Find information on residency, fellowship and continuing medical education opportunities available through the Department of Dermatology.

The Clinical Unit for Research Trials in Skin (CURTIS) Clinical Fellowship
The Clinical Unit for Research Trials in Skin (CURTIS) Clinical Fellowship

The Clinical Unit for Research Trials in Skin (CURTIS) offers a 1-2 year Clinical Fellowship in Clinical Trials.

Dermatology Residency Training Program

The Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Program offers a three-year program that leads to eligibility for certification by the American Board of Dermatology.

08/06/2013: Dermatology Grand Rounds

"Inflammatory Pustular Dermatoses" presented by Haley Naik, MD, from the National Institute of Health

07/02/2013: July Dermatology Grand Rounds Lecture

Lecture Presenter: Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, Director Center for Connected Health, Partners Health Systems. Topic: "Teledermatology Update"

06/18/2013: June Dermatology Grand Rounds: Live Patient Viewing

Live patient viewings begin at 7:45am and are held at 50 Staniford Street, Suite 200. Due to patient privacy guidelines, only approved staff may attend patient viewing portion in the dermatology clinic. Case Discussion begins at 8:15am at Simches, Rm 3120

06/04/2013: June Dermatology Grand Rounds Lecture

Itch: The Nerve of It, presented by Sarina B. Elmariah, MD, PhD, Instructor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School

05/31/2013: Special Lecture at Wellman Center of Photomedicine

"Diffuse vascular injury: An overlooked endophenotype of traumatic brain injury" presented by Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, MD, PhD

05/21/2013: Wellman Lecture Series

"Three-photon fluorescence microscopy for in vivo deep tissue imaging" presented by Chris Xu, PhD, Associate Professor, Applied and Engineering Physics, Director, Graduate Studies of Applied Physics Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

05/21/2013: June Dermatology Grand Rounds: Patient Viewing & Case Discussion

Live patient viewings begin at 7:45am and are held at 50 Staniford Street, Suite 200. Due to patient privacy guidelines, only approved staff may attend patient viewing portion in the dermatology clinic

05/07/2013: May Melanoma Lecture Series

Presented by Julie Schaffer, M.D. , Associate Professor; Director of Resident Education, Departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics (Administration), New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY

05/07/2013: May Dermatology Grand Rounds Lecture

Steven E. Wolverton, MD, Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Indiana University, presents, "New controversies in dermatologic drug therapy"

04/16/2013: April Dermatology Grand Rounds: Patient Viewing and Discussion

Live patient viewings begin at 7:45am and are held at 50 Staniford Street, Suite 200. Due to patient privacy guidelines, only approved staff may attend patient viewing portion in the dermatology clinic. PLEASE NOTE: location change for the Case Discussion begins at 8:15am and will be held in the Ether Dome on the MGH Campus.

04/12/2013: Wellman Center Lecture Series

Adah Almutairi, PhD Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Nanoengineering, Materials Science and Engineering Program, UC San Diego "The Art of Falling Apart: Exploiting Nanomaterial Disassembly for Health Sciences"

04/09/2013: Wellman Center Lecture

Hrak R. Jalian, M.D. Health Sciences Clinical Instructor, Division of Dermatology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA presents "Selective Cryolysis of Sebaceous Glands"

04/02/2013: April Dermatology Grand Rounds Lecture

"Dividing and Conquering in Melanoma with Genotype Directed Therapy" presented by Keith T. Flaherty, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director of Henri and Belinda Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies, Mass General Hospital, Cancer Center

04/02/2013: Wellman Center Lecture Series

"Spectroscopic imaging as a noninvasive diagnostic for skin cancer" Presented by James W. Tunnell, PhD

03/19/2013: March Dermatolology Grand Rounds Live Patient Viewing

Live patient viewings begin at 7:45am and are held at 50 Staniford Street, Suite 200. PLEASE NOTE: location change for the Case Discussion begins at 8:15am and will be held in the Ether Dome on the MGH Campus.

03/14/2013: 12th Annual Momtaz Lecture

The Khosrow Momtaz Education Committe presents the 12th Annual Momtaz Lecture featuring Robert Stern, MD. "Psoriasis Treatment for Life: Do Existing Therapies Meet the Need?

02/19/2013: February Grand Rounds: Live Patient Viewings

Live patient viewings begin at 7:45am and are held at 50 Staniford Street, Suite 200. Discussion of patients begins at 8:15am and is held at the Simches Research Center, Room 3120, 185 Cambridge Street, (Charles River Plaza)

02/12/2013: Wellman Lecture Series

Presented by Neil Vasdev, Ph.D, Director of Radiochemistry, Mass General Hospital, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

02/05/2013: February Dermatology Grand Rounds Lecture

New Insights into Melanoma Genetics and Therapeutic Resistance presented by Levi A. Garraway, MD PhD

01/15/2013: January Grand Rounds Live Patient Viewings

Live patient viewings begin at 7:45am and are held at 50 Staniford Street, Suite 200. Discussion of patients begins at 8:15am and is held at the Simches Research Center, Room 3120, 185 Cambridge Street, (Charles River Plaza)

01/15/2013: Wellman Center Lecture Series

WELLMAN CENTER LECTURE SERIES: Presenter Jens Bühren, MD Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology Department of Ophthalmology Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

12/18/2012: December Dermatology Grand Rounds: Live Patient Viewing

Live patient viewings begin at 7:45am and are held at 50 Staniford Street, Suite 200. Discussion of patients begins at 8:15am and is held at the Simches Research Center, Room 3120, 185 Cambridge Street, (Charles River Plaza)

12/04/2012: December Dermatology Grand Rounds Lecture

Lawrence F. Eichenfield, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine Chief of Pediatric and Adolescent Dermatology at University of California, San Diego, CA Director, Div. of Pediatrics and Adolescent Dermatology, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, CA Topic: Atopic Dermatitis: Evolving Perspectives on Pathogenesis Therapy.

Clinical Clerkships in Dermatology for Medical Students.

All Dematology Clinical Clerkships are coordinated through the Exchange Clerk Program at Harvard Medical School for qualified medical students.

Clinical Rotations in Dermatology by Visiting U.S. Medical Residents and Nurse Practitioners

Clinical Rotations in Dermatology for visiting U.S. Medical Residents or Nurse Practitioners requires a minimum of four months advance notice.

Dermatology Research Electives

Research Electives include basic science and clinical research in dermatology.

Observerships in Dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital

Observerships for up to 3 months can be arranged through the Massachusetts General Hospital Visitor Education Program