Board of Regents Approve Creation of UNMC Department of Dermatology

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents (nebraska.edu/board) approved a request on May 25 by the University of Nebraska Medical Center to establish a Department of Dermatology in the UNMC College of Medicine.

Currently, Nebraska has about one dermatologist for every 52,000 people – the poorest ratio of any state in the Midwest region. The American Professors of Dermatology recommends a goal of having one dermatologist for every 20,000 to 30,000 people. Dermatology services are in high demand, driven by the rising occurrence of skin cancer, the aging of the population and increasing demand for cosmetic procedures.

Creation of the department will begin with recruitment of a department chair followed by a small number of faculty with focused subspecialty interests within dermatology. The department will then quickly move toward the establishment of a dermatology residency training program and eventually subspecialty fellowships.

The creation of a Department of Dermatology also is critical to better meeting the needs of patients at UNMC’s major clinical partners – Nebraska Medicine, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center and the VA-Nebraska/Western Iowa.

This marks the second new department created by the UNMC College of Medicine in the past year. In June 2015, the Board of Regents approved creation of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

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