Department of Dermatology
About
Program Overview
Caring for your skin is not just about how you look; it's key to good health. Our dermatologists are highly focused on preventing cancer, as well as providing screening, tests and early diagnosis. Our dermatology team also cares for common skin problems affecting people of all ages.
The state-of-the-art treatments we provide are safe and effectively offer the highest cure rate of any procedure for skin cancer. We also provide a variety of cosmetic procedures to help you look as good as you feel.
Carilion Clinic offers a residency program at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Virginia Tech Carilion Partnership
Residents have the opportunity to work closely with the students and research scientists from the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute. At the medical school, students learn, train and work side-by-side with Carilion’s medical staff, using a patient-centered curriculum designed to develop physicians who can take research from the lab to the patient’s bedside.
Department specs
Carilion Dermatology treats common skin problems including acne, rosacea, warts, eczema and moles. We also diagnose and treat more complex skin conditions, such as vitiligo, psoriasis and cutaneous lupus. We specialize in the detection and treatment of all forms of skin cancer, including melanoma. Treatment methods include cryotherapy, curettage and electrodessication, excision, Mohs surgery, narrow band UVB therapy, blue light photodynamic therapy and pulse dye laser therapy.
Program Size
- The region’s largest Dermatology and Mohs Surgery group serving both adult and pediatric patients
- Team of nine providers includes two Mohs surgeons and a nurse practitioner
- Master aesthetician on staff offers facial treatments and laser services
Volume of Procedures
- 15,000 visits annually
- 1,500+ Mohs surgery procedures annually
Services
- Cancer diagnosis
- Mohs surgery
- Cryotherapy
- Curettage and electrodessication
- Excision
- Narrow band UVB therapy
- Blue light photodynamic therapy
- Pulse dye laser therapy
Conditions Treated
- Acne
- Eczema
- Hair loss
- Nail disorders
- Rosacea
- Skin infections
- Skin cancer
- Melanoma
- Basal cell carcinomas
- Squamous cell carcinomas
- Vitiligo
- Warts
- Atopic dermatitis
- Contact dermatitis
- Pediatric dermatological conditions
- Connective tissue disorders
- Hyperhidrosis
Specialties within Department
- cryotherapy
- curettage and electrodessication
- excision
- Mohs surgery
- narrow band UVB therapy
- blue light photodynamic therapy
- pulse dye laser therapy
- aesthetic services
Areas We Serve
- Roanoke Valley
- Westlake
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Overview
Residents have the opportunity to work closely with the students and research scientists from the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. At the medical school, students learn, train and work side-by-side with Carilion’s medical staff, using a patient-centered curriculum designed to develop physicians who can take research from the lab to the patient’s bedside.
Our dermatology residency training program is accredited through the American Council of Graduate Medical Education. The program is supported by two fellowship-trained dermatopathologists and provides learning opportunities for physicians training in plastic surgery, internal medicine and family medicine. Our physicians teach at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and are committed to educating the next generation of physicians and furthering the understanding of skin disease across all medical specialties. To learn more about our Dermatology Residency program, click here.
