Surgery is a vital component of our
dermatology practice and educational curriculum. In addition to
procedures performed during routine outpatient visits, focused dermatologic
surgery teaching clinics meet a few times weekly. Procedures which residents routinely perform under supervision include
routine biopsies, excisions, sclerotherapy, laser-mediated
therapy and complicated reconstructions following Moh’s surgery.
These clinics are resident-oriented and provide an ideal opportunity for teaching in the outpatient setting. We see patients in a number of settings: in our Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) and Doctor’s Office Center (DOC) in Newark, NJ, and at our New Jersey Veterans Administration Healthcare System (VANJHCS) affiliate hospital in East Orange, New Jersey.
Dermatopathology conferences, discussion of unknowns, and case sign-outs occur on a weekly basis, led by Professors Rothenberg and Lambert, as well as by our dermatopathology fellow. Dermatology residents review all biopsy tissue samples at our inpatient pathology laboratories.
The dermatology consultation service assists with patient care at the inpatient level, within both our University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey and affiliated Veterans Administration hospital in East Orange, New Jersey. Residents usually see one to two patients in consultation on an average day.
