Henry Ford Health-Henry Ford Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Henry Ford Hospital's Dermatology Residency is a long-established (since 1954), academically-oriented three-year program based in Detroit's New Center area with satellite clinics across suburban Michigan, offering an unusually broad subspecialty clinic portfolio (multicultural dermatology, mycosis fungoides/CTCL, vitiligo, follicular disorders, transplant dermatology, dermatology-rheumatology and dermatology-psychiatry combined clinics) that reflects a strong medical dermatology and complex-disease identity rather than a purely cosmetic or procedural focus. The patient population is explicitly diverse in skin type, culture and socioeconomic background, drawn from self-referral, primary care and specialist referral, supporting a curriculum built around continuity clinic, Mohs surgery (2 months/year), dermatopathology (with resident slide-reading responsibilities and a yearly practical exam), and an active inpatient consultation service. An ABD-sanctioned Investigative Training Track formalizes a pathway for residents committed to academic/research careers, and active faculty scholarly output (clinical trials, vitiligo and psoriasis therapeutics research) indicates research is genuinely integrated into departmental life rather than incidental. The program emphasizes graduated autonomy, resident-as-teacher roles, and community/global health engagement, suggesting it values clinically versatile, subspecialty-curious residents who can function across both general and complex medical dermatology settings.