Northwestern Medicine offers general medical dermatology, surgical dermatology, adolescent dermatology and cosmetic dermatology services to help you keep your skin healthy and looking its best. Your skin is your body’s largest organ and keeping it healthy is important, not just for how you look and feel about yourself but also for your overall health and well-being. Our physicians understand that good health includes your body’s surface and know that skin health and appearance are important not only to your self-image, but to your general health as well.

The Department of Dermatology at Northwestern University prides itself on its service to patients, working with patients to find the best individualized treatment for their skin conditions. Ranked among the best dermatology departments in the country, we offer multidisciplinary clinics where specialists from other disciplines see patients alongside our dermatologists. We also offer the services of highly skilled surgeons, radiation and medical oncologists who are specialists in the treatment of melanoma.

Learn more about the Department of Dermatology Clinics.

Research and academics

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Dermatology conducts intensive research focusing on basic laboratory investigation of skin inflammation, skin cancer, keratinocyte biology, wound healing, epithelial stem cell research, cutaneous aging, and translational projects to develop new therapies. The Department of Dermatology also offers multiple fellowships, a dermatology residency and a combined residency in dermatology and medicine.