Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

The six-year program includes an internship in OMFS, the second and third years of medical school including all of the traditional medical school clerkships (surgery, internal medicine, OB/GYN, psychiatry, neurology, pediatrics, etc.), and a PGY-1 year including 5 months of anesthesia and 7 months of general surgery. The final 24 months are spent on the OMFS service.

The first year is spent on the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery service, divided between the Veteran's Hospital, the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, and the College of Dentistry. Courses include Physical Diagnosis, Oral Pathology, and Anesthesia/Conscious Sedation. Residents present cases before staff and students in teaching rounds, attend weekly conferences.

OMFS residents begin medical school in July and complete the second and third years of medical school. Residents have no "on-service" responsibilities during their medical school training. The medical degree is awarded after successful completion of the USMLE parts 1 and 2; this is a requirement of the program. The fourth year of residency is a PGY-1 medical year during which the residents rotate through general surgical and anesthesia services.

The final two years of training are spent back on the OMFS service, and advanced operative experience is gained both in the clinic and in the operating room. Residents are encouraged to participate in scholarly pursuits throughout the entirety of their residency. During the sixth year, residents function as Administrative Chief for a four-month block. The Chief Resident is responsible for the daily operations of the service, the call schedule, conference schedules, and management of clinic and hospital patients as assigned by the faculty.

The post-graduate endodontic suite is located on the third floor of the College of Dentistry's Dental Science Building, 770 Rose Street, Lexington, Kentucky.  The clinic is a newly renovated, state of the art space that consists of well-equipped individual operatories. Each operatory has its own Global microscope suspended from the ceiling, ultrasonic units incorporated into the chairside delivery system, and chairside x-ray capability. Each treatment operatory has its own computer with two available LED monitors for viewing.   

Adjacent to the endodontic suite is the Endodontic Conference Room which has a 72” high definition monitor capable of viewing cases in the endodontic suite in real-time. Lectures, case presentations, and seminars take advantage of this technology daily, including the review of images for endodontic consolations for the college. In addition, there is a new Kodak CS 8100 CBCT machine conveniently located on the same floor as the endodontic suite.

The Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery service is responsible for Maxillofacial Trauma call every third night, rotating with the Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery services. The service manages all bony and soft tissue injuries to the head and neck region on these nights. Residents are also responsible for taking call the remaining nights for direct referrals to the OMFS service from within the Chandler Medical Center as well as from hospitals throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

• GME Stipends 
• Residents are paid bi-weekly
• 15 vacation days
• 9 days holiday leave (10 during the presidential election year) and 4 floating or 'bonus' days
• GME Policies and Procedures