NOVA ORAL SURGERY

[NSUOMFS]

Here is a summary of Nova Southeastern Univeristy Oral Surgery Residency. The program started in 2002 . There are two outpatient centers one at the NSU Dental school and one at Broward General Medical center. The NSU dental clinic is similar to a private practice OMFS clinic. (impactions, simple and complex implants, sedation, bone grafting, soft tissue work, trauma follow up and minor cosmetic (fillers/botox)). This clinic is fed from dental school referrals and outside referrals. It is a cash pay clinic. Dental students receive 6 free implants to give to patients, which is primary source of implants. The other outpatient center is a Broward Health Medical Center it primarily treats uninsured, under insured and cancer patient follow ups of Dr. McClure. (impactions, sedation, trauma follow up and pathology follow up)

The program covers three hospitals two tertiary care Level I trauma centers Memorial Regional Hospital (MRH) and Broward General Medical Center (BGMC) and a Level two Memorial Hospital West (MHW). The program takes call 365 days/year at MRH, 273/year at BGMC (3 out of 4 weeks) and 91 days/year at MHW. At all hospitals the OMFS resident service is the only service covering facial trauma. MRH is affiliated with Joe Dimaggio Children's Hospital (JDCH) and residents work there as well (365/year)

The program has a clinic in the dental school the provides a steady flow of orthognathic referrals. Oral pathology is completed in house.

The program was started by the Chair Dr. Kaltman (university of Pittsburgh) who has Chaired three other programs (Pitt, Allegheny, MCP/Hahmemann), The Program Director Dr. McClure (Suny Downstate and Univ. Of Maryland) is fellowship trained in Head and Neck Surgery and Microvascular Surgery), Dr. Jason Portnof (Cornell, Wellington Centre for Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery) is fellowship trained in craniofacial anomalies. These are the faculty residents spend the bulk of their residency with. There is currently a search underway for a 4th attending position.

Dr. Ana Ospina oversees the the predoctoral clinic.

Residents rotate with the following individuals:

1. Dr. TJ Tejera. Spend one day per month in the OMFS Nova clinic. Primarily directing residents on cosmetic procedures as well as practice management.
2. Dr. Curtis Schalit. Chief residents rotate for one month in Dr. Schalit’s private office. Focused solely on cosmetic procedures.
3. Dr. John Clarke. Takes one week of call per month at BGMC
4. Dr. Anthony Sclar. Third year residents rotate for two weeks at his private office. Focused solely on dental implants/soft tissue procedures/hard tissue augmentation/ and All on four procedures.
5. Dr. Michael A. Pikos. Residents attend his 2 to 3 day lectures and hands on course at the Pikos Institute on Complex bone grafting, implant reconstruction, soft tissue management, and sinus augmentation.

The program’s Yearly schedule is the following:
Year one: 4 Months adult anesthesia (BGMC), 1 Month pediatric anesthesia (JDCH), 2 Months internal medicine, 5 months OMFS Service.
Year Two: 6 Month OMFS on service, 3 Months MRH Trauma resident, 3 Months BGMC Trauma resident
Year Three: 12 Months on OMFS service. (less 2 weeks at Dr. Sclar rotation)
Year Four: 4 Months OMFS Chief BGMC, 4 Months OMFS Chief MRH, 3 Months float chief, and 1 Month Cosmetic rotation with Dr. Schalit.

Chiefs attend yearly AAOMS meeting and 3rd years go to review course at LSU or Denver.

Call is covered by 1st, 2nd and 3rd year residents. Depending on the number of on service residents ranges from q2 to q5 call. BGMC is in house call, while MRH is home call with 20 minute response time.

There is a publication requirement to graduate. The program accepts three resident's/year.


I hope that helps anyone out there looking at Nova OMFS. For externship requests contact program director Dr. McClure: [email protected]

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[Life of Pablo]

Can we get an update on this program?

 

[Broward/NSU-OMFS]

Broward/NSU OMFS:

Our department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery offers a four-year certificate program which is fully accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation for the training of three residents per year. Delivering comprehensive facial trauma and oral & maxillofacial surgical coverage for two level-one trauma centers and two children’s hospitals 365 days a year, residents are exposed to the breadth of the specialty and well prepared for the rigors of specialty board examinations.


Off service rotations provide residents with opportunities unique to our program. A high volume pediatric surgical facility, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital provides comprehensive experience in pediatric anesthesia and airway management. PGY-I residents will get early, hands-on experience with 4 months of adult and 1 month of pediatric anesthesia. PGY-II residents will complete 6 months of General Surgery/Trauma Surgery rotations in which they will develop their surgical skills operating alongside staff trauma surgeons as first assistant, enhance their medical and critical care knowledge managing patients in the trauma ICU and floor, and develop confidence in managing critical emergency situations by utilizing ATLS, ACLS, and PALS during trauma alerts and codes. During the PGY-IV year, residents spend one month in a private practice learning the intricacies of facial cosmetic surgery under the tutelage of Dr. Curtis Schalit.


Residents will work out of two, busy outpatient clinics that are unique in patient population and procedural opportunities. Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine provides a steady referral stream for third molar surgery, cosmetic surgery, botox, dental implants, and orthognathic surgery. Broward Health Medical Center outpatient clinic provides a consistent stream of pathology, dentoalveolar and pre-prosthetic surgery, and trauma cases.


Residents are trained in the comprehensive management of benign and malignant pathology of the maxillofacial complex, with residents intimately involved in the process of diagnosis, operative planning, and surgical management. Reconstructive training includes the breadth of conventional bone grafting techniques as well as microvascular reconstruction.


NSU Oral and Maxillofacial surgery functions as a core service on the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Craniofacial Team. Through this affiliation, our residents are exposed to cleft lip and palate surgery, alveolar cleft grafting, cranial vault remodeling, and cleft orthognathic surgery.


Our program embraces the implementation of cutting edge techniques and technologies into surgical planning and execution. With an in-house 3-d printer, CT scans are quickly converted into three-dimensional models for use in operative planning. Virtual surgical planning and custom milled hardware are used to guide both orthognathic surgery and tumor resection/reconstruction.

Attending Physicians:

Steven Kaltman, DMD, MD - Chairman
Shawn A. McClure, DMD, MD - Program Director
Anastasiya Quimby, DDS, MD
Curtis Schalit, DDS - Facial Cosmetics Rotation

Curriculum Structure

PGYI:
Five Months - OMFS
Four Months - Adult Anesthesia
One Month - Pediatric Anesthesia
Two Months - Internal Medicine

PGYII:
Six Months - OMFS
Six Months – Trauma/General Surgery

PGYIII:
Eleven Months – OMFS
Two weeks – Dental implant surgery and bone grafting
One week – Board review course

PGYIV:
Four Months – Chief Resident of Broward Health Medical Center OMFS
Four Months – Chief Resident of NSU/Memorial Regional Hospital OMFS
Three Months – OMFS
One Month – Facial Cosmetic Surgery

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact our program coordinator, Arisleyda Infante, at:
(954) 468-8932
[email protected]

Or visit our webpage at:

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Program | Broward Health

gme.browardhealth.org

 

[Ivy.ch]

Broward/NSU OMFS:

Our department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery offers a four-year certificate program which is fully accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation for the training of three residents per year. Delivering comprehensive facial trauma and oral & maxillofacial surgical coverage for two level-one trauma centers and two children’s hospitals 365 days a year, residents are exposed to the breadth of the specialty and well prepared for the rigors of specialty board examinations.


Off service rotations provide residents with opportunities unique to our program. A high volume pediatric surgical facility, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital provides comprehensive experience in pediatric anesthesia and airway management. PGY-I residents will get early, hands-on experience with 4 months of adult and 1 month of pediatric anesthesia. PGY-II residents will complete 6 months of General Surgery/Trauma Surgery rotations in which they will develop their surgical skills operating alongside staff trauma surgeons as first assistant, enhance their medical and critical care knowledge managing patients in the trauma ICU and floor, and develop confidence in managing critical emergency situations by utilizing ATLS, ACLS, and PALS during trauma alerts and codes. During the PGY-IV year, residents spend one month in a private practice learning the intricacies of facial cosmetic surgery under the tutelage of Dr. Curtis Schalit.


Residents will work out of two, busy outpatient clinics that are unique in patient population and procedural opportunities. Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine provides a steady referral stream for third molar surgery, cosmetic surgery, botox, dental implants, and orthognathic surgery. Broward Health Medical Center outpatient clinic provides a consistent stream of pathology, dentoalveolar and pre-prosthetic surgery, and trauma cases.


Residents are trained in the comprehensive management of benign and malignant pathology of the maxillofacial complex, with residents intimately involved in the process of diagnosis, operative planning, and surgical management. Reconstructive training includes the breadth of conventional bone grafting techniques as well as microvascular reconstruction.


NSU Oral and Maxillofacial surgery functions as a core service on the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Craniofacial Team. Through this affiliation, our residents are exposed to cleft lip and palate surgery, alveolar cleft grafting, cranial vault remodeling, and cleft orthognathic surgery.


Our program embraces the implementation of cutting edge techniques and technologies into surgical planning and execution. With an in-house 3-d printer, CT scans are quickly converted into three-dimensional models for use in operative planning. Virtual surgical planning and custom milled hardware are used to guide both orthognathic surgery and tumor resection/reconstruction.

Attending Physicians:

Steven Kaltman, DMD, MD - Chairman
Shawn A. McClure, DMD, MD - Program Director
Anastasiya Quimby, DDS, MD
Curtis Schalit, DDS - Facial Cosmetics Rotation

Curriculum Structure

PGYI:
Five Months - OMFS
Four Months - Adult Anesthesia
One Month - Pediatric Anesthesia
Two Months - Internal Medicine

PGYII:
Six Months - OMFS
Six Months – Trauma/General Surgery

PGYIII:
Eleven Months – OMFS
Two weeks – Dental implant surgery and bone grafting
One week – Board review course

PGYIV:
Four Months – Chief Resident of Broward Health Medical Center OMFS
Four Months – Chief Resident of NSU/Memorial Regional Hospital OMFS
Three Months – OMFS
One Month – Facial Cosmetic Surgery

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact our program coordinator, Arisleyda Infante, at:
(954) 468-8932
[email protected]

Or visit our webpage at:

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Program | Broward Health

gme.browardhealth.org

So If I understand correctly Nova does a hefty portion of malignant case? Free flaps too? How often?

What would you say are the strengths and weaknesses compared to other programs?