Residency Program
The Dermatology residency program at Eastern Virginia Medical
School is an accredited three-year program leading to eligibility for
certification by the American Board of Dermatology. Established in
2002, the goal of the residency program is to produce excellent clinical
dermatologists who are prepared to enter the practice of Dermatology or
a specialty fellowship program.
General Description
Residents divide their time between clinical rotations at the Hampton
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Children's Hospital of The
King's Daughters, Pariser Dermatology Specialists, Inc., and the
Portsmouth Naval Medical Center. In addition to seeing a wealth of
general clinical dermatology patients, residents spend time each week in
Pediatric Dermatology Clinic and working with Dermatologists who have
extensive training and experience in Surgical Dermatology.
Curriculum
The educational program includes the following:
- weekly dermatopathology textbook review and unknown slide
conference
- Monday noon clinical conference
- clinical dermatology textbook review
- bimonthly Grand Rounds
- bimonthly journal review
- monthly pediatric and procedural dermatology didactic session
Residents attend many regional and national dermatology society meetings
throughout the year, the Indiana University Cutaneous Basic Science
Conference, the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology,
the Southeastern Education Consortium of Dermatology, and the biannual Combined
Eastern Virginia Medical School/Virginia Commonwealth University
Dermatology Conference.
Working with faculty members, residents are expected to complete an original paper each year.
For more information, contact:
April Spencer-Gulley
Residency Coordinator
Department of Dermatology
Eastern Virginia Medical School
700 W. Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23507
Phone: (757) 446-5629
Fax: (757) 446-6000
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