The residency is organized to furnish trainees with the educational and practical experience necessary to provide superior medical care to patients with a wide variety of skin conditions. The population of patients served by the Medical College of Virginia Hospital and the McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center is extensive and fascinating. As a tertiary referral center, many of the cases seen are rare and unusual. Faculty expertise includes medical dermatology, dermatopathology, as well as surgical dermatology. Surgical experience includes Mohs Micrographic surgery and laser surgery.
All faculty members are active in the training program.
Most of the resident's time is spent in the clinical arena. Residents work in the Resident-Clinic providing direct dermatologic care, supervised by a faculty member, as well as in the Private Clinics. In-patient consultative services are provided by the Consult Team which is lead by a senior resident and a faculty member. Opportunities to conduct research are available. Specific schedules are outlined for the three years of training, however, there may be some flexibility in training for a resident with special interests.