Orthodontics Residency Program

Founded in 1985, the Montefiore Einstein Orthodontics Residency Program has a long history of providing a high-volume, fast-paced and intellectually challenging environment that equips residents with the knowledge, skills and experience to succeed in private practice and academics. Supported by our progressive and award-winning medical center and school, our program is ideally positioned to be on the cutting edge of technology and training. Our goal is not to keep up with changing environments and landscapes but rather lead the way.

Our Residency Program provides presurgical infant orthopedics, interceptive orthodontics, comprehensive orthodontics and presurgical orthodontics to patients of all ages. As a result, our residents encounter a broad spectrum of orthodontic and craniofacial cases, from bread-and-butter orthodontics to the most intricate and challenging malocclusions and skeletal growth patterns.

The Montefiore Einstein Orthodontics Residency Program promotes team culture and values the connections between colleagues, creating an ideal example of a supportive and caring learning and professional environment. We aim to cultivate emotionally intelligent, lifelong learners who embrace challenges and understand that the joy is not in the destination but in the journey. We are honored to be part of a team that struggles, strives, learns and leads together in an innovative and engaging environment.

Training Opportunities

• Training modalities include lecture-based, interdisciplinary seminars, hands-on workshops, mock boards, micro-learns, pop-ups and clinical case conferences.
• Clinical training includes cleft/craniofacial anomalies, presurgical orthodontics, Phase 1/interceptive orthodontics, comprehensive orthodontics and adult multidisciplinary care.
• Diversity of treatment modalities includes Invisalign® clear aligners, active and passive self-ligating brackets, indirect bonding, straight wire, McLaughlin, Bennett, and Trevisi (MBT) and Roth Rx brackets, LightForce, Brius lingual braces, ceramic braces, Pitts PSL system, Damon Ultima system and more.
• Technology used includes cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), conventional panoramic X-ray machine with cephalometric (pan/ceph), iTero, 3Shape Ortho Analyzer, Dolphin practice management and imaging, soft tissue laser and high-frequency vibration (VPro).
• Provide orthodontic clinical care and support for two American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA)-approved craniofacial centers (Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital), along with Staten Island University Hospital (Northwell) and Westchester Children’s Hospital. Treatments rendered include nasoalveolar molding, Phase 1 presurgical orthodontics and distraction osteogenesis.
• Recipient of multi-year grant awards from myFace, the National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction (funds free healthcare to individuals with cleft lip/palate)
• Optional National Institutes of Health (NIH) sponsored master’s program with Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Conferences attended throughout the year include the American Association of Orthodontics (AAO), American Cleft Palate -Craniofacial Association (ACPA), Clear Aligner Advanced Residency Education (CAARE), Northeastern Society of Orthodontists (NESO), Graduate Orthodontics Residency Program (GORP), Orthopearls, ADA Forsyth, New York Center for Orthognathic and Maxillofacial Surgery (NYCOMS) and more.
• Mandatory research project to be completed by the end of the third year, poster presentations at regional and international conferences and manuscripts submitted for publication
• Research collaborations with experts in the fields of genetics, biomaterials, computer-aided design (CAD)/computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) and 3D imaging.

Faculty and residents within the Division of Orthodontics collaborate closely with other departments within the Montefiore Einstein Health System. Clinical translational research encompasses the various orthodontic subspecialties and is expertly supported by colleagues at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Department of Epidemiology and Population Health. Inter-institutional and practice network collaborations supplement the portfolio of research projects and position the Division of Orthodontics to ideally study the effectiveness and safety of new procedures, devices and technologies with the ultimate goal of advancing orthodontics and cleft/craniofacial orthopedics across the following research pillars:

The Orthodontic Division of Montefiore Einstein has 10 board certified/eligible faculty members, four full-time and six part-time faculty and several visiting lecturers.

The faculty includes the following physicians:

• Mairaj Ahmed, DDS, MS, Program Director
• Richard Cooper, DMD
• Dominic Emanuele, DMD
• Frank Graham, DMD
• Lisa Jolly, DDS, MS
• Nadia Laniado, DDS, MPH, MS
• Daniel Naifeh, DDS
• Refka Salib, DMD
• Chris Teo, DDS
• Mariam Zade, DDS

Our visiting faculty includes the following physicians:

• Mohammed Abdulateef, DMD
• Rael Bernstein, DDS
• Michael DeLuke, DDS
• Wendy Fang, DDS, MPH
• Jeff Kozlowski, DDS
• Blaine Langberg, DMD, MMSc
• Madhur Upadhyay, BDS, MDS, MDentSc

Montefiore Einstein Department of Dentistry at Centennial II
3332 Rochambeau Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467
Call: 718-920-6266

Montefiore Einstein Department of Dentistry at Poplar
1625 Poplar Street, Second Floor
Bronx, NY 10461
Call: 718-405-8400

Montefiore Einstein Orthodontics participates in both the Postdoctoral Application Support Service (PASS) program for resident selection and the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Interested applicants can contact our Orthodontics Residency Coordinator, Ms. Bianca Luciano at biluciano@montefiore.org.