General Dentistry Residency Training Program

About

Welcome!

NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull is part of NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public health system in the United States. Our 347-bed hospital is located in North Brooklyn at the literal intersection of three Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs): the Bushwick, Bedford-Stuyvesant and East Williamsburg neighborhoods. We treat over 100,000 patients a year, most of whom are underserved and uninsured.  We care for all patients regardless of immigration status; our dental facility has a very diverse patient population which represents over 100 different languages, with Spanish being most central.

At Woodhull Medical Center our residents are exposed to a wide range of patients and practice full scope of dentistry in our ambulatory clinic including oral surgery, endodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics, implantology and restorative dentistry. Our residents leave Woodhull confident in their skills and abilities to treat patients as they move on to private practice, academic institutions, and/or fellowships/specialties.

Woodhull offers a one-year (PGY-1), with an optional second year (PGY-2) General Practice Residency training program. Our program is fully accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). The General Practice program averages approximately 46,000 patient visits annually, which makes it the busiest NYC Health + Hospitals corporation dental facility.

The General Practice Residency Program provides each resident with:

1. The opportunity to become comfortable and confident in a hospital environment.
2. Refined skill in the assessment and treatment of medically compromised, immunodeficient and high-risk patients.
3. Expertise in emergency and acute dental treatment.
4. Proficiency and efficiency in all clinical phases of general dentistry including, but not limited to: placement and restoration of dental implants, rotary endodontics, simple and complex exodontia, direct and indirect restorations, fixed and removable prosthodontics.
5. Comprehensive dental assessment and rehabilitation of patients with intellectual and physical disabilities in the operating room and ambulatory clinical setting.
6. Combined Medical and Dental care with emphasis on Interdisciplinary comprehensive care for optimal patient care.
7. Digital workflows for fixed and removable prosthodontics, implant planning and restorations.
8. Microscope-assisted Dentistry and Endodontics.
9. Lectures and case studies in all aspects of dentistry.
10. Attendings in all dental specialties readily available for teaching and chairside consultations.

Teaching Program

An integral part of the General Practice Residency training includes rotations through the following clinical areas within the hospital:

• Anesthesia – 2 weeks
• Emergency Medicine – 2 weeks
• Internal Medicine – 2 weeks
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery – 4 weeks
• Pediatric Dentistry – 2 weeks
• Paul Paroski Special Care Clinic – 3 weeks
  • Treatment of medically compromised, immunodeficient and high-risk patients.
• Ongoing nightly on-call rotation schedule

On-Call Emergency Coverage

In addition to treating our ambulatory patients, Residents are also scheduled for nightly on-call rotation. During the on-call hours, our Residents treat in-hospital patients, emergency room patients and provide consults to varies departments. Each resident is on-call 3-4 nights per month from the close of regular working hours until commencement of working hours the next day; with the following day off.

Operating Room

Residents will also receive valuable operating room training treating a minimum of 5 cases per year. This includes admitting and discharging patients, review of medical history and physical examination, prescribing treatment and medications, providing dental care in the Operating Room, pre-op and post-op orders, progress notes, description of surgical procedures in patient charts, discharge summary, daily rounds and consultations. Attending supervision, either general or direct, is always a requirement.

Benefits

All residents employed by NYC Health + Hospitals are in contract negotiated through the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR). Benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, one-month vacation, and sick leave.

Application Process

Each year, the Department of Dentistry receives applications from all over the country, including Puerto Rico, to fill 22 GPR positions through PASS. Acceptance criteria includes:

• Candidate’s academic record and standing
• Letters of recommendation
• Curriculum Vitae
• In-person interview with the Program Director

Our Team

General Practice Residency Director

Steven Gounardes, DDS

General Practice

Rashida Cheatham, DDS
Dmitry Nikitayev, DDS
Marta Pisinska, DDS
Noelia Richardson, DDS
Jessica Yeara, DDS
Lev Yusupov, DDS

Endodontics

Benjamin Ziegler, DDS

Orthodontics

William Waldinger, DDS

Periodontics

Cherry Libramonte, DMD

Prosthodontics

Augusto Rodrigues, DDS
Leora Walter, DDS

Contact Us

Location: 760 Broadway Brooklyn NY 11206
Residency Coordinator
Jovanie Santos
Jovanie.santos@nychhc.org
718-963-8363