Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program
Children's National Hospital
111 Michigan Avenue, N.W.
Washington, District of Columbia 20010
Phone: (202) 476-4606
Fax: (202) 476-3102
Program Contact: Shante Nichelle Johnson, snjohnson@childrensnational.org
Program Length and Number of Positions
This is a 24-month program commencing July 1 of each year. Four new positions are offered each year.
Program Type
The program is entirely based in a children's hospital, is affiliated with George Washington University Medical Center, and offers a certificate following successful completion of clinical and academic requirements.
Application
The application deadline is September 15 of the year preceding matriculation. The program participates in PASS; applications must only be submitted via PASS. Selected applicants will be invited for an in-person interview. Participation in MATCH is required.
Description
The Children's National Hospital is an internationally renowned, level 1 pediatric trauma center and level 1 pediatric surgery center. The program in pediatric dentistry offers a broad exposure to all relevant components of pediatric dentistry including but not limited to well children, children with special health care needs, minor and major dental traumas, sedation techniques, orthodontics, endodontics, and operating room experience. To provide a high level of care, the pediatric dental residents have available to them many other specialists and support personnel with whom they may consult in the treatment of cases requiring a multidisciplinary approach.
The institution also sponsors a large craniofacial center that pediatric dental residents actively participate in as part of the craniofacial team. The primary emphasis through all these activities is to integrate clinical experience with didactic knowledge.
Curriculum
An ongoing lecture and seminar series offers approximately 20 hours or more each month of formal presentations and case reviews and includes active participation by staff and residents in an interactive environment. Didactic training includes lectures in pediatric dentistry, growth and development, interceptive orthodontics, prevention, sedation techniques, radiology, pharmacology, oral pathology, biostatistics, orthodontics, and special patient care. Journal club, literature review and treatment planning seminars supplement didactic education.
Program Stipend and Tuition
The first-year resident (PGY-1) receives $71,831 and fringe benefits. The second-year resident (PGY-2) receives $76,364 plus fringe benefits.
Facilities
The Pediatric Dental clinic has eight fully functional operatories. Each of these treatment areas is equipped for four handed dentistry and has a central nitrous oxide unit. Five of the operatories are private rooms, with individual x-ray units.
Located within the modern 300 bed Children's National Hospital, the pediatric dental residency is part of a significant educational, research and teaching institution that is responsible for the training and education of many varied pediatric subspecialists. In addition to these resources, residents have available to them all the ancillary resources within the hospital center.
Admission Requirements
Applicants must meet the following criteria in order to be considered for admission:
- Must be US citizen or permanent resident.
- Must possess either a D.D.S. or D.M.D. degree from an ADA accredited dental school.
- Personal interview
- Participate in the PASS and Match Program
Program Strengths
- Extensive didactic education with integration to principles of critical thinking
- Excellent balance between didactic and clinical experiences
- Diverse patient population (e.g., healthy patients, patients with special health care needs, vulnerable populations, uninsured and immigrant families)
- Extensive clinical experience utilizing a multidisciplinary approach including emergency room, sedation, and operating room experience.
- Extensive exposure to pediatric emergency, medicine, and anesthesia rotations
- Excellent institutional resources and medical staff support for management of medically compromised and children with special health care needs.
- Dental education supervised by full time and part time attending staff with excellent attending to resident ratios. Adjunct faculty including Orthodontist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Endodontist
- Active research program
- Craniofacial Disorders Team
- Pediatric medical emergencies simulation training
- Book allowance allocated to all residents. Travel allowance allocated to all second-year residents to attend the AAPD Annual Session.
- Participation at the AAPD Pediatric Oral Health Advocacy Conference during at least one of the two years.
Program Faculty
*Jennifer Cully, D.M.D., M.Ed., Chief Division of Oral Health & Director of Research, Pediatric Dentistry,
*Mudrika Chhabra, D.M.D., M.S.D., Program Director, Pediatric Dentistry
*Anupama Rao Tate, D.M.D.,M.P.H., Director of Advocacy, Pediatric Dentistry
*Jonelle Anamelechi, D.D.S., Pediatric Dentistry
*Golnar Jahanmir, D.D.S., Pediatric Dentistry
*Reeya Boolchandani, D.D.S., Pediatric Dentistry
*Jonathan Bacon, D.D.S., Pediatric Dentistry
Linda Hallman, D.D.S., Ph.D., Program Director, Orthodontics
*Sheira Ramos Ve'lez, D.M.D., Orthodontics
*Ravi Agarwal, D.D.S., Chair & Program Director, Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Medstar Washington Hospital Center
*Julian Moiseiwitsch, B.D.S., Ph.D., Instructor, Endodontics
*Boarded in their specialty
School Profile
| Program Type: | Hospital-based |
| Program Director: | Full-Time |
| Program Faculty: | 3 Full-Time 4 Part-Time 7 Board Certified |
| Program Length: | 24 Total Months July 1 Start Date |
| Program Accreditation: | Approved |
| State Licensure: | Restricted License Available |
| Number of Entering Positions: | 4 |
| Tuition In-State: | |
| Tuition Out-Of-State: | |
| Salary/Stipend: | 71,831 First Year 76,364 Second Year |
| Application: | 0 Fee October 2 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: |
No |
| Non-US citizens from foreign dental schools considered: |
No |
| Acceptance Applicant Ratio: | 1:50 |
| Clinic Experience: | Orthodontics Conscious Sedation Hospital Rotations General Anesthesia Emergency Call Operating Room Oral Surgery Infant Oral Health Medically Compromised Mentally Disabled Craniofacial Disorders Physically Disabled Outreach Public Health Minimal and Moderate Sedations Special HealthCare Needs Behavior Guidance |
| Didactic Experience: | Seminars Literature Review Courses Case Conferences |
| Research Requirement: | Data Collection Project |
| Teaching Experience: | 1 Clinic Half-Days 2-5 Lecture/Presentations |
| Facilities: | 8 Chair/Operatories 5 Clinic Receptionist 8 Dental Assistants 1 Dental Hygienists |