MD Dermatology

MD – Dermatology , Venereology & Leprosy

The postgraduate training in dermatology encompasses three years. The program consists of concentrated study of the skin, hair and nails. Although physicians in other specialties, based on their training and level of personal interest may feel comfortable with basic skin problems, the specialist physician emerging from this training will have the greatest degree of knowledge and understanding of how to approach and care for the largest organ of the body – the skin. Dermatologists focus on how ones skin, hair and nails affect (and is affected by) your health.

It PG program provides exposure to clinical, surgical and cosmetic dermatology. Multiple diagnostic and dermatologic physical modalities are employed for a variety of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric dermatologic conditions. The postgraduate trainees are exposed on a regular basis to gross and histodermatopathology, as well as medical mycology, phototherapy, dermatologic surgery, cutaneous oncology and cosmetic dermatology.

The postgraduate programs emphasize supervised, directed patient care and progressive experience, utilizing various surgical and physical modalities that the resident learns during the three years of the PG training program. Besides direct patient care, there are daily-directed sessions, as well as reviews of histories, physical examinations and surgical techniques employed by the residents.

The postgraduate trainee doctors are usually given daily assignments that are reviewed the next day by the senior specialists. The trainees are also encouraged to attend a monthly journal club, weekly histopathology sessions and weekly grand rounds at teaching hospitals and institutions. The trainees maintain a log which documents their exposure to a wide range of general, cosmetic and dermatologic procedures, including laser therapy, interlesional therapy, intralesional thereapy, sclerotherapy, electrocautery, hair transplantation, phototherapy using both UVA and UVB systems, dermabrasion, chemical peels, ambulatory phlebectomy, Botox, filler injections and a variety of face peel procedures.

The trainees attend a variety of didactic courses and a variety of other seminars at the discretion of the program and are encouraged to do scientific projects and contribute to dermatologic articles.