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DERMATOLOGY
In January 2017, the program was awarded a 10-year cycle
of continued accreditation, with no citations. It received
approximately 500 applications for its two residency positions.
By July 2018, it will have a total of six residents, two at each
level of training, for a full complement.
The residents’ average score on the in-service exam was
above the 90 th percentile. In addition, program faculty and
residents have published nine articles in peer-reviewed
journals. The group also held a successful Dermatology
Grand Rounds series at the College of Medicine featuring
patient participation.
The residents provide service to patients at Dermatology
Associates and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. They
provide much-needed outreach to several rural clinics,
including Marianna, Madison and Dowling Park. They also
have volunteered to provide care in the Dominican Republic,
Nicaragua and Honduras.
George Cohen, program director, Dermatology Residency Program at
Dermatology Associates of Tallahassee
College of Medicine alumna Samantha Marrone (M.D., ’16) is a second-
year resident with the dermatology residency program in Tallahassee.
MICROGRAPHIC SURGERY AND DERMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGY FELLOWSHIP
The program lends itself to the development of uniquely
capable Mohs surgeons. As program director, I guide the
fellow in using clinical experience and evidence-based
reviews complex cases with the fellows on a daily basis to
teach them to diagnose effectively.
The day-to-day training is rigorous. Fellows learn stamina,
medicine to create personalized care plans. Application of discipline and how to lead a team in a busy practice. As one
these plans allows the fellow to address seemingly impossible graduate noted: “We all start as coal. Whether you like it or
skin cancer scenarios. I also teach the fellow to identify subtle not, you will end up a diamond.”
yet insidious skin cancers.
In-house plastic surgeon Meredith McKinney assists in
the instruction of wound repairs at bedside following Mohs
Armand Cognetta Jr., program director, Micrographic Surgery and
Dermatologic Oncology Fellowship Program at
Dermatology Associates of Tallahassee
surgery. The fellow learns to visualize the best repair plan
for each specific patient. Dermatopathologist David Dolson
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