Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons who are faculty members of the ADA-accredited OMS residency program sponsored by St. Joseph’s:
Hillel Ephros, DMD, MD, FACS, Chairman, Department of Dentistry/OMS
Richard Szumita, DDS, Program Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency
Meredith Blitz, DDS
Robert DeFalco, DDS
Michael Erlichman, DDS
Faculty qualified to administer IV sedation:
Joseph Portale, DMD
Dominic Lu, DDS
Yasmi Crystal, DMD
Ari Crystal, DMD
Joseph Gaspari, DMD
Dental Anesthesiologist
Jonathan Mendia, DMD
Board Certified Pediatric Dentist and Dental Anesthesiologist
Henna DeSimone, DDS
Board Certified Anesthesiologists
Seth Landa, MD
Pam Upayda, MD
Jon Markley, DO
Adjunct Ptofessor:
HESHAM HASSAN ABDULKARIM DDS
