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Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program

Beth Israel Medical Center, in association with Jacobi Medical Center and in collaboration with the Albert Einstein School of Medicine offers an advanced education program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS). This integrated clinical and didactic program is designed to meet the certification requirements of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. The Program is fully accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association.

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Program Requirements

All applicants must be qualified graduates of a dental school accredited by the American Dental Association (ADA) (US and Canadian dental school graduates only). The OMFS/MD Residency Program is six years in duration and leads to qualification for certification by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Each resident will also complete the requirements for the M.D. degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine as well as a post graduate year in General Surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center satisfying the requirements for Medical Licensure in New York State.

Two residents will be selected annually for the combined Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery /MD program. Applicants will be interviewed both by the OMFS faculty as well as the admissions committee at the College of Medicine. Appointments are offered to highly qualified individuals who are committed to a career of excellence in patient care, teaching, and research. The prospective residents are simultaneously accepted with advanced standing into The Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The residents will join the medical school in the second year and will be required to successfully complete the second, third and fourth years of medical school minus all of the electives. All elective time will be spent on the oral and maxillofacial surgery service at Jacobi or BI. Continuation on to the clinical years of the training program General Surgery and OMFS will be contingent upon graduation from the Medical School and satisfactory performance in the USMLE part I and Part II. Tuition to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine is the responsibility of the resident. Financial aid might be available through the Medical School.

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Program Outline

A regular didactic program of hospital rounds, seminars, and conferences is supplemented by specific courses in surgical anatomy and oral and head and neck pathology. All residents will be trained and certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Advanced Trauma Life Support (BCLS/ACLS/PALS/ATLS) during the Program.

It is the intent of the Program to foster and develop both well-trained clinicians as well as scholars who pursue academic careers and research. Teaching experience will also be gained in the context of the Program. The resident staff will participate in teaching more junior residents as well as general practice and pediatric dentistry residents.

The BIMC/Jacobi Residency Program includes rotations at Jacobi Medical Center and Beth Israel Medical Center. During the course of clinical training, the OMFS resident spends time at each of these institutions for a broadened and varied clinical exposure in the Specialty.

Program Description (Year by Year)

Sample Educational Schedule

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Faculty

The faculty of the program is comprised of 5 full time equivalent Board certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery faculty, three based at Jacobi and two at Beth Israel. Furthermore other, non OMFS faculty such as orthodontists, prosthodontists, faculty from anesthesia and pain management, Head and neck surgery, radiation and medical oncology, pathology, plastic and reconstructive surgery and speech pathology departments will also participate in the teaching and clinical training of the OMFS residents.

Full Time Faculty (Beth Israel)

Daniel Buchbinder, DMD, MD – Chief, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Alan Schwimmer, DDS – Attending Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Michael Turner, DDS, MD – Attending Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Jacobi Medical Center Full Time Faculty

Arthur Adamo, DDS – Chief, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Benn Lieberman, DMD – Attending, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Part Time Faculty

Barry Langsam, DDS - Attending, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
David Sheinkopf, DDS – Attending, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Norman Trieger, DDS – Attending, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Tasios Vakkas, DDS, MD, DDS – Attending, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

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Administrative Information

Salaries*: For the 2010-2011 academic years: Please refer to Beth Israel Medical Center GME web site.

*The resident’s salary does not continue during medical school, special research, as stated earlier, the trainee pays tuition during the years at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. For current annual tuition information, please refer to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine web site.

A program of financial assistance and loans may be available for residents while in medical school.

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Application Procedure

Application to the Program is made by completing the appropriate forms provided by the Postdoctoral Application Support Service (PASS). Applicants should obtain the necessary forms by contacting PASS directly at:

Postdoctoral Application Support Service
1625 Massachusetts Ave NW Suite 101
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 332-8791
http://www.adea.org/PASS/default.htm

All applications and supporting documents must be received by October 1 for consideration for appointment on the following July 1. The Selection Committee will consider no application unless all credentials have been received. Interviews will be conducted by invitation of the Selection Committee and will be held usually in November of that year, at a date to be determined.

Selection of successful applicants will generally be made by participation in the National Dental Matching Program. All applicants are responsible for registering with the Matching Program at (416) 977-3431.

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Current Medical Students

Boris Gefon
SUNY, Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine - (DDS/2010)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MS III)

Avi Malkis
New York University College of Dental Medicine - (DDS/2010)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MS III)

Paul Covello
Marquette University School of Dental Medicine - (DMD/2011)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MS II)

Renata Khelemsky
Columbia University, School of Dentistry - (DDS/2011)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MS II)

Current Residents in Training Program

Won Sang Lee
Columbia University, School of Dentistry - (DDS/2005)

Niral Parikh
University of Michigan Dental School - (DDS/2007)

Anayo Adachie
University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry - (DMD/2006)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine - (MD/2010)

Yash Singh
Boston University, Goldman School of Dental Medicine - (DMD/2007)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine - (MD/2010)

Collin Stutz
University of Detriot Mercy, School of Dentistry - (DMD/2008)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine - (MD/2011)

Al Haitham Al Shetawi
University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine - (DMD/2008)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MS IV/PGY1) - (MD/2012)

Neeru Singh
Columbia University, School of Dentistry - (DMD/2008)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MS IV/PGY1) - (MD/2012)

I Tien Emily Shaw
University of Michigan, School of Dentistry - (DMD/2009)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MS IV/PGY1) - (MD/2012)

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Niral Parikh	Won Sang Lee
Class of 2012 / Chief Residents

Yash Singh	Anayo Adachie	Collin Stutz	Neeru Singh
Class of 2013		Class of 2014
Al Haitham Al Shetawi	I Tien "Emily" Shaw	Avi Malkis	Boris Gefon
Class of 2015		Class of 2016
Renata Khelemsky	Paul Covello	Steven Liao	David Stubbs
Class of 2017		Interns
Nadejda Stephens	Mihai Radulescu
Interns

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Program Director:	Daniel Buchbinder, DMD, MD
	Email: dbuchbinder@chpnet.org
Contact:	Lena Phuzayloff
	Program Coordinator
	TEL: 212-844-6495
	FAX: 212-844-8997
	Email: lphuzayloff@chpnet.org

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