Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 59, Issue 5 , Pages 741-745, November 2008

The US dermatology workforce: A specialty remains in shortage

  • Alexa Boer Kimball, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Harvard University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Jack S. Resneck Jr., MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology and Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California–San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California

Accepted 24 June 2008. published online 26 August 2008.

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 The American Academy of Dermatology Association funded the administration of the practice profile survey, but our analyses for this manuscript were independently performed.

 There are no commercial products discussed in this manuscript. Dr Resneck chairs the Workforce Task Force and the Council on Government Affairs, Health Policy, and Practice of the American Academy of Dermatology, and sits on the Council on Legislation of the American Medical Association. Dr Kimball has no conflicts of interest to disclose.

 Limited preliminary results were presented in abstract form as a poster at the 2007 summer meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, New York, New York, August 2, 2007.

 Reprint requests: Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford St, #246, Boston, MA 02114. E-mail: harvardskinstudies@partners.org.

PII: S0190-9622(08)00803-7

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2008.06.037

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 59, Issue 5 , Pages 741-745, November 2008

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