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Residency Program Overview

Our residency is a traditional three-year structured program in clinical dermatology. We encourage clinical research. The Department of Dermatology opened in 1977. Since its inception, we have accepted about two residents a year.

Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine is a community-based program, i.e., there is no single university hospital. Similarly, our dermatology residents train at multiple sites, with three main patient care settings. Our residents participate in continuity clinics at our practice site at Elizabeth Place and the VA Medical Center and also see patients in clinics at the Children's Medical Center of Dayton. We have inpatient consults at Good Samaritan Hospital, Miami Valley Hospital and Children’s Medical Center.

Residents work with four fellowship-trained dermatopathologists and two fellowship-trained dermotologic surgeons in each year of training. In addition, residents have a didactic schedule that includes weekly dermatopathology lectures, a comprehensive visiting lecturer program, journal clubs, surgical lectures, kodachrome sessions, weekly Grand Rounds and board review sessions.

Primary practice sites

Wright State Physicians Dermatology, Dayton Office
Elizabeth Place
One Elizabeth Place
Suite 200
Dayton, OH 45417-3445

Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center
4100 West Third Street
Dayton, OH 45428

  • Wright State Physicians Dermatology, Springboro Office
  • Private Practice Settings

Applicant tips

We are looking for bright, energetic, motivated individuals who love to work hard, work as a team and want to learn. Our intention is to train future leaders in dermatology. We want people who expect nothing but excellence from themselves and those around them.

We will never discriminate against applicants who have performed prior residencies. We also will not discriminate against outstanding candidates who have trained overseas and at osteopathic medical schools.

Applications for 2011

We will accept two residents for a start date of July 1, 2011. To be considered for the 2011 program, applicants must apply through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). The deadline for completing your application is October 31, 2009. Applications not completed by that date will not be considered. Applicants selected for interview will be offered a choice of two interview dates with one date being in December 2009 and the other in January 2010.

Applicants who have not yet completed an internship are encouraged to consider and apply for the transitional year offered by the Kettering Medical Center (KMC). Matching with KMC is not a requirement for acceptance to our residency. For an overview of that program, visit the Kettering Medical Center Transitional Year Program web site.

For more information, contact:
Diana Ramsey, Residency Coordinator
One Elizabeth Place
Suite 200
Dayton, OH 45417-1445
Phone: (937) 224-3345
Fax: (937) 224-3356
Email: dermeras@wright.edu