OhioHealth-Riverside Methodist Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Riverside Methodist is a community-based, ACGME-accredited three-year dermatology program (two residents/year) anchored in a large OhioHealth teaching hospital, with rotations extending to Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University Medical Center for pediatric and complex tertiary exposure. The curriculum emphasizes broad procedural competency (Mohs, lasers, fillers, PRP, sclerotherapy, surgical excisions) alongside dedicated dermatopathology training and specialty clinics (patch testing, CTCL, pigmented lesion, cosmetics), reflecting a generalist-plus-procedural training model rather than a narrow academic-research identity. Residents are encouraged, not mandated, to publish roughly once yearly, and graduate outcomes skew heavily toward general dermatology practice (private practice and employed community settings across Ohio and beyond) with a minority pursuing competitive fellowships such as Mohs/dermatologic oncology. The program's structure and outcomes indicate it values well-rounded clinical and procedural competence over research productivity, preparing residents for direct entry into varied practice settings.