Geisinger Health System - 4-year Certificate
- Pennsylvania
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- geisinger.edu
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Program Contact
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. Residents rotate at Geisinger Medical Center (Danville, Level I Trauma Center), Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center (Wilkes-Barre, Level I Trauma Center) and Geisinger Community Medical Center (Scranton, Level II Trauma 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, 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.
Program Information
Program Type | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery |
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Program Code | OMS2011 |
Degrees Offered | Certificate, Internship |
Program Size | 4 |
Program Length | 48 months |
Application Deadline | September 15 |
Program Start Date | July 1 |
Supplemental Application | No |
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
International Student Eligibility
Applicants are eligible to enroll if they are:
- US Citizen
- US Permanent Resident
- J1 Visa
Additional Information
Please upload your CBSE score to their 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.