(PGY2, PGY3, PGY4)
During their rotations in dermatologic surgery, residents gain exposure to surgical therapies for benign and malignant cutaneous neoplasms, in addition to cosmetic procedures.
In Dermatologic surgery, residents will:
- Become proficient in basic surgical skills: shave and punch biopsies, simple excisions and repairs, cryotherapy
- Become proficient in wide local excisions and intermediate repairs
- Learn and apply universal precautions
- Understand the indications for and techniques of Mohs Micrographic Surgery
- Interpreting frozen sections of skin
- Design and perform flap repairs
- Plan and perform full thickness and split thickness skin grafts
- Learn and apply the concepts of first and second intention wound healing
- Learn the principles of wound care, including appropriate use of pressure and synthetic surgical dressings
- Prescribe analgesics appropriately and safely
- Acquire experience in laser surgery, chemical peels, botulinum toxin, and soft tissue fillers
