Dermatology Department

The Dermatology department is a collaboration between MD Anderson and The University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston Medical School with Susan Chon, M.D., as ad interim chair of both departments.

Like many clinical departments, we are committed to excellence in patient care, research and education. There are 18 full-time faculty (10 based at MD Anderson), five part-time faculty, 10 volunteer faculty (at the medical school), two advanced practice nurses, one physician assistant, 17 dermatology residents, and four clinical and postdoctoral research fellows. We have a strong ancillary staff that is an integral part of the team. We conduct teaching conferences every day, posted in an online calendar, with three of those weekly conferences held jointly with Baylor College of Medicine. Visit our Training Programs page for descriptions of our resident, fellowship and postdoctoral training positions.

Our major clinical activities are located at: 

• Melanoma and Skin Center
• Cancer Prevention Center
• The University of Texas Medical School at Houston HMC clinic
• Memorial-Hermann Hospital
• LBJ County Hospital and the Harris Health System

 The Melanoma and Skin Center utilizes a multidisciplinary approach that includes faculty from the Medical Melanoma, Surgical Melanoma and Radiation Oncology departments. The Mohs micrographic surgical unit has close collaborations with Plastic Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery, the Ophthalmology section, and other surgical subspecialties. There is an ongoing multidisciplinary effort between dermatology and the Stem Cell Transplantation clinic to diagnose and treat rashes associated with graft-vs.-host disease. The dermatologists are active consultants for the management of skin infections and drug rashes.