CASE REPORT
The Unified Division of Dermatology of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, located in the Bronx, NY, was established
in the late 1960s, and its residency training program was founded in 1970. The division is currently composed of 14 dermatology residents, 3 dermatopathology fellows, 10 full- and part-time faculty, including Directors of Dermatopathology, Dermatologic
Surgery, and Research, and 25 voluntary faculty.
As of the 2009-10 academic year, clinical services provided by the division consisted of ambulatory care at Jacobi Medical Center (11,000 visits including 2,600 pediatric visits), Montefiore Medical Center and the Montefiore Children's Hospital (4206 visits, including
1,401 pediatric visits), North Central Bronx Hospital (910 adult care visits), and Bronx Lebanon (9,400 visits). In addition to adult and pediatric services, there are two half-day sessions weekly devoted to urgent care and dermatologic surgery, respectively, a bi-weekly HIV-Dermatology Clinic, and an ultraviolet treatment unit. More than 1,500 hospitalized patients with skin disorders are seen in consultation at participating hospitals annually.
The residency training program is primarily located on the Moses
Campus of Montefiore Medical Center in a 2,700-square foot academic suite. The suite provides academic offices for the faculty,
administrative and clinical offices for dermatopathology, and a library/conference space. It is in the resident library where residents
participate in over nine hours of academic activities weekly, including a morning report with the Division Chief, Dr. Steven Cohen, clinical and dermatopathology textbook review, a basic science lecture series, visiting clinical lecture series, journal club, kodachrome sessions, and boards jeopardy. All full- and part-time faculty participate in these various sessions and programs, providing
residents with a broad breadth of experience and knowledge. In addition, the dermatopathology fellows organize and hold weekly “unknown conferences” for the residents in the dermatopathology suite adjacent to the library, as well as “clincopathologic correlation”
sessions for biopsies performed in the resident clinics.
The resident schedule is divided into monthly blocks, which include outpatient clinical rotations at Jacobi Medical Center, Montefiore Medical Center, North Central Bronx Hospital, and Bronx Lebanon Hospital. In each of these rotations, residents have opportunities to participate in specialty clinics unique to the individual sites, including urgent care dermatology, HIV dermatology, procedural dermatology, pediatric dermatology,
cosmetic dermatology, and ultraviolet light therapy. Regardless of rotation, residents are assigned one half day to a specific continuity clinic and staff every week for the entirety
of their training. Residents participate in a robust and active dermatology consult service covering the aforementioned
hospitals, spending at least five to six months over their three years of their training. In addition, residents have dedicated two weeks to one-month to electives in dermatologic
surgery and dermatopathology, providing intensive and dedicated time to these disciplines.
