73rd Annual

Zola Cooper - Lee T. Nesbitt Seminar

2026 SEMINAR  


Held in conjunction with the 2026 Fall Meeting of the Louisiana Dermatological Society

Saturday, OCTober 24, 2026
8:00AM | Registration & breakfast
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM | case review

LOCATION windsor court hotel
New Orleans, LA

GUEST DERMATOPATHOLOGIST

We are pleased to welcome our 2026 guest dermatopathologist

Benjamin stoff md, ma

A board-certified dermatologist and dermatopathologist, Benjamin Stoff, MD, MA, specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer and is a member of the multidisciplinary melanoma team at Winship Cancer Institute. He began practicing with Emory Healthcare in 2011. Dr. Stoff is professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology with a joint appointment in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. His research interests include bioethics, dermatopathology, and melanoma. He is co-editor of the textbook “Dermatoethics, 2nd Edition” and editor-in-chief of Dialogues in Dermatology, the official CME podcast of the American Academy of Dermatology.

PANELISTS Moderators

Clay Cockerell, MD Travis Vandergriff, MD

Dipti Anand, MD

Carlos Ricotti, MD

Submit your case for presentation

At the Zola Cooper Seminar, a panel of experts present and discuss interesting dermatologic cases, ranging from rare diagnoses to treatment conundrums. Please consider submitting your case for presentation at the seminar. Instructions for submitting your case can be found in the links below.

Call for Cases

(document download)

Instructions for Submitting a Case

(document download)

Case Submission Template