Lehigh Valley Health Network Program

Program Identity & Fit

LVHN's dermatology program is a community-based, surgically-oriented residency built around a joint Advanced Training/Transitional Year structure, drawing an almost exclusively osteopathic resident cohort. Training centers on a large in-house surgical and cosmetic infrastructure (in-office Mohs and dermatopathology labs, seven-headed microscope, phototherapy, lasers, Valley Med Spa) alongside inpatient exposure via Pennsylvania's largest burn unit and children's hospital consults, giving residents early comfort with excisions and procedural dermatology. A required scholarly project keeps research present but secondary to clinical and surgical skill-building, and outcomes split fairly evenly between Mohs/dermatopathology fellowships and direct entry into private practice. The program explicitly emphasizes practice management education alongside clinical training, signaling a value on residents who will be practice-ready dermatologists rather than purely academic or research-track physicians.