Medical Students

Consists of a 4 week rotation through Stanford adult and pediatric clinics and the VA. Designed to give students a broad clinical exposure to skin diseases. Emphasis is on the outpatient diagnosis and treatment of common skin problems and the cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease. Students are expected to attend the Tuesday morning didactic teaching sessions as well as the dermatology grand rounds every Thursday morning. Students are expected to learn how to describe and recognize morphology, to perform a thorough skin examination, and to perform basic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.  DERM 300A

Director: Joanna Badger, M.D.

Coordinator: Averley Mayo 650-497-8006, amayo@stanford.edu

Consists of a 4-week clerkship based at Pediatric Dermatology Clinic at 770 Welch Road, Suite 261 at LPCH Palo Alto location. This clerkship is designed to give students a broad clinical exposure to pediatric skin diseases. Emphasis is on the outpatient diagnosis and treatment of common skin problems and the cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease. Students are expected to attend the Tuesday morning didactic teaching sessions as well as the dermatology grand rounds every Thursday morning. Students are expected to learn how to describe and recognize morphology, to perform a thorough skin examination, and to perform basic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Basic conversational Spanish is not required as we have a translation service accessible in every exam room in the clinic. DERM 309A

Director:
Joyce Teng, M.D., Ph.D.; Associate Director: Ann Marqueling, M.D.

Other Faculty:
D. Chu, P. Khuu, J. Sorrell

Coordinator:
Kris Arao (650-723-6493) karao@stanford.edu

A dermatology advanced clerkship designed for medical students interested in pursuing dermatology residency training. It consists of a 4 week clerkship based at the Stanford Medicine Outpatient Clinic in Redwood City, Stanford Hospital and Clinics in Palo Alto, and the Palo Alto VA. Students work closely with faculty to obtain strong clinical skills in the diagnosis and management of common skin disorders. Students are part of the Stanford and VA dermatology teams, participating in dermatopathology sessions, inpatient consultations, cutaneous oncology, surgery, and general adult dermatology clinics. Students are expected to attend Tuesday morning didactic teaching sessions as well as Dermatology Grand Rounds every Thursday morning. Students will be expected to give a case-based presentation at Grand Rounds during the rotation.   DERM 310B

If you are interested in enrolling in Dermatology 310B, please apply by sending the following document to to Averley Mayo at amayo@stanford.edu by March 15th, 2018.

• CV
• USMLE scores
• Clerkship grades

Application selection occurs at the end of March. Note that this clerkship employs a deadline that differs from that of the Stanford Clerkship Office. Please do not submit applications directly to the Clerkship Office until instructed to do so if your application is accepted by the course directors. Unfortunately, there are no exceptions to the March 15 application deadline. 

Note to outside rotators: Generally, we are only able to take outside rotators for periods 4 and 5. If you are interested in the other periods, please contact us to see if space is available. Unfortunately, there are no exceptions to the March 15th application deadline. 

SCORE program 

This clerkship participates in the SCORE program, a diversity promotion program run by the Stanford Clerkship Office that provides other support during your rotation. Please note that if you are a minority, you may qualify for this program. Please see the following for further details: https://med.stanford.edu/clerkships/score-program.html

A pediatric dermatology advanced clerkship designed for medical students interested in pursuing dermatology residency training. It consists of a 4-week clerkship based at the Pediatric Dermatology Clinic located at 770 Welch Road, Suite 261, 2nd Floor, Palo Alto, CA 94304 location. Students work closely with faculty to obtain strong clinical skills in the diagnosis and management of common skin disorders. Students are part of the Stanford and LPCH dermatology teams, participating in dermatopathology sessions, inpatient consultations, melanoma, cutaneous oncology, surgery, and pediatric dermatology clinics. Students are expected to attend the Tuesday morning didactic teaching sessions, as well as the dermatology grand rounds every Thursday morning. DERM 311A

Director:
Joyce Teng, M.D., Ph.D.; Associate Director: Ann Marqueling, M.D.

Other Faculty:
D. Chu, P. Khuu, J. Sorrell

Coordinator:
Kris Arao (650-723-6493) karao@stanford.edu