Residency Track Application

Dermatology residency training at Penn can take place through one of several tracks, including:

• Dermatology residency training (3 years)
• Combined Internal Medicine and Dermatology residency training (5 years)
• Research residency track (3 years; 3^rd year is ¼ clinical, ¾ research; +1 year as an instructor)
• Cutaneous Oncology and Dermatology training (4 years)
• Health Care Quality and Leadership residency track (3 years)
• Global Health residency track (3 years)
• Diversity and Community Track (Dermatology Diversity and Community Engagement Residency Position) (3 years)
• Pediatric Dermatology (1 year preliminary year at CHOP, 3 years Dermatology)

To apply Visit ERAS.

Application Requirements

• An application to the Dermatology Residency training program
• USMLE transcript
• Sub Internship and Step 2 scores are recommended
• A Dean’s letter
• A transcript
• A photograph
• Completed ERAS application and your current CV. Use the ERAS code(s) for the Dermatology Residency program(s) to designate your interest(s). There NRMP program codes are below:
  • Dermatology (1628080A0) – 3 yr
  • Cutaneous Oncology (1628080A1) – 4 yr
  • Research Track (1628080A4) – 4 yr (2+2)
  • Diversity & Community Engagement (1628080A5) – 3 yr
  • Pediatric Dermatology (1628080A6) – 4 yr (1 yr CHOP Prelim year, 3 yr Dermatology)
• Applicants to the Pediatric Dermatology program are encouraged to have a letter in Pediatrics
• A personal statement; it is recommended that the personal statement discuss the candidates interest in Dermatology.
• Applicants applying to the Diversity & Community Engagement track should include their interest for that track as well (generally with a 250-word separate paragraph).
• Applicants invited for interviews will accomplish their dermatology and any other applicable track interviews on the same day. Interview selection letters usually are mailed the first week of December.

Important Program Information

We request that applicants also complete the 2025 Match Supplemental Questionnaire for all applicants applying through ERAS. This allows us to assess each applicant’s specific areas of interest to ensure their application is reviewed by the appropriate faculty in those specific areas. Should the applicant be invited, this information is also used to help craft the best possible interview day experience, with exposure to faculty experts in the area of expressed interest. That departmental questionnaire is Penn specific, and is different and separate from the Supplemental ERAS application.