NYU Langone Dental Medicine - Yakima Valley, WA

Overview: The NYU Langone Dental Medicine 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. 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, procedural sedation, and general anesthesia. Residents gain experience with typically developing children, as well as those with developmental disabilities and medical complexities.

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 system that connects residents and faculty across all sites. With ample clinical exposure to pediatric medicine, procedural sedation and general anesthesia, graduates are trained to be an integral part of the healthcare team. Additional experience in hospital dentistry, craniofacial conditions, research, ethics, and 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, behavior guidance, pediatric dentistry series, orthodontics, craniofacial development, and research methods and materials. Residents attend cleft lip and palate team meetings. First-year residents also are assigned multiple rotations including pediatric medicine, general anesthesia, emergency medicine, 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 cardiology, genetics, inpatient pediatrics, and developmental behavioral pediatrics.

Program Strengths: American Board of Pediatric Dentistry (ABPD) Outcomes: Second year residents are required to take the ABPD Qualifying Examination (QE), the first of a two-part ABPD certification process. Over 90% of NYU Langone Dental Medicine PEDS residents pass the QE (national average 85%). More than 70% of graduates become board-certified diplomates of the ABPD (national average 65%).

Research: Residents must complete a research project and, in Year 2, present their research posters at the annual AAPD meeting. 

NYU Langone Dental Medicine PEDS-WASHINGTON:  

The NYU Langone Dental Medicine Advanced Education in Pediatric Dentistry program in Yakima, WA partners with Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic.  Our clinics provide compassionate, comprehensive pediatric dental care for children from birth to adolescence for a culturally and socioeconomically diverse population.  Our program prides itself in providing a well-rounded pediatric dental residency in a collaborative training environment, such that residents are strong advocates for children and are prepared to work in a practice setting of their choosing; community health, academic pediatric dentistry, or private practice.

Yakima is centrally located in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with over 300 days of sunshine a year, a welcoming community, four seasons, and a low cost of living.  There are a variety of outdoor activities readily available year round, live music, breweries and wineries, and amazing local produce.

The NYU Langone Dental Medicine Pediatric Dental residency in WA provides a great training environment with two state-of-the-art federally qualified health center clinics (one focused specifically on caring for children with developmental disabilities and medical complexities), four full-time faculty, and a small residency class size.  Residents learn to work with a complete healthcare team – faculty pediatric dentists, anesthesiologists, other dental specialists, expanded function dental hygienists, dental assistants, physicians, nurses, and support staff.  Our residents receive robust experience in providing dental care under general anesthesia.  Residents also rotate to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital.  Over time, residents build and expand upon their skills and knowledge and by graduation they are ready to manage a full schedule of multiple columns and oversee auxiliaries working within their scope of practice.

Local classes to supplement didactic training include Growth and Development, Dental Traumatology, Behavior Guidance, Dental Materials, Prevention, Pediatric Restorative Dentistry, Pulp Therapy, Caring for Children with Special Needs, Medical Emergencies, and Leadership and Advocacy.  We offer a strong prevention program, high-quality restorative dentistry, management of patients with cleft lip/palate, procedural sedation, and in-office and hospital-based general anesthesia treatment.  Our program places a strong emphasis on faculty, residents, and staff working as a team to provide quality patient care and resident education, on meeting the needs of underserved populations, and on clinicians serving as advocates for pediatric oral health.

Organization Address:

ViewCrest Pediatric Dentistry

2205 West Lincoln Ave

Yakima, WA, 98902

Contact Information:
Dr. Joseph Wilson

Joseph.Wilson2@nyulangone.org

Locations:

ViewCrest Pediatric Dentistry

2205 West Lincoln Ave

Yakima, WA, 98902

Children’s Village

3801 Kern Road

Yakima, WA 98902

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 NBDE or INDBE scores to the program.