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The Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at John Peter Smith hospital is now accepting applications for 1-year OMS Internship positions. Interns will be chosen following the match in January 2018.
Link to information about our program: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | JPSHealth Network
In order to apply, please email the following to [email protected]:
1. Curriculum Vitae
2. Two letters of recommendation – from dental school faculty or current post-grad training program faculty
3. Personal Statement
4. Part 1 of NBDE score
5. NBME Comprehensive Basic Science score report
6. Transcripts from undergraduate and dental schools
Unique Aspects of the JPS OMS Internship
We offer a true full-scope experience for those looking to match in a competitive oral and maxillofacial surgery residency training program. Our interns receive exposure to dentoaveolar, head and neck trauma, head and neck cancer – including microvascular reconstructive surgery, orthognathic surgery and all its data-collection, diagnosis and treatment planning, Facial pain and of course operating room surgical experience.
The best way to describe what will be your clinical experience is to briefly outline a typical week for a John Peter Smith Hospital, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery intern:
The department of oral and maxillofacial surgery covers all the facial trauma call for the hospital 24/7/365.
Our interns work alongside the 5th and 6th year oral and maxillofacial surgery residents from the UT-Southwestern/Parkland training program.
Our interns will have unrivaled support for their application to advanced training in oral & maxillofacial surgery. Including regular lectures, workshops and mock interviews to prepare them for the rigorous demands of application into an oral & maxillofacial surgery residency program.
Attendings and Their Specialties:
John P. Stella, DDS, FACS, Chairman and Program Director – Orthognathic Surgery & Dental Implants
Michael R. Warner, DDS, PhD – TMJ/Facial Pain
Herman Kao, DDS, MD – Facial Trauma
Fayette C. Williams, DDS, MD, FACS – Head & Neck Oncology
Richard Patterson, DDS – IV Sedation
If you have questions, please email [email protected].
Link to information about our program: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | JPSHealth Network
In order to apply, please email the following to [email protected]:
1. Curriculum Vitae
2. Two letters of recommendation – from dental school faculty or current post-grad training program faculty
3. Personal Statement
4. Part 1 of NBDE score
5. NBME Comprehensive Basic Science score report
6. Transcripts from undergraduate and dental schools
Unique Aspects of the JPS OMS Internship
We offer a true full-scope experience for those looking to match in a competitive oral and maxillofacial surgery residency training program. Our interns receive exposure to dentoaveolar, head and neck trauma, head and neck cancer – including microvascular reconstructive surgery, orthognathic surgery and all its data-collection, diagnosis and treatment planning, Facial pain and of course operating room surgical experience.
The best way to describe what will be your clinical experience is to briefly outline a typical week for a John Peter Smith Hospital, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery intern:
- Monday is IV sedation day, with noon grand rounds for orthognathic reconstructive surgery presentations; at which, the interns will present comprehensive orthognathic surgery work-ups.
- Tuesday the OMFS clinic is dentoaveolar patients all day. We also are running a facial/oral lesion clinic, which is primarily skin cancer diagnosis and removal and follow-ups from cancer resection surgery from the previous weeks. Additionally, we are in the operating room all day, primarily for facial trauma.
- Wednesday is extraction clinic in the morning and the afternoon is facial pain clinic, specifically for the diagnosis and management of facial pain/TMJ disorders. We are also in the operating room all day.
- Thursday the OMFS clinic sees dentoaveolar patients all day. Thursday is also our main OR time for cancer resection and reconstruction surgeries.
- Friday is full mouth extraction/IV sedation clinic and pre-op work ups for the next week.
The department of oral and maxillofacial surgery covers all the facial trauma call for the hospital 24/7/365.
Our interns work alongside the 5th and 6th year oral and maxillofacial surgery residents from the UT-Southwestern/Parkland training program.
Our interns will have unrivaled support for their application to advanced training in oral & maxillofacial surgery. Including regular lectures, workshops and mock interviews to prepare them for the rigorous demands of application into an oral & maxillofacial surgery residency program.
Attendings and Their Specialties:
John P. Stella, DDS, FACS, Chairman and Program Director – Orthognathic Surgery & Dental Implants
Michael R. Warner, DDS, PhD – TMJ/Facial Pain
Herman Kao, DDS, MD – Facial Trauma
Fayette C. Williams, DDS, MD, FACS – Head & Neck Oncology
Richard Patterson, DDS – IV Sedation
If you have questions, please email [email protected].
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