Rhode Island Hospital-Brown University Health Program

Program Identity & Fit

Brown Dermatology is a university-affiliated academic program embedded in a multi-hospital system (Rhode Island Hospital, VA Medical Center, and affiliated community sites) that draws a diverse, socioeconomically varied patient base across Rhode Island, southeastern Massachusetts, and eastern Connecticut. The department maintains an active Clinical and Translational Research Program (epidemiology-heavy, focused on skin cancer and inflammatory disease) alongside in-house Mohs/dermatologic oncology and dermatopathology fellowships, signaling a strong pipeline toward procedural and academic subspecialization. Alumni outcomes show a heavy concentration in Mohs surgery, dermatopathology, and procedural dermatology fellowships, with smaller numbers in pediatric and medical dermatology, indicating the program builds toward fellowship-track careers rather than general community practice. The program explicitly emphasizes diversity, inclusion, and a longstanding institutional commitment (dating to its first Black department chair) to training underrepresented physicians, alongside a formalized wellness infrastructure for residents.