Fostering Excellence in Dentistry

The Dental General Practice Residency Program at St. Charles Hospital is an educational program designed to provide clinical, didactic and hospital experience at the post-doctoral level. The program prepares residents in diagnosing and providing dental care in the context of each patient’s total health care needs.

St. Charles Hospital’s Dental Residency Program is a general practice residency (12-months) program and is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) through 2022. The Commission is a specialized accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of Education.

Dental General Practice Residency Program
Keri A. Logan, DMD, Director
631-474-6146

CODA
211 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
312-440-4653

About Our Program

  • Program year is July 1 through June 30 of the following year
  • Three residents will be accepted annually
  • Salary is $68,000 annually
  • Meal plan and scrubs allowance included
  • Benefit time includes 15 days off and 8 hospital holidays
  • Medical and dental insurance is available
  • Malpractice insurance is provided
  • Clinic Hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  • Work hours extend beyond clinic hours to include rounds, inpatient consults, emergencies, surgeries and lectures.

The objectives of our advanced education program in general practice:

  • To refine and advance knowledge and clinical skills in the practice of dentistry.
  • To provide preventative and restorative dental care to patients in the community with emphasis on services for individuals with physical and developmental disabilities.
  • To work with patients in a manner that is professional, builds rapport and confidence, respects patients’ rights and dignity, puts patients’ interest first and maximizes patients’ satisfaction with dental care.
  • To participate in community outreach programs to improve access to oral health care and to reduce the incidence of oral disease.
  • To develop in residents the ability to function in the hospital setting as a member of an interdisciplinary health care team.
  • To provide a broad understanding of the inner-relationship of dental and medical care to the physical, social and emotional needs of the patients.
  • To develop in residents a sense of responsibility to the dental community in which he/she practices as evidenced in their participation in professional associates, civic associates, voluntary community screening activities and teaching programs.
  • Treat patients in clinics
  • Perform pre-operative H&Ps/assessments
  • Assist in surgical cases, write orders, conduct daily rounds on inpatients and ambulatory surgery patients
  • Attend all required lectures, including those assigned by the program director (e.g., local study groups)
  • Provide on-call coverage to the Emergency Department
  • Represent the program at student events (e.g., Greater New York Dental Meeting)
  • Attend and pass ACLS course
  • Prepare and present cases and journal articles monthly
  • Students are required to reside within 15 miles of St. Charles Hospital (Port Jefferson, NY) for the duration of the residency
  • Residents are required to provide their own transportation on a daily basis

The General Practice Residency curriculum includes the following:

  • Anesthesiology Rotation
  • Cerec Cad/Cam Restorations
  • CBCT radiology
  • Emergency Department Rotation
  • Endodontics
  • Geriatric Dentistry
  • Medical Education Program
  • Operative Dentistry
  • Oral Medicine
  • Oral Pathology
  • Oral Surgery
  • Orthodontics
  • Pedodontics
  • Periodontics
  • Pharmacology
  • Radiology
  • Temperomandibular Joint & Facial Pain