Geisinger Health System - Integrated 6-year MD
- Pennsylvania
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- geisinger.edu
Program Contact
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine: 521 Pine St, Scranton, PA 18509
Central Campus: 100 N. Academy Ave. M.C. 13-36, Danville, Pennsylvania, 17822
Northeast Campus: 675 Baltimore Drive, M.C. 33-12, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, 18702
Geisinger Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery services a population of approximately 1.3 million patients in Central and Northeast Pennsylvania. In the Northeast region, residents rotate at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center (Wilkes-Barre, Level I Trauma Center) and Geisinger Community Medical Center (Scranton, Level II Trauma Center). In the Central region, residents cover Geisinger Medical Center (Danville, Level I Trauma Center) and Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital (Bloomsburg, Community Center).
All faculty in our program are American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS) board-certified. Our scope of practice includes dentoalveolar, implants, outpatient anesthesia, orthognathic surgery, obstructive sleep apnea (including hypoglossal nerve stimulation), TMJ (i.e. minimally-invasive arthroscopy and total alloplastic joint reconstruction), trauma, benign/malignant pathology, salivary gland surgery (i.e. minimally-invasive sialendoscopy and major salivary gland surgery), complex reconstructive surgery (i.e. microvascular surgery and nerve reconstruction) and multi-disciplinary secondary cleft and craniofacial surgery.
A 6-year Integrated OMS-MD track is offered in collaboration with the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (Scranton, PA). Two residents, per year, are accepted.
Program Information
| Accreditation | This program is accredited by CODA |
|---|---|
| Program Type | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery |
| Program Code | OMS2029 |
| Degrees Offered | Certificate, Internship, MD |
| Program Size | 2 |
| Program Length | 72 months |
| Application Deadline | September 1 |
| Program Start Date | July 1 |
| Supplemental Application | Yes |
| Supplemental Fee | No |
| Stipend Offered | Yes |
| Match Participating | Yes |
| Program Website | geisinger.edu |
Application Requirements
Required Standardized Tests
- CBSE
- NBDE1
- Passing the INBDE before the advanced dental education program deadline
- DAT is required.
Supplemental Requirements
- Requires supplemental application
Transcript Evaluation and Instructions
Please send undergradulate transcripts, dental school transcripts, and DAT scores directly to Christine DeMelfi (cademelfi@geisinger.edu). If applicable, please also include transcripts for other advanced educational degrees.
International Student Eligibility
This program will consider applicants who graduated, or plan to graduate, from a non-CODA accredited dental school: No
Applicants are eligible to enroll if they are:
- US Citizen
- US Permanent Resident
Additional Information
Please upload your DAT and CBSE score reports to the PASS application. Following the official MATCH date, our program also seeks 4 preliminary interns who complete a 12 month internship at either the Central or Northeast campus. Note: Candidates will need to be eligible for a PA dental or medical license prior to July 1st of their matriculating year. If an accredited residency has not been completed, candidates will need to have completed a clinical examination, including CDCA (formerly NERB), CRDTS, WREB, SRTA, or CITA is needed.