University of Tennessee Program

Program Identity & Fit

The UTHSC Dermatology residency is a small, university-based, four-year program (including a preliminary Internal Medicine year) rooted in Memphis's academic medical district, drawing its clinical volume from a mix of safety-net and specialty sites including Regional One Health, the Memphis VA Medical Center, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, and UT Dermatology Clinics. Its identity centers on broad, hands-on exposure to medical, surgical, pediatric, and dermatopathologic care in an underserved, high-acuity patient population, delivered through a deliberately small cohort (three residents/year) that fosters close faculty-resident mentorship rather than a large research-machine structure. While affiliated with an R1, grant-heavy parent institution, research within the residency itself appears supported and mentored rather than positioned as a defining output, with graduates going on to private practice, academic medicine, dermatopathology, pediatric dermatology, and procedural dermatology. The program values collegiality, resilience across varied clinical settings, and comfort working with complex, underserved populations over pure academic pedigree.