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South Beach Symposium 2026: recap
South Beach Symposium 2026 took place Feb 5–7, 2026 at Loews Miami Beach Hotel, Miami Beach, FL, run by LiVDerm. The programme centred on 4 headline themes with 6 named headline speakers, listed below as the organiser published them.
How many people went
~800+ people, year not stated · the organiser’s figure; no 2026 number was published · southbeachsymposium.org
Headline themes
- Program combining clinical and aesthetic dermatology, with sessions on women's health, chronic itch, inflammation, regenerative medicine and technology and AI in dermatology · livderm.org
- Live patient injection sessions in which master injectors demonstrated technique and anatomy · livderm.org
- Aesthetics of regeneration and longevity, plus social media and reputation management · livderm.org
- Co-located Masters of Pediatric Dermatology program, with epidermolysis bullosa as its disease state of the year · livderm.org
Headline speakers
- Doris J. Day, MD · Keynote (regeneration and longevity) · livderm.org
- Christopher G. Bunick, MD, PhD · Medical Dermatology Chair · livderm.org
- Michael H. Gold, MD · Aesthetic Dermatology Chair · livderm.org
- David J. Goldberg, MD, JD · Aesthetic Dermatology Chair · livderm.org
- Z. Paul Lorenc, MD · Led the RISE cadaver-based aesthetics workshop · livderm.org
- Lawrence A. Schachner, MD · Founder, Masters of Pediatric Dermatology · livderm.org
Notable
- 24th year of the South Beach Symposium · livderm.org
- Launch of the RISE (Resident Innovation and Supplemental Education) program for residents and early-career dermatologists · livderm.org
Recap built only from the organiser’s own pages, checked Nov 6, 2026. Each item links to the page that states it; anything not shown was not published. Sources: livderm.org, livderm.org, southbeachsymposium.org, southbeachsymposium.org. Spot an error? Tell us.