U Miami/Jackson Health System-FL

Miami

Miami, FL

NRMP: 1104080A0 / 1104080R1
ACGME: 0801121026

Sentiment score: 4.8 / 10

U Miami/Jackson Health System is viewed as a competitive top-10 dermatology program with strong reputation, but applicants express significant concerns about program culture, disorganization, and controversial practices such as not interviewing all internal medical students. The program generates mixed reactions regarding interview logistics, work environment (early didactics, Saturday clinics), and faculty dynamics, with some describing it as 'malignant' while others defend it as a solid training opportunity.

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Fame & Shame

2025–2026 Derm

5 entries

✅1. One of the best well rounded training programs in the country. You'll work hard but come out really well trained especially in complex med derm. The best academic derms I've met have trained here. Plus it's in Miami lol (could be a con for the price and if you don't like big cities though). Some concerns for toxicity in the past but now have been vastly improved with new leadership who are super supportive of their residents. Residents also really echoed this during interviews. Really great interview day, faculty and residents seem very nice and happy to be living and training there. Away rotations are high yield here (auto IV). While Spanish is helpful, it's not absolutely required especially since its derm, but there is plenty of interpreter help available if needed (especially at the county hospital). PD and chair are amazing and constantly hiring new faculty both nationally and internationally. Many unique and rare specialty clinics. Pretty much every faculty does research. May not be the best program to go if you want a chiller schedule however.

✅2. Despite being one of the largest derm academic programs, their cosmetic training is really solid. Can't say the same for other big academic programs. Really strong surgical exposure too. Will get to manage conditions others only read about.

✅3. Fantastic away rotation experience. They spent a ton of time getting to know me and hear about my goals and how the department could support those goals. Also, extremely hands on rotation.

✅4. I've only heard amazing things from the alumni of this program with regards to culture and training. The chair is awesome. Multiple resident wellness days off each year, good elective time in final year to purse your interests

❌1. A true beacon of toxicity, from the students to the residents to the faculty. Workhorse program and hours. The pay is -not- enough for living reasonably in downtown Miami. The APD takes pride in the amount of inpatient hour and weekend calls this program has as if this is some kind of benefit/as if the majority of you will actually go into academic medicine or complex med-derm. The pro comment mentions "new leadership" but it has been the same 3 (chair, PD, APD) in charge for the last 4 or 5 years that pick favorites. This claim that the rigor will provide excellent training will frankly be disproven if you met any batch of the recently selected cohorts over the last few years. Rank high solely off location, but do not pretend the program is riding off anything but its name and the select faculty that are renowned.

“Agree on the pay to COL comment, but I personally only had great interactions with the faculty and residents so not really sure where your comments coming from. I won't dispute it though because everyone has there own experience, but I think its important for others to form their own opinion on people through in person interactions. Also, I personally found their residents to be incredibly well trained, and have worked with some of their alumni who are also leaders in the field. I think you're right to say they want those who are looking to stay in academia and advance the field, and that's honestly not the majority of derm applicants so its possible this disconnect is where the 'toxicity' is being referred to.”

Was offered a 2 week observorship by Dr. Kiken in Miami this september, anyone know if this will be similar to an away/has anyone gotten something like this?

#4222026-2027 Derm6d ago

are you referring to UMiami? or a different program in Miami?

5d ago

umiami, I meant Dr. Kirsner

2d ago

I think if you have no other true aways lined up at that time, it could still be useful for exposure to the department. But considering Miami only gives like 4 true aways per year that are attached to an interview, an observership probably won't carry as much weight unless your app is exceptionally strong

2d ago

i'm going to take it for facetime and try and make the most of it

2d ago

Nice you got this!

2d ago

What are the best programs for Mohs? Interested in a residency with strong surgical training

#4202026-2027 DermJul 16

NYU

6d ago

I've heard places with a good track record of matching mohs include univ florida, univ arizona, Mayo, U Miami, UTSW

6d ago

geisinger and iowa. geisinger has lots of mohs and one of the best mohs matching track rates. Iowa does a lot of mohs as well and has a very strong program

6d ago

also Cincinnati and they always keep their own residents as fellow

3d ago

Is ther a list of programs particulary interested in candidates with basic/translational research?

#4042026-2027 DermJul 6

stanford come to mind

Jul 7

penn

Jul 7

any program that has a special research resident spot or combined med-derm program. Would also look at programs that take a lot of Mh/PhDs

Jul 8

jhu as well

Jul 8

miami, utsw, ucsf, michigan

Jul 9

sinai?

Jul 10

What non-ivory tower / community programs historically take T20 med students without RYs?

#3522026-2027 DermJun 14

what do you mean by non-ivory tower programs... it's derm.

Jun 14

not op, but I strongly dislike this sentiment that some people have. As much as derm is competitive, there ARE ivory programs and non-ivory programs. Harvard, Yale, Penn, UCSF. An example of a non-ivory program: MCW. There will always be stratifications even in the most competitive of things, and these stratifications are always worth keeping in mind when you can only apply to 28 programs

Jun 14

ivory tower is a meaningless label, the earlier you learn that the better off you'll be

Jun 14

ivory tower is a meaningless label, the earlier you learn that the better off you'll be>>> yeah a ton of harvard/penn/ucsf grades end up going into private practice...

Jun 14

umm, yes ivory tower doesn't mean better training, but it is considered prestigious and harder to match. OP isn't asking about ivory tower programs, they're asking about non-ivory programs, so your "the earlier you learn" comment comes off as not helpful and condescending

Jun 15

this whole let's not talk about the T10 things is weird and comes off as gatekeepy. These programs exist and people will still be applying to them. Besides, I agree with the previous commenter, OP is asking about non-ivory tower/community programs. No need to step up on y'all's soapbox

Jun 15

When I rotated at Orange Park they had MD residents from UMiami and UCLA. But I know at least the UMiami grad rotated there and they seem to highly prefer their rotators.

Jun 28

what does it take to match T5?

#872026-2027 DermApr 5

Worry about matching and don't obcess with T5! T5 match seems to be a lot of who you know, though.

Apr 5

anyone know how imgs match into t5 unis, meanwhile so many us applicants are trying to match

Apr 5

they tend to do research years (sometimes multiple) with PIs who have strong pull at their home programs. Of course they have great STEPS and work ethic, but the research years are really what cements a lot of their potential in matching

Apr 6

Yikes, why are we so snarky about IMGs matching. Imagine the goated application they must have had

Apr 6

IMGs will almost exclusively only match derm at a place they've done multiple RYs. This could be a top tier program (e.g. I think Penn, Stanford, Miami have taken some in the past) or not. They very likely grinded very hard and put in some good work and deserve that spot

Apr 8

Y'all who's gonna start the convo re what schools are best to do aways at? :Z open to hearing opinions. Some schools have stopped gauraunteeing IIs to away candidates, others have begun to prioritize internal/away candidates much more... what yall think? :)

#202026-2027 DermMar 21

Rush interviewed everyone who did an away this year, didn't happen previous years but thought it would be helpful to know! Great program!

Mar 21

theres a tab in the 25-26 sheet about aways that didnt interview rotators

Mar 21

i do not rec OSU, it is an awful away. rude faculty, rude residents. you will be miserable. easy away to get but occupy your time with another school

Mar 21

< echoing this. they interview all rotators but they are an interesting bunch..

Mar 21

I think the top program that guarantees an interview if you do an away is Miami. But they only take 4-8 rotators per year so if you get one you can be pretty well assured they like your app. They usually match 1-2 away rotators also despite having 30+ internals per year. Emory also guarantees an away. As does Tulane. Some texas programs do as well

Mar 22

Texas doesn't seem to match non-Texans often tho

Mar 22

UTSW does occasionally

Mar 23

what is the best program for mohs?

#36062025–2026 DermApr 8

iowa

Apr 8

have heard Miami has a really high Mohs match rate and strong procedural training

Apr 8

I think they have one Mohs spot per year, but yea some years match 3-4 into Mohs

Apr 8

i heard geisinger basically guarnantees home students match there

Apr 8

is there a resource to research different mohs fellowships?

Apr 9

there is no such thing as a "best" program for Mohs

Apr 14

there are several programs that save their Mohs spot for their internals

Apr 28

Research years that guarantee match? How do I find these?

#35802025–2026 DermApr 1

I think cornell is like the only one

Apr 1

Cornell does not match every research fellow

Apr 1

cornell barely matches 1 fellow, if any, per year (correct me if im wrong)

Apr 2

is there a list somewhere?

Apr 1

I don't think anything or anyone can guarantee you a match

Apr 1

pretty much none? imo if an institution matches back a good amount of their RY students I would take that as a positive

Apr 1

larkin palm springs research year with Dr. Skopit guarantees match

Apr 1

i know a cornell fellow who didnt match anywhere

Apr 1

Tulane and UAB are guaranteed

Apr 1

cornell does not match their own fellows very often

Apr 2

larkin south miami research year with Dr. Skopit guarantees match

Apr 2

Cornell does not match every research fellow this is absolutely false about cornell, they are not loyal> larkin south miami research year with Dr. Skopit guarantees match

Apr 2

The Maryland RY seems pretty guaranteed as well, not back to Maryland per say but just derm

Apr 2

MUSC

Apr 2

cornell does not match their own fellows very often>> Larkin South Miami home of the pay2play derm position has an unpaid RY which they will guarantee your acceptance the following year in their wonderful program

Apr 3

did anyone get RTM call from miami?

#33932025–2026 DermMar 19

there was actually alot of useful info that got deleted earlier (not re: miami but overall) and had some insider advice. so like ya'll are cray bc that info could be helpful for reapps

Mar 19

post in new spreadsheet and lock it

Mar 19

most of it got synced to the link above! the medmatchforum thingy

Mar 19

lol did you really set up a cron to pull from gsheets. you had time today i see lol

Mar 19

Someone is crashing out and deleting everything. "Anonymous Moose"

Mar 20

anounymous moose you def need to not be like this .

Mar 20

Can someone spill the tea

Mar 20

did yall see the news abt umiami urologist molesting med students and residents, what does that say abt culture?

#31062025–2026 DermFeb 26

prorbably says that the culture is not good, idk tho

Mar 7

Are they in the filesate convo)

Mar 7

Link?

Mar 7

Google.com

Mar 7

so it didn't happen

Mar 7

https://x.com/alextatem/status/2025759028148658664 (assuming all of this is true, otherwise the author who is clearly identified would easily be sued for defamation/slander)

Mar 7

<< Hi yall this is 100% accurate, I went to UMiami for my 5 years and the sketchiness is not limited to the Urology department. Look at how they forced out the first Hispanic female general surgery chair for retaliation after she whistleblew on poor outcomes from on of the colleagues in her department (https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article272278143.html ) (Lawsuit link: https://profiles.foxchase.org/en/clippings/renowned-surgeon-and-first-latinahispanic-female-chair-of-surgery/ ) . UMiami Dermatology has not had any overt scandals like this but it is by no means a warm culture, the majority of residents that graduate from this cohort are major frenemey vibes and anyone that has experienced the residents will realize the training is SUBPAR and extremely overrated. This is a good residency program for optics, clout, and to be in a fun city (e.g Miami) but it is by NO MEANS a cush program, a good working enviorment program, or a program that will actually make you a more competent physician compared to others.

Mar 7

absolutely cooked lol

Apr 7

Highly disagree, Miami is amazing.

Apr 7

<< Hi yall this is 100% accurate, I went to UMiami for my 5 years and the sketchiness is not limited to the Urology department. Look at how they forced out the first Hispanic female general surgery chair for retaliation after she whistleblew on poor outcomes from on of the colleagues in her department (https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article272278143.html ) (Lawsuit link: https://profiles.foxchase.org/en/clippings/renowned-surgeon-and-first-latinahispanic-female-chair-of-surgery/ ) . UMiami Dermatology has not had any overt scandals like this but it is by no means a warm culture. This is a good residency program for optics, clout, and to be in a fun city (e.g Miami) but it is by NO MEANS a cush program, a good working enviorment program, or a program that will actually make you a more competent physician compared to others.

Apr 7

Did Miami mention anything about post IV communication?

#28012025–2026 DermFeb 21

they said def no thank yous, didnt say anything about LOIs

Feb 21

for people who interviewed at miami already, around what time did you finish?

#27142025–2026 DermFeb 21

Did Miami mention anything about post-interview communication?

#26812025–2026 DermFeb 21

I wonder how programs like Penn with multiple tracks end up ranking people... like if they really want someone, will they rank that person high on all the tracks they applied to??? ofc we won't know but just wondering

#26692025–2026 DermFeb 21

personally not a big fan of such strict 'tracts' applicants have to pigeonhole themselves into, Miami has some too

Feb 21

i think each track is ranked separately

Feb 21

After this process, it's no wonder why very few decide to stay in academics. All of your incoming derm residents come in completely burned out, and you wonder why they want to do private practice lol

#26342025–2026 DermFeb 21

and for me, disillusioned by the systems (even as someone with iis)

Feb 21

my shoulder has definitely become chipped throughout this process.

Feb 21

thoughs on UMiami program? - look at fame and shame

Feb 21

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