Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Concentration

A concentration in oral and maxillofacial surgery is offered to senior students who are considering the specialty as a career. Enrollment is limited to a maximum of seven (7) individuals who will be applying to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency training programs for specialty education. The program is directed by Dr. Thalita Vieira e Oliveira, DDS, MsC, PhD.

Criteria

Student Selection is based on the following criteria:

  1. Academic standing. Students must be in good standing at the School of Dental Medicine and current in their graduation requirements (i.e., not on probation). Individuals with grade point averages above 3.2 and class rank in the top 1/3 will be given preference.
  2.  Submission of a current curriculum vitae (résumé). This should include previous education, class rank, current GPA, academic honors, and pertinent extracurricular activities.
  3. A personal statement describing the applicant’s desire to pursue further education in the concentration of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.
  4. A personal interview with the director of the concentration.

Requirements for Completion

  1. Participation in at least 50 hours of didactic instruction in oral and maxillofacial surgery over two semesters. Students selected will be enrolled in OSU871 (1 credit hour, S/U) during the Fall and Spring semesters of their senior year.
  2. Participants in this Concentration will be expected to attend the following Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery seminars, conferences or lectures:

    -OMFS Grand Rounds – Tuesdays 7am – 8am
              -Also held at this time – Morbidity and Mortality conference,
               Orthognathic/Orthodontic Seminars, OMFS literature review
    -Preoperative conferences – Thursdays 7am – 8am
    -Pathology seminar – one Tuesday monthly starting at 4:30pm

  3. Completion of an externship at an institution outside the University at Buffalo. The externship should be a minimum of one week in length and should be to an institution that sponsors an OMFS training program. A log of experiences must be submitted. This requirement can be completed any time before or during participation in this concentration.
  4.  Participation in at least two on-call experiences. The student will be expected to respond to all emergency calls to the OMFS service during the time on-call. Students will need to have all hospital requirements completed for issuance of an ID card for the particular hospital.
  5. Participation in two operating room surgical cases. The student will be expected to scrub and actively participate in the surgical management of the patient.
  6. Presentation at an oral surgery seminar. Each student will be expected to give a 30-minute presentation at one of the scheduled clinical case conferences during the latter part of the Spring semester.

Application

Email all required application materials to thalitav@buffalo.edu

Deadline for applying to the concentration is May 1 of the junior year.