Training at Henry Ford provides residents and fellows with the opportunity to care for a population of patients that is exceptional in both volume and diversity. By serving the metropolitan population of Detroit, as well as the surrounding suburbs, our physicians are exposed to patients from varying ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, with a wide spectrum of illnesses.

Training at Henry Ford provides residents and fellows with the opportunity to care for a population of patients that is exceptional in both volume and diversity. By serving the metropolitan population of Detroit, as well as the surrounding suburbs, our physicians are exposed to patients from varying ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, with a wide spectrum of illnesses.


Dermatology Residency Program

About the Program

* Advanced - 3 years; 4 position openings
* Categorical - 4 years (including 1 year in Internal Medicine); 2 position openings
* One of the largest dermatology departments in the world
* Great diversity of disease conditions for an excellent clinical experience due to Henry Ford Health Systems' multiple training sites including Henry Ford Hospital (downtown Detroit) and medical centers in Troy, West Bloomfield, Taylor, Ann Arbor and Plymouth. Residents rotate throughout the suburban Henry Ford Medical Centers in their second and third years, which more closely duplicate private practice
* Inpatient service at Henry Ford Hospital has 150 admissions annually
* More than 100,000 dermatology patients seen at the Henry Ford Health System each year. More than 1,000 inpatient consultations from other disciplines provided by the dermatology service annually
* Department manages a psoriasis day care unit for the total treatment of psoriasis and other skin diseases
* Patients with acute and chronic problems referred from dermatologists, primary care physicians, and other specialists provide a broad clinical experience: electrosurgery, dermatologic surgery, cosmetic surgical techniques (such as chemical peels, vein sclerosing, rhinophyma, hair removal and botox injection), nail surgery, cryo-surgery, patch testing, phototesting, photopatch testing, phototherapy, photochemotherapy (PUVA), photopheresis, and laser surgery, including yellow dye-pulsed laser for hemangiomas
* Full-time double boarded pediatric dermatologist
* Dermatologic surgical anatomy and flap and graft surgery through a cadaver program, which is given each year to each resident group
* Specific clinics for dermatologic surgery, laser surgery, connective tissue disease, photomedicine, pediatric dermatology, genodermatoses, pigmented lesions, lymphoma, ethnic dermatology, contact dermatitis, and industrial dermatology
* Complete laboratory facilities for Mohs micrographic surgery and immunofluorescence
* Pathology slides interpreted by the department's dermatopathologist and retained in the department

Curriculum

* Major clinical and basic aspects of dermatology covered in the daily formal teaching conferences, which include lectures by the senior faculty, visiting professors and dermatology residents
* Teaching inpatient rounds conducted daily by senior faculty members
* Weekly dermatopathology conference, kodachrome slide presentation, dermatology grand rounds, and journal clubs

First Year (Internship)

* Clinical training in one of the following types of broad-based programs in the U.S., accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), or a similar program accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: transitional year, flexible first postgraduate year, and first-year residencies in internal medicine, general surgery, family practice or pediatrics (A residency in a discipline, which does not involve direct patient care, such as pathology, is not acceptable for first postgraduate year credit.)

Second, Third, and Fourth Years (Dermatology Residency)

* Pig's foot workshop for basic surgical technique provided in the first two months of training
* Residents assume progressive responsibility in the management of dermatologic patients
* In the fourth year, residents spend additional time in dermato-pathology and the dermatologic surgery unit
* Residents in all levels are encouraged and expected to attend local and national meetings, including those of the Michigan Dermatological Society and the American Academy of Dermatology

Research

* Wide-ranging clinical research interests: photosensitivity, nail pathology, mycosis fungoides, scleroderma, lupus erythematosus, bullous disease, laser surgery, hair problems, pigmented lesions, cutaneous manifestations of immunologically suppressed patients, aging skin and microbiology of dermatologic conditions, photopheresis, genodermatoses and cutaneous manifestations of systemic disease
* Basic science research program in the molecular biology of melanocytes and immunologic diseases with special emphasis on T-cell lymphomas, connective tissue disease, keloid and bullous disease
* Clinical pharmacology program in support of clinical research activities
* Residents encouraged to participate in research projects and present their work at national meetings such as the Society for Investigative Dermatology and the American Academy of Dermatology

Resources

* Department library contains many texts, journals, and extensive audio-visual material with valuable resource material for research projects and patient care problems
* Computer and word-processing resources specifically designated for use by residents
* Access to the National Library of Medicine and the American Academy of Dermatology Derm Infonet System
* 24-hour internet access to Sladen Library, a full resource medical library located at Henry Ford Hospital.

Gastroenterology Fellowship

The Division of Gastroenterology offers 4 positions annually for our 3-year fellowship program supported by Henry Ford Health System, one of the largest and most respected integrated health care delivery systems in the country. Our fellows utilize the latest technology and train from a highly skilled clinical staff at Henry Ford Hospital, a nationally renowned specialty care, teaching and research institution that is the flagship of Henry Ford Health System.

Henry Ford Hospital is a unique educational institution; it is not directly connected to a medical school, yet exceeds most university hospitals in clinical load and resident and fellow teaching activity. Each year, we offer training in all specialties to more than 700 residents and fellows and at least 700 third- and fourth-year medical students from multiple affiliated medical schools including Wayne State University, Case Western Reserve University, The University of Michigan, Medical College of Ohio and Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine. Additionally, medical students from more than 25 other U.S. medical schools spend some portion of the year at our hospital.

Our fellows benefit from being exposed to a wide spectrum and large quantity of patients, as our hospital serves the metropolitan population of Detroit as well as the surrounding suburbs. This provides an exceptional environment for learning because of the multiple populations we serve and the breadth of experience they provide. A strength of the Henry Ford program is the commitment to excellence of our staff.

Many of our physicians are national leaders in both organized medicine and medical education and our residents benefit greatly from the wealth of experience they provide. Learning from some of the most talented and committed doctors in all of health care ensures that graduates of our program become exceptional, well-rounded physicians. In short, training at Henry Ford allows you to learn from some of the very best minds in medicine.

The objective of the Gastroenterology Fellowship Program is to provide fellows with the skills required for them to reach individual educational goals in a setting that is both supportive and challenging. Formal training is provided in the diagnosis and management of luminal gastrointestinal and liver diseases. Fellows will be instilled with cognitive and technical skills as well as an academic perspective that emphasizes renewal of knowledge in order to maintain the highest standards of practice.

More facts about the program:

* 20 senior faculty physicians who staff the hospital at the Detroit campus and the suburban outpatient centers
* First year spent on the inpatient consultation and liver transplantation services
* Second and third year fellows have a continuity practice experience in our outpatient clinic
* Fellows perform diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, manometry studies, liver biopsy and esophageal dilation under staff supervision
* Endoscopic procedures are performed by all fellows, with advanced endoscopic procedures taught during the second and third years of training by trained interventional staff
* State-of-the-art video endoscopy equipment in main endoscopy suite at the Detroit campus
* Teaching program includes didactic sessions, and weekly conferences to review physiology, pathology, current literature and patient management problems
* Fellows are expected to complete a research project; supervision in clinical epidemiology, statistics and research design can be arranged

Radiation Oncology Residency Program

The Division of Radiation Oncology offers two positions yearly for a four-year residency program supported by Henry Ford Health System, one of the largest and most respected integrated health care delivery systems in the country. Residents utilize the latest technology and train from a highly skilled clinical staff at Henry Ford Hospital, a nationally renowned specialty care, teaching and research institution that is the flagship of Henry Ford Health System.

The Henry Ford Radiation Oncology Residency Program is especially unique, as residents are able to train at the Josephine Ford Cancer Center (JFCC) - a multidisciplinary program committed to prevention, early detection, treatment and research for cancer care. Located at Henry Ford hospital, the JFCC is one of the largest cancer centers in Michigan and is consistently ranked by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top cancer centers in the nation.

Residents also will be involved in state-of-the-art research such as our new NIH-funded project analyzing the benefits of gene therapy to enhance the effectiveness of radiation therapy. Another benefit for our residents is exposure to a wide spectrum and large quantity of patients, as our hospital serves the metropolitan population of Detroit and the surrounding suburbs. This provides an exceptional environment for learning because of the multiple populations we serve and the breath of experience they provide. Our training program is designed to provide a well-rounded education in clinical oncology, and to offer our residents participation in a variety of state-of-the-art clinical and basic science research programs.

Didactics

* Weekly didactic lecture series
* Formal physics, radiobiology and statistics courses in addition to our seminar series
* Residents are assigned to one of our senior staff clinicians for two to three month clinical rotations, allowing the residents continuity of care in the consultation, simulation and treatment planning, side effect management and follow-up of our patients
* Electives added as the resident progresses through the program, in order to provide additional education in Medical Oncology, Radiology, Medical Physics and Pediatric Oncology

Research

* Residents will have dedicated research time (1-6 months) depending on the type of research they chose to participate in (clinical vs. basic research)
* Department is actively involved in RTOG and SWOG national clinical protocols, complemented by many in-house protocols with active resident participation
* Department has recognized investigators in the fields of medical physics, classic radiobiology and molecular biology who can provide our residents with valuable support and guidance in basic science research
* Residents in our program have consistently won hospital and state resident research competitions and published in both clinical and basic science journals

Life After Residency

The Radiation Oncology Residency Program has consistently developed residents into strong clinicians, able to excel in either private practice or academic settings. The program has resulted in a 100 percent job placement rate over the last five years. Our graduates have been successful in finding post-residency placement that fits their needs and have enjoyed tremendous success in a very competitive job market.

*Henry Ford Health System has many residency and fellowship programs. Click here to see more oppotunities: Residencies and Fellowships


This article is reported with thanks to Henry Ford Health System.