The Georgetown
University Hospital-Washington Hospital Center Dermatology Training
Program
uses both hospitals and their outpatient facilities as training as
sites for
future dermatologists. In addition, the Washington Hospital Center
Internal
Medicine-Dermatology Training Program also uses the dermatology
clinical
facilities of GeorgetownUniversityHospital
as part of the dermatology portion of that training program. Dr
Moshell, Chief
of Dermatology at GeorgetownUniversityHospital,
is director of both training programs. The presence of these training
programs
assures that we remain at the forefront of the rapidly changing field
of
dermatology, incorporating all the newest components of diagnosis and
treatment
into our programs as soon as they are proven, and participating in some
of the clinical
research in these areas (although no patient will ever be given
experimental
treatment unless they are informed and give full informed consent in
advance).
Background
Dr. Alan N.
Moshell began planning for the merger in October 2006 by identifying
the strengths of each program. He worked to integrate clinic and
conference schedules that same month and in the succeeding months have
produced a program of considerable depth and quality.
Joint
Basic Science Conference, Grand Rounds and Journal Club
Expanded
clinic experiences for the residents in General Dermatology,
Extracorporal photophoresis and phototherapy
A
clinical rotation for advanced Dermatology residents at the National
Institutes of Health
More
varied and graduated specialty clinic experiences in contact
dermatitis, pediatric dermatology, podiatry, laser surgery, cosmetic
and plastic surgery, and Mohs micrographic surgery
Incorporating
into the program the informational resource network and libraries of
Georgetown University
An
indepth exposure to Dermatopathology instruction with three onsite
dermatopathologists.
