Residency

Residents build a strong foundation in general dermatology and procedural skills, including biopsies and simple excisions. Clinical time is spent roughly 70% at Los Angeles General Medical Center, 15% at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and 15% at Keck outpatient clinics.

Residents spend two months on the inpatient consult service at LA General and about one month seeing inpatient consults at CHLA. The rest of their time is roughly 55% LA General, 20% CHLA, 15% Keck outpatient, and 10% Downtown VA. They expand their surgical skills with complex repairs, flaps, grafts, and Mohs micrographic surgery.

Residents solidify their skills in medical dermatology, dermatopathology, and procedural dermatology. After inpatient months at LA General and CHLA, their time is split roughly 50% LA General, 20% CHLA, 20% Keck outpatient, and 10% VA, with one-on-one dermatopathology sign-out.

Los Angeles General Medical Center is one of the largest academic medical centers in the United States. Over 1,000 medical residents and students are trained here. There are nearly 39,000 inpatient discharges, 150,000 emergency department visits and 1 million ambulatory care visit each year to Los Angeles General Medical Center.

• General Dermatology clinic including complex medical dermatology
• Dermatologic Surgery and Mohs Micrographic Surgery
• Dermatopathology
• Pediatric Dermatology
• Immunobullous Disease clinic
• Phototherapy
• Tropical Medicine
• Hansen’s Disease Clinic
• HIV clinic
• HIV Lipodystrophy clinic
• Teledermatology
• Inpatient Consultation Dermatology

Keck Hospital of USC is a private 411-bed acute care hospital that opened in 1991. Outpatient clinics are located on campus. Additionally, faculty practices are located at affiliated satellite clinics in Pasadena, Downtown Los Angeles and Beverly Hills.

• General dermatology clinic including complex medical dermatology
• Immunobullous disease clinic
• Aesthetic dermatology clinic and laser experience
• Contact dermatitis clinic and patch testing
• Faculty clinics in general dermatology
• Dermatologic surgery and Mohs micrographic surgery
• Inpatient consultative dermatology
• Dermatopathology

This facility was built for cancer research and patient care. The hospital is a 60-bed inpatient facility. It is one of the original eight comprehensive cancer centers for research designated by the National Cancer Institute.

• Phototherapy
• Melanoma Program at USC: multidisciplinary clinics and tumor boards involving members from: dermatology, medical oncology, surgical oncology, oncogenetics, dermatopathology, plastic surgery, head and neck surgery and preventive medicine.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) was founded in 1901. It is nationally- and internationally recognized as a leading institution for treating seriously ill children. It has been affiliated with Keck Medicine of USC since 1932. There are over 11,000 admissions, 62,000 ER visits and approximately 290,000 ambulatory visits.

• Outpatient pediatric dermatology clinic
• Vascular anomalies clinic
• Epidermolysis bullosa clinic
• Inpatient pediatric dermatology consultation service

Residents work in the following services at this outpatient-only facility:

• General dermatology clinic
• Dermatologic Surgery and dermatologic micrographic surgery) and Dermatopathology review and sign out in a one-on-one fashion.
• Experience working with VA population and within VA healthcare delivery system

The Department is responsible for providing an introduction to dermatology to all Keck School medical students in their first year in a weeklong course. This program consists of 10 lectures and an examination. Each resident leads two case-based group discussions during this course.

First-year medical students receive approximately one week of teaching related to the biology and molecular biology of the skin. Gene defects leading to genetic skin diseases and structural defects in human skin are emphasized to give the student a clear idea of the function of the skin’s component parts. The goals of this course are to illustrate the integration and importance of basic sciences with clinical dermatology.

During Intersession between 3rd and 4th year, the residents and faculty host a workshop with several stations where medical students are introduced to procedures such as performing a KOH mount, scabies prep, shave biopsy and punch biopsy.

More than 60 third- and fourth-year students have the opportunity to take a four-week clinical elective in dermatology. Third year residents provide the lecture series to the rotating students. All residents participate in teaching students during outpatient clinics and on the inpatient consultation service.

Held the 1st Tuesday morning of each month. Consists of Patient Presentation as well as a didactic lecture from internal and invited speakers. This conference regularly attracts 30-40 dermatologists from the surrounding communities, as well as the USC dermatology residents and faculty. Contact [email protected] for more information on grand rounds

Held on the 4th Tuesday evening of each month (Sept-Nov, Jan-May). Once each year, the USC Department of Dermatology hosts a Los Angeles Metropolitan Dermatological Society Meeting, at which the residents present and discuss interesting patients for whom they have cared in our clinics.

Every year, most residents attend the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, a week-long event held in February or March. Residents are encouraged to submit posters or CPC cases for presentation.

The residents are also encouraged to participate in other regional and national dermatology conferences. Residents have often presented at the Pacific Dermatology Association Meeting, Cal-Derm Society Meeting and Las Vegas Cosmetic Conference

Three years, ACGME-accredited.

Four per year, 12 total.

Five sites: LA General, Keck Hospital, CHLA, USC Norris, and the VA.

Through ERAS, participating in the NRMP, with interviews in mid to late January.

Co-directors Drs. Ashley Crew and Scott Worswick. Assistant Program Director: Dr. Katrina Lee.