Our Dermatology Residency Program at SBH

Dermatology audition rotations

If you’re an incoming fourth-year medical student (or a PGY-1 preliminary or transitional-year resident) with a specific interest in applying to our dermatology residency program, we offer one-week and two-week rotations, excluding the months of July and August of each year. You must apply during the winter of the third year of medical school (or later if you’re a resident intern).

We require an updated CV, cover letter and COMLEX and/or USMLE results to be emailed to our coordinator, Lorenza Garcia. We begin reviewing applications, in the order they were received, by January for rotations starting the following fall.

Please allow up to one month for review of your application. If you’re interested in an audition rotation, send your application as soon as possible because rotations will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Also, in order to start your rotation, you must comply with all SBH rules and regulations concerning visiting physicians/students.

CUNY rotations

If you’re a third- or fourth-year student and not interested in applying to our residency program or pursuing a dermatology residency position, we offer one-month rotations. If you are interested in pursuing a dermatology residency, please apply for an audition rotation as detailed above.

If you would like to arrange a rotation, please contact:

Lorenza Garcia
Coordinator, Dermatology Residency Program
Phone: (718) 960-6622
Email: lgarcia@sbhny.org or sbhdermatology@sbhny.org

This is the only way to schedule a rotation with our program. Please do not contact Dr. Hoffman, Dr. Gropper or any other staff or affiliated institution regarding this matter. If you don’t send a rotation request to Lorenza Garcia, our coordinator, we won’t consider it.

If you have any questions or concerns about the residency program, you can email the chief resident at sbhderm@gmail.com . Just don’t use that email address to schedule an elective rotation or to request an application.

Weekly didactics

• Bolognia textbook review
• Wolverton textbook review
• Journal article review
• Board review

Dermatopathology

• Weekly sessions with a board-certified dermatopathologist
• Review of slides from procedures we perform
• Review of topic/textbook

Ground Rounds

• Weekly with the Mount Sinai Department of Dermatology and/or the Albert Einstein Department of Dermatology

Required conferences/meetings

• American Academy of Dermatology (annual meeting)
• AOA/American Osteopathic College of Dermatology (annual meeting)
• Mount Sinai Winter Symposium
• Dermatology Society of Greater New York (monthly)

Encouraged but optional meetings and courses

• American Osteopathic College of Dermatology (mid-year meeting)
• American Academy of Dermatology (summer meeting)
• New York University clinical conference (monthly in winter/spring)
• NYU Advances in Dermatology
• Skin of Color Update
• Cosmetic Boot Camp
• ASDS Premier Resident Cosmetic Symposium
• Chicago Board Review

Our residency program benefits include:

• 20 days of paid vacation per year
• Sick leave accrual (one day per month the first year, then 12 days per year)
• A $1,000 annual stipend
• Medical, dental and disability insurance
• Prescription drug plan
• Uniforms
• Reduced parking rates
• Competitive salary commensurate with postgraduate year

All conditions of employment, including compensation and benefits, are negotiated with the Committee of Interns and Residents SEIU, which represents all interns, residents and fellows.

7-1-2024 Salary (6%):

• First year: $76,343
• Second year: $80,757
• Third year: $86,055

7-1-2025 Salary (5%):

• First year: $80,160
• Second year: $84,795
• Third year: $90,358

If you’re interested in a residency position, apply through ERAS.

We accept a total of three residents in the program each year. We conduct our admission process as fairly as possible and in accordance with SBH Health policies of equal opportunity and non-discrimination with regard to sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, disability and veteran status.

Application requirements include:

• A completed application through ERAS
• A CV
• COMLEX Level I and II and/or USMLE Step I and II
• A medical school transcript
• A personal statement
• A dean’s letter
• At least three letters of recommendation (two from dermatologists)
• At least 120 hours of OMM completed before matriculation
• Eligibility for professional licensure in the state of New York before matriculation
• Eligibility to take COMLEX Level III and/or USMLE Step III, with a passing score before matriculation

To apply, you must also be a student or graduate of an approved medical school and have successfully completed a preliminary (PGY 1) year before you can be eligible to begin dermatology residency training (PGY 2). Our residency program is not linked to any internship or fellowship.

Here is information about our interview process:

• Completed applications undergo an exhaustive review by the admission committee. Interviews are by invitation only.
• Due to the high volume of competitive applications, those who rotate with our program are not necessarily guaranteed interview invitations.
• Residents will be independently selected by the interview committee, which the program director oversees.
• Residents are selected in a manner consistent with the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).