Schneider Children's Hospital (NY)

Pediatric Dental Residency Program
Department of Dentistry
Schneider Children's Hospital
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
270-05 76th Avenue
New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Phone: (718) 470-3111
Fax: (718) 347-4118

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Program Length and Number of Positions

This is a two year (24-month) program commencing July 1 of each year. Three positions are offered each year. There will be a total of six residents in the program at all times.

Program Type

This is a hospital based residency certificate program and one of five postgraduate dental training programs conducted at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

Application

The application deadline is October 15 of the year preceding matriculation. All applicants must be graduates of an ADA accredited dental school. The program participates in both the Postdoctoral Application Support Service (PASS) and the postdoctoral dental matching program. Applicants to this program must apply through PASS and the National Matching Service.

Description

The pediatric dental residency program is designed to prepare the pediatric dentist for an active role in clinical practice with an emphasis on hospital utilization and academics. The clinical experience occurs at the Schneider Children's Hospital which is adjacent to and continuous with the Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Clinical supervision is provided daily by the staff of the division of pediatric dentistry and the division of orthodontics.

The pediatric dental population is made up of children who can be categorized in one or more of the following groups:

1. The well child (18 years of age)
2. The behavior management problem child
3. The medically compromised child
4. The mentally and/or physically handicapped child or adult

The resident will learn to apply various behavior management techniques in the course of providing dental care for the well child as well as to learn to choose the appropriate modalities of management for the child with mental retardation and/or associated developmental disabilities. Many of these special patients require pharmacologic management in the ambulatory or in-patient setting. During the second year of the program, a major portion of the residents' time will be spent in preoperative preparation, treatment of patients under general anesthesia, and postoperative management.

Residents will also be introduced to orthodontic evaluation, treatment planning, and therapy as part of the pediatric dental experience. Residents will spend two months on the medical anesthesia service providing general anesthesia for a variety of medical and dental surgical procedures. Other rotations include pediatric medicine, pediatric emergency medicine, oral pathology and genetics, and biomedical research.

Residents will take in-house emergency call during the first year of the program. During their second year, they will assume the role and responsibility of chief residents. Residents will be expected to produce one library research paper and one case report per year which will be presented at departmental rounds. Teaching experiences will include presentations to the pediatric medical staff, the general practice residents, and to parent and self-help groups.

The program is designed in accordance with the Commission on Accreditation Requirements for Advanced Education Programs in Pediatric Dentistry and will prepare the resident to meet the eligibility requirements for the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry Examination. Upon completion of the Program, the resident receives a Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry.

Curriculum

The clinical and didactic curriculum is provided by the full-time and voluntary attending staff of the Department of Dentistry. The program is clinically oriented and interacts daily with the existing general practice residency training program and oral and maxillofacial surgical residency training programs. Residents will receive extensive training in pediatric dentistry through clinical rotations and seminars within the department of dentistry and the medical center at large.

Clinical curriculum includes:

1. Clinical practice in pediatric dentistry
2. Preventive, interceptive, and comprehensive training in orthodontics, including exposure to patients with significant dentofacial deformities
3. Behavior management techniques and oral and parenteral conscious sedation on an out-patient basis
4. Dental care for the developmentally disabled
5. Cleft lip/palate management with nasoalveolar molding applicances prior to surgery
6. Management of trauma to the head and neck region
7. Ambulatory and in-patient management including extensive operating room experience
8. Two-month rotation to the department of anesthesiology
9. Medical rotations to pediatric medicine, pediatric emergency medicine, and oral pathology/genetics
10. Emergency room coverage responsibilities.

The didactic curriculum includes:

1. Pediatric dentistry theory
2. Weekly treatment planning seminars
3. Pediatric dentistry literature review
4. Oral medicine and oral pathology
5. Biomedical research and statistics
6. Orthodontic seminars
7. Cariology and prevention
8. Clinicopathologic conferences
9. Weekly house rounds
10. Anesthesiology.

Program Stipend and Tuition

Dental residents receive the same salary as medical residents; $60,000 for first year residents, and $62,000 for second year residents. There is no tuition.

Facilities

The majority of clinical activities occur at the Schneider Children's Hospital of the Long Island Jewish Medical Center. The Schneider Children's Hospital is a four-story tertiary care hospital in direct physical continuity with the Long Island Jewish Medical Center. A total of 150 beds are devoted to meeting the needs of children with special problems. The hospital and its related dental component provide tertiary levels of care to the community and outlying areas through a myriad of dental and pediatric subspecialists.

Delivery of dental care to pediatric dental patients is provided in a bright, spacious, 3,300 square foot facility within the 150 bed children's hospital. This facility is in direct continuity to the existing Long Island Jewish Medical Center dental service suite thus providing direct line access for patient and support personnel to a total of 15 dental operatories and an ambulatory dental operating room. The children's dental suite contains its own designated waiting area with a seating capacity of 15 people. An appointment desk with computer based appointment facilities becomes the first contact for the new patient. Within the children's facility is a designated space for radiographic evaluation with a Panorex room and separate room for routine intraoral radiography and cephalometric assessment. Adjacent to these rooms is a fully-equipped dark room with automatic processor and dental laboratory. The largest portion of the clinic is occupied by an open bay atrium with a central utility area and instrument dispensing zone. Around the central core are arranged five dental units. Two additional operatories are in a closed room arrangement assuring maximum privacy for patients which are less likely to prove manageable in an open bay type of arrangement. All operatories are equipped with fiber-optics and central nitrous oxide analgesia equipment.

Residents provide care in the emergency room of Long Island Jewish Medical Center in a dedicated dental suite. Residents receive training in hospital dentistry and operating room techniques in the Long Island Jewish Medical Center main operating room suite. A very close relationship exists between the subspecialty divisions resulting in frequent consultation between the pediatric dental division and the divisions of pediatric hematology and oncology, child life and development, child psychiatry, pediatric cardiology, and pediatric pulmonary medicine.

Admission Requirements

Applicants must have the following items to be considered for admission.

1. DDS, DMD, from an accredited ADA dental school
2. Pre-professional and dental education transcripts
3. Eligibility for temporary licensure in New York State
4. Formal application and statement
5. National Board score
6. Three letters of recommendation (not in addition to PASS letters)
7. Personal interview.

Program Strengths

1. A 30-year history in providing post-doctoral dental training by the Department of Dentistry of the Long Island Jewish Medical Center.
2. The presence of full-time program directors in all postdoctoral training programs.
3. The presence of an extensive and committed voluntary attending staff.
4. A well-organized children's hospital which manages the health needs of a diverse patient population.
5. Availability of operating room time, ease of medical consultation, emergency room experience, and two-month rotation to the department of anesthesiology.
6. Structured clinical and didactic program provided by a wide variety of dental and medical specialists.

Program Faculty

Dr. Ronald Burakoff, Chairman of Department of Dentistry
* Dr. Paul Crespi, Program Director Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Ronald Kosinski, Chief of Pediatric Dentistry
* Dr. Mary George, Attending Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Charles Pillar, Attending Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Jeremy Dixon, Attending Pediatric Dentistry
*Dr. Mindy Homer, Attending Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Marcie Lebovic, Attending Pediatric Dentistry
*Dr. Dawn Sosnick, Attending Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Sharon Essner, Attending Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Mary Ellen Nesnay, Attending Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Deborah Troy, Attending Pediatric Dentistry

*Dr. Hera Kim, Attending Orthodontics
*Dr. Zach Faber, Attending Orthodontics
Dr. Richard Faber, Attending Orthodontics
Dr. Michael Wininger, Attending Orthodontics
*Dr. Seth Newman, Attending Orthodontics
Dr. Ira Schwartz, Attending Orthodontics

Dr. Martin Boorin, Attending Dental Anesthesiology
Dr. Ralph Epstein, Attending Dental Anesthesiology

Dr. William Stewart, Program Director of General Dentistry
Dr. Patricia Regan, Chief of General Dentistry

Dr. Michael Lessin, Program Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Dr. Donald Tanenbaum, Attending TMD Clinic

Dr. John Fantasia, Chief of Oral Pathology
Dr. Robert Kelsh, Attending Oral Pathology
Dr. Josephine Wu, Attending Oral Pathology

Dr. Edwin Ginsberg, Chief of Periodontics

Dr. Joseph Spector, Chief of Endodontics
Dr. John Chicvak, Attending Endodontics
Dr. Larry Popkin, Attending Endodontics
*Board Certified

School Profile

Program Type:	Hospital-based Certificate
Program Director:	Full-Time Board Certified
Program Faculty:	1 Full-Time 20 Part-Time 5 Board Certified
Program Length:	24 Total Months July 1 Start Date
Program Accreditation:	Approved
State Licensure:	Restricted License Available
No. of entering positions:	3
Salary/Stipend:	$60,000 First Year $62,000 Second Year
Application:	October 15 Deadline
Participant in National Matching Service:	Yes
Participant in PASS:	Yes
Only US citizens from ADA accredited dental schools considered:	N/A
US citizens from foreign dental schools considered:	N/A
Non-US citizens from ADA accredited dental schools considered:	N/A
Non-US citizens from foreign dental schools considered:	N/A
Acceptance/Applicant Ratio:	1:40
Clinic Experience:	Orthodontics Conscious Sedation Hospital Rotations Anesthesia Emergency Call Operating Room Oral Surgery Infant Oral Health Medically Compromised Mentally Disabled Craniofacial Disorders Physically Disabled
Didactic Experience:	Seminars Literature Review Courses Case Conferences
Research Requirement:	Data Collection Project Case Report
Teaching Experience:	Yes Lecture/Presentations
Facilities:	7 Chair/Operatories 3 Clinic Receptionist 4 Dental Assistants 1 Dental Hygienists

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