Rush University Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

Rush Dermatology is a university-affiliated, academically rigorous residency in Chicago with a favorable faculty-to-resident ratio (nine full-time and 15 part-time/affiliated faculty for four residents per year) that emphasizes personalized, experiential learning across a broad array of subspecialties, including autoimmune blistering disease, hidradenitis suppurativa, cutaneous oncology, dermatopathology, and Mohs/cosmetic surgery. Clinical training spans multiple Chicagoland sites (main campus, Oak Brook, Oak Park, River North, South Loop, West Loop, Aurora), giving residents exposure to varied practice settings under a historically prominent department dating to 1873. Research is structurally supported and expanding, with a new Epithelial Progenitor and Organoid Core (EPOC) launching for translational work and active investigator projects in hidradenitis and oncodermatology, though most recent graduates pursue fellowship (Mohs/micrographic surgery) or academic/private practice rather than a dedicated physician-scientist track. The program appears to value residents who can engage deeply across clinical, surgical, and scholarly domains within a tightly mentored, small-cohort structure.