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https://medicine.yale.edu/dermatology

Professors R. Antaya, J.L. Bolognia, M.W. Bosenberg, I.M. Braverman (Emeritus), L. Chen (Immunobiology), K. Choate (Chair), S. Cowper, R.L. Edelson, R.A. Flavell (Immunobiology), F.M. Foss (Medicine), M. Girardi, V. Greco (Genetics), P. Heald (Emeritus), S. Imaeda, A. Iwasaki (Immunobiology), H. Kluger (Medicine), C.J. Ko, D.J. Leffell, H. Lin (Cell Biology), J. McNiff, R.M. Medzhitov (Immunobiology), L.M. Milstone (Emeritus), J. Pober (Immunobiology), R.E. Tigelaar (Emeritus), L. Wilson (Therapeutic Radiology)

Associate Professors C. Bunick, S. Christensen, J.M. Cohen, B. Craiglow (Adjunct), W. Damsky, A. Galan, J. Leventhal, P. Myung, G. Panse, S. Perkins, S. Ramachandran, K. Suozzi, M.M. Tomayko

Assistant Professors L. Atzmony Maoz, A. Eisenstein, J. Gehlhausen, S. Haynes, S. Kim, L. Laborne Sousa Pinto Kalil, M. Laird, A. Little, G. Micevic, C.A. Nelson, I. Odell, J. Siegel, R. Stavert, M. Vesely, A. Zubek

Senior Research Scientists D.E. Brash (Therapeutic Radiology), P. Gu, R. Halaban, D.J. Leffell, L.M. Milstone

Research Scientists D. Hanlon, I. Lomakin

Associate Research Scientists A.V. Odell, K. Tatsuno, A. Vassall

Clinical Professors M. Gohara, R. Savin, B. Strober, K. Watsky

Associate Clinical Professors M. Alexiades-Armenakas, S. Bender, A. Bronin, F. Castiglione, I. Cohen, D. Davidson, L. Donofrio, J. Dover, J. Edelglass, M.E. Grossman, R. Kahan, R. Langdon, A. Lewis, E.B. Milstone, J. Moss, P. Schneiderman, M. Shahriari, P. Shapiro, A. Zalka

Assistant Clinical Professors J. Alter, A. Atton, S. Barrett, P. Bevilacqua, D. Bilinski, J. Cantatore-Francis, C. Carroll, S. Chavel, D. Correale, A. Czernik, L. Daman, E. de Moll, K. Diette, T. Durazzo, D. Feinberg, D.D. George, B. Goldberg, M. Goldstein, H. Hamilton, W. Jacoby, R. Klein, J. Knispel, L. Kugelman, J. Lehrman, S. Lerner, P. Lowenstein, L. Luck, E. Markstein, E. Marsh, M.A. McFerren, D. Miller, E. Mirrer, E. Naidorf, M. Noonan, W. Notaro, M. Oestreicher, R. Oshman, M. Petrazzuoli, L. Provini, B. Richter, D. Robinson, J. Sansing, N. Sherline, N. Silverman, E. Smith, J. Zirn, B. Zubkov

Clinical Instructors M. Beuttler, N. Levit, L. Madden, M. Malik, N. Turner, D. Weissman

Electives

Dermatology Inpatient Consult Elective In this rotation, students work as an integral member of the dermatology consult team, composed of a dermatology resident and attending. Clinical settings will include the Yale-New Haven Hospital adult and pediatric wards, intensive care units, emergency rooms and urgent care services as well as the Smilow Bone Marrow Transplant Day Hospital. Students are exposed to dermatologic disease requiring inpatient admission, systemic disease with cutaneous manifestations, and skin complications among hospitalized patients. Students learn how dermatologists approach these patients, including: initial evaluation, workup, and differential diagnosis building; role of biopsy and histologic evaluation; and treatment plan design. Under resident supervision, the student evaluates a new consult patient each day and follow this patient for the hospital course. The student is expected to read intensively on relevant disease processes and formally present this patient to the attending on rounds. Additionally, the student should research disease and management-related questions that arise on the service and informally present a summary of findings to the attending and resident. One day a week (Wednesday), students participate in departmental grand rounds and educational conferences. Two evenings a week, students participate in resident rounds of the inpatient service. During the rotation, the student identifies a patient with a chronic dermatologic condition and conducts an in-depth interview to learn about how the disease and its treatment has affected the patient’s life and, conversely, how life considerations have affected disease management. Additionally, at the end of the rotation, the student presents a formal case presentation and literature review at grand rounds. This course is intended as introduction to inpatient dermatology for the student considering postgraduate training in dermatology.

Dermatology Outpatient Elective Students are expected to acquire the skills needed by a primary care physician or surgeon to evaluate dermatological problems independently. Orientation location is at the West Haven VA Medical Center. Outpatient experiences include the West Haven VA Medical Center, the Adult and Pediatric Yale Primary Care Clinics, and possibly the Yale University Health Services. These clinics expose the student to a variety of primary and referral dermatology services that treat inflammatory and neoplastic skin diseases. To gain an overview of the specialty, students also have exposure to dermatologic surgery and dermatopathology. One day a week (Wednesday), students participate in departmental grand rounds and educational conferences. Reading and review of assigned materials are required in preparation for a series of case discussions led by faculty. A formal presentation on a topic of the student’s choice is required in the final week. The goal of the course is to ground students in the fundamentals of dermatologic physical examination, diagnosis and treatment.