The residency program in dermatology at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University provides experience in outpatient and inpatient settings. This program provides extensive exposure to general dermatology, dermatologic surgery (including Mohs), laser and cosmetic surgery, cosmetic dermatology, dermatopathology, immunodermatology, pediatric dermatology, laboratory investigation, and clinical research. Residents participate in several specialty clinics, among them pigmented lesion and melanoma, cutaneous T cell lymphoma, contact dermatitis, psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, collagen vascular disease, and ethnic skin. During the first year, residents gain experience in general medical dermatology and surgery in the outpatient dermatological clinics at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center and the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation clinics. Residents rotate through dermatopathology and are assigned to a dermatology continuity clinic that will continue throughout the three years of training. Second-year residents are assigned to the outpatient clinics of VA medical center and Children's Memorial Hospital. Consultations are provided under the direction of staff members of the McGaw Medical Center hospitals. Two to four months are spent in dermatopathology, where residents review all current biopsy material with staff dermatopathologists. The section of dermatopathology evaluates more than 10,000 biopsies a year. Experience is also provided in the subspecialties of dermatologic surgery and photomedicine. During the third year, residents continue their instruction in the inpatient and outpatient areas of the McGaw Medical Center hospitals, assuming greater responsibility for patient care. The department encourages residents to acquire additional experience in dermatological subspecialties or research after completing the residency program. A major focus of the department is to train future leaders in dermatology. A teaching program in fundamental subjects relates directly to careers in clinical and academic dermatology. Daily didactic sessions include basic science seminars, dermatology grand rounds, slide conferences, hospital rounds, and journal club sessions. A visiting professorship program presents excellent teachers from other institutions. The department conducts intensive research focusing on basic laboratory investigation of skin inflammation, skin cancer, keratinocyte biology, stem cell biology, and wound healing. The clinical research unit performs active clinical trials and investigator-initiated outcomes research.
With the aid of assigned faculty mentors, residents develop basic or clinical research projects throughout the three years of training. Annual resident research conferences showcase and critique these projects. The residents also are expected to present their work at regional and national meetings and submit their studies for publication. Three to four positions are offered each year for the standard residency. First-year positions are selected through the National Resident Matching Program. In addition to the standard residency program, an "academic track" residency program consisting of two clinical years paired with two years of research fellowship may be arranged after the first year of residency. A dermatology residency is also offered as part of a combined internal medicine-dermatology program. One position is offered for this program. Subspecialty fellowships are offered in dermatopathology, procedural dermatology, and pediatric dermatology. Applicants, who must complete at least one year of graduate clinical education before entering the program, are screened by a department committee. Selected candidates are invited for interviews. Final selection of residency positions is made by the dermatology faculty. The application deadline is November 1. Amy S. Paller, MD
Walter J. Hamlin Professor and Chair
Department of Dermatology Bethanee J. Schlosser, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology Mary C. Martini, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology Robert Lavker, PhD
Professor of Dermatology Joan Guitart
Associate Professor of Dermatology Murad Alam, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology Anthony J. Mancini, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics For more information, contact Residency Program Director Amy S. Paller, MD, Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 North St. Clair, Suite 1600, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2997, 312/695-7932; fax 312/695-0664 or visit the Department of Dermatology Web site. E-mail: msferruz@nmff.org | 
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