NYU Langone Dental Medicine - San Diego, CA

Overview: The NYU Langone Dental Medicine Advanced Education in Pediatric Dentistry (PEDS) Program is a 24-month hospital- and health-center based education program that provides a strong didactic and clinical foundation in Pediatric Dentistry. Founded in 1994, by Dr. Silvia Perez-Spiess in Brooklyn, NY, the program is fully accredited by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). The curriculum emphasizes pediatric medicine and dentistry, behavioral and pharmacologic management of children, oral biology, conscious sedation and general anesthesia for both the well child and those with special health care needs. Residents train with specialists in all disciplines of dentistry including orthodontics, oral surgery, periodontics, endodontics and dental anesthesia and develop expertise in treating patients who are medically compromised.

This innovative program is a hybrid blend of a strong distance learning didactic curriculum and extensive clinical experience. Distance-based didactic learning is achieved through asynchronous web-based education modules and a state-of-the-art video teleconference (VTC) system that connects residents and faculty across all sites. With ample clinical exposure to pediatric medicine, conscious sedation and general anesthesia, graduates are trained to be an integral part of the medical team and hospital environment. Additional experience in hospital dentistry, craniofacial conditions, interceptive orthodontics, research, ethics and policy advocacy successfully prepares the graduate to pursue a career in private practice, public/community health or academia.

PEDS Curriculum: In Year 1, residents study most of the core curriculum, completing biomedical courses including oral biology, pediatric anesthesia, physical diagnosis, behavioral management, pediatric dentistry series, orthodontics, craniofacial development, and research methods and materials. At most sites, residents may attend monthly craniofacial conferences. Courses, electives, and requirements include core public health subjects. First-year residents also are assigned multiple rotations including pediatric medicine, general anesthesia, emergency medicine, phlebotomy, prenatal care, and on-call services.

In the second year, the curriculum is focused on children with complex medical conditions. Second-year residents are assigned with pediatric specialists to work in areas such as hematology, oncology, endocrinology, neurology, pulmonology, nephrology, cardiology, and immunology. Residents may rotate through nearby community health centers, Head Start/early child care centers, or school-based programs to extend direct patient care to underserved children in the community.

Program Strengths: 

Residents receive a rich, comprehensive and robust education. Second year residents are well prepared to take the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry (ABPD) Qualifying Examination (QE), the first of a two-part ABPD certification process. The majority of NYU Langone Dental Medicine PEDS residents pass the QE go on to become board certified diplomates of the ABPD.

Research: Residents must complete a research project and, in Year 2, present their research posters at the annual AAPD meeting. The best research projects are also presented at the annual Research Fair in Brooklyn, NY.

NYU Langone Dental Medicine, Advanced Education in Pediatric Dentistry -CALIFORNIA:  Thank you for your interest in the NYU Langone Advanced Education in Pediatric Dentistry Program-San Diego site. This site offers a unique pediatric dental residency training program.  The training sites are located in Chula Vista (CVMP), El Cajon (EC), and Rady Children’s Hospital (RCH). CVMP and EC are owned and operated by San Ysidro Health (SYH), a large, federally qualified health center (FQHC).  Residents receive their pediatric dental clinical training while serving the community by caring for patients in community health centers and San Diego County's only children's hospital in collaboration with medical staff.  RCH provides hospital and medical rotations required for specialty training with additional rotations in clinics for Down Syndrome, Craniofacial conditions, Cleft Lip and Palate, and Nasoalveolar Molding.  The program cares for both healthy and special-needs/ medically-compromised pediatric patients.  Residents work very closely with all specialty services at RCH (e.g. Hematology/Oncology, Craniofacial Team, Cardiology, Neurology, Anesthesia) to coordinate care for patients.  The residents also benefit from the broad reach of SYH’s multiple dental clinics throughout San Diego County to provide additional well-child clinical experience and serve the community.  Additional rigorous onsite didactics from staff pediatric dentists and specialists (Endo, Ortho, OMFS) supplement the existing video teleconferencing lecture series offered through NYU Langone Dental Medicine.

For questions about the NYU Langone Dental Medicine, Advanced Education in Pediatric Dentistry-CA site, please contact Dr. Ruth Bol, Associate Program Director (Email: ruth.bol@nyulangone.org).

Please upload a CV with your ADEA PASS application. 

The ADAT is not a requirement for application. If you take the ADAT we will consider your scores, but it is not a requirement for the Program.

If accepted, you must submit your dental school diploma and proof of passing NBDE or INDBE scores to the program.

Please refrain from contacting the program to verify your eligibility to apply or to check the status of your PASS application.