Intern- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Jefferson Abington Hospital

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The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery offers a one-year, non-categorical internship position for dental school graduates who are interested in gaining additional education and experience in oral and maxillofacial surgery. This opportunity provides interns beyond that which they were exposed to during dental school and is oriented towards those who are preparing to apply to oral and maxillofacial surgery residency training programs. This program offers extensive clinical experience with inpatient management and outpatient oral surgical procedures. The intern provides care for patients at Jefferson Abington and at times Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.  Abington is a Level 2 Trauma Center and TJUH is a Level 1 Trauma Center. 
The intern would be fully integrated into the residency program, and their responsibilities are the same as the first-year residents in the categorical programs. In addition to excellent clinical training experience, interns participate in all the residency program’s didactic components.
Program Director is Allen Champion, DDS allen.champion@jefferson.edu  
Department Chair is Robert Diecidue, DMD MD PhD robert.diecidue@jefferson.edu
Residency Coordinator Joanna Schultz joanna.schultz@jefferson.edu 
Please send a letter of interest with a current CV to Ms. Schultz 
 

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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

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Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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