Boston University Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Boston University's dermatology residency is an academically-oriented program anchored at Boston Medical Center, Boston's safety-net hospital, delivering care to a largely underserved, socioeconomically and ethnically diverse population across BMC, two VA hospitals, and community-based sites totaling over 70,000 annual outpatient visits. The program explicitly frames its mission around producing academic dermatologists, embedding dedicated third-year research time, a formal "Skills for the Future Academician" curriculum (grant writing, IRB, publishing, career niche development), and structured mentorship to prepare residents for faculty careers. Clinical exposure spans complex medical dermatology, rheumatology-dermatology, cutaneous oncology, pediatric dermatology, dermatopathology (high-volume 20,000+ accessions/year), and wound care, supported by ACGME fellowships in dermatopathology, cutaneous oncology, and rheumatologic dermatology. The program states it practices holistic review without board score cutoffs and explicitly prioritizes candidates with demonstrated interest in academic practice and in caring for diverse, underserved populations, reflecting an identity built around social determinants of health and health equity work.