Directions in Residency archive

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• Summer (PDF)

  • Feature: The first employment agreement: common clauses and practical tips for residents by Daniel F. Shay, Esq.

  • Race for the Case: Summer 2025 by Frank Z. Jing, MD, and Nessa Aghazadeh Mohandesi, MD, FAAD

  • Boards Fodder: Overview of skin substitutes for secondary intention healing in dermatologic surgery (PDF) by Mohammad Fardos, DO, Vixey Silva, DO, and Anna Bar, MD, FAAD

  • Clinical Pearls: Melanoma (PDF)by Michael E. Ming, MD, MSCE, FAAD

  • Inside this issue: Chirag Vasavda, MD, PhD

• Spring (PDF)

  • Feature: Unveiling the complexities of cutaneous drug eruptions in skin of color by Layan Al-Sukhni, MD, Nicolette Glidden, MD, and Tejesh Patel, MD. FAAD

  • Race for the Case: Spring 2025 by Bryan Daines, DO

  • Boards Fodder: Approach to longitudinal melanonychia (PDF) by Vixey Silva, DO, Kendall Buchanan, MD, FAAD, and Ashfaq Marghoob, MD, FAAD

  • Clinical Pearls: Vitiligo Pearls for residents (PDF) by John E. Harris, MD, PhD, FAAD

  • Inside this issue: Anisha Guda, MD

2024

• Winter (PDF)

  • Feature: Five things residents need to know about hair loss by John Meisenheimer, MD, Lauren Sulochana Mohan, MD, MSc, and Ronda Farah MD, FAAD

  • Race for the Case: Winter 2024 by Samantha Bizimungu, MD

  • Boards Fodder: Common hair trichoscopy structures: Histopathological and clinical correlations (PDF) by Mohammad Fardos, DO, Vixey Silva, DO, and Tory Starzyk, DO

  • Clinical Pearls: Hidradenitis Suppurativa (PDF) by Jennifer Hsiao, MD, FAAD

  • AAD Annual Meeting preview

  • Inside this issue: Anisha Guda, MD

• Fall (PDF)

  • Feature: Tackling special site biopsies – what residents need to know by Paloma Madrigal, MD, Amylee Martin, MD, and Ashley Elsensohn, MD, MPH, FAAD

  • Race for the Case: Fall 2024 by Chiara Rosenbaum, DO, MS

  • Boards Fodder: Dermoscopic approach to melanocytic lesions of volar skin (PDF) by Vixey Silva, DO, Victoria Starzyk, DO, and Kendall Buchanan, MD, FAAD

  • Boards Fodder: SLAM microscopic differential diagnosis (PDF) by Chiara Rosenbaum, DO, MS, and Kent J. Krach, MD, FAAD

  • Clinical Pearls: Melanocytic lesions (PDF) by Vikas Shrivastava, MD, FAAD

  • Inside this issue: Anisha Guda, MD

• Summer

  • Feature: What residents need to know about pregnancy dermatoses by Raina Bembry, MD, and Tejesh Patel, MD, FAAD

  • Race for the Case: Summer 2024 by Jessica Forbes-Kaprive, DO

  • Boards Fodder: Dermoscopic structures and their histopathological and clinical correlations (PDF) by Vixey Silva, DO, Victoria Starzyk, DO, and Mohammad Fardos, DO

  • Clinical pearls: Platelet-rich plasma for alopecia (PDF) by Kim T. Nguyen, BS, and Ronda S. Farah, MD, FAAD

  • Getting down to business: Using business-focused educational resources in your residency by Jessica Forbes-Kaprive, DO

  • Inside this issue: Anisha Guda, MD

• Spring

  • Feature: Ambassadors assemble! Nationwide efforts inform residents about AAD resources by Morgan Murphrey, MD, MS

  • Race for the Case: Spring 2024 by Jessica Forbes Kaprive, DO

  • Boards Fodder: Filler complications (PDF) by Eduardo Michelen-Gomez, MD, Andrea Paola Caro-Muñiz, MD, and Karina J. Cancel-Artau, MD

  • Clinical pearls: Seborrheic dermatitis 2: more pearls (PDF) by Raj Chovatiya, MD, PhD, MSCI, FAAD

  • 2024 AAD Annual Meeting

  • Inside this issue: Morgan Murphrey, MD, MS

2023

• Winter

  • Feature: Pearls for an excellent job search by Kristen Chen, MD

  • Race for the Case: Winter 2023 by Andrea Paola Caro Muñiz, MD, and Eduardo-Michelin Gomez, MD

  • Boards Fodder: Hair transplantation (PDF) by Rahul Nanda, MD, and Thusanth Thuraisingam, MD, PhD, FAAD

  • Clinical pearls: Seborrheic dermatitis (PDF) by Maryam Safaee, MD, FAAD

  • Resident Life: Doubling up on learning by Kala Hurst, DO

  • Inside this issue: Morgan Murphrey, MD, MS

• Fall

  • Feature: Straightening Things Out: Answering important questions about ergonomics

  • Race for the Case: Fall 2023 by Andrea Paola Caro Muñiz, MD, and Marely Santiago Vázquez, MD, FAAD

  • Boards Fodder: Ticks: Common associated organisms and diseases by Emily Ptasnik, DO, and Alexis Buffington, DO

  • Resident timeline (PDF) by Morgan Murphrey, MD, MS, and Kristen Chen, MD

  • Clinical pearls: Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (PDF) by Larisa J. Geskin, MD, FAAD

  • Resident Life: Challenge and reward by Anthony B. Mak, MD, PhD, FRCPC, DABD

  • Inside this issue: Morgan Murphrey, MD, MS

• Summer

  • Feature: What residents need to know about genital skin exams by Harry Dao Jr., MD, FAAD, Christina N. Kraus, MD, FAAD, and Amylee Martin, MD 

  • Race for the Case: Summer 2023 by Shiri Nawrocki, MD, and Pooja Srivastava, MD 

  • Boards Fodder: Atypical fibroxanthoma (PDF) by Davis C. Diamond, MD, Silas M. Money, MD, and Matthew D. Belcher, MD, FAAD, FACMS  

  • Clinical pearls: DRESS syndrome (PDF) by José Dario Martinez, MD, IFAAD 

  • Resident Life: Mentorship takes many forms by Anisha Guda, MD  

  • Inside this issue: Morgan Murphrey, MD, MS 

• Spring

  • Feature: What residents need to know about psoriasis – Part 2, by Brad Glick, DO, MPH, FAAD, and George Han, MD, PhD, FAAD

  • Race for the Case: Spring 2023 by Eduardo Michelen Gómez, MD and Karina Cancel-Artau, MD

  • Boards Fodder: Cryosurgery (PDF) by Emily Ptasnik, DO, and Chiara Rosenbaum, DO, MS

  • Clinical pearls: Inpatient dermatology (PDF) by Lindy P. Fox, MD, FAAD

  • Resident Life: Strong bonds created in residency by Alicia O’Connor, MBBS, BAppSc(PHTY), MPH, FACD

  • Inside this issue: Naomi Briones, MD

2022

• Winter

  • Feature: What residents need to know about psoriasis by Brad Glick, DO, MPH, FAAD, and George Han, MD, PhD, FAAD

  • Race for the Case: Winter 2022 by Eduardo Michelen Gómez, MD and Marely Santiago-Vázquez, MD, FAAD

  • Boards Fodder: Procedural modalities for scar revision (PDF) by Michael J. Visconti, DO, Emily R. Davis, DO, and Kent J. Krach, MD, FAAD

  • Clinical pearls: Atopic dermatitis (PDF) by Raj Chovatiya, MD, PhD, FAAD

  • Resident Life: Freedom Ink restores dignity to community lives by Aili Swan, DO

  • Inside this issue: Naomi Briones, MD

• Fall

  • Feature: Should I stay or should I go? Choosing a career path after residency by Tanya Greywal, MD, FAAD

  • Race for the Case: Fall 2022 by Hesham Alshaikh, MD, and Alison Bailey, MD

  • Boards Fodder: Antiseptics and sterilization methods (PDF) by Stephanie Saridakis, DO, and Morgan Amigo, MD

  • Clinical pearls: Scar revision pearls (PDF) by H. William Higgins II, MD, MBE, FAAD

  • Resident Life: Mentorship matters by Pallavi Basu, MD

  • Inside this issue: Naomi Briones, MD

• Summer

  • Feature: The road beyond residency: What I wish I’d known by Dean Monti, MFA

  • Race for the Case: Summer 2022 by Marely Santiago-Vázquez, MD, and Xavier Sánchez, MDFAAD, is an

  • Boards Fodder: Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (PDF) by Kristina M. Lim, DO, Emily Chea McEldrew, DO, and Cynthia L. Bartus, MD, FAAD, FACMS

  • Clinical pearls: Patch test pearls (PDF) by Peggy Wu, MD, MPH, FAAD, and Marjorie Montanez-Wiscovich, MD, PhD, FAAD

  • Resident Life: Boston and beyond! Residents buzz about AAD meetings by Morgan Murphrey, MD, MS

  • Inside this issue: Naomi Briones, MD

• Spring

  • Feature: The boards: What to expect, by Brian J. Simmons, MD, FAAD\

  • Race for the Case: Spring 2022 by François Lagacé, MD, and Zeinah AlHalees, MD

  • Boards Fodder: Electrical Hemostasis by Michael J. Visconti, DO, Zac Zheng, DO, and Kent J. Krach, MD, FAAD

  • Clinical pearls: Infantile hemangioma by Latanya T. Benjamin, MD, FAAD, FAAP

  • Resident Life: Bonding is a ladder to success at UVA by Diana Mannschreck, MD

  • Inside this issue: Taylor Gray, DO

2021

• Winter

  • Feature: A deeper dive into contracts for residents, by Dan Shay, Esq

  • Race for the Case: Winter 2021 by Rahul Nanda, MD, and Zeinah AlHalees, MD

  • Boards Fodder: Merkel cell carcinoma (PDF) by Abdulhadi Jfri, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FAAD, and Catherine Pisano, MD, FAAD

  • Clinical pearls: Alopecia areata (PDF) by Maria Hordinsky, MD, FAAD

  • Resident Life

  • Inside this issue: Taylor Gray, DO

• Fall

  • Feature: Legal ease for residents: Social media by Daniel F. Shay, Esq

  • Race for the Case: Fall 2021 by Jessica Lu, MD, and Zeinah AlHalees, MD

  • Boards Fodder: Dermatologic adverse events from immune checkpoint inhibitors by Taylor Gray, DO, and Lisa Fronek, DO

  • Boards Fodder extra! Infantile hemangioma by By Jessica Lu, MD, and Zeinah AlHalees, MD

  • Resident Life: Serving those in need in Omaha by Alfredo Siller Jr, MD

  • Inside this issue: Taylor Gray, DO

• Summer

  • Feature: Secrets of effective research by Dean Monti, MFA

  • Race for the Case: Summer 2021 by Zeinah AlHalees, MD, and AlReem Al-Nabti, MD

  • Boards Fodder: Dermatopathologic external agents and artifacts (PDF)

  • Clinical pearls: Optimizing the genital exam for yourself and your female patients by Bethanee Schlosser, MD, PhD

  • Resident Life: Florida residents “serve” the public, by Angelia Stepien, DO

  • Inside this issue: Taylor Gray, DO

• Spring

  • Feature: Remote control: Tips for a successful virtual interview

  • Race for the Case: Spring 2021 by Angelia Stepien, DO, and Blake Robbins, DO

  • Boards Fodder: Infestations: scabies and pediculosis

  • Clinical pearls: Endpoints in laser surgery by Victor Ross, MD

  • Master the Rule of O’s

  • Resident Life: Start-up mentality

  • Inside this issue: Janice Ma, MD