Overview & Salary
Overview
Diagnose and treat diseases relating to the skin, hair, and nails. May perform both medical and dermatological surgery functions.
On the job, you would:
- Conduct complete skin examinations.
- Diagnose and treat pigmented lesions such as common acquired nevi, congenital nevi, dysplastic nevi, Spitz nevi, blue nevi, or melanoma.
- Perform incisional biopsies to diagnose melanoma.
Education
- doctoral degree
- post-doctoral training
Salary
Annual 10th percentile $103,000
Annual median $239,200
Annual 90th percentile $239,200
Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge
Health
- medicine and dentistry
- therapy and counseling
Business
- customer service
- management
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Skills
Basic Skills
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Social
- looking for ways to help people
- understanding people's reactions
Personality & Abilities
Personality
Investigative
People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
- Attention to Detail
- Concern for Others
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Self Control
- Initiative
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Visual Understanding
- see hidden patterns
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
Memory
- remember words, numbers, pictures, or steps