St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center is a private, voluntary teaching hospital affiliated with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Beth Israel Medical Center and Long Island College Hospital have formed Continuum Health Partners, Inc. This is a merger of resources to provide excellent care throughout New York City.

The Hospital Center has completed a half-billion-dollar reconstruction of its two hospital divisions: a new 10-story building at St. Luke's Hospital, located adjacent to Columbia University at Amsterdam Avenue and 114th Street; and a 13-story building at the Roosevelt Hospital, located a few blocks south of Lincoln Center at Tenth Avenue and 58th Street.

The rebuilding program includes two new, state-of-the-art Emergency Departments. A free private bus service transports staff at regularly scheduled times between the two divisions, a distance of three miles.

St. Luke's-Roosevelt is one of the largest voluntary hospitals in the United States with 1,358 licensed beds, 100 primary and specialty clinics and programs, and more than 1,200 attending physicians. The Hospital Center admits approximately 43,000 patients, serves more than 300,000 outpatients, and provides emergency care for 120,000 patients every year.

The new St. Luke's-Roosevelt provides a sophisticated and humane clinical environment in which health professionals can practice superior medicine and carry out innovative research. Providing an academic home for 500 residents and fellows in 36 clinical specialties, the new facilities greatly enhance the training and education of physicians in preparing for the highly complex medical practice of the future.

Dermatology Residency Program
The Dermatology residency training program is a new ACGME approved -3 year training program beginning at the PGY-2 level. There are five positions. The program is "committed to providing an environment of mutual respect that will encourage life-long self learning in collaboration with fostering academic excellence and ever-improving patient care". This resident mission is accomplished with a well rounded learning environment through clinical training as well as an integrated basic science curriculum.

Those things we value are:

1. Fostering mutual respect
2. Providing and environment that encourages life-long self -learning in collaboration
3. Communicating effectively
4. Expecting responsibility and accountability
5. Valuing compassion, trust and honesty
6. Encouraging individual leadership.
7. Appreciate emotional, physical and spiritual health.

Clinical Training
Clinical Training occurs at the Roosevelt Hospital Site located at 425 West 59th Street as well as the St. Lukes Site located at 1090 Amsterdam Avenue.

Curriculum
1. Didactic Sessions- Full and Part time faculty lecture to the residents based on the Integrated Basic and Clinical Science Conference Series designed by Dr. Ponciano Cruz from the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas. The curriculum is repeated and updated yearly.
2. Resident Resource Room- state of the art electronic equipment, growing slide collection
3. Dermatology Library- the latest dermatology journals and textbooks are available to anyone who is interested
4. Weekly Morphology and Kodachrome Session
5. Dermatopathology Sessions and lectures - residents review slides weekly with a dermatopathologist
6. Surgery Didactic- including Pigs Feet Sessions
7. Clinical Conference- A resident -run conference where interesting cases are discussed during the monthly Grand Rounds
8. Consultation Rounds
9. Electives
10. Research- Required for each resident

Medical Student Programs
Each 3rd year student from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University spends one week in dermatology. There are also one month electives for 4th year medical students interested in the field of dermatology.

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