2011-2012 Mentorship Program Guidelines and Application will be available in September 2010.  Check back for updates.

The Medical Dermatology Society (MDS) invites residents, post-dermatology residency fellows and junior faculty to apply for the 2011/2012 MDS Mentorship Program.  Awardees will receive up to $3,000 for direct expenses to spend one month being mentored by a senior MDS member. 

Why a Mentorship Program?
The Board of Directors of the MDS instituted a MDS Mentorship Program to foster interest in careers in medical dermatology, especially in the care of patients with serious dermatologic disease. Participants spend one month at an institution under the direction of a senior MDS member.

Interested Mentors
If you are an MDS Member interested in being a mentor, click here for a printable mentor form.

Congratulations to the 2010/2011 MDS Mentorship Program Winners
Mentee: Akerke Baibergenova, MD, PhD, MPH, University of Toronto
Mentor:  Martin A. Weinstock, MD, PhD, Brown University

Mentee: Anna Haemel, MD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mentor:  David Fiorentino, MD, Stanford University

Mentee:  Rhonda Quain Klein, MD, MPH, Yale University School of Medicine
Mentor:  Andrew Franks, MD, New York University
 

Mentee: Sarah Nakib, MD, MPH, University of Minnesota
Mentor:  Abrar Qureshi, MD, MPH, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
 

Mentee: Sabrina Newman, MD, Washington Hospital Center
Mentor:  Victoria Werth, MD, University of Pennsylvania
 

Mentee:  Dominic Ricci, MD, University of Southern California
Mentor:  Aisha Sethi, MD, University of Chicago
 

Mentee:  Victoria Sharon, MD, University of California Davis
Mentor:  Abrar Qureshi, MD, MPH, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
 

Mentee:  Erika Summers, MD, University of Utah
Mentor:  Lindy Fox, University of California San Francisco

2009/2010 MDS Mentorship Program Winners

Jennifer Alston, MD (Mentor: Victoria Werth, MD)
Summary of Mentorship Experience

Diana Bolotin, MD (Mentor:  Jean Bolognia, MD)

Emily Chu, MD/MPA (Mentor: Edward Cowen, MD)

Ali Dana, MD/PhD (Mentor: Dirk Elston, MD)
 

Sam Hopkins, MD (Mentor: Lindy Fox, MD)
Summary of Mentorship Experience

Sunil Kalia, MD/MHSC (Mentor: Heide Jacobe, MD)

Arash Mostaghimi, MD/MPA (Mentor; Victoria Werth, MD)
 

2008/2009 MDS Mentorship Program Winners

J. Scott Boswell, MD (Mentor:  Timothy Berger, MD)

Peter Cham, MD (Mentor:  David Fiorentino, MD, PhD)

Jeffrey Donovan, MD (Mentor:  Maria Hordinsky, MD)
Summary of mentorship experience

Angeli Krishnan, MD (Mentor:  Lindy Fox, MD)

Joseph Merola, MD (Mentor:  Abrar Quershi, MD, MPH)
Summary of mentorship experience

Josephine Nguyen, MD (Mentor:  Edward Cowen, MD)

James Twede, MD (Mentor:  Victoria Werth, MD)
 

2007/2008 MDS Mentorship Program Winners
 

Eric Hossler, MD (Mentor: Jeffrey Callen, MD)
Summary of mentorship experience
 

Julie Lin, MD (Mentor:  David Fiorentino, MD/PhD)

Summary of mentorship experience
 

Brett Summey, Jr., MD (Mentor:  Victoria Werth, MD)
 

Priya Venkatesan, MD (Mentor:  Lindy Fox, MD)
Summary of mentorship experience
 

Yang Xia, MD (Mentor:  Victoria Werth)
 

Christine Jacobson, MD (Mentor:  Alexa Kimball, MD/MPH)


2006/2007 MDS Mentorship Program Winners

Leah Belazarian, MD (Mentor:  Lindy Fox, MD)
Summary of mentorship experience
 

Christopher Hansen, MD (Mentor:  Jeffrey Callen, MD)
 

Erica Liverant, MD (Mentor:  Victoria Werth, MD)
Summary of mentorship experience
 

Binh Ngo, MD (Mentor:  Lindy Fox, MD)
Summary of mentorship experience
 

Ruth Ann Vleugels, MD (Mentor:  David Fiorentino, MD)

2005/2006 MDS Mentorship Program Winners

Davis Farvolden, MD (Mentor:  Dedee Murrell, MD)
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Renee Grau, MD (Mentor:  Melissa Costner, MD)
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Catherine Headley, MD (Mentor:  Victoria Werth, MD)
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Daniela Kroshinsky, MD (Mentor:  Lindy Fox, MD)
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Arlene Molino, MD (Mentor:  Mary-Margaret Chren, MD)
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Questions regarding the mentorship program may be forwarded via email to Robyn Cipolletti or by phone at 216-579-9300.