UFOMS, Firstly, there IS a med school at OSU, they DO compete somewhat with maxillofacial cases. Secondly, although I have a somewhat biased opinion, I believe I can give you some objective information concerning the OSU OMFS program. There have been a lot of problems in the past with keeping happy surgery faculty and with faculty-administration turf wars. Most recently, Larsen has "stepped down" because of these conflicts with the dean and other administration. In addition, I believe another faculty member has left, and it is definitely a loss for the school since he was one of the best teachers there. The residents are a mixed group. Those that I think are happiest there are the ones that went to dental school at OSU, with non-OSU graduates tending to be less happy with the program. I think it may be that the OSU grads know exactly what to expect going into the program, whereas the non-OSU grads have been unpleasantly surprised with the politics of the school and the program itself. Don't get me wrong, it IS a good program and you will get lots of experience, but I do worry a bit about the program being able to stay afloat without the vital faculty members that they have lost due to the political situation at the school. If it were me, I would opt for a more stable program at this point in time, one that I could be confident would stay stable for the 4 years I was there, at least, so that these worries wouldn't play in to my education. But that's just me....
