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Education and Training
"Teaching" is a core mission for the Duke Department of Dermatology. To accomplish this mission, we aspire:
- To train dermatology residents to become excellent clinicians who practice medicine with the highest of ethical standards.
- To develop the next generation of leaders in academic and clinical dermatology.
- To train students and other physicians in basic care of patients with skin disease.
- To provide continuing education to dermatologists in our department and community.
Education Leadership
![Erin Lesesky](/sites/default/files/2022-03/erin-lesesky-235.jpg)
Erin B. Lesesky, MD
Associate Professor of Dermatology
Residency Program Director
Vice Chair of Education
Dermatology Residency Leadership
![Erin Lesesky](/sites/default/files/2022-03/erin-lesesky-235.jpg)
Erin B. Lesesky, MD
Associate Professor of Dermatology
Residency Program Director
Vice Chair of Education
![Amber Ingram Fresco](/sites/default/files/2022-03/amber-ingram-fresco-235.jpg)
Amber Fresco, MD
Associate Residency Program Director
![Dr. Melodi Javid Whitley](/sites/default/files/2023-01/dr_whitley_-_white_coat_-_300x235.jpg)
Melodi Whitley, MD, PhD
Assistant Program Director for Resident and UME Research
![Dr. Daren Simkin](/sites/default/files/2023-07/dr_simkin_-_submitted_by_him_-_h300xw215.jpg)
Daren Simkin, MD
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Medical Education
Medical Students and non-Dermatology Residents Leadership
![Caroline Rao](/sites/default/files/2022-03/caroline-rao-250.jpg)
Caroline Rao, MD
Director of Medical Students
![Sabrina Shearer](/sites/default/files/2022-03/sabrina-shearer-250.jpg)
Sabrina Shearer, MD
Director of Visiting Students
![Sarah Blanchard](/sites/default/files/2022-08/dr._blanchard.jpg)
Sarah Blanchard, MD
Director of Pediatrics
Resident Rotation
Pediatric Dermatology Fellowship
![Neil Prose](/sites/default/files/2022-03/neil-prose-250.jpg)
Neil Prose, MD
Director
![RAbina Walsh](/sites/default/files/2022-03/rabina-walsh-250.jpg)
Rabina Walsh, MD
Associate Director