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This list of dental schools in the U.S. includes major academic institutions in the U.S. that award advanced professional degrees of either D.D.S. or D.M.D. in the field of dentistry. [1] It does not include schools of medicine , and it includes 75 schools of dentistry in 37 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
[2] [3] The Philadelphia Dental College changed its name to the Temple University School of Dentistry in 1913. [1] In 1947, the school moved from Hamilton Street to Broad and Allegheny Streets. The school's name was changed in December 2006 after a $10 million donation by the estate of Maurice H. Kornberg.
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is a non-profit organization established in 1933 which represents 24 broad areas of specialty medicine.ABMS is the largest and most widely recognized physician-led specialty certification organization in the United States. [1]
GPR programs are usually affiliated with a hospital and thus require the dentist to treat a wide variety of patients including trauma, critically ill, and medically compromised patients. Additionally, GPR programs require residents to rotate through various departments within the hospital, such as anesthesia, internal medicine, and emergency ...
Physician. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) [1] Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) Dentist. Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) Optometrist. Doctor of Optometry (OD) Podiatrist. Doctor of Podiatry (DPM) Chiropractor. Doctor of Chiropractic ...
However, all these programs are subjected to an accreditation review by their respective organizations: The Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM in the US) [1] and the Canadian College of Health Information Management (CCHIM in Canada).
IMG physicians are more likely to enter primary care specialties than US MD physicians. [16] As of 2007, IMG physicians represented 36% of internal medicine physicians, 29% of anesthesiologists, 31.4% of psychiatrists, 28% of pediatricians, 17.8% of family physicians, 17.8% of OB/GYNs, 18.8% of radiologists and 20% of general surgeons. [16]
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