The Department of Dermatology offers a three-year accredited residency which has nine residents: three first-year, three second-year, and three third-year. It is a combined program between UCI Medical Center and Long Beach Veterans Administration Medical Center and is directed by Gary Cole, M.D., Chief of Dermatology Services at LBVAMC. First-year residents are stationed a LBVCAMC; second-year residents spend four months in the Dermatopathology Laboratory at UCI Medical Center, four months on the ward there, and four months in research. Third-year residents rotate the Chief Resident position at UCI Medical Center and LBVAMC. They spend four months in a private practice environment at UCI, Kaiser, and Med Partners HMO programs. Additional participation included the UCI Student Health Service, Private practice offices of faculty, and the Beckman Laser Clinic.

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