Dermatology Residency Program Application Instructions

Thank you for your interest in the Dermatology Residency Training Program at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN). Please note that all applicants must register through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).

Our application season begins in mid- to late-September annually, aligning with the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) September residency timeline. Applications are accepted exclusively through ERAS.

We start contacting selected applicants for interviews in early December. Our application deadline for 2025 was Oct. 15.

We accept two dermatology residents annually. Our program is an Advanced Training Program (code: 1601080A0) with a joint agreement with our Transitional Year Program (code: 1601999P2). To use the joint agreement, rank our Dermatology Advanced Training Program on your main rank order list, and use the supplemental rank order list to rank our Transitional Year Program code if you’re interested in completing your Postgraduate Year One (PGY-1) transitional year at LVHN.

If you match with us, a spot in our Transitional Year Program is reserved for you. However, if you choose not to rank the LVHN Transitional Year Program, the unmatched spot will be offered to another applicant through the SOAP process, and you will join our dermatology program in PGY-2 after completing your transitional year elsewhere. The PGY-1 year is a Joint Advanced/Preliminary (A/P) Transitional Year Program. For more information about the Joint A/P, please refer to the NRMP website.

As a joint program applicant, you only need to apply to the Dermatology Residency in ERAS. For further details, please contact our program specialists.

If you have any additional, unanswered questions, please contact Michelle Brown via email: mbrown@adaltd.com or michelle.brown2@jefferson.edu