Clinical Curriculum
About
Generally, we spend 3-4 months per year at each of our core sites (UMC, VA, OLOL)
with blocks being 1 month at a time.
For Manning Family Children's, you will do 1 month at a time and will typically do
2-3 months total over the course of residency there.
For Ochsner, it's a 2 month block one time during residency.
Residents see inpatient consults at all of our sites.
Sites
University Medical Center (UMC) 
- 4 residents/block
- Continuity clinic site once a month
- Call is split with Tulane
- Mix of medical dermatology, surgical dermatology, cosmetic dermatology, and also the site for our CTCL clinic
- One half day/week with Mohs
- Primary staff: Dr. Haas and Dr. Culotta
Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital 
- 6 residents/block
- Mixture of medical and surgical dermatology
- One half day of laser/week, one half day of cosmetics/month, one half day of Mohs/month
- On Wednesdays, we carpool to our Baton Rouge site for a half day of clinic
- Call only on the weekends and evenings (covered by UMC resident)
- Primary staff: Dr. Burkenstock
Our Lady of the Lake (OLOL) Baton Rouge 
- 5 residents/block
- Mixture of medical, pediatric, cosmetic, laser, and surgical dermatology
- Call taken at both main campus and Children’s hospital
- Primary staff: Dr. Poche and Dr. Holden
- Housing provided if requested
Manning Family Children’s (MFC) Hospital 
- 1 resident/block
- Pediatric dermatology with a mixture of vascular anomaly clinics, laser clinic, and surgery days in the operating room
- Call taken during office hours and otherwise covered by UMC or Tulane resident
- Primary staff: Dr. Hill and Dr. Carnicle
Ochsner Medical Center 
- 1 resident/block (typically 2 months at a time)
- Acute dermatology clinic or rotating with variety of staff. Optional Mohs and dermpath days
- Call split with Tulane resident
- Primary staff: Dr. Cool
Specialty Clinics
UMC
- Cosmetic Clinic at on the 4th Tuesday afternoon of the month (UMC and VA residents go)
- CTCL clinic at UMC on the 3rd Tuesday of the month.
OLOL
- 2-3 Cosmetic Clinics at OLOL on Wednesdays (OLOL residents go and one afternoon VA residents go too b/c OLOL residents doing laser).
- We have laser as part of our OLOL cos clinic once per month (OLOL residents staff)
VA
- Monday afternoon Laser clinic at the VA which one UMC resident will attend each week.
MFC
- Multi-disciplinary clinics are held monthly such as vascular anomalies clinic with dedicated OR-time for laser procedures, lupus clinic with nephrology & rheumatology, and rheumatology/dermatology overlap clinic.
Other Details/FAQs
- Our schedule is separated into 12 one month blocks for the year
- Vacation: 4 weeks total (all weekends off unless on call!)
- Didactics: every Thursday (usually ½ day of lectures and ½ day of dermpath)
- Typically two to four ½ days of guest dermpath lectures per month (great teachers!!)
- Meal cards at UMC ($125/month) and all parking garages included
- Most clinic sites are in New Orleans, but driving is necessary for Baton Rouge and VA rotations.
- Meetings/Research: LA Derm, Zola Cooper, and AAD. First year presentations and Third year Peterkin research projects
- So much to do in New Orleans! Great food, Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, Saints and LSU games, Pelicans games, live music, etc!