Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Scottsdale Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a small, academically rigorous Mayo Clinic dermatology residency that pairs high-volume resident-driven continuity clinics at its Scottsdale campus with dedicated rotations at Valleywise Health Medical Center (regional burn center serving indigent/uninsured Maricopa County patients) and Phoenix Children's Hospital, giving trainees a mix of tertiary/quaternary Mayo referral pathology and safety-net, pediatric, and burn-related dermatologic care. Residents function as primary surgeons in excision and select Mohs cases from year one, hold their own continuity panels, and are integrated into the shared Arizona-Minnesota-Florida academic infrastructure (joint conferences, dermatopathology microscope sessions, elective rotations across campuses). Research is structurally embedded rather than peripheral: residents are expected to produce at least two case reports or studies during training, present at national meetings with funded travel, and can pursue funded electives including an international dermatology rotation in Tanzania. Graduates pursue fellowships (dermatopathology, pediatric, procedural dermatology), academic posts, or private practice, and the program explicitly values resident autonomy, longitudinal patient relationships, and close faculty mentorship within a small-cohort structure (two residents/year).