The resuming All-Russian videoconference of dermatologists was conducted on December 29, 2011. Prof. Alexey Sergeev and his colleagues in Moscow Teledermatology Center have updated the audience on the success of "Dermatology in Russia", gathering more than 5000 clinicians across the country. With more than 500 clinical cases added to the database in 2011, winners of the "Case of the month" and "Photosession" contests were nominated. The ultimate champion of the year, Vladislav Khairutdinov, MD, Ph.D. (Saint-Petersburg) was awarded with RDS-1, the Russian HD digital dermatoscope. 
 

The Sixth Congress of dermatovenereologists from Belarus "Current aspects of dermatovenereology and cosmetology" took place in Vitebsk, Belarus, on November 24-25, 2011. The plenary and 10 breakout sessions were accompanied with integrated symposia and a videoconference with Moscow. Some 300 delegates from all regions of Belarus, guests from Russia and neighboring countries have attended the meeting. Prof. Vladimir P. Adaskevitch was elected as Chairman of Belorussian Society of Dermatovenereology, with Univ. doc. Alexander L. Navrotsky as Secretary. 

The Fourth educational course "STI and Reproductive Health" of International school of Herpetic Infection. Genital herpes and other STI" was completed in Moscow, on October 19, 2011. The course, organized by postgraduate faculty of N.F. Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Medical Institute, was attended by over 100 clinicians of Moscow region, providing them with 15 extensive lectures in 2 workshop sessions.

The First Forum "Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology: A Synthesis of Science and Practice" succeeded in Moscow on October 11 and 12, 2011. The Forum was organized by Moscow Healthcare Department under the auspices of National Alliance of Dermatovenereologists and Cosmetologists. Two plenary sessions, 8 workshops, 14 satellite symposia, round-table talks and masterclasses provided more than 100 lectures and presentations for about 900 healthcare specialists from Moscow and other regions of Russia.

The Fith Russian Conference "Saint-Petersbourg Dermatological Readings" was held on October 3 and 4, 2011, at the same venue at St.-Petersbourg. The conference, organized by local V.M. Tarnovsky Dermatology Society, was officially dedicated to 125 anniversary of St.-Petersbourg MAPE dermatology department. On the scientific agenda were one plenary and 9 breakout sessions, 11 symposia, 2 round-table meetings and a special cosmetology programme.

During the Readings, Russian Dermoscopy Society presented a special seminar "Russian Dermoscopy Innovation Programme", introducing for the first time in St.-Petersbourg the Russian Digital Dermatoscope, RDS-1. The audience was granted a possibility of practicizing with RDS-1 and diagnostic software.

The largest free project of distance learning for dermatologists has been completed in Russia on July 31, 2011. For 107 days, 1845 dermatologists from 89 locations of Russia and CIS attended to the first interactive television course on Dermatoscopy and Diagnosis of Skin Cancers. The nation-wide e-learning course is a joint effort of Russian Dermoscopy Society and Interregional Society of Teledermatology. Online post-test evaluation of course audience is ongoing at http://tv.dermatology.ru/test

The 4th Russian congress of Dermatovenereology took place in Sain-Petersburgh on July 6-8, 2011, together with the 2nd Continental Dermatology Congress of ISD. The congress programme included 13 breakout sessions, 8 satellite symposia, 2 round tables and a RODVK conference meeting.

Starting from January 2011., our contest of clinical presentations "Case of the month" now enjoys more than 50 cases, contributed by colleagues on various locations of Russia and CIS. Every month the winner is selected by user voting, and this leads to a prize - the most recent Russian textbook on dermatology, right out of print. Our clinical database now has more than 200 detailed cases, annotated and thoroughly commented and discussed. A new case contest - Photosession - has started in July 2011.

The interdiscplinary conference "Actual questions of dermatovenereology and cosmetology" took place in Sochi, Russia, on June 16, 2011. The conference added to the programe of the Forum "Medicine of today and tomorrow" 3 breakout sessions and a videoconference on STI.

Interdisciplinary conference "Current issues in oncodermatology, cosmetology and dermatovenereology" gathered over 100 clinicians from Kaliningrad region on May 30, 2011. Workshop on skin cancer diagnosis and prevention included keynote lectures by leading oncologists and dermatologists from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad.