The Department of Dermatology at Duke University School of Medicine is committed to outstanding research, innovative education, and exceptional clinical service.
Our research program consists of basic fundamental science programs, clinical and translational research, sponsored clinical trials, and health services research. Using these approaches, we strive to further the understanding skin diseases at its most fundamental etiological level, develop therapeutic approaches to skin problems, and to measure the outcomes that are important to the patients who experience and suffer from the skin conditions.
Our education mission is to train the next generation of dermatologists as well as non-MD advanced practice providers. We have an obligation to groom the next leaders in dermatology and to prepare the dermatology workforce for increasingly changing demands from our profession. To this end, we embrace innovation in education ranging from to teach new care paradigms such as teledermatology.
We understand our responsibility to the individual patient as we strive to develop a value-based care model. Keeping an eye on population health, we embrace the mantra of the right care at the right time in the right place. In this manner, we make Duke Dermatology the place for patients to receive the best clinical care whether it is for quaternary specialized services or fundamental skin health.
Suephy C. Chen, MD, MS
Chair, Department of Dermatology
Duke University, School of Medicine