Traits That a Good Dermatologist Should Have In His Personality

Gary B Rosen MD
2 min readJan 16, 2018

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Dermatologists are the doctors who treat or handle the situations related to skin. Dermatologists have a degree in medicine and then further specialize in the field of dermatology. They treat people just like other doctors but their patients have problems related to dermatology. Having the skills and knowledge about related field can make any dermatologist good at his job.

Gary B Rosen MD — Dermatologist, The Eye Associates

A dermatologist should have some specific skills and traits in his personality to provide the services to people effectively. If you are looking for a competent dermatologist then you should see these traits in his personality and if you are a dermatologist then make sure that you have an impressive personality including these below-mentioned skills.

Specialties and Experience

No doctor can understand the problem or situation if he does not have enough knowledge and experience in the field. And the treatment of the problem completely depends on the understanding of doctor about the problem. If a doctor cannot understand the problem, the treatment for that problem will be difficult for him. So a dermatologist should have the required specialties and experience to treat his patients.

Personal Abilities

A dermatologist should have the abilities to treat the patients effectively and to do that he has to interact with the patient first. The doctor must have the abilities to interact with the patient in a way that he can understand what his patient is saying. For all of this process, the communication is very necessary. A doctor should have the good communication skills which can make him understand the situation of his patient and he should also make his patient understand the situation that how he can help him in this matter.

Impressive Credentials

A dermatologist should always have the impressive credentials and relevant education system to be a competent doctor. He must have a degree in medicine and then he should have specialized courses of the dermatology for better understanding. The more knowledge he has about his field the more effectively he would be able to treat his patients. Doctors who have impressive grades throughout their education system has better placement for residency and then ultimately becomes the more competent doctor at the end.

These are some of the traits that should be considered compulsory in order to become a good doctor whether he is a dermatologist or specializes in another field.

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Gary B Rosen MD

Dermatologist, The Eye Associates | Graduation, University Of California, Los Angeles, School Of Medicine | Undergraduate, Yale University