An HCP education and engagement platform
Novel Insights
in Rare Diseases
Advancing rare-disease education across the specialties where it hides.
- Specialty sections
- 6 sections, 4 active
- Accredited CME
- AAD and four Maui Derm meetings
- Flagship conference
- Orlando, Nov 13 to 15, 2026
Dermatology section, flagship program
The NIRDs Rare Disease Dermatology Conference
A national educational summit convening dermatologists, trainees, researchers and industry partners around rare and immune-mediated skin disease.
- Dates
- Venue
- JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes, Orlando
- Registration
- No registration fee for clinicians
- Expected attendees
- 300
- MD and DO
- 200
- PA and NP
- 50
- Residents and fellows
- 50
How the work is delivered
One platform for the rare diseases that fall between specialties.
Rare diseases are often under-recognized precisely because they sit between disciplines. NIRDs closes that gap the same way in every section: convene the clinicians who see these patients, ground the discussion in real data, and keep the field current as new therapies arrive.
- EngageAdvisory boards and consensus panelsExpert roundtables and focus groups that generate publishable insight and real-world data.
- EducateWebinars and national conferencesRecurring CME webinar series and flagship annual conferences within each specialty.
- ReachAccredited CME on the big stagesDedicated podium time and satellite symposia at the field's largest, most established meetings.
Six specialty sections
- DermatologyFlagship sectionActive
- RheumatologyActive
- GastroenterologyActive
- OncologyActive
- Pulmonary MedicineIn development
- Allergy and ImmunologyIn development
Content independence
A place on the accredited program is never granted in exchange for sponsorship.
Industry-organized sessions are a separate category: labeled wherever they appear, not accredited, and not part of the scientific program.
On the podium where the field already gathers.
Beyond the Orlando conference, the Dermatology section holds dedicated, accredited educational time at the largest and most established meetings in dermatology, putting rare-disease science, and partner support of it, in front of thousands of clinicians nationwide.
- Attendees at the AAD Annual Meeting
- 20,000+
- Meetings across 2026 and 2027
- 5
- AAD Annual Meeting 2026F041Mar 27 to 31, 2026Delivered
- Maui Derm NP+PA Summer 2026Jun 24 to 27, 2026Delivered
- Maui Derm NP+PA Fall 2026Sep 16 to 19, 2026White Sulphur Springs, WV
- Maui Derm Caribbean 2027Jan 13 to 16, 2027San Juan, PR
- Maui Derm Hawaii 2027Jan 25 to 29, 2027Maui, HI
Where to go next
A year-round platform for rare dermatologic disease
The conference runs for three days. The clinical questions it raises do not stop there. NIRDs is building a year-round education and engagement platform for verified clinicians, free at the point of use, carrying the conference content and the material commissioned between meetings.
- Video Lab
- Case Studies
- Clinical Reference
For industry partners
Three hundred dermatology clinicians in one room across three days, with the audience composition, the tier structure and the compliance position published rather than discussed on a call.
- Audience
- 300
- Verified clinicians
- Tiers
- $10k
- to $50k
Every registration is verified against the national NPI registry.