The residency program in the Department of Dermatology is an ACGME-approved, three-year training program for the development of specialists in dermatology. The correlation of cutaneous pathophysiology with clinical disease and therapeutic response is strongly emphasized in the clinical services. The department has a very active student teaching program since all University of Iowa medical students have a two-week dermatology rotation.

There are 13 positions in the residency program with four to five trainees accepted per year. Residency appointments are for one year; however, residents are expected to complete the three years of training at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

The department is located in modern quarters including a clinic with nineteen exam rooms, eight surgery rooms, two laser surgery rooms and an ultraviolet therapy room. All of these facilities are immediately below the departmental offices of faculty and residents.

The recently renovated, state-of-the-art departmental research laboratories (approximately 4,000 square feet) are within walking distance. The department also staffs an outpatient consultation service at the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center. This facility is located immediately adjacent to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Approximately 25,000 patient visits are made yearly to the clinical service areas within the department. All patients are available for student and resident teaching. The residents carry a major responsibility for patient care, under faculty supervision. Patients are drawn from a large geographic area (all of Iowa, western Illinois, and northern Missouri), providing a wide spectrum of diseases. In addition to referrals from outside the University, a large number of referrals are seen from the University of Iowa Student Health Service and other specialty departments within University of Iowa Health Care.