Dr. Patrick Phelan is a board-certified dermatologist and Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Phelan earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville where he was awarded membership in the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society, and subsequently attended medical school at Washington University in St. Louis. During medical school, he spent an additional year to earn a Master of Population Health Sciences degree in clinical epidemiology. Dr. Phelan completed his dermatology training at the UAMS Dermatology Residency Program, including a one-year internship in internal medicine. During his final year of residency, he served as academic chief resident and developed curricula for both surgical dermatology and inpatient consultative dermatology. His clinical interests include medical and surgical adult dermatology and patient education, and his academic interests include medical education, statistics and research methodology, and medical ethics.