Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency

Six-year certification / MD program

This program option combines curriculums to lead to a certificate in oral and maxillofacial surgery and a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree. The minimum duration of study is 72 months.

In this option, residents attend Texas Tech University Medical School in Lubbock, TX as full-time medical students with advanced standing in the second-year medical class. Six months of the medical school program are spent on the oral and maxillofacial surgery service.

After completion of medical school, residents return to Dallas to complete a one-year general surgery internship at Baylor University Medical Center. The remaining 24 months of the program are spent on the oral and maxillofacial surgery service at Texas A&M University College of Dentistry and Baylor University Medical Center.

Four-year certification program

The 48-month certificate-only program in oral and maxillofacial surgery is a fully accredited residency made available primarily for United States Federal Service trainees. The first 12 months of the program include time on the parent service as well as a series of resident-level rotations on the general surgery, medicine and anesthesia services.

The final three years of the program are primarily spent on the oral and maxillofacial surgery service with one-month rotations in the oral pathology, head and neck surgery and oculoplastic surgery services.