Tufts Medical Center-MA

Tufts

Boston, MA

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Website: www.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/OurServices/Dermatology/
NRMP: 1263080A0
ACGME: 0802421141

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2025–2026 Derm

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✅1. Highly recommend rotating at/applying to this program for future applicants! The rotation exposes you to many subspecialty clinics and you get tons of practice presenting and working directly with the attendings (most days sitting side by side with them all day in the charting room). Would describe the culture as extremely healthy, residents and attendings were smart, chill, and overall fun to be around. No huge egos, just good vibes and good learning

✅2. Second this ^

❌1. Did an away here and one of the APDs is just incredibly inappropriate and unkind to patients behind their backs. Very weird vibes overall.

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<- i feel like a lot is based on history no? I know at NYU they trained some of the trailblazers in derm (like way way back) and it was also big during the AIDS epidemic -- That's good to know. Tbh, I actually don't know much of anything about derm history, and wasn't aware. So do you think they got their reputation mostly based on years of continuous contributions to the field?

#9562019-2020 DermMar 23

NYU is the top creme de la creme program.

Mar 23

i would cream myself to match any of the top 5 x2 <My mentors have mentioned slightly different lists to me that they consider the top programs (though 3-4 of those always make the list), so it is all subjective. <<< Thanks for the input, good to know that they may not be as static as they seem

Mar 23

< would love to hear your mentors lists

Mar 23

Tufts, Harvard, BU, UCLA, UCSF

Mar 23

LOL <why are 3/5 in Boston? That just doesn't sound right to me.

Mar 23

I was a top applicant and emailed Colorado for an interview and they were like ... naw. And they only had one applying this year I heard. Not sure what their game plan was << SAME but with Tufts << Ok, 'top applicant' << lol

#13002019-2020 DermMar 23

Maybe CO was actually planning on filling these thru SOAP? Every year a few top 20 260+ applicants slip through the cracks for whatever reason... Maybe they were aiming for that exact group? <<if you believe this you are delusional lol

Mar 23

<lol in that case they could have just interviewed them. No program wants to soap. It is a bad look -- Most embarassing black mark a program can get

Mar 23

??? Harvard isn't the only school/hospital system in Boston.. also what else should boston people say when asked "where are you coming from?".. (I'm not even from Boston)x1< I think what he is saying people that say they "go to school in boston" are stuck up becuz they know Harvard is there and they trying to imply they go there. Bitches should just say they go to Tufts and not somewhere "in boston", its deliberate misleading, like when you on a blind date with a guy and kinda lie about some things to make him like you... same thing

#9602019-2020 DermMar 23

Umm, there's technically Tufts and BU as well x5

Mar 23

Wow I actually really liked tufts (except for the preinterview "dinner" - the W is cool but I want to sit when I eat)

#12892019-2020 DermMar 23

Does anyone know how to withdraw from the Tufts FAP program?

#24292018-2019 DermMar 22

never mind, not needed anymore

Mar 22

Tufts Dermatology is out! External, Non-Rotator

#21262018-2019 DermMar 22

Does anyone know anything about Tufts? heard anything about it?

#21212018-2019 DermMar 22

i know that theres a handful of programs (ucsf, suny downstate, tufts, etc) that ask for your step 2 score at some point, but did last year's applicants find that programs generally asked for your step 2 score before ranking you?

#8342017-2018 DermMar 23

I felt that was the general consensus. Are people really putting off Step 2 until that late in the season?

Mar 23

Yeah all the smart people are. I know you dont think your step 2 score is going to help you get an interview| I know you think your step 2 score is going to keep you from getting an interview.

Mar 23

The Step 2 by rank list time rule is more institutional-based than derm program based and that's more so that the programs at that institution aren't left hanging if you were not to pass Step 2 CS or CK.

Mar 23

Yale interview invite! Just got the call. External. x3

#6422017-2018 DermMar 23

Why is no one resolving the "No" for Yale to a "Yes" on the interview tab?

Mar 23

I think someone may have protected the yes/no columns, may have to wait for D to come back to fix that.

Mar 23

Don't think so, because Tufts and Southern Illinois were changed to a "yes" well after a comment was left for Yale to be changed to a "yes"

Mar 23

If you look at the formula, it's set to automatically change to a "Yes" when you put in the date for First Actual Contact Date (which has not been done yet for Yale)

Mar 23

Oh right, I'm an idiot. Looks like it's fixed! | Anyone know if Yale sends out in batches or am I just worthless?

Mar 23

Based on your question, probably the latter l ...

Mar 23

One school is not a measure of your self worth - I'm sure you're amazing!

Mar 23

Internals have not received invites, so there's still hope. | FYI Yale called this AM (external x1) so there's still hope....

Mar 23

Yale internal x1 this morning as well. x2

Mar 23

Did you guys mean this morning, as in 11/1? l Yes, 11/1 x2

Mar 23

Tufts Invites. External. x2

#6402017-2018 DermMar 23

Anyone know what programs absolutely require STEP 2 in order for application to be reviewed?

#14642016-2017 DermMar 22

only one I'm aware of on the website is Tufts.

Mar 22

UCSF, Cleveland Clinic...

Mar 22

FYI I got an interview at Tufts without taking either Step 2 yet

Mar 22

UCSF? I remember they want something special for Step 2

Mar 22

i think they require step 2 to be RANKED

Mar 22

That's what I understood from their official website, as well. Said need Step 2 scores to be ranked

Mar 22

NRMP Charting Outcomes of the Match 2016 -- Dermatology is on page 42 of 211 --> http://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Charting-Outcomes-US-Allopathic-Seniors-2016.pdf

#14492016-2017 DermMar 22

Thank you to whoever posted this link, I added a tab in our Google Spreadsheet called "Outcomes" to include the explanations right next to each measure so that it's easier for everyone to read and actually understand what the data means. Good luck to everyone!

Mar 22

wow mvp x 2

Mar 22

Wow, this was fantastic! x2

Mar 22

I added a list of Derm programs that didn't fill from the 2016 Match to your added tab from this other link, if you don't mind me adding it: http://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Main-Match-Program-Results-2012-2016.pdf

Mar 22

I don't mind at all!! I didn't even know that existed. Thanks for posting that info.

Mar 22

What do people think of the programs who had unmatched spots? Strange? Did they just have terrible impressions on everyone during interview day or just not rank well?

Mar 22

My opinion: Some of them looked to be flukes (Case, Dartmouth, maybe Tufts), others were new starting programs (Temple), the rest of them I wasn't really surprised at going unfilled since they were lower-tier Derm programs (Howard, VCU, Oklahoma, UTHSC San Antonio, etc.). I honestly think they got too cocky with their rank list and there are only so many top-tier Derm applicants (in a pool that is so strong already to begin with).

Mar 22

As someone with inside knowledge on one of the "lower-tier" unmatched programs last year, I can tell you they both got too cocky and ran into some weather issues that resulted in cancellations by a couple of interviewees and left a bad taste in interviewees mouths based on how the program handled some of the interview day logistics.| <-- You the MVP thank you! x2

Mar 22

What does FAP mean for Tufts?

#14222016-2017 DermMar 22

Tufts Dermatology out! x2 Anyone get confirmation yet?

#12832016-2017 DermMar 22

FYI someone deleted tufts from the chitchat archive posts yet again| the spreadsheet owner can write protect the cells in the chitchat archive to prevent tampering

#6432016-2017 DermMar 22

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