**Official 2024 OMFS PASS/Interviews/Match/Non-Match**

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Do most programs send out all invites at once or is it normally in batches?

All at once

 

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Lots of interview invites will start coming week after AAOMS

 

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Overview for the Rutgers OMFS program (2023 Update)

The program provides a well-rounded full scope experience that is shaped by the individual resident's desires and interests. Residents are held at high standards and expected to lead clinical decisions as well as perform with clinical efficiency and skill as early as PGY-1. Interested applicants are encouraged to participate in an externship. You can also find additional information regarding the Rutgers OMFS residency program on Instagram page and website.



The Program has a 4-year track and a 6-year integrated MD track with New Jersey Medical School in addition to having 4 non-categorical interns.

Scope:

• We are full scope OMFS. OR cases include dentoalveolar, orthognathics, surgical cosmetics (one of the very few programs that perform surgical cosmetics in the country), hard and soft tissue reconstruction, any and all maxillofacial trauma, TMJ, and ablative head and neck cancer and pathology (in conjunction with ENT team that harvests, anastomoses, and manages postoperative monitoring of free flaps)
• Craniofacial cases include primary cleft lip and palate repairs (one of a minority of programs that do this), alveolar cleft bone grafts
• Lingual nerve and Inferior Alveolar Nerve exploration and repairs (Dr. Ziccardi is one of the busiest surgeons in the country in regards to these procedures)
• Dentoalveolar (high volume of cases from University Hospital Clinic, Dental School Clinic, and Faculty Practice)
• Orthognathic Surgery
• TMJ surgery including arthroscopy, arthroplasty and total joint replacements
• Maxillofacial trauma (high volume due to University Hospital being a busy level 1 trauma center)
• Maxillofacial reconstruction (i.e. soft tissue local flaps, large bone grafts with autogenous harvest, alveolar distraction osteogenesis, vestibuloplasty, fibula debulking for dental implants, trigeminal nerve microsurgery, etc.)
• Benign Pathology
• All ablative aspects of pre-malignant and malignant head and neck cancer including tracheostomy, neck dissection, full oral cavity cancer and salivary gland ablative procedures with Dr. Shanti
• Non-surgical and Surgical Cosmetics (*Based on resident interest* one of the busiest programs in the country in regards to this - ability to perform surgical cosmetic procedures in dental school and in OR, along with full range of non-surgical procedures offered such as botox/filler/PRP injections/dermabrasion/chemical peels)
• Dental Implants and associated procedures: OMFS residents combined place 600+ implants a year. It is very common to graduate with 300+ implants placed, full scope of procedures performed (GBR, autogenous block grafting, free gingival grafts, connective tissue grafting, all on X procedures with zygomatic and pterygoid implants, immediate loading of prostheses, sinus augmentation). Dental Students and prosthodontic residents work up many cases for surgical management
• Sedations: Performed 3 days a week at University Hospital & 5 days a week at Dental School. Most graduates have between 400-500 anesthesia cases by graduation

Location:

· University Hospital is our main campus in Newark, NJ. University Hospital is a busy level one trauma center offering a large pool of trauma patients consisting of assaults, GSWs, MVC, and work-related injuries.
· Most of the residents live in the surrounding lively upcoming neighborhoods including Hoboken, Jersey City, Weehawken, Edgewater, suburban towns and even New York City.


· Car required
OR:

• We have reserved guaranteed block time 4 days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday), along with 1 Wednesday a month. We mostly operate 5 days/week (or more if needed) with added-on traumas or elective cases.
• We predominantly operate at University Hospital, but elective cases are also done on a 1-2 times/week in Newark Beth Israel in Newark (~15 minutes from University Hospital) and St. Peters Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ (~35 minutes from university hospital). Chiefs and/or seniors also attend additional orthognathic cases at John F Kennedy hospital in Edison (~20 minutes from Newark) with Dr. Aziz weekly
• All this block time means that we have the case load to fill it consistently. The program far exceeds the CODA program requirements in all categories.
• Takeaway: A lot of OR time (practically daily), diversity in cases

Clinic:
· Multiple with large volume and wide scope
1. University Hospital clinic:
a. Daily, average of 50 patients/day
b. Average of 3 residents see and treat all patients, with attending supervision
c. 4-5 IV sedation cases booked for 3 times/week, run by mid level or senior resident
d. Dentoalveolar, infections, traumas, pathology, pre and post ops
2. Dental School Clinic (located right next to university hospital, the buildings are connected):
a. Multidisciplinary practice with patients who come from outside referral, self-referral, referral from other dental school departments (general, orthodontics, pediatrics, oral medicine, dental student clinic)
b. Residents see and treat all patients, with attending supervision
c. IV sedations, procedures under LA +/- nitrous (dentoalveolar, sinus lifts, pre-prosthetic, implants, biopsies, botox, fillers), consults, pre-op, post-op, etcs
d. No responsibility to oversee dental student clinic
e. Daily: assigned 1 PGY-1 and 1 senior resident
PGY 1: Average of 15 pts/day
Senior resident:
AM: 5 IV sedations daily
PM: average 5 pts/afternoon sessions daily or an elective bigger case (see bullet points below for examples)
f. Extra OMFS chairs and IV sedations rooms can be used by residents not assigned to the dental school for elective cases. Examples cases include:
i. Multi-unit implants, All-on-4s, zygomatics implants, pterygoid implants, blepharoplasty, face lifts, lip lifts, chemical peels , various bone graft (split thickness, ramus block graft, etc)
g. Technology: Multiple implant systems available, 3D printing for in house guide making
3. Faculty practice in Newark
a. Dr. Ziccardi and Dr. Shanti
b. 2-3 times/week, half days
c. Attending clinic staffed by 2-3 residents
4. Faculty Practice in New Brunswick
a. Dr. Adachie: 4 times/week, staffed by 1 PGY-1
b. Dr. Shanti: 1 times/week, staffed by Chief Resident

Call:
· Midface alternates every third day between OMFS/Plastics/ENT
· Only at University Hospital (in house, without having to travel between sites)
· Dental call is covered by the GPR residents every day
· Averages to 4 times/month (split between PGY-1 class of 7 - 3 cat, 4 non cat- and mid levels).
· $25 stipend/call + extra $ (~$200/month for spending in cafeteria)



6 Year: (1 resident/year)

Highlights: (compare these to other programs)
· Only 14 months of med school (clerkships, no didactics)
· Get paid all 6 years of residency
o Average of 2 calls/months while in medical school unless excused during some rotations
· Pay in-state tuition (~$32,000/year) for 2 years of med school
o Tip: always ask programs how many years of tuition need to be paid, sometimes it is more than the years you attend
· 46 months of OMFS
· 6 months of general surg
· You complete whole intern year before clerkships, this allows you to navigate through clerkships with an advantage, and have adequate experience taking OMFs call when scheduled
· Note: Step 1 (Pass/Fail) is taken prior to the start of the program

Year 1: Intern Year
o 2 months at New Brunswick Faculty practice + Saint Peters OR
o 2 months at the dental school
o Rest of time is spent at UH clinic/OR
o Residents are paid at a PGY1 level

Year 2: MS3 Med school clerkships
o Average of 2 calls/months while in medical school clerkship except Medicine rotation
o Residents are paid at a PGY2 level

Year 3: Anesthesia/Medical school/Mid-level resident


o From June to August, residents will complete their first 3 months of Anesthesia training as a full anesthesia resident. Residents are responsible for intubations, running OR cases, taking anesthesia call during this time.
o From September to November, resident will complete 4th year NJMS requirements including 1 month of emergency medicine, 1 month of SICU, and 2 weeks of PM&R, (Completing 14.5 months of medical school).

o Step 2 usually taken early this year
o December to June, resident return back to OMFS on service rotation for 7 months. During this time, the resident will be responsible for IV sedation cases in University Hospital outpatient clinic, increased exposure to OR cases with expanded roles, and placement of implants
o Residents are paid at a PGY3 level

Year 4: General surgery/ Mid-level resident


o From July to April, resident will have 6 months of general surgery rotation as a 1st year general surgery resident. All general surgery rotations are completed in University Hospital.
o During this 9 month period, residents will also complete another 3 months of Anesthesia (total of 6 months).
o From April to June, residents return back to OMFS service with mid-level responsibilities.

o Residents are paid at a PGY4 level



Year 5: Senior


o Senior residents go through 2 month blocks between being the hospital senior, dental school, and float senior
o Hospital senior is responsible for IV sedations in the outpatient clinic during the week, increased role in the operating room including primary assist, and placement of implants
o Dental school senior is responsible for IV sedations in the dental school outpatient clinic as well as implant treatment

o Take a third of back up call/month. Average 1 primary call every 3 weeks
o Residents are paid at a PGY5 level



Year 6: Chief

o Chief residents rotate between attending/hospital teams in 2 month blocks. Each team has set attendings where the assigned chief will treatment plan, primary assist in the OR, and follow up on operated patients
o Chief residents will have increased exposure to implant cases with increased complexity including all of 4-6, full mouth rehabilitation cases
o Residents are paid at a PGY 6 level with a chief stipend



4 Year:
(2 residents/year)






Year 1: Intern year
o 2 months at New Brunswick Faculty practice + Saint Peters OR
o 2 month at the dental school
o Rest of time is spent at UH clinic/OR
o Residents are paid at a PGY1 level
o Later in the year, the two 4 year categorical resident reports for 6 months of Anesthesia
o Residents are paid at a PGY1 level



Year 2: Anesthesia/ off service rotations




o March to August Anesthesia training as a full anesthesia resident. Residents are responsible for intubations, running OR cases, taking anesthesia call during this time. No responsibilities to the OMFS service when completing off-service rotations
o August to May off service rotation which includes, 2 months of medicine, 2 months of trauma, 2 months of SICU, 1 month of Plastics, 1 month of ENT


o Residents are paid at PGY2 level

Year 3: Senior




o Senior residents go through 2 month blocks between being the hospital senior, dental school, and float senior similar to residents in year 5 of the integrated MD program
o Hospital senior is responsible for IV sedations in the outpatient clinic during the week, increased role in the operating room including primary assist, and placement of implants
o Dental school senior is responsible for IV sedations in the dental school outpatient clinic as well as implant treatment

o Take a third of back up call/month. Average 1 primary call every three weeks

Year 4: Chief

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Chief residents rotate between attending/hospital teams in 2 month blocks. Each team has set attending where the assigned chief will treatment plan, primary assist in the OR, and follow up on operated patients
o Chief residents will have increased exposure to implant cases with increased complexity including all of 4-6, full mouth rehabilitation cases
o Residents are paid at a PGY 4 level with a chief stipend

Faculty:

Full Time Faculty
o Vincent B. Ziccardi, DDS, MD, FACS (Chair): Full scope OMFS, Nerve repair specialist, Cleft repair (Head of the craniofacial team), orthognathics, benign pathology, trauma, cosmetics


o Rabie Shanti, DMD, MD (Director): Fellowship trained in head and neck oncologic surgery/microvascular reconstruction at Louisiana State University Health Sciences (Shreveport). Oral Cancer, Oral Precancerous Lesions, Benign And Malignant Jaw Tumors, Salivary Gland Tumors, Osteoradionecrosis Of The Jaw, Medication Related Osteonecrosis Of The Jaw, And Maxillofacial Reconstructive Surgery. Rutgers OMFS alum.
o Hani Braidy DMD: Full scope OMFS, orthognathics, trauma, Benign pathology, Implants ( Along with Dr. Zweig runs the implant program)
o Barry Zweig, DDS: Head of the implant program at Rutgers, extensive experience in full scope OMFS
o 
Salvatore Napoli DMD: Undergraduate clinic director of the dental school clinic, full scope OMFS
o Anayo Adachie, DMD, MD: Full scope OMFS, orthognathics (Posnick fellowship), benign pathology, trauma
o Chang min R Yim, DMD: trained in Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and served honorably in the U.S. Army. Full scope practice
o Mostafa Alwakeel, DMD: Interested and devoted to evidenced based dentoalveolar procedures including bony and soft tissue augmentation

Part time Faculty
O In addition to staffing our predoctoral and resident clinics, many of our part time faculty bring OR cases to the program from their private offices covering the full scope of our specialty.
o Benefit of various perspectives from large range of faculty with many decades of practical private practice experience
o Dr. Shahid Aziz, DMD, MD, FACS :Full scope OMS Founder of Smile Bangladesh providing cleft surgery to the Bangladesh community twice per year bringing Rutgers senior and chief residents. Operates at University Hospital ~2 times/month, and residents attend participate with orthognathic cases at JFK Medical Center in Edison, NJ weekly
o Pam Alberto, DMD
o Gerard Begley, DMD
o Mohammed Boukheir, DMD
o Emil Cappetta DMD
o Sung Cho DMD
o Husham Edani DMD
o Larry Gorzelnik DMD, MD
o Nancy Herbst DMD
o John Mullins DMD
o Victor Petriella DMD
o Hugo Quinones DMD
o Mohammed Rabah DMD
o Ignatius Scalia DMD
o David Serratelli DMD
o Imad Tamimi DMD
o Judith Tuchman DMD
o Marie Woke, DMD


Program Culture: 
Busy program with high expectations at all levels. There is a strong emphasis on didactic education and clinical learning. Residents are required to review past and current literature on all treatment that is rendered to patients. There is increasing advocacy and support for resident wellness.

Scope:

Full scope with large volume for most procedures. Many orthognathic cases per year and total joint replacements. First hand nerve repair experience. >250-300 implants placed by the end of residency. Cosmetics (based on resident interest including rhinoplasty, rhytidectomies, injectables, blepharoplasties, fat transfer). Large volume of benign and malignant pathology cases with resections and reconstructions. University hospital is the only state run level 1 trauma center in New Jersey.
Fellowships:

 Residents interested in continuing their training with a fellowship match from Rutgers OMFS. In the previous years, residents matched into their desired fellowships including microvascular with Dr. Ghali, orthognathic with Dr. Tucker, microvascular with Dr. B.J. Kim, and full body cosmetic fellowships
Alumi:

 Residents that graduate from Rutgers OMFS pursue fellowships and careers in both private practice and academics.
Boards:

 All graduate residents in the past 10 years have passed the OMFS boards.


Salary/Benefits:

· Education Allowance: $1300 per year

· Meals: $25 per shift with an improved process to request meal money when your shift goes over 12 hours

· Orientation payment: 1 week in late June, $1300

· Chief Stipend: $3,400

· Extra on-call pay: $50 for each extra on-call shift. Here are the new amounts:

o 1st additional on-call duty: $200
o 2nd additional on-call duty: $300
o 3rd additional on-call duty: $350
o 4th and subsequent on-call duty: $400
· Leave: Expanded the definition of bereavement leave

· Mental health: A working group with CIR and Rutgers to discuss improving mental health care access for house staff


Thank you for reviewing the overview of the program. Again the best way for you to learn about the program and get a good feel for it and the residents and faculty is by doing an externship. If you plan to do an externship, please reach out to us via Instagram or program coordinator on recommendations for where to stay. Let me know if you have any questions. 


Feel free to get in contact with us via our Instagram page, or emailing our program coordinator Kisha ([email protected]) who can provide you with our contact information.


Rutgers OMFS Residents

 

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1. Henry Ford Hospital: In-Person - 10/19 & 10/20 - Email 8/15
2. Case Western: In-Person- 10/6 & 11/3- Email 9/6
3. UAB: In-Person- 10/16 & 10/30 - Email 9/7, 9/8
4. Indiana: In-Person - 11/3 & 11/6 - Phone 9/10
5. UCSF: In-Person - 11/3 - Email 9/14

 

[Ivy.ch]

Lots of interview invites will start coming week after AAOMS

Yeah, everyone is busy with AAOMS

 

[LSUNOLAOMFS]

Howdy Applicants! LSU NOLA OMFS here. I know our program website looks like its from 1980 and is rarely updated so I thought I'd post here about our externship opportunity. (however we now have an Instagram @lsu_omfs which may be a better way to get to know us!)

Best part about it: FREE HOUSING IN OUR REALLY NICE CALL ROOMS🔥🔥🔥🔥

The Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department offers 4 week (2-3 week time periods also available) externships at The Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans to expose dental

students to the full scope of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. Students will receive one-to-one

instruction and consultation by LSU residents and attendings, and will be encouraged to

function at a highly independent clinical level.



Duties include:

- Ambulatory dentoalveolar surgery in clinic (including instructing junior dental

students).

- Assisting in the operating room.

- Hospital rounds and presentations for in-patients, on wards and in the ICU

- Emergency call for maxillofacial infections and full facial trauma (no anatomical restrictions).



Expected skills at conclusion of the externship:

- Dental extraction of moderate to high difficulty.

- Writing hospital notes and orders (including basic fluids, appropriate antibiotics and analgesics).

- Writing ER consultation notes.

- Independently draining maxillofacial space infections including buccal, canine, submandibular.

- Closed reduction of mandible fractures using arch bars and interdental wires.

- Prescription of medications for moderate and deep sedation.

- Independent layered closure of facial lacerations.

- Scrubbing into the operating room, and preservation of sterile field.

- Assisting with expanded scope OMFS procedures.

- Understanding of hospital function and politics.



At the conclusion of the externship, a senior resident will write a letter of evaluation for the

extern. This letter can be forwarded (on extern request) to the extern's home program

director for residency application consideration.



Additional information:

The Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery outpatient OMFS clinic at The Medical Center of

Louisiana at New Orleans sees over 17,000 patients per year. The inpatient daily surgical

service census is between 5-15 patients at a given time and exposes the students and residents

to training in all aspects of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Four full elective operating days

per week include cases of hard and soft tissue reconstruction, cosmetic surgery, orthognathic

surgery, temporomandibular disorders, orofacial anomalies, facial trauma, pathology.



Application for externship:

Please submit the following to Jessica Helgeson (program coordinator) at [email protected]:



• A recent photograph of yourself

• A statement of your class standing from your student affairs office(should be in the top 1/3)

• Completed Student Affairs Form

• Completed Hospital appointment & confidentiality forms

• Dates of availability

• Your personal letter of request for application

• A letter from applicant’s dental school verifying malpractice coverage

• Proof of health insurance coverage

• NBME & Board Scores (if available)



While any dental student seeking advanced training in oral surgery is welcome to apply, we

encourage visitors that are competitive for OMFS match.



While there is no stipend or funding, there is living facilities available, at no

cost, in the on-call quarters. Two students per time slot will be selected


Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jessica Helgeson at (504) 941-8212 [email protected]. LSUHSC Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1100 Florida Ave., Box 220, New Orleans, LA 70119.

 

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1. Henry Ford Hospital: In-Person - 10/19 & 10/20 - Email 8/15
2. Case Western: In-Person- 10/6 & 11/3- Email 9/6
3. UAB: In-Person- 10/16 & 10/30 - Email 9/7, 9/8
4. Indiana: In-Person - 11/3 & 11/6 - Phone 9/10 (multiple batches going out)
5. UCSF: In-Person - 11/3 - Email 9/14
6. Iowa: In-Person- 10/30 - Phone 9/15

 

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Any updated info about UCSF - Fresno OMFS?

 

[LSUNOLAOMFS]

BIG UPDATE FROM LSU NOLA! We will now be taking one person for a 4 year spot (non-dual degree).
The PASS app for this position will be the same as the 6 year spot

We would like to provide an up-to-date overview of our program for all prospective applicant and those interested in pursuing our field. We welcome all to spend time with us via an externship so you can truly see what our program is about. Please feel free to message us on Instagram or SDN regarding any questions!

Basic Structure/Schedule:

6-year dual-degree program with 4 categorical and 6 non- categorical residents per year
4-year single degree program 1 resident per year

Year 1 (12 months OMFS, 12 months 2nd year medical school)

Our intern year is divided up into monthly rotations which each categorical intern will spend a total of 3 months on. One of the rotations is at University Medical Center New Orleans. This is our main hospital in New Orleans, and it is an extremely busy level 1 trauma center. We have block time 3 days a week but are generally found operating Monday through Sunday. The majority of the cases we do here are trauma or post-traumatic reconstruction (local flaps, free flaps, large grafting cases etc), however we also do quite a bit of orthognathic and cosmetic cases here. Concurrently, we have a clinic based in the hospital which runs Monday-Friday. In the UMC clinic you will see a lot of surgery consults as well as patient requiring dentoalveolar surgery. You will become proficient in surgical extractions under local anesthesia in this clinic. Interns also take the majority of their call at UMC. We take deep space infection and mandible fracture call 24/7 365. On every even day we also take all other facial trauma. By the end of your intern year, you will be extremely comfortable closing complex lacerations and evaluating these patients. Interns also spend time in the OR at UMC. Since we have a profound volume of cases here, interns generally get to operate a significant amount. You will finish the year comfortable doing simple mandibles and infections under the supervision of a 5th year resident and staff.

Another rotation interns participate in will be at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans. This rotation will be on our head and neck oncology service. Here we do a healthy amount of ablative and reconstructive surgery for both benign and malignant disease. Clinic days will be at our faculty practice clinic within LSUHSC School of Dentistry. You will learn a lot of ICU management here.

The third rotation is also at Touro Infirmary but will be focused around orthognathic and TMJ surgery. We do everything from arthroscopy to total joints. You will also spend your non-OR days at the faculty practice clinic where you will learn to work up orthognathic and TMJ patients, plan surgeries virtually and have to ability to get your hands in some dentoalveolar surgery.

Interns also take the systems-based courses for 2nd year of medical school along with the according exams. These courses usually happen in the afternoons. At the end of your intern year, you will get one month of dedicated step 1 study time before taking USMLE step 1.

Year 2 (3rd year of medical school)

This year is fairly straight forward. You will be a full time third year medical student going through your clerkships. You take the according shelf exam for each clerkship and at the end of the year you will take USMLE step 2.

Year 3 (5 months anesthesia, 5 months OMFS), 2 months 4th year medical school)

Our anesthesia rotation is split up into a 3-month rotation at the VA hospital in New Orleans and 2 months at Children’s Hospital of New Orleans. At the VA you will function as an anesthesiology resident and have the ability to run general cases in the OR to run deep sedations in the endoscopy suites. You will get plenty of experience managing far from ideal airways here.

At Children’s you will complete your pediatric anesthesia requirements. Here you will get exposure to all aspects of pediatric anesthesia.

There are 2 months of medical school that we must complete this year. One month is a month-long ICU rotation which prepares you well for your general surgery year. The other is a mix of courses and EM rotations.

5 months of this year will be spent back on service. You will be spending all of this time at our faculty practice clinic in the dental school where you will be doing IV sedations and dentoalveolar surgery. We are doing 6-8 sedations per day, 5 days a week along with local cases. You have some freedom to get involved in other things as well such as going to the OR or being involved with our cosmetics clinic.

Year 4 (3 months neurosurgery, 1 month plastic surgery, 1 month burn ICU, 1 month trauma ICU, 1 month trauma surgery, 1-month general surgery, 4 months OMFS)

This is our general surgery year. One of the unique aspects if our program is that we spend 3 months as a neurosurgery intern. You will get to be heavily involved in the OR while on this rotation, mainly with craniotomies and trachs. We have a very strong relationship with the neurosurgery program at LSU as we do a lot of joint cases together.

The rest of the rotations are straight forward 1-month rotations on the required general surgery services. Overall, you will get additional operating and patient management experience through these rotations.

The 4 months on OMFS this year are spent mainly at Our Lady of the Lake hospital in Baton Rouge. Our service in Baton Rouge is heavily involved in trauma, orthognathics, reconstruction, TMJ and free flaps. You will essentially be running the service and operating nonstop throughout your 4 months here. There are also outpatient clinics where you will get further experience with IV sedations and dentoalveolar experience. This rotation is a great way to get geared up for your upper-level years.

Year 5 (12 months OMFS)

This year is broken up into four rotations, each 3 months long. One of these rotations will be back at UMC New Orleans. As an upper level you will be the primary surgeon on the majority of the cases.

The next rotation will be on our head and neck service at Touro. Again, you will be running this service and getting a significant amount of operative experience with all sorts of pathology.

We also have a 3-month rotation in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Carolinas Center for Oral and Facial Surgery. This is a very unique rotation as you will participate in an extremely high volume of orthognathic surgery, along with just about everything else.

Year 6 (12 months OMFS)

As a chief you will spend 6 months at UMC New Orleans, 3 months in Baton Rouge and 3 months at our dental school clinic. Most of our chiefs in the past have had the freedom to get more involved with cases that fit their particular interests. For example, we have had chiefs who have an interest in cosmetic surgery, so they spend time with our associated cosmetics fellow and get involved with their cases. We also have had chiefs who wanted more implant experience and manage to do a lot of full arch cases or complex bone grafting cases at the dental school.

For the 4 Year position:
Year 1: 10 months OMFS, 2 months internal medicine
Year 2: you spend 5 months on anesthesia, 1 months internal medicine, 4 months general surgery, 2 months neurosurgery
Years 3: 12 months OMFS
Year 4: 12 months OMFS

Facilities:
All of our facilities are state of the art. UMC New Orleans is a newly built hospital

OR Scope:

We are truly a broad scope program. We have multiple fellowship trained staff ranging from craniofacial and cosmetic surgery to head and neck oncology/ microsurgery.

Trauma

Orthognathics

TMJ/ Endoscopic

Benign and Malignant Pathology

Microvascular Reconstruction

Facial Cosmetics

Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery

Dentoalveolar

Implants/full arch zygoma and pterygoid implants


Call:
Our call is in house call at UMC. At UMC where we take most of our call, we take deep space infections and mandible call 24/7 365. Even days of the month we also take all facial trauma call. There is a GPR present at both UMC and OLOL which handle tooth call, vestibular abscesses and dentoalveolar fractures. Primary call is split between the cats and non cats. Generally its q3 call however this can vary per rotation.

Didactics:

Our didactics mostly consist of weekly conference on Monday mornings and a monthly academic day. Monday morning conferences allow us to collaborate and discuss the upcoming cases for the week. The monthly academic day is comprised of lectures, multidisciplinary implant meetings, M and M along with reviewing cases/ outcomes from the weeks prior. This is an all day thing and is followed by a journal club meeting where we review and discuss assigned articles. We also attend a monthly dentofacial deformity conference with the orthodontics residents where we discuss past and upcoming shared orthognathic cases as well as give each other lectures on selected topics.

There are also didactic courses during our third year for advanced head and neck anatomy as well as head and neck pathology. We do cadaver dissections geared towards surgical approaches to the facial skeleton.

Faculty:
Program Chairman/ Program Director: Jeffrey N. James MD DDS MBA FACS FAACS

Head and Neck/Micro fellowship trained
Waleed Zaid, DDS, MSC, FRCD, FACS
Earl Peter Park, MD, DMD
Hisham Hatoum, MD, DDS

Facial Cosmetic Surgery fellowship trained/board certified
Jon Perenack MD, DDS
Jeffrey James MD, DDS, MBA, FACS, FAACS

Cleft and Craniofacial surgery
Jeffrey James MD, DDS, MBA, FACS, FAACS
Rick Kapitan, DDS, MS, FACS

Craniomaxillofacial Trauma fellowship trained
Martin Duplantier, DDS

Orthognathic Surgery
Brian Ferrell DDS, MD
Michelle Zoccolillo, DDS, MD

TMJ Surgery
Dan Harris, DDS
John Nail, DDS, MD
Daniel Cook, DDS MD

Full Arch Implant Reconstructive Surgery
Michael Block, DMD
David Bulot, DDS, MD
Steve Nelson, DDS, MD
Dane St. John DDS, MD

General Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Mark Welch, DDS
John Kent III, DMD
Wes Emison, MD, DDS
Brian Dyess, DDS
Grady Hornsby, DDS

New Orleans:

• World class dining and food scene with diverse cuisines
• Celebrations - Mardi Gras, Red Dress Run, Halloween
• Nightly live music
• Year round music festivals —Jazz Fest, Bayou Boogaloo, French Quarter Festival
• New Orleans is a dog-friendly city with several parks around the city
• Several fun 5k, 10k, half marathons, and marathons offered in and near New Orleans

Additional Perks:

• Sportsman’s paradise —Louisiana offers a variety of outdoor activities! New Orleans is only an hour from some of the best offshore fishing in the world. Residents often go bow fishing, duck/deer/gator hunting to name a few of the activities.
• Only 3 hours from the beach
• International airport
• Minimal traffic within the city
• Safe neighborhoods and plentiful housing

Medical School:
Years 2, 3, and 4 of medical school are completed during the first 3 years of residency. During that time, only 14 months are unpaid.

Recent Graduates: Graduates gain the clinical and surgical expertise to pursue a diverse range of career paths. Whether that includes a craniofacial fellowship or private practice, LSU’s comprehensive training program and vast alumni network facilitates a step in the direction that you desire after graduation.

Externships:

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Come extern and follow us on IG to learn more! @lsu_omfs

 

[Cheez_Head]

1. Henry Ford Hospital: In-Person - 10/19 & 10/20 - Email 8/15
2. Case Western: In-Person- 10/6 & 11/3- Email 9/6
3. UAB: In-Person- 10/16 & 10/30 - Email 9/7, 9/8
4. Indiana: In-Person - 11/3 & 11/6 - Phone 9/10 (multiple batches going out)
5. UCSF: In-Person - 11/3 - Email 9/14
6. Iowa: In-Person- 10/30 - Phone 9/15
7. UF Gainesville: In-Person 10/5, 10/26, 11/2 - Email 9/19

 

[Lilrico]

1. Henry Ford Hospital: In-Person - 10/19 & 10/20 - Email 8/15
2. Case Western: In-Person- 10/6 & 11/3- Email 9/6
3. UAB: In-Person- 10/16 & 10/30 - Email 9/7, 9/8
4. Indiana: In-Person - 11/3 & 11/6 - Phone 9/10 (multiple batches going out)
5. UCSF: In-Person - 11/3 - Email 9/14
6. Iowa: In-Person- 10/30 - Phone 9/15
7. UF Gainesville: In-Person 10/5, 10/26, 11/2 - Email 9/19

This for UF 4 or 6 year?

 

[Cheez_Head]

This for UF 4 or 6 year?

6!

 

[Jps17kl]

I cannot find anything online regarding Kings county and Nova southeastern's supplemental apps and whether they require additional info mailed/emailed to the program. Can someone help? Thanks!

 

[boreus]

Did UF 4 year send out too?

 

[TeethAreKewl]

I cannot find anything online regarding Kings county and Nova southeastern's supplemental apps and whether they require additional info mailed/emailed to the program. Can someone help? Thanks!

Just email any residency coordinators if you can't find something - the NOVA one sent me this since it was dam impossible to find. There are so many inconsistencies / typos / wrong dates with this whole process smh. You'd imagine programs could organize something as simple as an informational web page better

"Below is the link to complete and submit your supplemental application. Please make sure you are selecting the correct program as the application fee of $50 is nonrefundable or transferable.



For all Post Doctorate Programs, under Degree Level select “Certificate” and select the appropriate program you are applying to under the Academic Program dropdown.


LINK HERE:
Welcome"


Don't know about Kings County tho

 

[carabelliscusp]

I cannot find anything online regarding Kings county and Nova southeastern's supplemental apps and whether they require additional info mailed/emailed to the program. Can someone help? Thanks!

I've also tried calling and emailing kings county with no result. Maybe they'll reach out to us ?

 

[Jps17kl]

ubmit your supplemental application. Please make sure you are selecting the correct program as the application fee of $50 is nonrefundable or transferable.

Just email any residency coordinators if you can't find something - the NOVA one sent me this since it was dam impossible to find. There are so many inconsistencies / typos / wrong dates with this whole process smh. You'd imagine programs could organize something as simple as an informational web page better

"Below is the link to complete and submit your supplemental application. Please make sure you are selecting the correct program as the application fee of $50 is nonrefundable or transferable.



For all Post Doctorate Programs, under Degree Level select “Certificate” and select the appropriate program you are applying to under the Academic Program dropdown.


LINK HERE:
Welcome"


Don't know about Kings County tho

Thank you

 

[wizzypoppin]

Birmingham:
Birmingham is a liberal city

So if I wear my MAGA hat will that be okay…

 

[wizzypoppin]

This type of maturity is what OMFS programs have been searching for

Lol… if they have to choose between someone who can have a good laugh and someone who can’t take a joke I think I know who they will pick…

 

[Flawlesss]

did Maryland send out the invitations?

 

[wakejilly]

AAOMS wraps up today - the coming weeks should be more active

 

[Pickles9000]

Eagerly checking email and just restarted u world, JUST IN CASE :x

 

[JJayJoe]

is this nova's first year offering a 6-year track? anyone have info on the structure?

 

[wakejilly]

1. Henry Ford Hospital: In-Person - 10/19 & 10/20 - Email 8/15
2. Case Western: In-Person- 10/6 & 11/3- Email 9/6
3. UAB: In-Person- 10/16 & 10/30 - Email 9/7, 9/8
4. Indiana: In-Person - 11/3 & 11/6 - Phone 9/10 (multiple batches going out)
5. UCSF: In-Person - 11/3 - Email 9/14
6. Iowa: In-Person- 10/30 - Phone 9/15
7. UF Gainesville: In-Person 10/5, 10/26, 11/2 - Email 9/19
8. Michigan: Virtual - 11/07, 11/14 - Email 9/26

 

[TeethAreKewl]

1. Henry Ford Hospital: In-Person - 10/19 & 10/20 - Email 8/15
2. Case Western: In-Person- 10/6 & 11/3- Email 9/6
3. UAB: In-Person- 10/16 & 10/30 - Email 9/7, 9/8
4. Indiana: In-Person - 11/3 & 11/6 - Phone 9/10 (multiple batches going out)
5. UCSF: In-Person - 11/3 - Email 9/14
6. Iowa: In-Person- 10/30 - Phone 9/15
7. UF Gainesville: In-Person 10/5, 10/26, 11/2 - Email 9/19
8. Michigan: Virtual - 11/07, 11/14 - Email 9/26
9. Vanderbilt (6 YR) - In Person: Dinner 11/17, Interview 11/18 - Email 9/27

 

[Peon.]

is this nova's first year offering a 6-year track? anyone have info on the structure?

Yes, Nova is transitioning to a 6-year program. This year there will be three 4-year spots and three 6-year spots. The 6-year residents will go through the MD track and complete medical school in the first 2 years.

 

[OSguy]

Did Vanderbilt 4-year send as well?

 

[wakejilly]

1. Henry Ford Hospital: In-Person - 10/19 & 10/20 - Email 8/15
2. Case Western: In-Person- 10/6 & 11/3- Email 9/6
3. UAB: In-Person- 10/16 & 10/30 - Email 9/7, 9/8
4. Indiana: In-Person - 11/3 & 11/6 - Phone 9/10 (multiple batches going out)
5. UCSF: In-Person - 11/3 - Email 9/14
6. Iowa: In-Person- 10/30 - Phone 9/15
7. UF Gainesville: In-Person 10/5, 10/26, 11/2 - Email 9/19
8. Michigan: Virtual - 11/07, 11/14 - Email 9/26
9. Vanderbilt (6 YR) - In Person: Dinner 11/17, Interview 11/18 - Email 9/27
10. Carle Foundation: In-Person - 10/9, 10/31, 11/7 - Email 9/27

 

[Dada123]

1. Henry Ford Hospital: In-Person - 10/19 & 10/20 - Email 8/15
2. Case Western: In-Person- 10/6 & 11/3- Email 9/6
3. UAB: In-Person- 10/16 & 10/30 - Email 9/7, 9/8
4. Indiana: In-Person - 11/3 & 11/6 - Phone 9/10 (multiple batches going out)
5. UCSF: In-Person - 11/3 - Email 9/14
6. Iowa: In-Person- 10/30 - Phone 9/15
7. UF Gainesville: In-Person 10/5, 10/26, 11/2 - Email 9/19
8. Michigan: Virtual - 11/07, 11/14 - Email 9/26
9. Vanderbilt (6 YR) - In Person: Dinner 11/17, Interview 11/18 - Email 9/27
10. Carle Foundation: In-Person - 10/9, 10/31, 11/7 - Email 9/27

Why are some programs sending invites before their respective deadlines?

 

[Pickles9000]

damn really wanted to interview at carle, didnt get an invite.

 

[carabelliscusp]

Anyone have any luck finding the christiana supplemental app/fee? Nobody responding to my emails or calls

 

[bubbybimbo]

Anyone have any luck finding the christiana supplemental app/fee? Nobody responding to my emails or calls

On the ADEA program finder it says, " It is not necessary to complete the CCHS online application. Disregard the application requirements as posted on the CCHS website."

 

[whothat0]

UF seems to be sending multiple batches.

 

[JustAWanderingStudent]

Anyone has had confirmation of their supplemental fee (for programs who require them) being received? The only notification I received is from the delivery method saying it’s been delivered.

 

[Ivy.ch]

damn really wanted to interview at carle, didnt get an invite.

Stick with it man. So many of the programs I was really excited to interview at didn’t even give me an invite. It will all work out.

 

[carabelliscusp]

On the ADEA program finder it says, " It is not necessary to complete the CCHS online application. Disregard the application requirements as posted on the CCHS website."

I know it says nothing online about this, but I'm assuming no supplemental fee either, correct?

 

[Peon.]

Thank you

I spoke with the PD. There is no supplemental application, please ignore it. As long as your PASS application is in, you're good. If you have any questions you can always email our coordinator- Natasha Lemonier. Email: [email protected]
Good luck to those applying and feel free to reach out.

 

[carabelliscusp]

Anyone has had confirmation of their supplemental fee (for programs who require them) being received? The only notification I received is from the delivery method saying it’s been delivered.

Most of my checks haven't been cashed yet including programs where the deadline has passed. Emailed all for confirmation of receipt but no response.

 

[formula1omfs]

Hey everyone, for someone reason my dentpin on PASS was input incorrectly and I had already submitted all my applications.
I haven’t received any emails (haven’t applied to the programs people have received invites for already) but I was wondering if the dentpin being changed now is going to affect my application?

 

[carabelliscusp]

Hey everyone, for someone reason my dentpin on PASS was input incorrectly and I had already submitted all my applications.
I haven’t received any emails (haven’t applied to the programs people have received invites for already) but I was wondering if the dentpin being changed now is going to affect my application?

I honestly don't think it even matters if it's correct or not. That being said I would just change it now and maybe email programs whose deadlines have passed.

 

[n8rtots]

1. Henry Ford Hospital: In-Person - 10/19 & 10/20 - Email 8/15
2. Case Western: In-Person- 10/6 & 11/3- Email 9/6
3. UAB: In-Person- 10/16 & 10/30 - Email 9/7, 9/8
4. Indiana: In-Person - 11/3 & 11/6 - Phone 9/10 (multiple batches going out)
5. UCSF: In-Person - 11/3 - Email 9/14
6. Iowa: In-Person- 10/30 - Phone 9/15
7. UF Gainesville: In-Person 10/5, 10/26, 11/2 - Email 9/19
8. Michigan: Virtual - 11/07, 11/14 - Email 9/26
9. Vanderbilt (6 YR) - In Person: Dinner 11/17, Interview 11/18 - Email 9/27
10. Carle Foundation: In-Person - 10/9, 10/31, 11/7 - Email 9/27
11. Denver Health: In-Person - 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 11/28, 12/5 - Email 9/29

 

[formula1omfs]

for carle and denver do they do batches? Or is that it with their invites?
Also do programs send rejection letters or theyll only email if you've been given an interview?

 

[formula1omfs]

I honestly don't think it even matters if it's correct or not. That being said I would just change it now and maybe email programs whose deadlines have passed.

yeah I changed it immediately, but im hoping it doesn't affect the programs i've already applied to. Thank you anyways

 

[n8rtots]

for carle and denver do they do batches? Or is that it with their invites?
Also do programs send rejection letters or theyll only email if you've been given an interview?

I'm not sure if Denver is doing batches. Mine came through the Match not from the program itself. From what I know, most programs don't send rejections, they only contact you for missing application items and if you've been given an interview.

 

[Ivy.ch]

for carle and denver do they do batches? Or is that it with their invites?
Also do programs send rejection letters or theyll only email if you've been given an interview?

No one sends rejection letters

 

[Scalpel Slinger]

1. Henry Ford Hospital: In-Person - 10/19 & 10/20 - Email 8/15
2. Case Western: In-Person- 10/6 & 11/3- Email 9/6
3. UAB: In-Person- 10/16 & 10/30 - Email 9/7, 9/8
4. Indiana: In-Person - 11/3 & 11/6 - Phone 9/10 (multiple batches going out)
5. UCSF: In-Person - 11/3 - Email 9/14
6. Iowa: In-Person- 10/30 - Phone 9/15
7. UF Gainesville: In-Person 10/5, 10/26, 11/2 - Email 9/19
8. Michigan: Virtual - 11/07, 11/14 - Email 9/26
9. Vanderbilt (6 YR) - In Person: Dinner 11/17, Interview 11/18 - Email 9/27
10. Carle Foundation: In-Person - 10/9, 10/31, 11/7 - Email 9/27
11. Denver Health: In-Person - 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 11/28, 12/5 - Email 9/29
12. UCSF Fresno: In-Person - 11/1 - Email 9/29

 

[formula1omfs]

I'm not sure if Denver is doing batches. Mine came through the Match not from the program itself. From what I know, most programs don't send rejections, they only contact you for missing application items and if you've been given an interview.

Your interview invite came through “match” ?

 

[n8rtots]

Your interview invite came through “match” ?

Yes it did. The invite was directly from match and I scheduled it through there.

 

[carabelliscusp]

Yes it did. The invite was directly from match and I scheduled it through there.

How did you hear about it? You were emailed from match directly or you just happened to check?

Also is it normal for interview invites to not show up on your calendar on match? One of mine hasn't yet