Peninsula Hospital Center

Medical Education - Dentistry

The General Practice Residency Program at Peninsula Hospital Center dates back to 1968 and has graduated almost 300 dental alumni now practicing throughout the United States and Canada. The program is accredited by the Council on Dental Education.

Applications for the academic year commencing July 1, 2008 may be submitted beginning September 1, 2007. The resident census will be between 4 and 8 depending on the available pool of qualified applicants. This is a twelve-month program open to graduates of C.O.D.A. approved dental schools.

Residents place and restore implants on their patients once treatment plans have been approved and financial arrangements have been finalized in conjunction with staff dentists and surgeons.

There are no dental specialty programs at Peninsula Hospital Center enabling our dental residents to manage the total treatment plan without patients being assigned to residents in dental specialty programs. Our on-site dental laboratory technician allows for active involvement with laboratory and porcelain procedures in which residents may participate.

The program includes three off-service rotations of a 2-week duration – each including Anesthesiology, Family Practice Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Surgery.

Benefits Include:

2 weeks paid vacation
5 sick days
10 paid holidays
7 days of tuition-free full day educational seminars
1 day paid leave for required board exams
Medical and Dental Insurance
Breakfast and Lunch Meal Vouchers
Dedicated Dental Residents On-Call Room
Free On-Site Parking
Fee-free participation in both the Cornell-Weill Oral Pathology and North Shore/LIJ Oral Pathology Seminar Series
Participation in New Dentists Programs by Queens County and Second District Dental Societies
Participation in the Marotta Dental Implant Seminar Series
Salary… $50,000 (PGY-1)

Peninsula Hospital Center participates in the Dental Resident Match Program. Our institutional application package may be requested by calling Ms. Laurel Wittig at 718-734-2776.

Training Programs

Rotations in Geriatrics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Internal Medicine and many medical subspecialties are offered to residents during training.

Leonard Schiffman, D.M.D.

Director, Dentistry Residency Program