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University of California (San Francisco) Dermatology

Residency · San Francisco, CA

Sponsored by University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine · Director Erin Mathes

Class size
8
Visas
J-1, H-1BH-1B for some
PGY-1 salary
$102k2026 to 2027

Green flags

  • Fills every seat. Every seat filled in each of the last 5 Matches.
Your odds here. Carlo sets your scores, visa and goals against this program.

Getting in

How it chooses

  • All positions are filled through the NRMP Match from ERAS applications, with no positions offered outside the Match.

Who started, by class

Started 20262 on record of 8 seats
Started 202510 on record of 7 seats · 1 US MD · 8 published before starting
Started 202418 on record of 8 seats · 10 US MD · 14 published before starting

Training

6 training sites. Graduates on record most often went on to micrographic surgery and dermatologic oncology.

Months at each site

  • UCSF Health Mount Zion14 mo
  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center (San Francisco)8 mo
  • San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center8 mo
  • UCSF Health Parnassus3 mo
  • UCSF Health Mission Bay2 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Micrographic Surgery And Dermatologic Oncology Fellowship15
  • Dermatopathology Fellowship11
  • Pediatric Dermatology Fellowship11
  • Dermatology Fellowship5
  • Fellowship3
  • Internal Medicine Residency2

Where graduates work now

Research

73% of current residents have a paper since 2023

22 of 30, 150 papers between them

  • Contact Dermatitis and Allergies
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
  • Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
  • Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery

Life

$102k to start, $105k by PGY-2.

Pay by year

  • PGY-1$101,801
  • PGY-2$104,550

Place

Summers reach 70°, winters fall to 47°.

Weather by month

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Commute

1.1M people live within 20 minutes of UCSF Health Mount Zion by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $2,580 a month within 10 miles of UCSF Health Mount Zion.

Hazards

  • Earthquakes
  • River flooding
  • LNDS
  • Heat waves

People

Leadership

Publishes with residents

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