ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL PATHOLOGY

Program Overview
Admissions Qualifications
Application Procedures

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) is now accepting applications for admission to a new oral & maxillofacial pathology residency beginning July 1, 2008. This program has received initial accreditation from the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation. This 36-month residency is based at the UCSF Medical Center, a recognized world leader in healthcare delivery, research and education. One resident per year will be accepted. Upon program completion, graduates will be eligible for board certification by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.

This program draws on the rich and diverse academic and clinical strengths of UCSF and the UCSF Medical Center including the UCSF Oral Pathology Diagnostic Laboratory which has a 40-year history of service to the dental and medical communities of California and the western US. Additional strengths come from integration with the UCSF Department of Pathology and close clinical, scientific and administrative interactions with other UCSF Medical Center patient care settings including the UCSF Oral Medicine clinic, the Departments of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, and Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. Residency training takes place primarily at the UCSF Oral Pathology Diagnostic Service supplemented with year-long training in anatomic pathology within the UCSF Department of Pathology. Rotations in dermatopathology, hematopathology, cytopathology, laboratory medicine, clinical oral pathology (oral medicine) and oral oncology provide important foundations for clinical excellence. Opportunities for developing leading research with world-class scientists to generate new knowledge are also an integral part of the residency.

In addition, all residents will have the opportunity to enroll in graduate education leading to a PhD degree in either fundamental (basic) sciences or clinical & translational sciences. The combined oral & maxillofacial pathology residency and PhD degree requires 7 years to complete. Expected resident salary stipends begin at $42,525 and increase each year of the residency program. Benefits are also provided. PhD candidates will receive salary support for graduate education through a T32 NIH funding mechanism.

UCSF is an equal opportunity institution: women and underrepresented minorities are encouraged to apply.

Darren P. Cox, DDS, MBA
Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Residency
University of California, San Francisco
Box 0424
513 Parnassus Ave., S-512
San Francisco, CA 94122-0424
415-476-8235
darren.cox@ucsf.edu

For questions regarding admissions and application procedure, please contact:

Daliah Williams
Admissions Coordinator
Office of Admissions
513 Parnassus Avenue, S-630
San Francisco, CA 94143-0430
(415) 476-2737, Ext#3 (voice)
(415) 476-4226 (fax)
E-mail: daliah.williams@ucsf.edu

ADMISSIONS QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants must possess:

• DDS/DMD degree or equivalent.
  
  
• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident in order to be eligible for funding because Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding is available only to US dental graduates, priority will be given to those graduates. However, circumstances may allow for acceptance of non-US graduates, who would not be eligible for funding.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Residency program is NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS.

Please check this page again for updates, or inquire with the program contacts (above).