American Board of Dermatology Henry Ford Health System 1 Ford Place Detroit, MI 48202 Tel: (313) 874-1088 www.abderm.org

A Dermatologist is trained to diagnose and treat pediatric and adult patients with disorders of the skin, mouth, external genitalia, hair and nails, as well as a number of sexually transmitted diseases. The Dermatologist has had additional training and experience in the diagnosis and treatment of skin cancers, melanomas, moles and other tumors of the skin, the management of contact dermatitis and other allergic and nonallergic skin disorders, and in the recognition of the skin manifestations of systemic (including internal malignancy) and infectious diseases. Dermatologists have special training in dermatopathology and in the surgical techniques used in dermatology. They also have expertise in the management of cosmetic disorders of the skin such as hair loss and scars and the skin changes associated with aging.

Training Required: Four years

Subspecialties for Dermatology

Certification in one of the following subspecialties requires additional training and examination.

• Dermatopathology
  A Dermatopathologist has the expertise to diagnose and monitor diseases of the skin including infectious, immunologic, degenerative and neoplastic diseases. This entails the examination and interpretation of specially prepared tissue sections, cellular scrapings and smears of skin lesions by means of routine and special (electron and fluorescent) microscopes.
  
  
• Pediatric Dermatology
  A Pediatric Dermatologist possesses expertise in the treatment of specific skin disease categories with emphasis on those diseases which predominate in infants, children and adolescents.
  

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