General Description
Curriculum
Program Stregnths
Admission Requirements
Faculty Information

The North Bronx Healthcare Network (NBHN) is one of six regional networks established by the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation in 1994 to improve patient care and better respond to community needs. NBHN consists of Jacobi Medical Center (JMC), North Central Bronx Hospital (NCB) and affiliated community health care centers.

NBHN is the sole public provider of health care services in the North Bronx, with an annual average of:

• 35,400 inpatient discharges
• 162,000 emergency visits
• 558,500 outpatient visits
• 4,300 ambulatory surgery visits.

Both JMC and NCB have large, active pediatric services that provide care to children from a wide range of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. NBHN is recognized by the communities it serves as a socially responsible, experienced provider of health care for vulnerable populations - medically underserved, uninsured, Medicaid/Medicare recipients and uniformed services personnel.

NBHN is a major academic affiliate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM), with the majority of its physicians appointed to the AECOM faculty.

The Pediatric Dental Program at NBHN is a two-year program commencing July 1st each year. It is a hospital-based postgraduate program. The application deadline is October 1 of the year preceding matriculation. All applicants must be graduates of an accredited U.S. or Canadian dental school. The program participates in both the post-doctoral application support service (PASS) and the postdoctoral dental matching program.

This program is designed to prepare pediatric dentists for clinical practice in both private and hospital settings, with an emphasis on a public health approach to oral health.

Pediatric dental residents receive their education through daily seminars, hospital rotations, grand rounds presentations and continuing education courses. Off-service hospital rotations include Anesthesia, Ambulatory Pediatrics, In-patient Pediatrics and Emergency Department. There is also a rotation to the Rose F. Kennedy Center of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. This rotation provides clinical experience in providing care to individuals with a range of developmental disabilities.

Lectures are provided in pediatric restorative dentistry, growth and development, orthodontics, preventive practices, sedation techniques, pharmacology, oral pathology, pulp therapy, pediatric periodontal issues, public health, practice management, biostatistics, and special patient care. Treatment planning seminars and literature review are also integral components of the didactic curriculum.

Residents are expected to develop their own case presentations, as well as assigned presentations in other areas. The ability to be comfortable with public speaking is a necessity for any professional who aims to become an effective advocate in the area of children's health.

Through lectures, literature review, written and oral examinations this program prepares residents to take the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry Qualifying and Oral Clinical Exam. Residents are strongly encouraged to pursue Diplomate status.

All residents are required to fulfill the research requirements of the program, and to present their research in a scientific forum.

Flexibility is built into the program to allow involvement in outreach activities. Past residents have chosen to participate in Dental Missions to Israel and Honduras.

• Active ambulatory and in-patient pediatric departments
• Diverse patient population
• Excellent medical staff support
• Full-time program director
• Extensive opportunities to provide care to children with developmental and medical compromises
• Availability of attending dentists in all specialty areas
• Extensive experience in OR, IV and Oral Sedation Techniques
• Wide variety of experience in Behavioral Techniques
• Solid Orthodontic Lectures and experience with Interceptive Techniques
• Rigorous preparation for The American Board of Pediatric Dentistry Qualifying and Oral Clinical Examination
• Faculty commitment to providing up-to-date information regarding scientific and clinical issues, as well as the career development of residents

All applications must be submitted through PASS.

Documents already included in PASS do not need to be sent to the program directly.

Send directly to the program: (Requirements revised 9/18)

There is NO supplemental application for any program

• DDS or DMD degree from an accredited U.S. or Canadian dental school
• Must have passed Part 1, National Dental Board Examination (parts 1 and 2 must have been passed prior to enrollment in program)
• Eligibility for temporary licensure in New York State
• Participation in National Matching Service (Jacobi Medical Center's Postgraduate Pediatric Dental Program is listed with the National Matching Service as Program #4033)
• Submission of application directly to PASS.
• The following documents must be sent directly to the program in support of the application:
  • $50 application fee payable to "Jacobi Medical Center" (Changed as of September 2nd)
  
  Please note that participation in the PASS Program and in the National Matching Service is mandatory!

Farhad Yeroshalmi, DMD, FAAPD - Chief and Program Director, Advanced Education in Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program

Dr. Yeroshalmi graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in 1998, and subsequently completed a Residency in Dental Medicine and Surgery at the Medical College of Pennsylvania. He continued his postgraduate education in the specialty of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Yeroshalmi joined the North Bronx Healthcare Network in 2004 and was instrumental in the initiation and development of the Residency Program in Pediatric Dentistry. He is a Diplomate of The American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and has been recognized as one of "America's Top Dentists". Dr. Yeroshalmi is also an Assistant Clinical Professor of Dentistry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Associate Director of Continuing Dental Education at the North Bronx Healthcare Network. Additionally, he has trained extensively in Forensic Odontology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. In addition to educating and training residents, Dr. Yeroshalmi provides extensive pediatric dental care to patients in the operating room and clinical setting.

Keith S. Margulis, DDS, FAAPD – Assistant Program Director, Advanced Education in Pediatric Dentistry

Dr. Margulis was born and raised in New York City and is graduate of Stuyvesant High School. He received both his undergraduate and dental education from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. Dr. Margulis continued his education through a General Practice Residency with New York Medical College and an Advanced Education in General Dentistry with Lutheran Medcial Center. His specialty training in Pediatric Dentistry was completed at the North Bronx Healthcare Network (Jacobi Medical Center/North Central Bronx Hospital) where he served as Chief Resident of Pediatric Dentistry.

Dr. Margulis is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. In his spare time he enjoys camping, hiking, kayaking and geocaching.

Pediatric Dentistry Faculty:

Arthur K. Adamo, DDS
Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Sky Berdahl, DDS
Pediatric Dentist

Elizabeth Boguslaw, DMD
Chief of Oral Pathology
Fellowship in American Academy of Oral Pathology- Certified

Ron Chang, DDS
Pediatric Dentist

Paul Chu, DDS
Pediatric Dentist
Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry

Jennifer D'Costa, DDS, MS
Chief of Periodontology
Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology

Meredeth Glenn, DDS
Pediatric Dentist
Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry

Myron Gurman, DDS
Chief of Orthodontics
Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontists

Barry Langsam, DDS
Oral Surgeon
Diplomate of the American Dental Association of Anesthesiology

Benn Lieberman, DMD
Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

Tasios Vakkas, DDS., MD
Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons