Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

The Advanced Education Program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Meharry Medical College is fully accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association. 

The program requires 48 months of full-time study. The Advanced Specialty Program is sponsored by the School of Dentistry, which is properly chartered and licensed to operate and offer instructions that lead to the Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree. The School of Dentistry is a member of the American Association of Dental Schools and is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association.  It is registered by the Dental Examining Boards in each state.

                                                                                                              
The training hospital is the Metropolitan Nashville General Hospital, which is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.  The Advanced Specialty Program is affiliated with other institutions, but the School of Dentistry accepts full responsibilities for the quality of education provided at the affiliated institutions:

The Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee,  which  sponsors its own Oral and Maxillofacial  Surgery Program.

The University Of Tennessee Graduate School Of Medicine at Knoxville, Tennessee, which sponsors its own accredited Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency program.

The Commission on Dental Accreditation has granted the accreditation status of approval for this program with the stipulation that enrollment be limited to one (1) resident in each year of the program.  Dentists who meet the following criteria are eligible for admission to this program upon submission of the information listed to the Selection Committee (Admissions Committee):

• Degree from an institution in the United States or Canada accredited by the respective Commission on Dental Accreditation
  
• Official dental school transcript.
  
• Copy of Part II of the National Board of Dental Examiners score
  
• Three (3) Letters of Recommendation (one letter from the Dean of Dental School).
  
• The completed Program Application Form.
  
• Appearance for personal interview
  
• A state Dental License or certifications by a Regional Licensure Board is required prior to the third year.
  
  
  
  

PROGRAM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

GOALS

Consistent with the mission of the college, the School, and the hospital, the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Program exists to provide excellent education and training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with a special focus on providing opportunities to promising African-American and other underrepresented ethnic minority students.  The educational endeavor is achieved through completion of the structured didactic courses, seminars, conferences, and rotations through other services.  This will permit these individuals to attain the knowledge and skills required to practice the full scope of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, to teach, to advance the profession, and to engage in other forms of intellectual pursuits.

OBJECTIVES

The Educational Program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is designed to:

• Provide the availability of quality specialty care in the area of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery to communities traditionally denied these services for socio-economic and educational reasons.
• Serve as a regional and national resource for training African-Americans and other underrepresented ethnic minority students as Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
• Prepare students to function effectively as an integral member and leader of the healthcare team while performing quality oral and maxillofacial care. 
• Inculcate a sense of inquiry and develop a scientific mind that would allow orderly progression and promote intellectual pursuit in the field of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with special attention to diseases and conditions that disproportionately affect ethnic and other minority populations.
• Develop and augment the skills of the OMS residents through planned didactic courses, clinical outpatient and inpatient training, and to produce oral and maxillofacial surgeons who demonstrate empathy toward their patients while providing quality oral and maxillofacial surgical care. 
• Produce future leaders, clinicians and teachers of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery who will serve as leaders in dental education, organized dentistry, and the community at large.

BASIC SCIENCE AND CLINICAL TRAINING

Basic Science Education in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is provided by instructors through the completion of structured didactic courses, seminars/conferences, or problem solving clinically oriented laboratories.  Program specific courses are integrated into clinical training to include Surgical Anatomy, Physiology, Clinical Pharmacology, Clinical Microbiology, and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.

Clinical training and education requires a demonstration of competency in the coursework in physical diagnosis, clinical medicine and pathophysiology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery didactic lectures, seminars/conferences, and off-service assignments to Internal Medicine, Anesthesia, General Surgery to include subspecialty surgery, and thirty months on clinical Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.  This will permit the residents to practice the full scope of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery on an outpatient and on an ambulatory and inpatient basis, to teach, to advance the profession and to engage in other forms of pursuit.

PROGRAM DATA SUMMARY

Program Type: Single Degree (DDS, DMD)   Base Type: H

Program Status: Approved without reporting responsibilities

Certificate or Degree Awarded: Certificate

Length of Program: 48 months, full-time only

Sponsor:
Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry
Graduate Programs
1005 Dr. D. B. Todd Blvd.
Nashville, TN  37208
Phone: 615-327-6148   Fax:  615-327-6113   
Email: sodgpresidency@mmc.edu
Website: www.mmc.edu

Program Director: Charles W. Williams, Jr. DDS

Chairman:  Charles W. Williams, Jr. DDS

Index Hospital: Nashville General Hospital at Meharry, 1818 Albion Street, Nashville, TN 37208

Total Residents: 4        Graduating Yearly: 1

Annual Authorized Enrollment:  1

Faculty:

· Fulltime: 2
· Part-time:  3
· Volunteer: 7
· Total Non OMS: 7

OUTCOME MEASURES

Resident performance to competency is evidenced by:

Ambulatory Clinic Patient Records and Medical Records
Consultations:  Ambulatory Patient Record and Medical Record
Formal operative report/notes
Resident's log of operative cases
Resident Call Schedule
Resident evaluations:  off-service assignment and quarterly evaluation
Licensure in Tennessee or by a Regional Licensure board prior to year three
ATLS verification annually
ACLS Certification
OMSSAT
Internal Mock Examinations
Eligibility for examinations by ABOMS and/or State Board of Oral and Maixillofacial Surgery
OOSCE

FACULTY

Charles W. Williams, B.S., D.D.S.  
Professor and Chair and Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
(Diplomate, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery)

Vacant
Professor and Director/Postgraduate Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Wendell Gardner, D.D.S.
Assistant Professor

PART-TIME

Felix Lawrence, B.S., D.D.S.
Assistant Professor
(Diplomate, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery)

Ruth Ross, D.D.S., M.D.S.
Assistant Professor

STAFF

Lenore Hamilton
Residency Coordinator

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Director, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Program
School of Dentistry
1005 D.B. Todd Jr. Boulevard
Nashville, Tennessee 37208
(615) 327-6148