Are you looking to get into the dermatology residency program of your dreams? We’ve got you covered! Here, we’ll give you the inside scoop on which dermatology programs have the highest and lowest publications, MD-PhDs, AOA, and Gold Humanism members among matched applicants. So, if you’re curious about dermatology or have a specific program in mind, you can learn all the details you need to maximize your chances of becoming a dermatologist.
Which Dermatology Residency Programs Require the Most Research?
As discussed previously, matched dermatology applicants have some of the highest numbers of abstracts, presentations, and publications.
But how many publications are expected of each dermatology residency? Here, we’ll discuss which programs have the most – and fewest – publications among their residents. That way, you can make an informed decision and feel hopeful about getting into the program that’s right for you.
Let’s look at which dermatology residency programs have the most – and least – publications among their members. (NOTE: the data here report the Average number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicants. This is more narrow – and restrictive – than the “abstracts, presentations, and publications,” measure found on ERAS and reported by the Charting Outcomes in the Match reports.)
| Dermatology residency name | City | State | Average number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicants | Average number of research experiences among matched applicants | # current residents who were graduates of joint MD-PhD program | % current residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs | % matched applicants members of Alpha Omega Alpha (at the time of application) | % matched applicants members of Gold Humanism Honor Society (at the time of application) | Program curriculum includes a dedicated research rotation | % completed residents with non-academic U.S. practice career plans | % completed residents with plans to continue training in another program | % completed residents with plans to obtain a full-time or part-time academic position | % completed residents with other career plans | Total # Residents on Duty | # Residents on Duty Year 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts General Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Brigham and Women's Hosp Program | Boston | MA | 19 | 6 | 5 | 19% | 33 | 14 | REQ | 18 | 29 | 53 | 0 | 26 | 8 |
| NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program | New York | NY | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4% | 38 | 29 | OPT | 24 | 35 | 41 | 0 | 24 | 8 |
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program | Cincinnati | OH | 16 | 7 | 0% | 12 | 24 | OPT | 14 | 71 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | CA | 15 | 6 | 1 | 7% | 25 | 4 | OPT | 15 | 5 | ||||
| University of California (San Diego) Medical Center Program | La Jolla | CA | 15 | 6 | 4 | 27% | 28 | 16 | OPT | 30 | 30 | 0 | 40 | 15 | 5 |
| Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program | Redwood City | CA | 15 | 6 | 4 | 15% | 37 | 10 | OPT | 31 | 19 | 38 | 12 | 26 | 10 |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) Program | New York | NY | 15 | 6 | 0% | 16 | 5 | OPT | 17 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |
| Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program | Bronx | NY | 15 | 6 | 0% | 31 | 13 | NA | 7 | 7 | 86 | 0 | 19 | 7 | |
| Wake Forest University School of Medicine Program | Winston-Salem | NC | 15 | 7 | 0% | 42 | 21 | OPT | 67 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 4 | |
| West Virginia University Program | Morgantown | WV | 15 | 8 | 1 | 17% | 45 | 18 | NA | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Henry Ford Hospital Program | Detroit | MI | 14 | 6 | 0% | 47 | 25 | OPT | 46 | 31 | 23 | 0 | 21 | 7 | |
| SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Program | Brooklyn | NY | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4% | 36 | 8 | NA | 36 | 21 | 36 | 7 | 23 | 7 |
| University of California (San Francisco) Program | San Francisco | CA | 13 | 5 | 3 | 14% | 41 | 16 | OPT | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 7 |
| University of South Florida Morsani Program | Tampa | FL | 13 | 9 | 0% | 60 | 20 | OPT | 57 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | |
| Johns Hopkins University Program | Baltimore | MD | 13 | 6 | 1 | 5% | 29 | 6 | OPT | 0 | 0 | 38 | 62 | 21 | 7 |
| UMass Chan Medical School Program | Worcester | MA | 13 | 6 | 0% | 47 | 18 | OPT | 20 | 60 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
| Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program | Lake Success | NY | 13 | 5 | 0% | 32 | 0 | NA | 50 | 13 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program | Houston | TX | 13 | 6 | 0% | 63 | 20 | NA | 8 | 8 | 0 | 85 | 20 | 7 | |
| University of Florida Program | Gainesville | FL | 12 | 6 | 0% | 50 | 10 | OPT | 13 | 50 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 4 | |
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Jacksonville) Program | Jacksonville | FL | 12 | 5 | 0% | 40 | 10 | OPT | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| Emory University School of Medicine Program | Atlanta | GA | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5% | 24 | 12 | OPT | 31 | 23 | 46 | 0 | 20 | 6 |
| Boston University Medical Center Program | Boston | MA | 12 | 6 | 0% | 40 | 28 | OPT | 60 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program | New York | NY | 12 | 5 | 1 | 8% | 50 | 9 | OPT | 38 | 13 | 0 | 50 | 13 | 4 |
| University of Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 11 | 7 | 0% | 25 | 13 | OPT | 67 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program | Chicago | IL | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25% | 57 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| Wayne State University School of Medicine Program | Dearborn | MI | 11 | 7 | 1 | 9% | 26 | 11 | NA | 67 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 4 |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Program | Lebanon | NH | 11 | 6 | 0% | 25 | 0 | OPT | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program | Cleveland | OH | 11 | 6 | 0% | 45 | 25 | OPT | 25 | 50 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 4 | |
| Temple University Hospital Program | Philadelphia | PA | 11 | 5 | 1 | 13% | 46 | 8 | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Cook County Health and Hospitals System Program | Chicago | IL | 10 | 6 | 0% | 21 | 21 | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| University of Maryland Program | Baltimore | MD | 10 | 3 | 0% | 38 | 23 | OPT | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| Tufts Medical Center Program | Boston | MA | 10 | 4 | 0% | 47 | 27 | OPT | 50 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program | New York | NY | 10 | 5 | 0% | 40 | 12 | OPT | 0 | 11 | 50 | 39 | 27 | 10 | |
| Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program | Stony Brook | NY | 10 | 5 | 0% | 67 | 20 | NA | 17 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| Duke University Hospital Program | Durham | NC | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7% | 36 | 16 | OPT | 50 | 13 | 38 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| Oregon Health & Science University Program | Portland | OR | 10 | 7 | 0% | 52 | 16 | REQ | 20 | 60 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 5 | |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School Program | Norfolk | VA | 10 | 7 | 0% | 25 | 8 | NA | 20 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| Rush University Medical Center Program | Chicago | IL | 9 | 6 | 0% | 60 | 20 | OPT | 0 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 6 | 2 | |
| University of Michigan Health System Program | Ann Arbor | MI | 9 | 5 | 2 | 8% | 41 | 8 | OPT | 35 | 53 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 9 |
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) Program | Rochester | MN | 9 | 6 | 0% | 33 | 8 | REQ | 59 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 8 | |
| Ohio State University Hospital Program | Gahanna | OH | 9 | 7 | 0% | 50 | 13 | OPT | 20 | 20 | 60 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Program | Cleveland | OH | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6% | 27 | 13 | REQ | 67 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 6 |
| University of Utah Health Program | Salt Lake City | UT | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9% | 45 | 25 | OPT | 71 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 4 |
| University of Washington Program | Seattle | WA | 9 | 6 | 0% | 48 | 14 | OPT | 38 | 13 | 50 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program | Milwaukee | WI | 9 | 6 | 0% | 28 | 12 | NA | 56 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |
| University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 8 | 4 | 0% | 40 | 10 | OPT | 88 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| Tulane University Program | New Orleans | LA | 8 | 7 | 0% | 55 | 10 | NA | 63 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| University of Minnesota Program | Minneapolis | MN | 8 | 4 | 0% | 41 | 18 | OPT | 67 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 4 | |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Program | Columbia | MO | 8 | 6 | 0% | 65 | 18 | NA | 83 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 3 | |
| Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program | St Louis | MO | 8 | 5 | 2 | 11% | 25 | 22 | NA | 36 | 36 | 29 | 0 | 19 | 6 |
| University of Rochester Program | Rochester | NY | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15% | 25 | 17 | OPT | 38 | 25 | 38 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Program | Oklahoma City | OK | 8 | 7 | 0% | 56 | 6 | NA | 67 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | |
| University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Program | Madison | WI | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8% | 50 | 5 | OPT | 88 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| University of Alabama Medical Center Program | Birmingham | AL | 7 | 6 | 0% | 52 | 7 | OPT | 0 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 17 | 6 | |
| Loyola University Medical Center Program | Maywood | IL | 7 | 5 | 0% | 50 | 0 | NA | 71 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
| University of Kansas School of Medicine Program | Kansas City | KS | 7 | 5 | 0% | 56 | 12 | NA | 44 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 5 | |
| St Joseph Mercy Livingston Program | Ann Arbor | MI | 7 | 4 | 0% | 0 | 24 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 12 | 4 | ||
| University of North Carolina Hospitals Program | Chapel Hill | NC | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7% | 44 | 26 | OPT | 64 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 5 |
| Texas A&M College of Medicine-Scott and White Medical Center (Temple) Program | Temple | TX | 7 | 6 | 0% | 60 | 20 | OPT | 83 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| University of Virginia Medical Center Program | Charlottesville | VA | 7 | 5 | 0% | 31 | 13 | NA | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| Medical College of Georgia Program | Augusta | GA | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11% | 60 | 7 | NA | 33 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Southern Illinois University Program | Springfield | IL | 6 | 5 | 0% | 50 | 7 | NA | 75 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
| University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Program | Iowa City | IA | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6% | 52 | 4 | OPT | 20 | 20 | 10 | 50 | 16 | 5 |
| St Louis University School of Medicine Program | St Louis | MO | 6 | 6 | 0% | 30 | 0 | NA | 63 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 4 | |
| OhioHealth/Riverside Methodist Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 6 | 5 | 0% | 20 | 20 | OPT | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| Wright State University Program | Dayton | OH | 6 | 5 | 0% | 40 | 10 | OPT | 75 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program | San Antonio | TX | 6 | 5 | 0% | 64 | 29 | NA | 40 | 0 | 40 | 20 | 9 | 3 | |
| Indiana University School of Medicine Program | Indianapolis | IN | 5 | 5 | 0% | 67 | 17 | OPT | 89 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Louisiana State University Program | New Orleans | LA | 5 | 5 | 0% | 52 | 10 | NA | 90 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 5 | |
| Hackensack University Medical Center (Palisades) Program | North Bergen | NJ | 5 | 4 | 0% | 7 | 0 | OPT | 83 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 3 | |
| The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University Program | Cleveland | OH | 5 | 4 | 0% | 67 | 8 | NA | 80 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock Program | Lubbock | TX | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11% | 60 | 20 | NA | 83 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program | Richmond | VA | 4 | 5 | 0% | 40 | 20 | OPT | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 2 | |
| University of Mississippi School of Medicine Program | Jackson | MS | 3 | 3 | 0% | 56 | 31 | OPT | 75 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 4 | |
| Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Program | Torrance | CA | 0% | OPT | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Program | Roswell | GA | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| University of Louisville School of Medicine Program | Louisville | KY | 0% | NA | 80 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Beaumont Health (Farmington Hills) Program | Commerce Twp | MI | 0% | NA | 67 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Beaumont Health (Trenton) Program | Trenton | MI | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| HealthPartners Institute Program | St. Louis Park | MN | 0% | NA | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
| Still OPTI Program | Kirksville | MO | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program | Omaha | NE | 0% | REQ | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital Program | Camden | NJ | 0% | OPT | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Program | Somerset | NJ | 0% | OPT | 33 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| University of New Mexico School of Medicine Program | Albuquerque | NM | 0% | OPT | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |||||
| St John's Episcopal Hospital-South Shore Program | Far Rockaway | NY | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |||||
| St Barnabas Hospital Program | Bronx | NY | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| New York Medical College (Metropolitan) Program | New York City | NY | 0% | NA | 60 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 3 | |||||
| Campbell University Program | Clinton | NC | 0% | NA | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Samaritan Health Services - Corvallis Program | Salem | OR | 0% | OPT | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Lehigh Valley Health Network Program | Allentown | PA | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| St Luke’s Hospital – Anderson Campus Program | Easton | PA | 0% | REQ | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium Program | JBSA-Lackland | TX | 0% | 16 | 4 | ||||||||||
| University of Vermont Medical Center Program | Burlington | VT | 0% | OPT | 50 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||||
| Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Program | Roanoke | VA | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Marshfield Clinic Program | Marshfield | WI | 0% | OPT | 50 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
What Are the Most Research-Heavy Dermatology Programs?
Here are the dermatology programs with the highest average publications among matched applicants:
- Massachusetts General Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Brigham and Women’s Hosp Program (19 publications on average)
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program (17)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program (16)
- Seven programs with 15
What Are the Least Research-Heavy Dermatology Programs?
Here are the dermatology programs with the lowest average publications among matched applicants:
- University of Mississippi School of Medicine Program (three average publications)
- Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program (four average publications)
- Five programs with five average publications
Which Dermatology Residency Programs Have the Most MD-PhDs?
Are you hoping to get into a dermatology residency program? Having an MD-PhD may help you stand out, but it’s not always necessary.
As noted previously, having an MD-PhD is associated with an increased likelihood of matching into dermatology as a specialty. Note that this is a relatively small advantage (~4% match rate increase for those with a PhD vs. those without).
Check out this list of dermatology residency programs in the US and their MD-PhD percentages.
| Dermatology residency name | City | State | % current residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs | # current residents who were graduates of joint MD-PhD program | Average number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicants | Average number of research experiences among matched applicants | % matched applicants members of Alpha Omega Alpha (at the time of application) | % matched applicants members of Gold Humanism Honor Society (at the time of application) | Program curriculum includes a dedicated research rotation | % completed residents with non-academic U.S. practice career plans | % completed residents with plans to continue training in another program | % completed residents with plans to obtain a full-time or part-time academic position | % completed residents with other career plans | Total # Residents on Duty | # Residents on Duty Year 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California (San Diego) Medical Center Program | La Jolla | CA | 27% | 4 | 15 | 6 | 28 | 16 | OPT | 30 | 30 | 0 | 40 | 15 | 5 |
| McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program | Chicago | IL | 25% | 3 | 11 | 6 | 57 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| Massachusetts General Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Brigham and Women's Hosp Program | Boston | MA | 19% | 5 | 19 | 6 | 33 | 14 | REQ | 18 | 29 | 53 | 0 | 26 | 8 |
| West Virginia University Program | Morgantown | WV | 17% | 1 | 15 | 8 | 45 | 18 | NA | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program | Redwood City | CA | 15% | 4 | 15 | 6 | 37 | 10 | OPT | 31 | 19 | 38 | 12 | 26 | 10 |
| University of Rochester Program | Rochester | NY | 15% | 2 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 17 | OPT | 38 | 25 | 38 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| University of California (San Francisco) Program | San Francisco | CA | 14% | 3 | 13 | 5 | 41 | 16 | OPT | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 7 |
| Temple University Hospital Program | Philadelphia | PA | 13% | 1 | 11 | 5 | 46 | 8 | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program | St Louis | MO | 11% | 2 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 22 | NA | 36 | 36 | 29 | 0 | 19 | 6 |
| Medical College of Georgia Program | Augusta | GA | 11% | 1 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 7 | NA | 33 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock Program | Lubbock | TX | 11% | 1 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 20 | NA | 83 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Wayne State University School of Medicine Program | Dearborn | MI | 9% | 1 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 11 | NA | 67 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 4 |
| University of Utah Health Program | Salt Lake City | UT | 9% | 1 | 9 | 9 | 45 | 25 | OPT | 71 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 4 |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program | New York | NY | 8% | 1 | 12 | 5 | 50 | 9 | OPT | 38 | 13 | 0 | 50 | 13 | 4 |
| University of Michigan Health System Program | Ann Arbor | MI | 8% | 2 | 9 | 5 | 41 | 8 | OPT | 35 | 53 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 9 |
| University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Program | Madison | WI | 8% | 1 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 5 | OPT | 88 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | CA | 7% | 1 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 4 | OPT | 15 | 5 | ||||
| Duke University Hospital Program | Durham | NC | 7% | 1 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 16 | OPT | 50 | 13 | 38 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| University of North Carolina Hospitals Program | Chapel Hill | NC | 7% | 1 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 26 | OPT | 64 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 5 |
| Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Program | Cleveland | OH | 6% | 1 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 13 | REQ | 67 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 6 |
| University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Program | Iowa City | IA | 6% | 1 | 6 | 5 | 52 | 4 | OPT | 20 | 20 | 10 | 50 | 16 | 5 |
| Johns Hopkins University Program | Baltimore | MD | 5% | 1 | 13 | 6 | 29 | 6 | OPT | 0 | 0 | 38 | 62 | 21 | 7 |
| Emory University School of Medicine Program | Atlanta | GA | 5% | 1 | 12 | 7 | 24 | 12 | OPT | 31 | 23 | 46 | 0 | 20 | 6 |
| NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program | New York | NY | 4% | 1 | 17 | 7 | 38 | 29 | OPT | 24 | 35 | 41 | 0 | 24 | 8 |
| SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Program | Brooklyn | NY | 4% | 1 | 14 | 6 | 36 | 8 | NA | 36 | 21 | 36 | 7 | 23 | 7 |
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program | Cincinnati | OH | 0% | 16 | 7 | 12 | 24 | OPT | 14 | 71 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) Program | New York | NY | 0% | 15 | 6 | 16 | 5 | OPT | 17 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |
| Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program | Bronx | NY | 0% | 15 | 6 | 31 | 13 | NA | 7 | 7 | 86 | 0 | 19 | 7 | |
| Wake Forest University School of Medicine Program | Winston-Salem | NC | 0% | 15 | 7 | 42 | 21 | OPT | 67 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 4 | |
| Henry Ford Hospital Program | Detroit | MI | 0% | 14 | 6 | 47 | 25 | OPT | 46 | 31 | 23 | 0 | 21 | 7 | |
| University of South Florida Morsani Program | Tampa | FL | 0% | 13 | 9 | 60 | 20 | OPT | 57 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | |
| UMass Chan Medical School Program | Worcester | MA | 0% | 13 | 6 | 47 | 18 | OPT | 20 | 60 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
| Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program | Lake Success | NY | 0% | 13 | 5 | 32 | 0 | NA | 50 | 13 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program | Houston | TX | 0% | 13 | 6 | 63 | 20 | NA | 8 | 8 | 0 | 85 | 20 | 7 | |
| University of Florida Program | Gainesville | FL | 0% | 12 | 6 | 50 | 10 | OPT | 13 | 50 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 4 | |
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Jacksonville) Program | Jacksonville | FL | 0% | 12 | 5 | 40 | 10 | OPT | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| Boston University Medical Center Program | Boston | MA | 0% | 12 | 6 | 40 | 28 | OPT | 60 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |
| University of Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 0% | 11 | 7 | 25 | 13 | OPT | 67 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Program | Lebanon | NH | 0% | 11 | 6 | 25 | 0 | OPT | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program | Cleveland | OH | 0% | 11 | 6 | 45 | 25 | OPT | 25 | 50 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 4 | |
| Cook County Health and Hospitals System Program | Chicago | IL | 0% | 10 | 6 | 21 | 21 | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| University of Maryland Program | Baltimore | MD | 0% | 10 | 3 | 38 | 23 | OPT | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| Tufts Medical Center Program | Boston | MA | 0% | 10 | 4 | 47 | 27 | OPT | 50 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program | New York | NY | 0% | 10 | 5 | 40 | 12 | OPT | 0 | 11 | 50 | 39 | 27 | 10 | |
| Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program | Stony Brook | NY | 0% | 10 | 5 | 67 | 20 | NA | 17 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| Oregon Health & Science University Program | Portland | OR | 0% | 10 | 7 | 52 | 16 | REQ | 20 | 60 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 5 | |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School Program | Norfolk | VA | 0% | 10 | 7 | 25 | 8 | NA | 20 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| Rush University Medical Center Program | Chicago | IL | 0% | 9 | 6 | 60 | 20 | OPT | 0 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 6 | 2 | |
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) Program | Rochester | MN | 0% | 9 | 6 | 33 | 8 | REQ | 59 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 8 | |
| Ohio State University Hospital Program | Gahanna | OH | 0% | 9 | 7 | 50 | 13 | OPT | 20 | 20 | 60 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| University of Washington Program | Seattle | WA | 0% | 9 | 6 | 48 | 14 | OPT | 38 | 13 | 50 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program | Milwaukee | WI | 0% | 9 | 6 | 28 | 12 | NA | 56 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |
| University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 0% | 8 | 4 | 40 | 10 | OPT | 88 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| Tulane University Program | New Orleans | LA | 0% | 8 | 7 | 55 | 10 | NA | 63 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| University of Minnesota Program | Minneapolis | MN | 0% | 8 | 4 | 41 | 18 | OPT | 67 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 4 | |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Program | Columbia | MO | 0% | 8 | 6 | 65 | 18 | NA | 83 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 3 | |
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Program | Oklahoma City | OK | 0% | 8 | 7 | 56 | 6 | NA | 67 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | |
| University of Alabama Medical Center Program | Birmingham | AL | 0% | 7 | 6 | 52 | 7 | OPT | 0 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 17 | 6 | |
| Loyola University Medical Center Program | Maywood | IL | 0% | 7 | 5 | 50 | 0 | NA | 71 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
| University of Kansas School of Medicine Program | Kansas City | KS | 0% | 7 | 5 | 56 | 12 | NA | 44 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 5 | |
| St Joseph Mercy Livingston Program | Ann Arbor | MI | 0% | 7 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 12 | 4 | ||
| Texas A&M College of Medicine-Scott and White Medical Center (Temple) Program | Temple | TX | 0% | 7 | 6 | 60 | 20 | OPT | 83 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| University of Virginia Medical Center Program | Charlottesville | VA | 0% | 7 | 5 | 31 | 13 | NA | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| Southern Illinois University Program | Springfield | IL | 0% | 6 | 5 | 50 | 7 | NA | 75 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
| St Louis University School of Medicine Program | St Louis | MO | 0% | 6 | 6 | 30 | 0 | NA | 63 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 4 | |
| OhioHealth/Riverside Methodist Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 0% | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | OPT | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| Wright State University Program | Dayton | OH | 0% | 6 | 5 | 40 | 10 | OPT | 75 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program | San Antonio | TX | 0% | 6 | 5 | 64 | 29 | NA | 40 | 0 | 40 | 20 | 9 | 3 | |
| Indiana University School of Medicine Program | Indianapolis | IN | 0% | 5 | 5 | 67 | 17 | OPT | 89 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Louisiana State University Program | New Orleans | LA | 0% | 5 | 5 | 52 | 10 | NA | 90 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 5 | |
| Hackensack University Medical Center (Palisades) Program | North Bergen | NJ | 0% | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | OPT | 83 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 3 | |
| The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University Program | Cleveland | OH | 0% | 5 | 4 | 67 | 8 | NA | 80 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program | Richmond | VA | 0% | 4 | 5 | 40 | 20 | OPT | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 2 | |
| University of Mississippi School of Medicine Program | Jackson | MS | 0% | 3 | 3 | 56 | 31 | OPT | 75 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 4 | |
| Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Program | Torrance | CA | 0% | OPT | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Program | Roswell | GA | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| University of Louisville School of Medicine Program | Louisville | KY | 0% | NA | 80 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Beaumont Health (Farmington Hills) Program | Commerce Twp | MI | 0% | NA | 67 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Beaumont Health (Trenton) Program | Trenton | MI | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| HealthPartners Institute Program | St. Louis Park | MN | 0% | NA | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
| Still OPTI Program | Kirksville | MO | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program | Omaha | NE | 0% | REQ | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital Program | Camden | NJ | 0% | OPT | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Program | Somerset | NJ | 0% | OPT | 33 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| University of New Mexico School of Medicine Program | Albuquerque | NM | 0% | OPT | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |||||
| St John's Episcopal Hospital-South Shore Program | Far Rockaway | NY | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |||||
| St Barnabas Hospital Program | Bronx | NY | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| New York Medical College (Metropolitan) Program | New York City | NY | 0% | NA | 60 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 3 | |||||
| Campbell University Program | Clinton | NC | 0% | NA | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Samaritan Health Services - Corvallis Program | Salem | OR | 0% | OPT | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Lehigh Valley Health Network Program | Allentown | PA | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| St Luke’s Hospital – Anderson Campus Program | Easton | PA | 0% | REQ | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium Program | JBSA-Lackland | TX | 0% | 16 | 4 | ||||||||||
| University of Vermont Medical Center Program | Burlington | VT | 0% | OPT | 50 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||||
| Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Program | Roanoke | VA | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Marshfield Clinic Program | Marshfield | WI | 0% | OPT | 50 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Dermatology Programs with the Highest Percentage of MD-PhDs
Here are the dermatology programs with the highest reported % of residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs:
- University of California (San Diego) Medical Center Program (27%)
- McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program (25%)
- Massachusetts General Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Brigham and Women’s Hosp Program (19%)
- West Virginia University Program (17%)
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program (15%)
- University of Rochester Program (15%)
- University of California (San Francisco) Program (14%)
Dermatology Programs with the Lowest Percentage of MD-PhDs
While having an MD-PhD can give you a leg up on matching into dermatology, note that there are many (many) programs without an MD-PhD among their residents. In fact, there were only 25 programs that reported having any graduates from MD-PhD programs.
Which Dermatology Programs Have the Most AOA and Gold Humanism Honor Society Members?
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) and Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) memberships are two important factors in the dermatology residency matching process. AOA recognizes students and residents who excel academically, in leadership, and in professionalism, while GHHS recognizes individuals who demonstrate exceptional qualities in patient-centered care and humanism.
As noted before, AOA membership is associated with an increased likelihood of matching into dermatology.
Here we list the US dermatology residency programs and the % of their residents who were AOA or GHHS members. Note you can search for individual programs, sort the data, and many other useful things in your dermatology residency search.
| Dermatology residency name | City | State | % matched applicants members of Alpha Omega Alpha (at the time of application) | % matched applicants members of Gold Humanism Honor Society (at the time of application) | % current residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs | # current residents who were graduates of joint MD-PhD program | Average number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicants | Average number of research experiences among matched applicants | Program curriculum includes a dedicated research rotation | % completed residents with non-academic U.S. practice career plans | % completed residents with plans to continue training in another program | % completed residents with plans to obtain a full-time or part-time academic position | % completed residents with other career plans | Total # Residents on Duty | # Residents on Duty Year 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program | Stony Brook | NY | 67 | 20 | 0% | 10 | 5 | NA | 17 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| Indiana University School of Medicine Program | Indianapolis | IN | 67 | 17 | 0% | 5 | 5 | OPT | 89 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University Program | Cleveland | OH | 67 | 8 | 0% | 5 | 4 | NA | 80 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Program | Columbia | MO | 65 | 18 | 0% | 8 | 6 | NA | 83 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 3 | |
| University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program | San Antonio | TX | 64 | 29 | 0% | 6 | 5 | NA | 40 | 0 | 40 | 20 | 9 | 3 | |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program | Houston | TX | 63 | 20 | 0% | 13 | 6 | NA | 8 | 8 | 0 | 85 | 20 | 7 | |
| Medical College of Georgia Program | Augusta | GA | 60 | 7 | 11% | 1 | 6 | 5 | NA | 33 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock Program | Lubbock | TX | 60 | 20 | 11% | 1 | 5 | 7 | NA | 83 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| University of South Florida Morsani Program | Tampa | FL | 60 | 20 | 0% | 13 | 9 | OPT | 57 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | |
| Rush University Medical Center Program | Chicago | IL | 60 | 20 | 0% | 9 | 6 | OPT | 0 | 25 | 50 | 25 | 6 | 2 | |
| Texas A&M College of Medicine-Scott and White Medical Center (Temple) Program | Temple | TX | 60 | 20 | 0% | 7 | 6 | OPT | 83 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program | Chicago | IL | 57 | 5 | 25% | 3 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Program | Oklahoma City | OK | 56 | 6 | 0% | 8 | 7 | NA | 67 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | |
| University of Kansas School of Medicine Program | Kansas City | KS | 56 | 12 | 0% | 7 | 5 | NA | 44 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 5 | |
| University of Mississippi School of Medicine Program | Jackson | MS | 56 | 31 | 0% | 3 | 3 | OPT | 75 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 4 | |
| Tulane University Program | New Orleans | LA | 55 | 10 | 0% | 8 | 7 | NA | 63 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Program | Iowa City | IA | 52 | 4 | 6% | 1 | 6 | 5 | OPT | 20 | 20 | 10 | 50 | 16 | 5 |
| Oregon Health & Science University Program | Portland | OR | 52 | 16 | 0% | 10 | 7 | REQ | 20 | 60 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 5 | |
| University of Alabama Medical Center Program | Birmingham | AL | 52 | 7 | 0% | 7 | 6 | OPT | 0 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 17 | 6 | |
| Louisiana State University Program | New Orleans | LA | 52 | 10 | 0% | 5 | 5 | NA | 90 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 5 | |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program | New York | NY | 50 | 9 | 8% | 1 | 12 | 5 | OPT | 38 | 13 | 0 | 50 | 13 | 4 |
| University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Program | Madison | WI | 50 | 5 | 8% | 1 | 8 | 6 | OPT | 88 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| University of Florida Program | Gainesville | FL | 50 | 10 | 0% | 12 | 6 | OPT | 13 | 50 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 4 | |
| Ohio State University Hospital Program | Gahanna | OH | 50 | 13 | 0% | 9 | 7 | OPT | 20 | 20 | 60 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| Loyola University Medical Center Program | Maywood | IL | 50 | 0 | 0% | 7 | 5 | NA | 71 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
| Southern Illinois University Program | Springfield | IL | 50 | 7 | 0% | 6 | 5 | NA | 75 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
| University of Washington Program | Seattle | WA | 48 | 14 | 0% | 9 | 6 | OPT | 38 | 13 | 50 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |
| Henry Ford Hospital Program | Detroit | MI | 47 | 25 | 0% | 14 | 6 | OPT | 46 | 31 | 23 | 0 | 21 | 7 | |
| UMass Chan Medical School Program | Worcester | MA | 47 | 18 | 0% | 13 | 6 | OPT | 20 | 60 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
| Tufts Medical Center Program | Boston | MA | 47 | 27 | 0% | 10 | 4 | OPT | 50 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
| Temple University Hospital Program | Philadelphia | PA | 46 | 8 | 13% | 1 | 11 | 5 | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| West Virginia University Program | Morgantown | WV | 45 | 18 | 17% | 1 | 15 | 8 | NA | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| University of Utah Health Program | Salt Lake City | UT | 45 | 25 | 9% | 1 | 9 | 9 | OPT | 71 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 4 |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program | Cleveland | OH | 45 | 25 | 0% | 11 | 6 | OPT | 25 | 50 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 4 | |
| University of North Carolina Hospitals Program | Chapel Hill | NC | 44 | 26 | 7% | 1 | 7 | 7 | OPT | 64 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 5 |
| Wake Forest University School of Medicine Program | Winston-Salem | NC | 42 | 21 | 0% | 15 | 7 | OPT | 67 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 4 | |
| University of California (San Francisco) Program | San Francisco | CA | 41 | 16 | 14% | 3 | 13 | 5 | OPT | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 7 |
| University of Michigan Health System Program | Ann Arbor | MI | 41 | 8 | 8% | 2 | 9 | 5 | OPT | 35 | 53 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 9 |
| University of Minnesota Program | Minneapolis | MN | 41 | 18 | 0% | 8 | 4 | OPT | 67 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 4 | |
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Jacksonville) Program | Jacksonville | FL | 40 | 10 | 0% | 12 | 5 | OPT | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| Boston University Medical Center Program | Boston | MA | 40 | 28 | 0% | 12 | 6 | OPT | 60 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program | New York | NY | 40 | 12 | 0% | 10 | 5 | OPT | 0 | 11 | 50 | 39 | 27 | 10 | |
| University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 40 | 10 | 0% | 8 | 4 | OPT | 88 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| Wright State University Program | Dayton | OH | 40 | 10 | 0% | 6 | 5 | OPT | 75 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program | Richmond | VA | 40 | 20 | 0% | 4 | 5 | OPT | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 2 | |
| NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program | New York | NY | 38 | 29 | 4% | 1 | 17 | 7 | OPT | 24 | 35 | 41 | 0 | 24 | 8 |
| University of Maryland Program | Baltimore | MD | 38 | 23 | 0% | 10 | 3 | OPT | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University Program | Redwood City | CA | 37 | 10 | 15% | 4 | 15 | 6 | OPT | 31 | 19 | 38 | 12 | 26 | 10 |
| Duke University Hospital Program | Durham | NC | 36 | 16 | 7% | 1 | 10 | 6 | OPT | 50 | 13 | 38 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Program | Brooklyn | NY | 36 | 8 | 4% | 1 | 14 | 6 | NA | 36 | 21 | 36 | 7 | 23 | 7 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Brigham and Women's Hosp Program | Boston | MA | 33 | 14 | 19% | 5 | 19 | 6 | REQ | 18 | 29 | 53 | 0 | 26 | 8 |
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) Program | Rochester | MN | 33 | 8 | 0% | 9 | 6 | REQ | 59 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 8 | |
| Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program | Lake Success | NY | 32 | 0 | 0% | 13 | 5 | NA | 50 | 13 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program | Bronx | NY | 31 | 13 | 0% | 15 | 6 | NA | 7 | 7 | 86 | 0 | 19 | 7 | |
| University of Virginia Medical Center Program | Charlottesville | VA | 31 | 13 | 0% | 7 | 5 | NA | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| St Louis University School of Medicine Program | St Louis | MO | 30 | 0 | 0% | 6 | 6 | NA | 63 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 4 | |
| Johns Hopkins University Program | Baltimore | MD | 29 | 6 | 5% | 1 | 13 | 6 | OPT | 0 | 0 | 38 | 62 | 21 | 7 |
| University of California (San Diego) Medical Center Program | La Jolla | CA | 28 | 16 | 27% | 4 | 15 | 6 | OPT | 30 | 30 | 0 | 40 | 15 | 5 |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program | Milwaukee | WI | 28 | 12 | 0% | 9 | 6 | NA | 56 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |
| Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Program | Cleveland | OH | 27 | 13 | 6% | 1 | 9 | 5 | REQ | 67 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 6 |
| Wayne State University School of Medicine Program | Dearborn | MI | 26 | 11 | 9% | 1 | 11 | 7 | NA | 67 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 4 |
| University of Rochester Program | Rochester | NY | 25 | 17 | 15% | 2 | 8 | 5 | OPT | 38 | 25 | 38 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program | St Louis | MO | 25 | 22 | 11% | 2 | 8 | 5 | NA | 36 | 36 | 29 | 0 | 19 | 6 |
| UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center Program | Los Angeles | CA | 25 | 4 | 7% | 1 | 15 | 6 | OPT | 15 | 5 | ||||
| University of Chicago Program | Chicago | IL | 25 | 13 | 0% | 11 | 7 | OPT | 67 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Program | Lebanon | NH | 25 | 0 | 0% | 11 | 6 | OPT | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School Program | Norfolk | VA | 25 | 8 | 0% | 10 | 7 | NA | 20 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| Emory University School of Medicine Program | Atlanta | GA | 24 | 12 | 5% | 1 | 12 | 7 | OPT | 31 | 23 | 46 | 0 | 20 | 6 |
| Cook County Health and Hospitals System Program | Chicago | IL | 21 | 21 | 0% | 10 | 6 | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
| OhioHealth/Riverside Methodist Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 20 | 20 | 0% | 6 | 5 | OPT | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) Program | New York | NY | 16 | 5 | 0% | 15 | 6 | OPT | 17 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |
| University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program | Cincinnati | OH | 12 | 24 | 0% | 16 | 7 | OPT | 14 | 71 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| Hackensack University Medical Center (Palisades) Program | North Bergen | NJ | 7 | 0 | 0% | 5 | 4 | OPT | 83 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 3 | |
| St Joseph Mercy Livingston Program | Ann Arbor | MI | 0 | 24 | 0% | 7 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 12 | 4 | ||
| Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Program | Torrance | CA | 0% | OPT | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Program | Roswell | GA | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| University of Louisville School of Medicine Program | Louisville | KY | 0% | NA | 80 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Beaumont Health (Farmington Hills) Program | Commerce Twp | MI | 0% | NA | 67 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Beaumont Health (Trenton) Program | Trenton | MI | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| HealthPartners Institute Program | St. Louis Park | MN | 0% | NA | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
| Still OPTI Program | Kirksville | MO | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program | Omaha | NE | 0% | REQ | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital Program | Camden | NJ | 0% | OPT | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Program | Somerset | NJ | 0% | OPT | 33 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| University of New Mexico School of Medicine Program | Albuquerque | NM | 0% | OPT | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |||||
| St John's Episcopal Hospital-South Shore Program | Far Rockaway | NY | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |||||
| St Barnabas Hospital Program | Bronx | NY | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| New York Medical College (Metropolitan) Program | New York City | NY | 0% | NA | 60 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 3 | |||||
| Campbell University Program | Clinton | NC | 0% | NA | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Samaritan Health Services - Corvallis Program | Salem | OR | 0% | OPT | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Lehigh Valley Health Network Program | Allentown | PA | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| St Luke’s Hospital – Anderson Campus Program | Easton | PA | 0% | REQ | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium Program | JBSA-Lackland | TX | 0% | 16 | 4 | ||||||||||
| University of Vermont Medical Center Program | Burlington | VT | 0% | OPT | 50 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||||
| Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Program | Roanoke | VA | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Marshfield Clinic Program | Marshfield | WI | 0% | OPT | 50 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Dermatology Programs with the Most and Least AOA and GHHS Members
The dermatology residency programs with the highest reported percentage of AOA members are:
- Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program
- Indiana University School of Medicine Program
- The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve University Program
- University of Missouri-Columbia Program
- University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program
The dermatology residency programs with the lowest reported percentage of AOA members are:
- St Joseph Mercy Livingston Program
- Hackensack University Medical Center (Palisades) Program
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine Program
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) Program
- OhioHealth/Riverside Methodist Hospital Program
Are AOA Numbers Artificially Low in the Most Competitive Dermatology Residency Programs?
As we can see above, while AOA and GHHS membership can be beneficial, it’s not necessarily a critical factor in being accepted into a dermatology residency program.
For example, the Harvard dermatology program only had 33% of its residents with AOA membership and only 14% with GHHS membership. (The Harvard dermatology program is Massachusetts General Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Brigham and Women’s Hosp Program).
So, why might some of the most competitive dermatology residency programs have fewer AOA and GHHS members? One potential explanation is that some of the most prestigious medical schools don’t have AOA chapters. For example, the medical schools at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and UCSF all lack AOA chapters.
Ultimately, it’s essential to remember that AOA and GHHS membership can be important factors in getting accepted into a dermatology residency program. However, they’re not the only ones. There are plenty of other ways to make your application stand out, such as having strong USMLE scores, letters of recommendation, and a well-crafted personal statement.
Concluding Thoughts
Publications; AOA and GHHS membership; and having a PhD can all benefit an application into dermatology. However, as we can see, there different dermatology residency programs have different expectations as to what they are looking for in applicants.
