Albert Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center

Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Montefiore Medical Center
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467-2490
Phone: (718) 920-5996
Fax: (718) 515-5419

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Fellowship

Program Length and Number of Positions

This is a 24-month program commencing July 1 of each year. Seven new positions are offered each year.

Program Type

Hospital-based certificate program

Application

The application deadline is November 1 of the year preceding matriculation. Correspondence regarding application and admission procedures should be addressed to:
Nuntiya Kakanantadilok, Director, Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 E. 210th Street, Bronx, New York 10467-2490; nkakanan@montefiore.org.

Participation in PASS Is highly recommended. Participation in MATCH Is mandatory.

Description

The Program in Pediatric Dentistry is a hospital-based program that offers an unusually broad exposure to all relevant components of pediatric dentistry. In addition to extensive management of primary care patients, the residents actively participate in care for the developmentally disabled, as well as for the medically compromised. The Montefiore Medical Center also has a large craniofacial center and center for congenital disorders in which pediatric dental residents actively participate. The primary emphasis through all of these activities is to integrate clinical experience with didactic knowledge.

Curriculum

Pediatric dental residents receive extensive exposure to all aspects of pediatric dental care including well children, developmentally disabled children, minor and major dental trauma, enteral sedation, IM/IV sedation, orthodontics and operating room experience. Formal education is provided via participation in lectures, seminars, hospital rotations and adjunctive continuing education courses.

Hospital rotations in pediatric medicine, pediatric ED and anesthesia serve to integrate the pediatric dental resident into the hospital mainstream. Didactic training includes lectures in: pediatric dentistry, growth and development, interceptive orthodontics, preventive dentistry, pediatric physical diagnosis, sedation techniques, oral pathology, biostatistics, epidemiology, special patient care and practice management.

Participation in the Centers for Craniofacial Disorders includes a bimonthly multi-disciplinary conference with other hospital specialties such as oral maxillo-facial surgery, orthodontics, plastic surgery, otorhinolaryngology, pediatric medicine, speech pathology, genetics and psychology.

Pediatric dentistry is one of five postgraduate programs in the Department of Dentistry at Montefiore Medical Center. As such, residents have available to them a large number of dental specialists and support personnel with whom they may consult in the treatment of cases requiring a multi-disciplinary approach.

A major rotation at the Rose F. Kennedy Center emphasizes comprehensive dental care for infants, children, adolescents and adults with physical, developmental, language and learning disabilities. Residents are called upon to manage medically complex and behaviorally difficult patients using advanced treatment modalities, including IM/IV sedations.

Program Stipend and Tuition

First-year stipend is $50,250 and second-year stipend is $52,500. Fringe benefits include 4 weeks paid vacation, complementary health insurance and daily meal plan. Subsidized housing and parking is available. Tuition is $5,000 per year.

Facilities

• Montefiore Medical Center/Schiff Pavilion
• Montefiore Medical Park/Comprehensive Family Care Center
• Prospect Avenue Dental Center
• Rose F. Kennedy Center/The Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center

Admission Requirements

Applicants must fulfill the following requirements to be considered for admission:

• D.D.S. or D.M.D. from an accredited American or Canadian dental school
• Eligibility for permit or temporary licensure in New York State
• Three letters of recommendation; one from the chairman of pediatric dentistry
• Dental and preprofessional education transcripts
• National Board Dental Examination results
• Recent photograph
• Match code number

Program Strengths

• Diverse patient population
• Extensive clinical experience
• Excellent medical/dental staff support
• Dental education supervised by full- and part-time faculty
• Extensive operating room and conscious sedation experience
• Excellent institutional resources for in-depth management of medically compromised
  and developmentally disabled children
• Interaction with other dental and medical post-graduate programs

Program Faculty

Full-time
Nuntiya Kakanantadilok, D.M.D., Director, Division of Pediatric Dentistry*
Alice Lee, D.D.S., Associate Director, Division of Pediatric Dentistry*
Christina Smith, D.D.S., Attending, Division of Pediatric Dentistry*

Part-time
Jayati Bhattacharyya, D.D.S., Attending, Division of Pediatric Dentistry*
Maritza Bianchi, D.D.S., Attending, Division of Pediatric Dentistry
Eytan Chen, D.M.D., Attending, Division of Pediatric Dentistry
Grace Encarnacion Chin, D.D.S., Attending, Division of Pediatric Dentistry*
Darryl Engel, D.M.D., Attending, Division of Pediatric Dentistry
Robert Frankel, D.M.D., Attending, Pediatric Dentistry
Geri Kreiner-Litt, D.D.S., Attending, Pediatric Dentistry

Rose F. Kennedy Center
Farah Alam, D.D.S., Director, Rose F. Kennedy Center
Steven Krauss, D.D.S., Attending, Pediatric Dentistry, Rose F. Kennedy Center*
Barry Lagsom, D.D.S., Attending, Oral Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Rose F. Kennedy Center

*Board certified

School Profile

Program Type:	Hospital-based Certificate
Program Director:	Full-Time Board Certified
Program Faculty:	3 Full-Time 7 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:	7
Tuition in-state:	$5,000 First Year $5,000 Second Year
Salary/Stipend:	$50,250 First Year $52,500 Second Year
Application:	November 1 Deadline
Participant in National Matching Service:	Yes
Participant in PASS:	Yes
Only US citizens from ADA accredited dental schools considered:	Yes
US citizens from foreign dental schools considered:	No
Non-US citizens from ADA accredited dental schools considered:	Yes
Non-US citizens from foreign dental schools considered:	No
Acceptance/Applicant Ratio:	1:20
Clinic Experience:	Orthodontics Conscious Sedation Hospital Rotations Anesthesia Emergency Call Operating Room Oral Surgery 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:	12 Chair/Operatories 8 Dental Assistants

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