Residency Highlights

Overview

• Eleven or 12 dermatology residents per year (three are rural dermatology residents)
• The rural residency slot with three-month general dermatology rotations at the academic rural dermatology office in Louisville, Mississippi
• Six offices spanning a full range of patients, including service to populations with limited access
• Cosmetic experiences at thrice-monthly Resident Cosmetic Clinic and rotations with cosmetic dermatologists
• Cosmetic procedures
  • Pulsed dye laser
  • Alexandrite/Nd:YAG laser
  • Fractionated CO2 laser
  • Blue Light
  • Intense pulsed light (IPL)
  • Cosmetic nurse procedures - chemical peels, dermaplane, microdermabrasion, and microneedling
• Hospitalist dermatology rotations at the only tertiary referral academic university in the state of Mississippi
• Multi-specialty Skin Lymphoma, Psoriais, and Rheumatology/Dermatology Clinics
• Monthly free clinic serving the needs of underserved Mississippians in the Delta
• Board-certified Pediatric Dermatologist 
• 5,500 Dermatopathology accessions each year (more than 8,000 specimens) with an additional 12,000 accessions each year at Dermatopathology Associates group, with teaching by four dermatopathologists
• Robust teledermatology service at UMMC with additional teledermatology exposure at the associated Sonny Montgomery VA hospital
• Mohs and Dermatopathology Fellowship Programs
• State-of-the-art patch testing/occupational dermatology service with two physicians, a nurse practitioner, and a specialized nurse
• One hundred percent board exam pass rate for residency program, as well as the Mohs and Dermatopathology fellowships

Didactics 

• Dermatopathology lecture every Monday morning from 7-8 AM (except on Grand Rounds days)
• Monday afternoon didactics includes review of Bolognia chapters and Kodachromes
• One to two Monday afternoons a month there is an additional dermatopathology lecture
• Attending lectures on Monday afternoons (once a month)
• Professor Rounds the 2nd Monday of every month
• Grand Rounds and Journal Club from 12:15-5 PM the last Monday of every month

Call Schedule 

• The consult resident is on call Monday at 8 AM through Friday at 8 AM
• The weekend call schedule is split between PGY-2s and PGY-3s with PGY-2s covering holidays
• PGY-4s do not take call