Career Development - Dermatology

Dermatology requires a one year internship (medicine or preliminary year), followed by three years of residency training. Clinical fellowships are available for medical students or unmatched applicants.

 

Sub-specialties include Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery (cutaneous oncology), Dermatopathology and Pediatric Dermatology.

 

95% of the time is spent in clinic, with 5% in hospital consultations. Typically, dermatology requires 8-10 hours per day, 4-5 days per week.

At Tulane, there are multiple clinical training sites, including VA, University Medical Center, Tulane University Hospital and Clinic, Children’s Hospital and Ochsner.

 

Qualities recognized as important to dermatology include:

 

If you are interested in shadowing opportunities, please contact Liz Duquesne.

Opportunities for students to get involved in research are available, including clinical trails, research with residents, and student-initiated studies. Please contact the department for more information:

Dr. Erin Boh

Dr. Andrea Murina

Additionally, students may want to pursue research opportunities through the DeBakey Scholars Program. This program offers medical students the opportunity to pursue and complete a longitudinal, structured, closely supervised research experience culminating in a capstone presentation prior to graduation. For more information, contact Dr. Derek Pociask. 

The Tulane Dermatology Interest Group, DIG, provides students with the opportunity to learn more about the field of dermatology and gives them the chance to apply their growing knowledge in a practical setting.  We sponsor lectures on the field of general dermatology and the sub-specialties within dermatology, and match panels with 4th year students and residents. We also sponsor a service learning project, SPOTS (Sun Protection Outreach Teaching to Students), in order to educate teens at local middle and high schools about the dangers of tanning, the warning signs of skin cancer, and methods for sun protection. The club provides a forum for medical students who would like to match in dermatology to meet other students, residents, and dermatologists.

 

Dr. Andrea Murina

Dr. Erin Boh

 

It is recommended that Tulane students interested in pursuing dermatology as their specialty take dermatology rotations at the end of their third year, or beginning of the fourth year. Two week and one month rotations are available.

 

Summary Statistics (from "Charting Outcomes in the Match 2022")

Matched  Measure                                                                                              (n=348)                                                                                              1.    Mean number of contiguous ranks 9.1 2.    Mean number of distinct specialties ranked 2.2 3.    Mean USMLE Step 1 score 248 4.    Mean USMLE Step 2 score 257 5.    Mean number of research experiences 7.2 6.    Mean number of abstracts, presentations, and publications 20.9 7.    Mean number of work experiences 4.0 8.    Mean number of volunteer experiences 11.0 9.    Percentage who are AOA members 39.7 10. Percentage who graduated from one of the 40 U.S. medical schools with the highest NIH funding 41.4 11. Percentage who have Ph.D. degree 6.0 12. Percentage who have another graduate degree 15.9 Note: Only U.S. MD seniors who gave consent to use their information in research are included. Sources. NRMP Data Warehouse; Top 40 U.S. medical schools with the highest NIH funding in measure 10 is from the NIH website (http://report.nih.gov/award/index.cfm).

 

Interviews for Dermatology are usually held later in the winter than other specialties.

 

Away rotations are important to get exposure to more dermatology faculty. Performance in clerkships is also considered.

Demonstrate well-roundedness in your activities and application.

Research in the T3 & T4 years is very important for improving your application. Poster presentations, oral presentations and journal submissions are highly encouraged.

 

 

UC Davis Med Ctr-CA	SACRAMENTO	CA	2019
Tulane Univ SOM-LA	NEW ORLEANS	LA	2019
Boston Univ Med Ctr-MA	BOSTON	MA	2019
Case Western/Univ Hosps Cleveland Med Ctr-OH	CLEVELAND	OH	2019
Henry Ford Hospital‐MI	DETROIT	MI	2020
Boston Univ Med Ctr‐MA	BOSTON	MA	2020
Tufts Medical Center‐MA	BOSTON	MA	2020
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center	WASHINGTON	DC	2020
U Texas Med Sch‐Houston	HOUSTON	TX	2020
U Connecticut School of Medicine	FARMINGTON	CT	2020
St Louis Univ SOM‐MO	ST LOUIS	MO	2020
Case Western/MetroHealth Med Ctr-OH	CLEVELAND	OH	2021
U Alabama Med Ctr-Birmingham	BIRMINGHAM	AL	2021
Tulane Univ SOM-LA	NEW ORLEANS	LA	2021
Kaiser Permanente-Los Angeles-CA	LOS ANGELES	CA	2022
Wake Forest Baptist Med Ctr-NC	WINSTON-SALEM	NC	2022
Henry Ford Hospital-MI	DETROIT	MI	2022
Brown Univ/Rhode Island Hosp	PROVIDENCE	RI	2022
U Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics	MADISON	WI	2022
Emory Univ SOM-GA	ATLANTA	GA	2022
U New Mexico SOM	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	2022
Henry Ford Hospital-MI	DETROIT	MI	2023
St Louis Univ SOM-MO	ST LOUIS	MO	2023

 

Most applicants apply to 70-112 programs.

 

AAMC Careers in Medicine

NRMP's Charting Outcomes in the Match 2022

NRMP's Program Director Survey 2020

Tulane's Dermatology Department

American Academy of Dermatology

Dr. Katrina D’Aquin can put you in touch with potential mentors.