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VRF receives IMCAS educational award
VRF Chair of the Board Prof. Torello Lotti, MD won the Educational Project Award & Prize at IMCAS 2014 for the project 'World Vitiligo Day.' IMCAS started in 1994, in Paris, France, as a congress dedicated to plastic surgeons and dermatologists. It has become one of the most important international courses dedicated to Aging Skin Treatments since then. This year it welcomed more than 4,000 participants from 85 countries.
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