Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Program

Dermatology Analyst Verified · Apr 20, 2023

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Program

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Program is a residency program specializing in Dermatology, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, directed by Maria C. Mariencheck, MD, PhD and coordinated by Teresa Clodfelter. The program accepts applications through October 15, 2027 and holds an accreditation status of Continued. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at tamos@wakehealth.edu or (336) 716-7415. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

Wake Forest is an academically active, tertiary-care university dermatology program (one of the larger centers on the eastern seaboard) built around a near 1:1 faculty-to-resident ratio and a high-volume clinical base (~36,000 general dermatology visits and ~6,000 Mohs cases annually) spanning its main clinic, inpatient/consultative services, two VA sites, and outreach clinics. The curriculum is comprehensive and subspecialty-rich (dermatopathology, Mohs, complex medical dermatology, connective tissue/bullous disease, pediatric and cosmetic dermatology), with protected academic time and structured research training embedded across all three years. The program explicitly states residents pursue both fellowship subspecialization and academic or outstanding clinical practice careers, and it markets leadership development, holistic review, and support for underrepresented-in-medicine trainees (Kennedy Hopkins Scholars mentoring program) as core identity features. It values academically strong, self-motivated applicants who come from rigorous PGY-1 preliminary years and can articulate a clear, coherent narrative connecting their experiences to dermatology.

Who it fits

An academically strong, self-directed applicant coming out of a rigorous internal medicine, surgery, or transitional preliminary year who can present a well-integrated narrative of clinical depth, teaching, and research exposure aimed at either subspecialty fellowship training or an academic/leadership-track dermatology career.

Research intensity

Strong - protected academic time and research training are built into all three years and explicitly tied to leadership/academic career goals, though not described as an all-consuming physician-scientist track.

Career orientation

Mixed - Fellowship, Academic Medicine, Community Practice

Important

The program requires a completed PGY-1 year in an ACGME-accredited Internal Medicine, Family Practice, General Surgery, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, or transitional-year program (categorical residency graduates are not considered), recommends a rigorous academic PGY-1 as preparation for the program, requires designation of a silver or gold preference signal to be considered, and offers a Kennedy Hopkins Scholars mentoring program supporting residents underrepresented in medicine.

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Dermatology

Deadline 10/15/2027

352 days left

Accreditation Status Continued

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