The American Board of Dermatology has selected two researchers as ABMS Scholars for 2026-2027. They are:
Elizabeth Bailey, MD, MPH – Stanford University School of Medicine, who will study Development of Entrustable Professional Activities for Dermatology Residency.
Drew Saylor, MD, MPH – University of California San Francisco, who will study Pathology Concordance as a Competency Milestone: Developing a Concordance Assessment Tool and EPA Framework for Frozen Section Interpretation in Mohs Surgery Fellowship.
“The ABD is looking forward to seeing the results of the research projects both Dr. Bailey and Dr. Saylor are pursuing,” says Erik J. Stratman, MD, ABD Associate Executive Director for Continuous Program Improvement and Research. “The specialty has benefitted from the work of our two previous dermatology scholars. Both of these scholars' projects are designed to help teachers better assess real world competencies in dermatology residents and fellows through the development of consensus-based competency assessment tools”
The ABMS Scholars Program is a year-long, part-time program that supports early-career physicians and researchers and facilitates their evolution as health care leaders within and across the ABMS community. Grants of $15,000 are awarded to support research and travel expenses associated with program participation and research deliverables. The grant may be applied to an existing research project with a new scope or an original research project.
Dr. Bailey is a clinical professor of dermatology at Stanford. She is also the residency program director, associate chair of education for the Department of Dermatology, and assistant deal of learner assessment and support for graduate medical education.
Dr. Saylor is an associate professor of dermatology at UCSF. She is also director of the MSDO fellowship program.
They are among 23 scholars chosen for the 2026-2027 program. The ABD is among the ABMS member boards who participate in the program.
ABMS Visiting Scholars are selected based on the quality of their proposed research project, the relevance of their research to the ABMS mission and the certification community, and demonstration of making significant progress on the project during the scholar year. Program participants remain at their home institutions, collaborate with self-selected mentors, and participate in monthly virtual sessions with research project-in-progress updates to peers, mentors, and subject matter experts.
