First Year: In the first year the resident is oriented to the hospital environment and hospital protocols. They spend much of this year on off-service rotations. The goal for the first-year resident is to become competent in the performance of a physical examination and the administration of general anesthesia.
OMFS (5 months)
NYC H+H/ Metropolitan (4 months)
Westchester Medical Center (1 months)
Anesthesia (5 months)
NYC H+H/ Metropolitan (4 months)
Westchester Medical Center - Pediatric Anesthesia (1 month)
Internal Medicine (2 months)
NYC H+H/ Metropolitan
Second Year: The second year consist of instruction, training and experiences on a more advanced level designed to increase depth of knowledge in medicine and surgery. Emphasis is placed on surgery and surgical subspecialties.
OMFS (8 months)
NYC H+H/ Metropolitan as Junior Resident (6 months)
Includes two days per week at Touro College of Dental Medicine
Westchester Medical Center as Junior Resident (2 months)
Surgical ICU (1 month)
NYC H+H/ Metropolitan
General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Otolaryngology (3 months)
Westchester Medical Center
Third Year: The third-year resident assumes increasing responsibilities on the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service. The resident is now the primary or first assistant surgeon for many cases taken to the operating room and is responsible for managing all the implant cases being treated by the department. Manuscript preparation should be well underway during the third year. Abstract submissions must comply with established deadlines for the respective conference.
OMFS (10 months)
NYC H+H Metropolitan as Senior/Lead Resident (6 months)
Westchester Medical Center as Senior Resident (4 months)
Otolaryngology (1 month)
Westchester Medical Center
Plastic Surgery (1 month)
Westchester Medical Center
Fourth Year (Chief Resident): The fourth-year residents assume the administrative and clinical responsibilities as Chief Residents of the Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Service. The fourth year residents will each serve as the lead chief resident for six months and the administrative chief resident for six months. The resident is responsible for coordination of the operating room and out patient schedules. He/she assumes greater teaching/guidance duties for junior residents on service. The lead resident is the primary surgeon for most cases performed in operating rooms. During this fourth year the required manuscript should be submitted for publication. It is highly desirable for the residents to present the project as an abstract at the Annual AAOMS Scientific Session.
OMFS (12 months)
Westchester Medical Center (12 months)
During the administrative six month period one month will be spent at Hackensack University Medical Center with a focus on orthognathic and reconstructive surgeries
