Carilion Clinic- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a small, university-affiliated academic dermatology program (6 residents) based at Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA, serving as the primary referral center for southwestern/central Virginia and parts of West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina, including insured, uninsured, and charity-care patients across the age spectrum. The program is built around early longitudinal autonomy through resident continuity clinics, with structured rotations in Mohs surgery, pediatric dermatology, cosmetic dermatology, dermatopathology, and inpatient/teledermatology consults. Its affiliation with Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute provides access to basic science and bioinformatics infrastructure, though resident research time is variable and framed as scholarly development rather than a dominant track. The program explicitly values a strong work ethic, teaching engagement (of IM/FM residents and medical students), and leadership development within a small, close-knit faculty-resident community rather than pursuing a subspecialty-fellowship pipeline.