Applications, Selection & Interview

Invitations for interview are designed to both identify high-quality candidates for our program and allow each candidate an opportunity to evaluate our program for its appropriateness to their postgraduate training goals and expectations. Interviews are scheduled to precede the Match Program deadline for submitting Rank Order Lists.

Canadian Trained Applicants:

Dental students from Canada who have attended American Dental Association Accredited Dental Schools are eligible to apply for a position in the program. Once accepted into the program the applicant would be required to obtain a visa.

Foreign Trained Applicants:

Foreign trained dentists must have completed, at a minimum, a two-year American Dental Association Accredited program to be eligible for a Limited Permit in New York State. This Permit is required in order to treat patients in the clinical setting.

New York State Department of Education does not recognize any Non-American Dental Association Accredited Dental Schools for purposes of obtaining licensure to treat patients in a hospital based general practice residency training program.

The application process

Postdoctoral Application Support Service (P.A.S.S.)

Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare General Practice Residency Program participates in the American Dental Education Association Postdoctoral Application Support Service (P.A.S.S.). Your P.A.S.S. Application should specify program code- PGM #622/GPR.

American Dental Education Association
Postdoctoral Application Support Services
1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036-2212

Phone: 1-800-353-2237
Fax: (202) 667-4983
www.adea.org
E-mail: pass@adea.org

Direct Application

Applications may also be submitted directly to Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare.Required information for direct applications include:

Completed Program Application Form
Curriculum Vitae
Applicant Essay
Dean's Letter + 2 additional letters of recommendation
Transcripts from dental school (Official copies should be sent directly from your dental school registrar)
National Board Exam scores (Official copies should be sent directly from the National Boards)
Photo 2” x 2” (optional).

Program Application Form

Our application form is offered in the Adobe PDF format. You will need the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader™ software to view this file. If you already have this software installed, click on the link to view the file or right-click the link on a PC to begin your download. Macintosh users need to hold down the mouse button on the link, then select the appropriate option from the pop-up menu.

Getting Acrobat®

If you do not have Acrobat, you may download if for free. Visit http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html to download Adobe® Acrobat®.

Once you have downloaded the application, print it, fill it out and mail or fax it to:

James M. Rozanski DDS
Director of Dental Services
Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare
1714 Burrstone Rd.
New Hartford, N.Y. 13413

E-mail: jrozansk@mvnhealth.com
Toll Free: 1-877-884-2269
Phone: (315) 624-6247
Fax: (315) 624-6519

Call Dr. James M. Rozanski if you have questions.

The selection process

National Matching Service

FaxtonSt. Luke’s Healthcare's General Practice Residency Program participates in the National Match Program. Your rank order submitted to the National Matching Service should specify program code- # 8605. Applicant's interested in being considered for a position during our initial round of interviews MUST register for the Match.

For further information on the Postdoctoral Dental Matching Program, please contact National Matching Services Inc.:

National Matching Services Inc.
595 Bay St., Suite 301, Box 29
Toronto, Ontario

National Matching Services Inc.
P.O. Box 1208
Lewiston, NY 14092-8208

Phone: (716) 282-4013
Fax: (716) 282-0611
E-mail: dentres@natmatch.com

You can also check out their website at: www.natmatch.com/dentres

Post Match Openings

Any positions available after the Match results have been released in late January or early February will be handled directly through our program.

The interview process

Interviews are generally scheduled after all required documents have been received and reviewed by the Selection Committee. Interview dates are usually scheduled on pre-arranged Saturdays in October, November, and December. Interviews must be completed prior to the Match deadline for submitting our rank order list to the National Matching Service.