• Grand rounds, didactic lectures, conferences, textbook conferences and journal clubs are held on a weekly basis.

Residents will spend their three years of training in inpatient, outpatient and surgical settings.

Approximately one-third of each resident’s experience will take place at the Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System (VA). Within this facility, residents will gain experience with inpatients, outpatient clinics and surgery.

The other two-thirds of each resident’s training will take place at University of Arizona Cancer Center – North Campus, which is run by Banner – University Medicine, the academic division of Banner Health.

We are looking to fill spots for the 2026-2027 academic year. We already have spots filled for the 2025-2026 academic year. The matching program for dermatology will coincide with the regular National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). The match, which takes place each March, selects residents to begin training July of the following year (e.g., in March 2025, we will pick residents to begin PGY-2 in July 2026).

All of the following materials must be submitted to ERAS:

• CV
• Three letters of reference
• USMLE scores
• ECFMG certificate (see “International Medical Graduates,” below)
• Medical school transcript
• Dean’s letter of support
• Certificate of completion (or good standing in) ACGME-accredited residency (can be in Anesthesiology, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine)
• Personal statement

Interviews are virtual, with no open houses prior to interview season. You must have taken USMLE Step 1 and 2 prior to interviewing.

For international applicants: We only sponsor J-1 visa applicants. Graduates of foreign medical schools must have a standard ECFMG Certificate.

Applicants who have completed a previous residency are encouraged to apply through ERAS. If you were to match with our program, you would have a gap year before starting with us the following July as a PGY2 instead of having a transitional intern year as most do. Previously completing a residency would not affect funding slots.

Residents will be assigned to these clinics during all years of training. All clinics will be staffed by an attending physician. The residents will obtain exposure to all aspects of medical dermatology and medical mycology. Residents are expected to see patients to obtain a history and physical examination, and then formulate a differential diagnosis and a treatment plan with the guidance of the attending physician.

Inpatients may be admitted and managed by a first-year resident under the direct supervision of the attending dermatologist. During PGY 2-4, residents will rotate on this service and daily learning will take place at the patient bedside with the attending physician assigned to this service.

Residents of all years will see pediatric patients in the outpatient and inpatient settings at the Banner facilities in Tucson. 

Residents will gain exposure to contact and occupational dermatology of the general dermatology clinics. They will learn how to apply and select appropriate patch tests under direct faculty supervision.

Dermatologic surgery cases will be performed in all years of training with increasing complexity of excisions and closures (including flaps and grafts) throughout the years of training. Cases will be performed under the direct supervision of attending dermatologists. Assigned surgical rotations will also be performed in the second and third years. During these rotations, the resident will participate in all aspects of care of the surgical patient including the evaluation, surgical planning, surgery and postoperative care of general dermatologic surgery patients as well as patients having nail and Mohs micrographic surgery. These rotations will be under the direct supervision of the dermatologic surgery staff.

The primary site for exposure to this rapidly changing field of dermatology will be the office of Dr. Gerald Goldberg. Residents will have exposure to various cosmetic procedures, including injection of botulinum toxin and fillers, sclerotherapy, photodynamic therapy, scar revision, hair transplantation, tumescent liposuction, dermabrasion and chemical peeling.

Residents will receive exposure to reading dermatopathology slides throughout their residency through weekly unknown slide sessions as well as by completing four months of formal dermatopathology rotations in both the second and third years. Residents on the dermatopathology rotation will receive direct one-on-one training in immunofluorescence and electron microscopy for diagnosis of immunobullous disease.

The Division of Dermatology maintains an active research program both in basic science and in clinical research. All residents will have a half-day per week for scholarly purposes including research. Residents are expected to complete a paper during each year of their residency and present an abstract at a national dermatology meeting. Elective rotations in research are available in the third year to residents wishing to increase their exposure to clinical or basic science research.

Residents will perform cases with a variety of different lasers, including pulsed dye laser for treatment of vascular malformations, hair removal and tattoo removal lasers, as well as intense pulsed light and lasers for ablative and non-ablative rejuvenation. The Aesthetics Program and Laser Center at Pima Canyon is a collaborative approach between ENT, plastic surgery and oculoplastics. We have eight lasers with over 15 modalities, including PDL, KTP, CO2, IPL, Erbium, Nd:YAG, and non-ablative fractional — with more coming. This is the most diverse laser program in the state of Arizona!

The residents will learn to use current phototherapy techniques to treat inflammatory dermatoses and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma using narrow-band UVB and topical PUVA, i.e., photochemotherapy, a combination of psoralen (P) and long-wave ultraviolet radiation (UVA) used to treat psoriasis and several severe skin conditions.