Curriculum

Clinical Activities:

Clinical responsibilities for our residents are split evenly between George Washington Medical Faculty Associates/University Hospital and the Washington, DC VA Medical Center. At each site, time is specifically allocated to weekly sessions at Children's National Health System.

• At GW, all medical dermatology clinics serve as continuity clinics as patients are specifically booked under individual residents. Residents are on a rotational schedule with all faculty members for clinical and educational oversight. Residents rotate in several specialty clinics including: the Acute Dermatology clinic and Supportive Oncoderm clinic with Dr. Adam Friedman, CTCL clinic with Drs. Joseph Zahn and Frank Glass, Mohs and the High-Risk Skin Cancer clinic with Dr. Vishal Patel, Atopic Dermatitis clinic and Patch Testing clinic with Dr. Jonathan Silverberg, and surgery clinic with Drs. Vishal Patel and Lawrence Green.
• Residents serve on the inpatient consult service on a rotational basis with Dr. Karl Saardi, Director of the inpatient consult service. Each consult service rotation lasts three months. 
• Resident cosmetic clinic rotations are incorporated into the resident rotations all three years. In addition, Dr. Keaney gives the residents cosmetic dermatology lectures, followed by live patient demos and hands on teaching. Beginning October 2020 the residents will also have cosmetic clinic with Dr. Pooja Sodha. 
• Resident dermatopathology rotations are incorporated into the resident rotations all three years. First and second year residents have two weeks dedicated to dermatopathology; third years are allotted a full month to dermatopathology. 
• Second and third year residents are given the opportunity to complete an elective rotation or pursue research at a non-affiliated institution within the United States or abroad. This elective is allowed to be up to four weeks in duration. Previous elective rotations have included: Health Policy Elective (Dr. Elizabeth Robinson) and ABC News, New York Elective (Dr. Angelo Landriscina).

• While at the VA, residents participate in general dermatology clinics, dermatology surgery cases, laser clinics, and inpatient rounds.
• Residents work closely with Drs. Mary Maiberger, Nasir Aziz, Pooja Khera, and Lauren Payne.

Resident Didactics

All residents convene on Thursdays for a full day of academic programming. An overview of the schedule is below:

While on GW service, residents participate in the following monthly conferences:

• Departmental Journal Clubs (typically Mondays, Tuesdays, or Wednesdays) from 12-1pm.
• Clinicopathological Conferences (CPC) (typically Mondays, Tuesdays, or Wednesdays) from 12-1pm.
• GME Core Curriculum on Wednesdays from 12 noon – 1 p.m.
• The GME office offers a core curriculum lecture series for all residents with topics ranging from patient safety to quality improvement from September through June. An updated schedule can be found at http://smhs.gwu.edu/academics/graduate-medical-education/current-resident-resources/core-curriculum.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and limited in-person rotations this year, GW Dermatology hosted an "Inside the Residency Program" webinar featuring program faculty and current residents. To watch the recording of the webinar and get a better idea of GW Dermatology clinical activities and resident didactics, please visit our Vimeo channel.