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.

Residents provide patient care in a number of outpatient and inpatient facilities including the Chandler Medical Center, UK College of Dentistry, Veteran's Administration Hospital, and the University of Kentucky Children's Hospital. The Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery has scheduled operating time across these facilities from Monday through Friday. This provides residents graduated experience in managing more complex maxillofacial injuries and elective surgical cases. The UK College of Dentistry provides residents with experience in routine and complex dentoalveolar surgery and anesthesia on an outpatient basis. Residents also assist with the supervision of dental students in managing and treating walk-in and scheduled patients. 

There are 12 operatories in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic located in the UK College of Dentistry and a two-chair operatory in the Veteran's Administration Clinic. The VA Hospital provides residents with experience in outpatient dentoalveolar surgery, dental implants, the surgical management of head and neck skin pathology in an elderly, as well as with a medically compromised patient population.

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