Dr. Michael Awadallah, DDS, MD
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon
Introduction
About Dr. Michael Awadallah
Dr. Awadallah trained across the full breadth of the specialty: dental surgery at Columbia, oral and maxillofacial surgery residency at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, and general surgery training at SUNY Downstate spanning critical care, trauma, and plastic surgery. He has taught surgeons as faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian and led the oral and maxillofacial surgery section at New Jersey's VA hospital, where caring for veterans left a lasting mark on how he practices. His research has appeared in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and in textbooks on oral cancer treatment.
Board status: Diplomate, American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Clinical focus
Areas of focus
- Dentoalveolar surgery
- Dental implant reconstruction
- TMJ (temporomandibular joint) disorders
- Facial reconstruction
- IV sedation
Background
Education and training
- DDS — Columbia University School of Dentistry
- Residency, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery — Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn (orthognathic surgery, IV sedation, exodontia, pre-prosthetic surgery, pathological biopsies)
- Residency, General Surgery — SUNY Downstate (critical care, trauma, and plastic surgery)
- Former teaching faculty — Weill Cornell Medicine / NewYork-Presbyterian
- Former Section Chief, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery — VA Hospital, New Jersey
- Licensure: NJ dental license & OMS specialty certificate; NY medical, dental & dental general anesthesia; BLS/ACLS
Affiliations and memberships
Only current, verified affiliations are listed.
- American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
- American Dental Association
- American Medical Association
- New York State Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
Languages
English
Approach
Care philosophy
Patience and compassion are part of the procedure — patients do best when their surgeon takes the time to put them at ease before ever picking up an instrument.
Related care
Services at Warren Oral Surgery
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