NOV 2021
Upcoming Events

Save the Dates:
  1. Renew your MEMBERSHIP now for $50 discount!
  2. NMA Research presents "Journal Club" (Nov 14, 7pm EST)
  3. NMA Derm Mentorship Christmas Mixer (Dec 19, 6-8 pm EST)
  4. NMA Derm Reception at AAD Convention (Saturday, March 26, 2022)
  5. NMA Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly (July 29- Aug 2, 2022) Atlanta, GA
It's application season. Are your mentees prepared?
We all can recall the application-season-induced anxiety and insomnia we endured as 4th-year medical students. Well, believe it or not, applying to dermatology is harder than ever. The average applicant has at least 15 publications (or something just as ridiculous). While some programs such as the Howard University Department of Dermatology are turning the tides so students may enjoy their short 4 years of medical school again, the rest of us need to help the students.

Here are the ways you can help:
1) become an NMA Derm mentor
2) join this Sunday's journal club hosted by NMA Derm Past Chair Dr. Valerie Callender and NMA Derm Research Director Dr. Hope Mitchell as they refresh our memories on the best practices for writing case reports. This will help you when we ask you to provide cases for mentees.
3) host an Nth Dimensions Scholar this summer at your practice
4) join the NMA Derm Advocacy Committee

On another note, look out for the NEW NMA Derm OBSERVERSHIP Program. I was inspired with this idea after Dr. Sharon Belmo of London, England and Dr. Hope Mitchell of Toledo,Ohio visited my practice last week. Let's all learn from each other! We will announce the launch in the near future.

Finally, have you missed a newsletter? We will continue to post past newsletters on our webpage, www.nmaderm.org.

Looking forward to seeing you all this spring at the AAD and this summer at the NMA meetings!

--Chesahna Kindred, MD, MBA, FAAD
Chair
NMA Derm
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NMA Derm Research committee
Sunday Nov 14, 2021 7-8pm EST
Guest: Dr. Valerie Callender

NMA Derm research committee is excited to present its first monthly journal club THIS Sunday. If you are looking to strengthen your skills in writing case reports, then this is the journal club for you! Looking forward to seeing you and even your mentees there!

Meeting ID: 854 9975 2418
While not required, it is preferred that you read these two case reports below prior to the journal club. Click the articles to download.
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1) This summer allow a black 1st-year medical student to shadow you at your practice while the Nth Dimensions program takes care of everything else. This is a fulfilling project that strengthens the pipeline for NMA Derm.

Email [email protected] if interested.

2) If you have a 1st-year black medical student mentee, please share the application with them. The deadline is December 1.

3) To further support the dermatology pathway program, Nth Dimensions is currently recruiting/hiring personnel for
  • Associate Director of Clinical Education (part-time)
  • Program Coordinator
Dr. Hope Mitchell demonstrating a suturing techniques with Nth Dimensions scholars at the AAD Bioskills workshop at Howard University.
Dr. Chesahna Kindred teaching about the ABCDE's of melanoma and dermoscopy with Nth Dimensions scholars at the AAD Bioskills workshop at Howard University.
Yolanda Holmes, MD, FAAD
Director of NMA Derm Membership Committee
Why join/renew?
While you’re looking out for your patients’ lives, the NMA is looking out for your livelihood. The challenges you face as a black physician are staggering. Black physicians treat more black patients, more poor patients, and sicker patients than most other physicians. NMA is hard at work supporting your interests.

Two payments: NMA Derm section and NMA

All NMA Derm Members pay this:


All NMA Members pay one of these:




NMA Derm Mentorship Committee
This is a busy time for NMA Derm mentorship. Please see below for exciting opportunities to help us grow.

-Dr. DiAnne Davis
he NMA Dermatology Mentorship Committee was established to increase the representation of under-represented minorities in the field of dermatology. By connecting mentees with mentors we aim to engage, enlighten, and empower individuals on their development to advancing their career as a dermatologist through guidance on the application and interviewing process as well as professional development beyond residency training.

We love to have you sign up as a mentor by filling out the form!
This Thanksgiving, let's highlight our 4th-year NMA Derm Mentees!

Look out for the social media series this November featuring NMA Derm 4th year medical students applying to dermatology this cycle.

If you are on the resident admissions committee, this is a great way to learn a bit more about the applicants!
Do you have a challenging case?

If you have a challenging or interesting case, present it at the next regional meeting. Simply reach out to your regional director that you have a case to present. Members in your region will provide helpful feedback and share their practices. Email address at the end of this email.
Should wigs be covered by insurance?
Join Dr. Peterson Pierre and the NMA Derm Advocacy Committee as they support the bill sponsored by Rep. Ayanna Pressley

Email: NMA Derm Advocacy to help.
Interested in being a journal editor?
If you are interested in reviewing articles to be published in the Journal of the National Medical Association (JNMA) and/or the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD or blue journal)
email: [email protected] with "Journal Editor" in the subject line.