Massachusetts General Hospital

Massachusetts General Hospital · Source date: 2026-02-24 · Page 14

55 Fruit StreetOMFS-WRN1201 Boston, MA 02114- Director/Contact: Dr. Meredith August Phone: (617) 726-8222 Fax: (617) 726-2814 E-mail: oralsurgery@partners.org

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Externship The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery offers an exciting opportunity for interested students to gain exposure to the full scope of our discipline at the Massachusetts General Hospital. We welcome applications from third and fourth year students wishing to gain broader exposure to OMFS and get an excellent hands-on experience in our busy outpatient unit. This externship is strongly recommended to students thinking about a career in OMFS but would also be an excellent choice for those pursuing postdoctoral training in orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, oral pathology and medicine as well as hospital based dental practice. The extern will function as a sub-intern and become well integrated into the department. Our very busy outpatient unit will afford the chance to learn many dentoalveolar techniques including simple and surgical extractions, removal of third molars, placement of dental implants, biopsy techniques, temporomandibular joint evaluation and treatment modalities, and the management of dentoalveolar trauma. The extern will be closely supervised by our resident and attending staff in a tutorial-type setting that should foster comfort and confidence. The extern will have the opportunity to do overnight call with the residents and assess patients who present to our emergency ward as well as inpatient consults. In addition, externs will have the opportunity to observe in the operating room setting the more major procedures that take place in the department. This will allow for very broad exposure to orthognathic surgery, pathology and reconstruction, craniofacial surgery, pediatric oral and maxillofacial surgery and extensive trauma management. Our department takes pride in its varied didactic and educational conferences that allow for interdisciplinary collaboration and continued learning. Weekly conferences will be attended by each extern and include orthognathic treatment planning, pathology, dental implants, a formal didactic lecture series on various medical and surgical topics and bimonthly visiting lectures by speakers of international renown. Externships are available for the months of June, July, and also winter break. It is strongly recommended that candidates for OMFS residency training choose the earliest available dates so as to familiarize themselves with both our program and the wide spectrum of our specialty. We will try to the best of our ability to accommodate these requests, especially from fourth year students. We are located at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the Wang Ambulatory Care Building—suite 230. Shuttle bus service is available from the Longwood medical area to the hospital. This is a unique opportunity for interested students. It will allow for immersion learning in our discipline and really give the student a sense of what OMFS training involves. For those embarking on other, allied career choices, this month will be an excellent introduction to OMFS and a direct chance to see how we interface with other disciplines. This month will serve as an excellent refresher of basic patient management skills and review of pathophysiology. It is also a fast-paced and really fun month that we hope will be a highlight for students. We look forward to welcoming you to our department! Interested students can get additional information from our web site (www.massgeneral.org/omfs) or directly from the department by contacting Ms. Kara Stone at 617-726-8222.

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