About the program | Admissions Information About the Program | Welcome to the University of Maryland Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery site. We currently offer a 6-year residency training program. This program has a long history of offering an exceptional experience in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, complimenting our strong core OMS training with maxillofacial oncology, major maxillofacial trauma, microvascular surgery, and cleft surgery. The University of Maryland's integrated residency - M.D. program is a fully accredited specialty training experience that is six years in length. During the trainee's first year, ten months are spent in clinical Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery and two months on the Anesthesiology service. The trainee also participates in an eight month long course in patient evaluation at the medical school. Residents are required to take and pass Part I of the National Medical Boards prior to being given advanced standing in the medical school. The second and third years are spent in the medical school at the third and fourth year levels. Elective months are spent in Oral-Maxillofacial Pathology, Anesthesiology and Oculo-plastic surgery. The trainee spends the fourth year of the program as a General Surgery PGY-1 resident. The fifth and sixth years of the program are spent on the Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery service, with 12 months as Chief Resident, rotating between the house, trauma, and pathology services. Rotations to other hospitals occur to provide additional training in aesthetic and orthognathic surgery. The following two years (2 and 3) will have the trainee’s time divided between clinical Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and various medical and surgical rotations to include Internal Medicine, General and Trauma Surgery, Critical Care, Oculo-plastic surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Anesthesiology, and Neurosurgery. The fourth year will be spent as Chief Resident, rotating between the house, trauma, and pathology services. While on the Oral-Maxillofacial Service, the trainees participate in all clinical activities as well as the didactic program. Conferences include oral pathology, medical science, CPC, case presentation, journal review and quality assurance. In addition, combined residency seminars are held with the Departments of Orthodontics on Orthognathic Surgery, and with Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery on Craniofacial Reconstruction. Hospital teaching rounds are also used extensively. Trainees are paid while on a clinical service with the current range of $43,919 to $53,245, plus benefits. The University of Maryland campus is located in Baltimore's spectacular Inner Harbor district, directly adjacent to Oriole Park at Camden Yards and Baltimore Ravens football stadium. The campus includes the University of Maryland Medical Center Hospital and world famous R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. Numerous clinical and research institutions are present on the campus locally. The hospitals have a combined capacity of about 1,000 beds. The campus also includes the University's newly constructed Dental School, Graduate School, and the Schools of Medicine, Law, Social Work, Nursing, and Pharmacy. The Baltimore area offers an abundance of affordable apartments, condominiums and homes. The city offers many cultural, athletic, historic, and other leisure events. The city is also a short distance from Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and the Eastern Shore. Areas for hunting, fishing, hiking, and boating are plentiful. Residents are eligible for tickets for certain Orioles and Ravens ball games and the Baltimore Symphony at no cost courtesy of the UMMC housestaff association. Call rooms are available for residents required to stay in the hospital. A resident lounge is also available. Residents are provided two weeks of vacation during the first year, three weeks during years four and five, and four weeks during year six. While in medical school, trainees take the usual school vacations built into the academic schedule. |
Number of Positions - Three
Faculty | Full-Time Faculty | Special Interests | Robert A. Ord, DDS, MD, FACS, FRCS | Chairman - Head & Neck Surgical Oncology | John F. Caccamese, DMD, MD | Program Director - Cleft/Craniofacial surgery, Pediatric Trauma, Orthognathic Surgery | Stewart A. Bergman, DDS, MS | Facial Pain, Basic/Clinical Research,TMJ | Domenick Coletti, DDS, MD | Maxillofacial Trauma/Reconstructive Surgery, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Implantology | | Andrew R. Salama, DDS, MD | Head and Neck Surgery / Microvascular Reconstruction | | Gary Warburton, DDS, MD | Orthognathic Surgery, Cosmetic Surgery, Implants, and TMJ | | Cynthia Idzik-Starr, DDS | Director of Urgent Care |
Part-Time Faculty | Larry Bryant, DDS
Vincent DiFabio, DDS
John Emmett, DDS Dwayne Everett, DDS Paul German, DDS Katherine Hashimoto, DDS Lubor Hlousek, DDS Julius Hyatt, DDS Bernard Krupp, DDS Richard Nessif, DDS
Irving Raksin, DDS Harlene Sandler, DDS Saul Schweber, DDS
Cornelius Sullivan, DMD
John Tsaknis, DDS |
All full-time faculty are certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Faculty hold positions on several major committees of the state and of national organizations. Two faculty serve on the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Administrative Staff | Deborah Wojcik, Executive Administrative Assistant, OMS Department, Dental School
Zina McKee, Resident Coordinator, OMS Department, Dental School |
Current Residents | Anil Kashyap, DDS MD, graduated from New York University (PGY 4) Kamran Raja, DMD, MD, graduated from Boston University (PGY 4) Amro Shihabi, DMD, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (PGY 3) Clement Qaqish, DDS, MD graduated from University of Western Ontario (PGY 3) Carrie Klene, DDS, graduated from Indiana University (PGY 2) Arina Doroshenko, DDS, graduated from Univeristy of Maryland (PGY 1) Ketan Patel, DDS, Ph.D. graduated from University of Birmingham (PGY 1) Robin Yang, DDS graduated from Columbia University (PGY 1) |
Currently in General Surgery Internship
| Beom-June Kim, DMD, MD, graduated from University of Pennsylvania Johnathan Tomlinson, DMD, MD, graduated from Boston University |
Currently enrolled in Medical School | Tania Nelson-Chrystal, DDS, graduated from UCLA Touraj Khalilzadeh, DMD, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Hessam Siavash, DDS, PhD, graduated from the University of Maryland |
| D'Vano Forbes, DMD graduated from Boston University (PGY 1) John Vorrasi, DMD, graduated from SUNY at Buffalo (PGY 1) |
Head and Neck Oncology/Microvascular Fellows | Joshua E. Lubek, DDS, MD, completed training at Wayne State University
Nancy E. McDermott, DMD, MD, completed training at Harvard Medical School |
Program | Application Process | Application Deadline* | Maryland Application Fee | Selection Process | Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery | PASS | September 15 | None | MATCH |
All applicants to the Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery Program must submit their applications through PASS (Postdoctoral Application Support Service). In order to receive a PASS application, you should contact: After you submit all of your application documents through PASS, PASS will then forward your application materials to the University of Maryland. Additionally, please submit the following documents directly to the Office of Admissions and Student Affairs in one master envelope: - the original the completed University of Maryland Advanced Dental Education application form (no application fee is required)
- official transcripts of your undergraduate course work
- 2x2 photo
These documents should be placed in one master envelope and addressed t | Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery Program Admissions
Office of Admissions and Recruitment,
University of Maryland, Dental School
650 West Baltimore Street - Room 6407
Baltimore, Maryland 21201 |
For selection of candidates, the Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery Program participates in the National Matching Service. You must participate in the National Matching Service in order to be considered for selection for this program. You may contact the National Matching Service at: | National Matching Service
20 Holly Street, Suite 301
Toronto, Ontario Canada, M4S 3B1
(416) 977-3431
fax (416) 977-5020
www.natmatch.com/dentres/ |
Applicants must register with the National Matching Service and agree to abide by the rules for the matching process. |
