The University of Texas Medical Branch Dermatology Interest Group (UTMB DIG) is a resource for medical students interested in Dermatology as well as for dermatologists and residents.
Editors
Current Editors: Fareen Momin and Jane Onyemachi
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Past Editors: Andrea Francis, Renat Ahatov, Michael Phan, Elise Weisert, Michael Ryan, Keith Wagner, Tim Allen, Kristyna Gleghorn, Dung Mac, Alex Acosta, William Tausend, Sheila Jalalat, Rebecca Philips, Chelsea Altinger, Lindsey Hunter, Alison Wiesenthal, Leslie Scroggins, Mara Dacso, Ashley Group, Fadi Constantine, Emily Fridlington, Joslyn Witherspoon, Tasneem Poonawalla.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Congressional Interest for Increasing Number of Residency Positions
The Texas Medical Association is reporting (It’s Academic, Volume 9, Number 10, October 2012) that a bill has been introduced to the United States House of Representatives (Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act) that would create 3000 additional residency positions annually for the next 5 years. However, this pending legislation may not lead to the creation of additional dermatology residency positions nationally, since one of the goals of the bill is to create positions in federally defined physician shortage specialties.