Department of Dermatology Highlights

Patient Care

• Patient Visits: 45,745 in 2019-2020
• More than 1,700 Mohs surgery cases per year
• Ten faculty and four nurse practitioners

Research

• Peer-reviewed articles: 361
• Book chapters: 21
• Posters/abstracts: 42
• Books: 1 (Tips and Tricks in Proceudral Dermatology: Efficient and Effective Approaches to Achieving Optimal Diagnostic and Therapeutic Results, JayPee Publishers)
• Book in progress: Dermatology in Rural Settings - Organizational, Clinical, and Socioeconomic Perspectives. Editors: RT Brodell, AC Byrd, VK Nahar, C Firkins Smith. Publication date 2021.
• Multi-center clinical trials
• Vinny Nahar, M.D., Ph.D., serving as the department's first dedicated clinical researcher

Education

• Nationally recognized rural dermatology initiative
• Aggressive collaborative teaching across silos than any other department (Emergency Medicine, OB-GYN, ENT, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Pharmacy, and Dentistry)
• Robust medical school teaching and mentoring
• Project ECHO rural primary care education initiative
• Dermatology Education and Research of Mississippi (DERM) Fund of the University of Mississippi Foundation to support resident travel, books, and technology
• Two journal editors and faculty serving on five editorial boards
• Monthly Grand Rounds with nationally recognized visiting professors each month
• Monthly nail rounds with C. Ralph Daniel, M.D., nationally recognized affiliate faculty member
• Annual representation at Southern Dermatology Consortium Resident Research Day
• Continuity clinic with nursing support to learn team-based care

Clinical Innovations at UMMC

• Each provider is provided more than one nurse in the clinic
• Annual Continuing Medical Education (CME) meetings for primary care physicians:
  • Dermatology Symposium: Diagnosis and Treatment Pearls for Primary Care
  • For Dermatologists: What's New in Medical & Surgical Dermatology
• Robust Telehealth program for primary care physicians
• Performance of surgical procedures in regular patient flow
• Biannual Dermatology Connection Newsletter
• First university dermatology department utilizing EPIC EHR affiliated with AAD's DataDerm(TM) Qualified Clinical Data Registry

Residency Program Highlights

• 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

Community Service

• Annual American Cancer Society Relay For Life Team
• Monthly Mississippi Delta Rolling Fork High School Dermatology Clinic for underserved rural patients
• Annual donations for holiday gifts for children of the Delta
• Access to dermatology initiatives