About Us
The Program
The Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program is a 72 month (6-year), postdoctoral program fully accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association. We accept 3 residents per year.
PGY-1: The first year resident will attend orientation and be on service until medical school begins in the second week of July.
PGY-2: The second year resident continues their medical school experience dedicating this year to didactic course work.
PGY-3: The third year resident participates in third year medical school clerkships, consisting of the following: 8 weeks of general surgery, 8 weeks of obstetrics and gynecology, 8 weeks internal medicine, 8 weeks of pediatrics, 4 weeks of family medicine, 4 weeks of neurology and 4 weeks of psychiatry. The resident will return to the OMFS service in March of this year and will begin their employment again.
***No resident stipend is offered during the PGY-2 year and a partial amount of the PGY-3 year.
PGY-4: The fourth year resident continues their medical school curriculum, but is employed during this year. The resident completes the following rotations during this year: 5 months of anesthesia (2 months - pediatric anesthesia at Children's Hospital of Michigan, 3 months - general anesthesia); 5 months of general OMFS; 2 months of medical school (1-ER sub-I and 1- Head & Neck sub-I, which counts as an OMFS month on service).
The resident spends a majority of their time while on the OMFS service in our oral surgery clinic. In addition, residents are assigned monthly to one of our oral & maxillofacial service lines (Ascension, Beaumont Hospital and the program's Head & Neck service). Residents are exposed to in-patient care during the course of their daily assignments, which include pre and post-op rounding of OR cases and participating in after-hour cases on their assigned service.
PGY-5: The fifth year resident consists of four general surgery months (2-trauma, 2-SICU). Other resident rotations include: 1 month of plastic surgery, 1 month of head & neck surgery and 6 months of general OMFS.
PGY-6: The sixth year resident is the chief of their OMFS service and assumes primary responsibly for his/her service.
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Faculty
The Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery faculty consists of four full-time faculty, one part-time faculty and twenty private practitioners. Each member contributes specific clinical expertise to enhance resident teaching.
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Residents
We have an outstanding group of residents who exhibit drive, determination and great team work with the overriding goal of achieving surgical excellence in their field.