OMFS Externship

In general, externships begin on the first Monday of the month or the third Monday of the month. Externs can spend a two-week block in our program but no more than two externs per block will be scheduled. Summer months are the most requested times to do externship so please plan ahead if you are interested in coming to UCSF at that time.

Arrangements for room and board must be made by the extern. The housing office website has information about lodging, and their number is (415) 476-1426. There may also be housing available at the Psi Omega Fraternity house
(Attn: House Manager, 101 Woodland Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94117) during the summer months.

Educational Objectives and Requirements

Objectives

• To obtain experience in ambulatory dentoalveolar surgery.
• To learn the scope of OMFS.
• To obtain experience in management of the hospitalized patient.
• To have the opportunity to evaluate the OMFS Residency Program at the University of California.

Requirements

• Completion of the Junior year of Dental School.
• Class Rank in top 20 percent.
• Availability of 2 weeks.
• Completion of application for an elective at the University of California, San Francisco.
• Enrolled in a Dental school at the time of externship.
• We will require a dean's letter confirming academic good standing.
• We will require a letter from an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon confirming clinical competency.
• $50 application fee. Checks should be payable to UC Regents.

Please send your downloaded and completed application forms to:

Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
Attn: Radhika Chigurupati, Director, Externship Program
521 Parnassus Avenue, C-522
San Francisco, CA 94143-0440

Phone: (415) 476-8226 Fax: (415) 476-6305

Please fill out the following forms and return them to the address listed above:

• Externship Application
• Badge Request Form
• HIPAA Form