# Academic Dermatologist

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Departments: Department of Dermatology, Division of Dermatology, Dermatopathology Section, Section of Pediatric Dermatology, Dermatology Clinical Trials Unit, Division of Dermatologic Surgery, Cutaneous Biology Research Center.

## Neighborhood

### Parent

- [Dermatologists](/Occupations/Dermatologists) — parent · Occupations

### Siblings

- [Complex Medical Dermatologist](/JobTypes/Complex_Medical_Dermatologist) — siblings · JobTypes
- [Cosmetic Dermatologist](/JobTypes/Cosmetic_Dermatologist) — siblings · JobTypes
- [General Medical Dermatologist](/JobTypes/General_Medical_Dermatologist) — siblings · JobTypes
- [Hospital Consult Dermatologist](/JobTypes/Hospital_Consult_Dermatologist) — siblings · JobTypes
- [Immunodermatologist](/JobTypes/Immunodermatologist) — siblings · JobTypes
- [Mohs Micrographic Surgeon](/JobTypes/Mohs_Micrographic_Surgeon) — siblings · JobTypes
- [Pediatric Dermatologist](/JobTypes/Pediatric_Dermatologist) — siblings · JobTypes
- [Teledermatologist](/JobTypes/Teledermatologist) — siblings · JobTypes

### Required knowledge

- [Graduate Medical Education Requirements](/Knowledge/Graduate_Medical_Education_Requirements) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Dermatologic Pathology](/Knowledge/Dermatologic_Pathology) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Clinical Medicine](/Knowledge/Clinical_Medicine) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Dermatology](/Knowledge/Dermatology) — requires knowledge · Knowledge

### Perform

- [Diagnose Dermatologic Conditions](/Tasks/Diagnose_Dermatologic_Conditions) — perform · Tasks
- [Participate in Clinical Research](/Tasks/Participate_in_Clinical_Research) — perform · Tasks
- [Manage Complex Referral Cases](/Tasks/Manage_Complex_Referral_Cases) — perform · Tasks
- [Teach Dermatology Didactics](/Tasks/Teach_Dermatology_Didactics) — perform · Tasks
- [Interpret Skin Biopsy Pathology](/Tasks/Interpret_Skin_Biopsy_Pathology) — perform · Tasks
- [Supervise Resident Dermatology Clinics](/Tasks/Supervise_Resident_Dermatology_Clinics) — perform · Tasks
- [Perform Dermatologic Procedures](/Tasks/Perform_Dermatologic_Procedures) — perform · Tasks

### Uses tool

- [Cryo units](/Products/Cryo_units) — uses tool · Products
- [Surgical Biopsy Instruments](/Products/Surgical_Biopsy_Instruments) — uses tool · Products
- [Dermatoscope](/Products/Dermatoscope) — uses tool · Products

### Problems this exposes

- [triaging which of several concurrent resident exam rooms needs attending review first](/Problems/triaging_which_of_several_concurrent_resident_exam_rooms_needs_attending_review_first) — exposes problem · Problems
- [granting resident procedural autonomy while carrying attending billing and medico-legal liability for co-signed decisions](/Problems/granting_resident_procedural_autonomy_while_carrying_attending_billing_and_medico-legal_liability_for_co-signed_decisions) — exposes problem · Problems
- [screening unstructured clinic and path notes for trial-eligible pemphigus/CTCL cases during a live session](/Problems/screening_unstructured_clinic_and_path_notes_for_trial-eligible_pemphigus%2FCTCL_cases_during_a_live_session) — exposes problem · Problems
- [enrolling rare-condition patients into open protocols at the point of care without breaking clinic throughput](/Problems/enrolling_rare-condition_patients_into_open_protocols_at_the_point_of_care_without_breaking_clinic_throughput) — exposes problem · Problems
- [closing the biopsy-correlation loop back to the ordering resident before the teaching value decays](/Problems/closing_the_biopsy-correlation_loop_back_to_the_ordering_resident_before_the_teaching_value_decays) — exposes problem · Problems
- [signing out dermatopathology against the clinical differential the same physician formed at the bedside](/Problems/signing_out_dermatopathology_against_the_clinical_differential_the_same_physician_formed_at_the_bedside) — exposes problem · Problems
- [real-time precepting load across multiple resident exam rooms with no way to triage which cases need attending review](/Problems/real-time_precepting_load_across_multiple_resident_exam_rooms_with_no_way_to_triage_which_cases_need_attending_review) — exposes problem · Problems
- [residents' biopsy-correlation feedback loop broken — dermpath sign-out happens days later with no structured tie-back to the clinical differential](/Problems/residents'_biopsy-correlation_feedback_loop_broken_—_dermpath_sign-out_happens_days_later_with_no_structured_tie-back_to_the_clinical_differential) — exposes problem · Problems
- [clinical-trial patient screening for rare derm conditions (e.g., pemphigus, CTCL) buried in unstructured path/clinic notes](/Problems/clinical-trial_patient_screening_for_rare_derm_conditions_(e.g.,_pemphigus,_CTCL)_buried_in_unstructured_path%2Fclinic_notes) — exposes problem · Problems
- [dermoscopy/clinical photo archives siloed in the EHR's media tab, unsearchable for teaching files or IRB cohort pull](/Problems/dermoscopy%2Fclinical_photo_archives_siloed_in_the_EHR's_media_tab,_unsearchable_for_teaching_files_or_IRB_cohort_pull) — exposes problem · Problems
- [grant effort-reporting vs. clinic RVU targets collide: protected research time eroded by uncovered patient-access demand](/Problems/grant_effort-reporting_vs._clinic_RVU_targets_collide:_protected_research_time_eroded_by_uncovered_patient-access_demand) — exposes problem · Problems
- [inter-rater variability in melanoma dysplasia grading across the academic dermpath group with no calibration tooling](/Problems/inter-rater_variability_in_melanoma_dysplasia_grading_across_the_academic_dermpath_group_with_no_calibration_tooling) — exposes problem · Problems
- [manuscript figure prep — re-consenting and de-identifying patient images for publication is manual and legally fraught](/Problems/manuscript_figure_prep_—_re-consenting_and_de-identifying_patient_images_for_publication_is_manual_and_legally_fraught) — exposes problem · Problems
- [skin-of-color underrepresentation in reference images forces ad hoc sourcing for didactics and clinical decision support](/Problems/skin-of-color_underrepresentation_in_reference_images_forces_ad_hoc_sourcing_for_didactics_and_clinical_decision_support) — exposes problem · Problems
- [teaching-case curation: building a morphology-tagged Kodachrome/digital atlas for residency lectures done by hand](/Problems/teaching-case_curation:_building_a_morphology-tagged_Kodachrome%2Fdigital_atlas_for_residency_lectures_done_by_hand) — exposes problem · Problems

### Uses software

- [Presentation Software](/Software/Presentation_Software) — uses software · Software
- [Residency Management System](/Software/Residency_Management_System) — uses software · Software
- [Dermatology Imaging Software](/Software/Dermatology_Imaging_Software) — uses software · Software
- [Electronic Health Record System](/Software/Electronic_Health_Record_System) — uses software · Software

### Requires ability

- [Problem Sensitivity](/Ability/Problem_Sensitivity) — requires ability · Ability
- [Finger Dexterity](/Ability/Finger_Dexterity) — requires ability · Ability
- [Visual Color Discrimination](/Ability/Visual_Color_Discrimination) — requires ability · Ability
- [Near Vision](/Ability/Near_Vision) — requires ability · Ability

### Required skills

- [Diagnostic Reasoning](/Skills/Diagnostic_Reasoning) — requires skill · Skills
- [Patient Examination](/Skills/Patient_Examination) — requires skill · Skills
- [Clinical Teaching](/Skills/Clinical_Teaching) — requires skill · Skills
- [Dermatopathology Interpretation](/Skills/Dermatopathology_Interpretation) — requires skill · Skills
- [Dermatologic Procedure Technique](/Skills/Dermatologic_Procedure_Technique) — requires skill · Skills

### Engage in

- [Manage Complex Referral Cases](/Activities/Manage_Complex_Referral_Cases) — engage in · Activities
- [Interpret Skin Biopsy Pathology](/Activities/Interpret_Skin_Biopsy_Pathology) — engage in · Activities
- [Supervise Resident Dermatology Clinics](/Activities/Supervise_Resident_Dermatology_Clinics) — engage in · Activities