The Dental Residency Program at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center offers residents a choice of training in one of three specialties – General Practice, Pediatric Dental, and Dental Anesthesiology. In additional to clinical and didactic training in their particular specialty area, residents receive exposure to all dental and medical specialties, ensuring a well-rounded exposure to the field of dentistry.
General Practice Residency
The General Practice Residency Program is an American Dental Association Commission of Dental Accreditation (CODA) accredited one-year program with an optional second year. Our program offers training in comprehensive multidisciplinary oral healthcare at a level beyond pre-doctoral training.
Residents receive post-doctoral training in restorative dentistry, prosthodontics (fixed and removable), dental implants, endodontics, oral surgery, periodontics, geriatric, and pediatric dentistry.
Additionally, residents receive clinical and didactic training from attending physicians representing all dental and medical specialties.
The didactic portion of the program includes lectures, seminars and rounds provided through the department of dentistry. Topics include but are not limited to internal medicine, sedation, oral pathology, anesthesia, orthodontics, pain and anxiety control, implants, continuous quality improvement, practice management, restorative dentistry, periodontics, prosthodontics, endodontics, trauma, oral surgery, and pediatric dentistry.
Residents also participate in clinical rotations in Internal Medicine (4 weeks), Special Care Dentistry (4 weeks), Anesthesia (4 weeks), and Emergency Medicine (4 weeks).
The program will prepare graduates to:
- Act as the primary care provider by providing emergency and comprehensive coordinated oral health care, including oral health promotion and disease prevention.
- Provide multidisciplinary oral health care to a multicultural diverse population, including patients with special needs in a hospital setting.
- Deliver oral healthcare applying patient and practice management concepts, including quality assurance measures in a dynamic health care environment
- Function effectively within a hospital and other healthcare environments.
- Incorporate scientific principles in the provision of oral healthcare
- Recognize the importance of community service as a health care provider by understanding their members’ cultural diversity and socio-economic challenges.
WHMC Admission Requirements for General Practice Residency Program
- Applicants must be graduates of a U.S. or Canadian dental school (DDS/DMD diploma).
- Applicants must be proficient in the English language.
- Applicants must submit a completed ADEA PASS Application (application requirements are listed on the ADEA PASS website).
- Applicants must submit a 2×2” photo to the residency coordinator.
In addition to the general requirements, GPR applicants must demonstrate a strong academic background, a passing score on both parts of the NBDE, three letters of recommendation. Applicants must also submit a resume that includes a personal statement and be prepared to interview with the program director.
Pediatric Dental Residency
The Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center is an American Dental Association Commission of Dental Accreditation (CODA) accredited two-year program. The program is designed to prepare pediatric dentists to provide pediatric oral healthcare, assume leadership roles, and serve the community.
The residency program will provide a well-rounded exposure to the field of pediatric dentistry. Residents will provide the highest quality of oral health care to infants, children, and adolescents, including those with special healthcare needs that present to the Department of Dental Medicine.
The clinical portion of the program is strengthened by the didactic program that includes a broad range of lectures, literature reviews, treatment planning conferences, case presentations, and a research project.
Residents also participate in clinical rotations in Anesthesiology, Pediatric Medicine, and Emergency Medicine. During these rotations the resident will gain experience and knowledge in comprehensive medical and dental care in a hospital setting. The residents will also be trained in comprehensive treatment under general anesthesia and sedation.
The Program will prepare Pediatric Dentists who:
- Are capable of critical analysis, preform independent practice, and can lead the coordination of care when working as a team member with different healthcare professionals
- Will improve the oral health status of the pediatric population in our community
- Will provide oral health education and advocacy as part of community dentistry and public health
- Will provide the highest quality of oral health care to infants, children, adolescents, including those with special health care needs
WHMC Admission Requirements for Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program
- Applicants must be a graduate of a U.S. or Canadian dental school (DDS/DMD diploma)
- Applicants must be proficient in the English language
- Applicants must submit a completed ADEA PASS Application (application requirements are listed on the ADEA PASS website).
- Applicants must submit a 2×2” photo to the residency coordinator.
In addition to the general requirements, applicants must demonstrate a strong academic background, a passing score on both parts of the NBDE or INBDE, and three letters of recommendation, including one from a pediatric dentist. Applicants must also submit a resume that includes a personal statement and be prepared to interview with the program director.
Dental Anesthesiology Residency
The Wyckoff Heights Medical Center Dental Anesthesiology Residency Program is a three-year residency program accredited by the Commission of Dental Accreditation (CODA). The objective is to provide residents with an advanced comprehensive education in the use of both pharmacological and non-pharmacological agents to manage pain and anxiety.
Residents are trained in anesthesia care for the adult, pediatric, and special care population undergoing dental, maxillofacial and other procedures, as well as exposure to the diagnosis and nonsurgical management of orofacial pain. The residents are imparted with a well-rounded clinical experience in the full spectrum of anesthesia care by being fully integrated in the operating room activities with the Department of Anesthesiology, providing intravenous sedation for patients treated in the Department of Dental Medicine.
The program offers four off-service rotations: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Cardiology, and Intensive Care Unit. We supplement these clinical experiences with a strong didactic curriculum, giving the residents an opportunity to participate in multiple lectures, journal clubs, and scholarly activities.
The Program will prepare graduates to:
- Deliver anxiety and pain control services for emergency and comprehensive multidisciplinary healthcare
- Plan and provide anesthesia related care for a full range of patients, including adult, pediatric, and patients with special care needs
- Manage the delivery of anesthesia by applying concepts of patient and practice management and quality improvement that are responsive to a dynamic environment
- Function effectively within an interdisciplinary healthcare environment and team
- Apply scientific principles to learning and anesthesia-related health care, including using critical thinking, evidence or outcome based clinical decision making, and technology-based information retrieval systems
- Utilize the values of professional ethics, lifelong learning, patient centered care, adaptability, and acceptance of cultural diversity in professional practice
WHMC Admission Requirements for Dental Anesthesiology Program
- Completion of a GPR program approved by CODA
- Applicants must submit an official copy of their dental school transcripts
- Applicants must submit a completed ADEA PASS Application (application requirements are listed on the ADEA PASS website)
- Applicants must submit a 2×2” photo to the Residency Coordinator.
In addition to the general requirements, Dental Anestheisa applicants must demonstrate a strong academic background, a passing score on both parts of the NBDE, a CV, and three letters of recommendation (Dental school professor, post-graduate program director, and an additional evaluation). Applicants will have to interview with the program director.
How to Apply
Applicants interested in any of our three residency programs, must submit an application through the ADEA Pass system and participate in an interview process. For additional information on how to apply, contact the Program Residency Coordinator directly.
All three of our programs participate in National Resident Matching Program®.
Residency Verification Requests
Awilda Torres
Program Residency Coordinator
718-208-2470 ext. 2470
Resources
Dental Resident Directory
Faculty
Karl Hoffman, DDS
Chairman, Department of Dental Medicine
Program Director General Practice Residency Program
Dr. Melany Camacho
Associate Director General Practice Residency Program
Attending – Dental Anesthesia
Manali Kanitkar, DMD
Director, Pediatric Residency Program
Camille Chiques, DMD
Director, Dental Anesthesia Program
Dr. Priscila Guzman
Attending – General Dentistry
Dr. Anthony Richards
Attending – General Dentistry
Dr. Rabia Yilan
Attending – Endodontics
Dr. Ariel Otero
Attending – Oral Surgery
Dr. John McIntyre
Attending – Oral Surgery
Dr. Sidney Sternberger
Attending – Prosthodontics