Case Western/Univ Hosps Cleveland Med Ctr-OH

Case Western UH

Cleveland, OH

Website: www.uhhospitals.org/medical-education/dermatology-medical-education/dermatology-residency
NRMP: 1552080A1 / 1552080A0
ACGME: 0803821120

Applicant sentiment — from 98 anonymous posts, 2017–2027

4.2 / 10

What anonymous posters said

Several posts describe confusion distinguishing the University Hospitals/Case Western and MetroHealth/Case Western programs, along with recurring questions about interview invites, scheduling, and a screening questionnaire. Multiple commenters suggested the program tends to match many of its own students internally, and a few described mixed impressions of the interview experience.

AI-generated summary of opinions expressed in anonymous, unverified posts. It describes what posters wrote, not verified facts about this program. Based on these 98 posts · Updated Aug 2026 · Contest or respond to this entry · Takedown & right of reply

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Any RY fellowships that basically guarantee match? Pls don't say Sinai because I go there and they don't guarantee

#3192025–2026 DermFeb 21

I thought they do for MD RY fellowships?

Feb 21

UTHouston does

Feb 21

which PI at UT Houston?

Feb 21

Dr. Adelaide A. Hebert

Feb 21

Dell in Texas has matched their fellow every year for the past several years

Feb 21

Hebert doesn't know if she will have one and Dell lost funding for this upcoming year for their RY> UH case

Feb 21

northwell Garg it looks like

Feb 21

UH CASE DOES NOT GUARANTEE (HORRIBLE REP OF NOT MATCHING FELLOW PRE DOC AND POST DOC)

Feb 21

Thoughts on case western UH?

#1442025–2026 DermFeb 21

cleveland

Feb 21

are they more of a rotation mill or like to interview their rotators?

Feb 21

rotation mill

Feb 21

I know someone who rotated and didn't get an interview, the cleveland programs tend to take a lot of home students from CWRU

Feb 21

and also... cleveland >

Feb 21

Is it just me or do Hopkins students not match all that well compared to other peer schools?

#36132025–2026 DermApr 15

bro they went 10/13 this year at crazy institutions. yeah their derm deparment is weaker but they matched incredibly well. also hopkins r

Apr 15

Two people in T5s, two more in T10s...pretty solid if u ask me

Apr 15

Also, people have higher priorities than matching at the “top” programs. Who wants to go to Harvard work-horse and live in miserable Boston

Apr 15

Bruh, in what world is UCSF, Northwestern, UCSD, NYU, Southwestern not impressive. I also think it’s impressive that everyone was able to match at other institutions besides Hopkins. It’s prob more impressive than say, CWRU where a bunch of internals stayed

Apr 15

Plus being able to match at some of these CA / NYC programs without aways, crackedd

Apr 15

Lmao Hopkins really catching strays this cycle

Apr 15

bro they went 10/12 this year at crazy institutions. yeah their derm deparment is weaker but they matched incredibly well. also hopkins r

Apr 15

Agreed, some folks want to prioritize happiness

Apr 15

prestige and there's nothing wrong with that. Also matching 10 people from a single institution is a huge accomplishment.

Apr 15

Agree, CWRU tends to just match their internals

Apr 15

Hopkins as a med school is very good so the name prob carries despite the derm dpt being not as strong >Also, people have higher priorities than matching at the “top” programs. Who wants to go to Harvard work-horse and live in miserable Boston

Apr 15

Agreed, some folks want to prioritize happiness over prestige and there's nothing wrong with that. Also matching 10 people from a single institution is a huge accomplishment.

Apr 15

some ppl like boston tho

Apr 16

So sorry for infiltrating the spreadsheet, but I could use some real advice. I'm choosing between Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (a subset of Case Western's medcial school) vs Yale School of Medicine. Very interested in derm and really don't think I will swap out. Yale is $100k more expensive. CCLCM is closer to home, has free tuition for all students, and has built in research. Tons of supportive research mentors for CCLCM students, plus they have 3 home programs in derm. Should I go CCLCM or Yale?

#36232025–2026 DermApr 24

CCLCM is the obvious choice. Cost is so important, you will be well supported, and Yale struggled with derm match this year anyways

Apr 24

Ah yes hopkins deleting any info about them, as per usual

#36172025–2026 DermApr 18

Bring it back plz

Apr 18

It was mostly positive toward Hopkins, idk why they would be the ones to delete it

Apr 19

what is the tea about them

Apr 20

there's no tea, it was actually just a bunch of people defending Hopkins. idk why someone was so pressed to delete it

Apr 21

[COPIED FROM PRIOR VERS] Is it just me or do Hopkins students not match all that well compared to other peer schools?

Apr 21

bro they went 10/12 this year at crazy institutions. yeah their derm deparment is weaker but they matched incredibly well. also hopkins r

Apr 21

Two people in T5s, two more in T10s...pretty solid if u ask me

Apr 21

Agreed, some folks want to prioritize happiness over prestige and there's nothing wrong with that. Also matching 10 people from a single institution is a huge accomplishment.

Apr 21

some ppl like boston tho

Apr 21

[COPIED FROM PRIOR VERS] Bruh, in what world is UCSF, Northwestern, UCSD, NYU, Southwestern not impressive. I also think it’s impressive that everyone was able to match at other institutions besides Hopkins. It’s prob more impressive than say, CWRU where a bunch of internals stayed

Apr 21

Agree, CWRU tends to just match their internals

Apr 21

Plus being able to match at some of these CA / NYC programs without aways, crackedd

Apr 21

Why did someone delete the comment about yale only matching 4/12 this year? Does anyone know if their home department really isn't supportive of their students / dealing with toxicity issues for 8 of their candidates to not match?

#34182025–2026 DermMar 21

negative comments about yale are always deleted quickly...

Mar 21

4/12 is crazy, but I also go to a 'top' program and we only had half of our candidates matched... if any school matched all of their candidates (>4) i'd be impressed. On an unrelated note, I saw a lot of PR students match this cycle which is pretty sick, good on them.

Mar 21

stanford matched all 5 internals this year. i think they've matched up to 12 in previous years. def at least 8.

Mar 21

half of the people matching at top programs is crazy when the overall match rate for t40 NIH funded schools is like 80% lmao

Mar 21

Case Western matched 13

Mar 22

reapplicant here:( how can i see what programs had R spots available this past cycle? also does that change every year?>> Yup changes every year, there was approximately 7 or 8 when I submitted ERAS and maybe 4-6 that came out from start to end of cycle

#33492025–2026 DermMar 17

this year I think was UCSF, case western, midwestern, UTMB, puerto rico, larkin, pcom georgia, temple, mcg, utah - half of those came out halfway through the cycle

Mar 17

The ones from the start of the cycle: Lark S Miami (not real, reserved for the unpaid research fellow), Case Western, Midwestern, DCC-Flint, UTMB, PR, PCOM, Georgia. Later ones that came out but from the grapevines they only interviewed people that had already signaled earlier in the cycle and/or were reserved for internal as there wasn't any mention of new reapplicants that hadn't originally signaled getting IIs: UCSF, Temple, MCG, NYMC, Wayne State, Utah

Mar 17

The ones from the start of the cycle: Lark S Miami (not real, reserved for the unpaid research fellow), Case Western, Midwestern, Dartmouth, DCC-Flint, UTMB, PR, PCOM, Georgia. Later ones that came out but from the grapevines they only interviewed people that had already signaled earlier in the cycle and/or were reserved for internal as there wasn't any mention of new reapplicants that hadn't originally signaled getting IIs: UCSF, Temple, MCG, NYMC, Wayne State, Utah

Mar 18

The ones from the start of the cycle: Larkin S Miami (not real, reserved for the unpaid research fellow), Case Western, Midwestern, Dartmouth, DCC-Flint, UTMB, PR, PCOM, Georgia. Later ones that came out but from the grapevines they only interviewed people that had already signaled earlier in the cycle and/or were reserved for internal as there wasn't any mention of new reapplicants that hadn't originally signaled getting IIs: UCSF, Temple, MCG, NYMC, Wayne State, Utah

Mar 19

Wondering if anyone has any information on whether aways at Ohio State and/or Case Western are worth it> Did an away ot Ohio state and got an interview and solid feedback but they pretty much always take at least two internals so it's not super high yield.

#24712024-2025 DermMar 16

has anyone heard about the girl who graduated from case western UH and did mohs who failed boards? does the program not prepare you well for your exams or what's the deal there

#16802024-2025 DermMar 16

Are there any more open interview slots for Case Western University Hospitals?

#15042024-2025 DermMar 16

anyone know the tea about the senior case western resident who got dismissed and why???

#13352024-2025 DermMar 16

Thoughts on Case Western University Hospital?

#4982024-2025 DermMar 16

anyone do an away at tufts? how was it? < tuff < liked it and interviewed<any other info?

#6492022-2023 DermMar 21

I moved the comment on Case Western's program to the Away Rotation Impressions tab because it was expanding the row

Mar 21

Curious what people think about whether derm is visa-friendly for applicants from US med schools? << It depends on the particular visa that you would need (H-1B, J-1, etc.), but as long as you're a graduate of an American medical school, preferably an allopathic medical school, you should be fine. I would check out different derm residency websites to see what their policy is as it's very much an individual program thing. I know places like Case Western Reserve's medical school take some Canadian students, so this question is more common than one might think. < Stanford matched an international med student from Brown this year, I would imagine there are a few others at other programs too!

#6152022-2023 DermMar 21

J-1 visa is easier than H-1B but some programs offer H-1B too, I would email the program coordinators

Mar 21

I wonder with things being virtual in terms of interviews, whether derm residency programs are now looking inwards and thus mainly recruiting from internal candidates (who they have known for a longer period of time over 4-5 years), unlike when you got to meet external candidates face to face in formal interviews. Case Western Derm matching mainly their own students at Case is very unusual and not at all in line with how they have matched Derm applicants in previous years and in the last two decades. Or maybe it's just possible they're being nicer and better to their home students.

#5882022-2023 DermMar 21

people are just here to find echochamber to reinforce their bias without any evidence. << Probably true, although it doesn't really answer why certain derm residency programs that never used to recruit heavily from their internal home candidates are now suddenly doing that a lot more. < they could just be better candidates.... << And you think that wasn't the case in the past? I've matched so it's not really an issue for me, but I do think that future medical students (especially those who are maybe of lower income and don't have as many resources at their particular medical school) applying to Derm should be able to know if it's really worth taking the time to rotate at a particular place or applying to a particular program if they really don't have a chance of getting an interview or matching there.

Mar 21

Case western taking their own students is like an NFL scout picking students from LSU... why wouldn't top med schools feed into their own home programs? < Why the FUCK would you say LSU and not Alabama in this example? < What's the difference between the two? <<< To the OP, I guarantee you in past match cycles Case Western has gotten students from top tier med schools, so to use your analogy, they're actually dropping down, compared to before when they were clawing their way up in terms of matched Derm applicants.> Wayne state and UIC are not top med schools, maybe in the midwest << Case Western is a much higher ranked Derm residency program compared to UIC and Wayne State, due to their clinical & basic science research base. < what the fuck is the point of this comment. of course this is a true statement that has nothing to do with this discussion. im waiting on someone to tell me which harvard or yale student case western has matched recently. << Why are you so salty?<because someone is lying, distracting, and or all of the above to hide up observations about the case western match list and likely rank list that are not only true. but useful for future applicants. so obvious when this happens. << I have no idea why UIC and Wayne State were brought into the discussion.<those are med schools the residents from case western the last 4 years have come from. midwest schools. they take residents from midwest state schools they dont have harvard students interviewing there and ranking them high very often. that is useful to know. < Again, that's not been Case Western's recruiting process previously. They're not a state flagship. They've matched people coming from USC, Pitt, Harvard, Penn, etc. but stay salty and mad.

Mar 21

no one has shown proof of recent yale or harvard to case western residents. its not hard to pull up a link of someone online if this actually exists. if it exists it is a rare phenomenon and they probably had family in the area or something. why the heck else would you want to go to cleveland <<< This isn't criminal court. You can either believe it or not. No one cares.>again, just showing this spreadsheet is full of bad faith actors who dont really care to point out things that are helpful to most future applicants. if you are a midwest area student with strong credentials for dermatology application case western is probably a good target program for you. no one seriously looks at case western when they interview there and think shit do i not have a shot here because the 5 harvard and yale people are going to end up here over me. you do feel that way, however at other midwest programs sometimes.

Mar 21

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