Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency

Objectives

The residency's objectives are to:

• Offer a clinical and academic background that meets or exceeds the requirements and essentials of an accredited residency program in oral and maxillofacial surgery
• Provide a program that prepares residents for successful completion of the certification examination of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Develop surgical expertise, diagnostic acumen and patient management skills to enable each resident to pursue an academic career, research career and/or practice in this specialty
• Foster an attitude of critical inquiry and intellectual self-renewal throughout each resident's career and stimulate the desire to deliver ethical, compassionate and effective health care services
• Stimulate an intellectual curiosity through the teaching of research methodology and the design and conduct of meaningful research

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.