act of 2025

3:30-4 PM: Telederm Visits for Incarcerated Patients and Medicare -Cuts/Repayment for Physicians. Letter-writing/bill-writing activity