The Yale School of Medicine Department of Dermatology offers a rigorous, enlightening, supportive, one-year, ACGME-accredited, clinical pediatric dermatology fellowship. The fellowship consists of a large and diverse yet well-balanced pediatric population with diseases ranging from routine cases to highly complex inpatient and outpatient consultations, as well as pediatric dermatology e-consults.
A large rooming-in NICU and newborn nursery allow fellows to care for many neonatal skin disorders, and a busy weekly Pediatric Vascular Anomalies Clinic provides a rich experience in the care of vascular disorders. There are monthly sessions in the Disorders of Cornification Clinic and Pediatric Surgical Center. The latter gives our fellows time to hone their laser and surgical skills. The fellows also participate in monthly multidisciplinary vascular conferences and our Pediatric Neurocutaneous Syndrome Clinic, which facilitate interdepartmental learning and collaboration.
Fellows participate in the routine clinics, weekly and monthly academic sessions, Dermatology Department grand rounds, journal club, textbook review, didactic lectures, and teaching conferences. There are ample opportunities to teach dermatology and pediatric residents, as well as lecture to various groups in the medical center. Depending on previous training and experience, fellows may receive additional training in other related pediatric subspecialties, such as pediatric allergy/immunology, pediatric rheumatology, and pediatric gynecology. Research projects, publications, and presentations at local, national, and international meetings are encouraged and supported.
Requirements
Completion of ACGME-accredited dermatology residency prior to beginning this fellowship
Fellowship Application
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Personal statement: one page or fewer of any additional information you feel we should know about you
Three reference letters: Please have each reference email a letter familiar with your clinical ability and scientific and/or professional interests to Fellowship Coordinator, Antonia Dasilva,antonia.dasilva@yale.edu.
We are currently accepting applications for the next available position, which will begin in July 2026.
Richard J. Antaya, M.D., an authority in skin disorders affecting children, received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1985 and received his M.D. degree at Tufts University in 1989. He completed his residency training in pediatrics at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu in 1992, and spent the following three years practicing general pediatrics in the Army at Fort Polk, LA. There he served as chief of the pediatrics service and chief of the department of medicine. Dr. Antaya completed a second residency in dermatology at Duke University where he worked closely under the direction of the internationally recognized pediatric dermatologist Neil S. Prose, MD. He joined the Yale full time faculty in 1998 as the Director of Pediatric Dermatology. Dr. Antaya cares for infants, children and adolescents with diseases of the skin, hair, nails and sweat glands....
Professor of Dermatology; Director, Pediatric Dermatology; Medical Director, Yale Dermatology New Haven, Dermatology
Richard J. Antaya, M.D., an authority in skin disorders affecting children, received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1985 and received his M.D. degree at Tufts University in 1989. He completed his residency training in pediatrics at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu in 1992, and spent the following three years practicing general pediatrics in the Army at Fort Polk, LA. There he served as chief of the pediatrics service and chief of the department of medicine. Dr. Antaya completed a second residency in dermatology at Duke University where he worked closely under the direction of the internationally recognized pediatric dermatologist Neil S. Prose, MD. He joined the Yale full time faculty in 1998 as the Director of Pediatric Dermatology. Dr. Antaya cares for infants, children and adolescents with diseases of the skin, hair, nails and sweat glands....
Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs, Professor of Dermatology
Jean Bolognia has served as President of the Medical Dermatology Society, the Women’s Dermatologic Society and the American Dermatological Association, in addition to serving as Vice-President of the Society of Investigative Dermatology, the American Board of Dermatology, and the International Society of Dermatology. She has also been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology and the International League of Dermatological Societies. In the latter organization, she served as Secretary-General. Jean is the senior editor of the textbook Dermatology, which is now in its fourth edition, and Dermatology Essentials.
Aaron B. and Marguerite Lerner Professor and Chair of Dermatology. Professor of Genetics and Pathology. Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Development
Keith Choate M.D., Ph.D., is a physician-scientist who employs tools of human genetics to understand fundamental mechanisms of disease. His laboratory studies rare inherited and mosaic skin disorders to identify novel genes responsible for epidermal differentiation and development. His laboratory has identified the genetic basis of over 12 disorders and has developed new therapeutic approaches informed by genetic findings. His laboratory is funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and of Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, a division of the National Institutes of Health.Dr. Choate mentors undergraduate, graduate, and medical students in his laboratory, teaches at Yale Medical School, and trains resident physicians and fellows.