Residency Program

The Residency Program of the Department of Dermatology has three objectives:

  1. To recruit the best qualified applicants
  2. To train excellent clinicians
  3. To produce leaders in dermatology

UT Southwestern is the first of only two accredited dermatology residency programs in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. It utilizes five teaching centers (Parkland Health and Hospital System, Children's Medical Center, UT Southwestern University Hospital-Zale Lipshy, Aston Ambulatory Care Center, and the Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center), collectively serving a large population of patients with diverse genetic and social backgrounds in a variety of health care settings.

Several general dermatology clinics and subspecialty clinics treat a wide variety of conditions and provide a variety of services: contact allergy, cosmetic dermatology, surgery, Mohs micrographic surgery, pediatric dermatology, pharmaceutical studies, pigment cell disorders, rheumatic skin disease, and vascular malformation/laser surgery.

The faculty combines mastery of general dermatology with expertise in defined dermatological subspecialties.

Core Curriculum

A structured framework of conferences represent the backbone of the core curriculum.

Weekly Conferences

  • Integrated Basic and Clinical Science Conference
  • Dermatopathology Conferences (thrice weekly)
  • Journal Club
  • Grand Rounds
  • Pearls Conferences
  • Surgery Conference
  • Inpatient Rounds

Monthly Conferences

  • Dallas and Fort Worth Dermatological Society Meetings
  • North Texas Dermatological Surgery Society Meeting

Among the Best

Excellence and leadership describe our graduates. As judged by performance in the American Board of Dermatology In-Training Examination, our residents consistently rank among the top of their peer groups. Graduates who have chosen to train in fellowship programs have been able to do so. A survey of careers of graduates from 1972 to 1999 documented 25% to be on the faculty of, or directly affiliated with, academic institutions. This statistic rises to 35% if only recent graduates (1987-1999) are considered. Several graduates have their own practices or have been recruited by highly reputable dermatological and multi-specialty group practices.