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New York Presbyterian – Columbia University Medical Center Pediatric Dental Residency Program Program Length and Number of Positions Twenty-four (24) month program beginning July 1 of each year with five (5) new positions offered each year. Program Type Hospital-based certificate program with University affiliation open only to US or Canadian dental school graduates who are licensed or eligible for licensure in the state of New York (NY). Application Application deadline is October 1st of the year preceding matriculation. Correspondence regarding application and admission procedures should be addressed to:
Description In accordance with the Commission on Accreditation Requirements for Advanced Education Programs and the ADA Council on Dental Education, this two (2) year recognized pediatric residency certificate program prepares the resident for active roles in clinical practice and education. The curriculum provides broad-based clinical exposure to an extensive and diverse patient pool enabling the resident to treat the well, medically compromised, and special healthcare needs child utilizing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management techniques at several practice settings including New York Presbyterian Hospital, Children’s Hospital of New York and Columbia University’s College of Dental Medicine. Upon program completion, the resident receives a Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry and meets the advanced education eligibility requirements of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. Further, as one of three “Leadership Training” programs in the Country with support from the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau, this designation supports focused training and facilitates resident exploration of careers in pediatric dentistry that involve not only clinical care but also teaching, research, area health, public policy at the state and national level, and advanced care of children with special healthcare needs. Curriculum Clinical curriculum consists of clinical practice in advanced pediatric dentistry, preventive and interceptive orthodontics, nitrous oxide/oxygen psychosedation, treatment for children with special healthcare needs, operating room protocol, oral sedation, and pediatric oral trauma management. Didactic curriculum includes weekly seminars on pediatric theory, classic and contemporary literature, research methodology, oral medicine, oral pathology, orthodontics, cephalometrics, cariology, pediatric medicine, methodology in preventive dentistry, and advanced pediatric dental research, and a series of courses that explore children’s oral health in the context of family, community, and society; alternative career options, and partnerships with others who serve the interest of children’s health and welfare. Original research leading to a publishable paper must also be completed during the residency period. Residents spend two weeks on mandatory rotations in the Pediatric Medicine, two weeks in the Emergency Department, and one month in Anesthesiology all within Children’s Hospital of New York. Other rotators include the Craniofacial Team, School Based Clinics, Mobile Van Based Clinics, Epidermolysis Bullosa Clinic, Clinical Instruction Preceptorship, and opportunities for University sponsored direct care externships abroad. Program Stipend and Tuition Pediatric dental residents receive the same salary as medical residents. In 2009-10, stipends were $49,727 and $52,322, for program years one and two, respectively. Facilities • New York Presbyterian Hospital
Admission Requirements Applicants must fulfill the following requirements to be considered for admission:
Program Strengths (1) Educational program featuring outstanding faculty in basic sciences, as well as dental specialties drawing from our College of Dental Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York Presbyterian Hospital Medical Center including Children’s Hospital of NY.
Program Faculty Steven Chussid, DDS, Attending Pediatric Dentist / Division Director
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