The faculty of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) Residency Program is comprised of five full time equivalent board certified OMFS faculty - three based at Jacobi and two at Mount Sinai-Union Square. Additionally, other non-OMFS faculty such as orthodontists, prosthodontists, and faculty from Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery also participate in the teaching and clinical training of the OMFS residents.
Daniel Buchbinder, DMD, MD
Program Director and Chief of the Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery of The Mount Sinai Health System Dr. Buchbinder is a graduate of the University of Montreal School of Dental Medicine (DMD) and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MD). He received his training in oral, maxillofacial surgery from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral, Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Buchbinder is the former chairman of the department of Dentistry and Oral, Maxillofacial Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Buchbinder is the director of the post-graduate maxillofacial surgery training program. He is currently professor and director of the division of maxillofacial surgery, department of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery at Mount Sinai Downtown , Mount Sinai West and the Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial of the Mount Sinai Health System. Dr. Buchbinder has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and has lectured extensively on cranio-maxillofacial trauma management, computer assisted surgery, reconstruction and the use of osseointegration. He is a member of the multidisciplinary team at the Institute for Head and Neck and Thyroid Cancer and serves on the board of directors and the scientific advisory board for the Thyroid and Head and Neck Cancer (THANC) Foundation. Dr. Buchbinder is a member of the board of trustees of the AO foundation, a non-profit organization based on a network of surgeons who are committed to the study, practice, and teaching of AO principles and their advancement in the field of trauma and musculoskeletal surgery.
Michael D. Turner, DDS, MD FACS
Chief of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Turner received his DDS from the University of Maryland School of Dentistry and his MD from the SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine. He trained in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center and is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He also holds a Master of Science in Translational Medicine and Clinical Research from the NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Turner was the former Director of the NYU-Royal College of Surgeons (Ireland) International Program in Oral Surgery at the NYU College of Dentistry. He is currently the Chief of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Jacobi Medical Center and the North Central Bronx Hospital. He is a member of the Institute for Head and Neck and Thyroid Cancer within the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Mount Sinai Downtown Union Square (MSDUS) and functions as the associate director of the post-graduate training program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Turner is considered a thought leader and a national expert in the field of minimally invasive salivary gland surgery (sialoendoscopy), as well as having a considerable interest and expertise in maxillofacial trauma and orthognathic surgery.
Benn Lieberman, DMD
Director of the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Internship Program
Dr. Benn L. Lieberman, D.M.D., is currently part- time faculty of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency program at Mount Sinai Downtown / Mount Sinai West/ Jacobi Medical Center/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his undergraduate education at Tufts University, and also received his doctorate in dental medicine (DMD) from Tufts. Following dental school Dr. Lieberman completed his training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Westchester Medical Center / New York Medical College. After a short period in private practice, Dr. Lieberman came to Jacobi Medical Center. Dr. Lieberman is the Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Northern Westchester Hospital. In 2009 he opened a private practice in Mt. Kisco, New York and now dedicates three days per week to resident education. His interests include the full scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery with an emphasis on dental implants, adult and pediatric out-patient anesthesia, trauma surgery, and correction of dentofacial deformities. He holds staff appointments at Jacobi Medical Center, North Central Bronx Hospital and Mount Sinai Downtown Union Square / Mount Sinai West. Dr. Lieberman is Board Certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Tasios Vakkas, DDS, MD
Attending, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Dr. Vakkas graduated with honors from the Columbia University School of Dental Medicine, DDS. He continued his postdoctoral education and training at the University of Maryland. Dr. Vakkas received his MD after graduating from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He went on to complete an internship in General Surgery. His Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery training was very rigorous and included operating at the renowned R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. Dr. Vakkas holds board certification from the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He is actively involved in resident and student education and training and is a published author. He also holds a position as Assistant Clinical Professor at Columbia University. He has lectured extensively in regional dental societies. His clinical interests include implant surgery, orthognathic corrective jaw surgery, benign pathology, trauma, and reconstruction of the maxillofacial region. He maintains a practice in Yorktown Heights.
Barry Langsam, DDS
Attending, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Barry W. Langsam graduated from University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry 1962. He became a resident in Oral Surgery at BMHC (Jacobi) from 1962 - 1965. He has been in private practice in New Rochelle, New York since that time. He is Director of Dentistry and Chief of Oral Surgery at Sound Shore Medical Center, New Rochelle, New York. He is the Chief of Section of Oral Surgery and Out Patient Anesthesia at the Rose F. Kennedy Center, Albert Einstein/Montifiore Hospital Medical Centers. Dr. Langsam has had articles published on Dental Implantology
Stephen Gelfman, DDS, MD
Attending Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Jacobi Medical Center
Dr. Stephen Gelfman graduated from Columbia University School of Dental Medicine in 1972. He completed a general practice residency at Long Island Jewish Hospital and a residency in Dental Anesthesiology at Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Gelfman went on to become a principal investigator at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He completed his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency at Montefiore Medical Center and then went on to obtain his medical degree from Hahnemann University- now Drexel University. Dr. Gelfman has been involved in dental education on a full and part-time basis for his entire professional career.
Dr. Kerry McEntee, DMD, MD
Attending Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Jacobi Medical Center
Kerry McEntee, D.M.D., M.D received her undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin. Dr. McEntee received her dental degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2001. She completed her Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in 2008. Dr. McEntee received her medical degree from Stony Brook School of Medicine where she also completed her General Surgery Internship. Dr. McEntee is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and a Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. She is an associate clinical professor at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC, where she participates in the education of residents and operates. Her training has provided her with experience in all scopes of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, including bone grafting, implant surgery, reconstruction of the jaws, dentoalveolar surgery, and anesthesia.
Timothy Levine DMD - Director of Orthodontics
Jacobi Medical Center
Dr. Timothy Levine graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA in 2003 with a bachelor's in Biology with Honors. He received his doctor of dental medicine from the University of Connecticut in 2008 and did a hospital-based general practice residency at St. Barnabas Hospital in Bronx, NY. He received his certificate in orthodontics, also from St, Barnabas Hospital. During his orthodontic residency, he was awarded Orthodontic Resident of the Year and was also the recipient of the prestigious Herzberg Award. In 2012, he became the first fellow in surgical orthodontics and craniofacial orthopedics at Jacobi Medical Center. He spends part of his time in private practice in the Bronx and Manhattan.
Kenneth Cooperman, DMD
Attending Orthodontist
Jacobi Medical Center
Dr. Kenneth Cooperman has been practicing dentistry since 1995, and has specialized in orthodontics since 2000. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991, with a major in Design of the Environment, and minors in Biology and Chemistry. He graduated from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 1995, and then spent the following year in Seattle at the University of Washington. There, he did a one-year hospital-based residency treating medically compromised dental patients in one of the foremost transplant centers in the United States. Dr. Cooperman stayed there for over two years practicing general dentistry, returning to New York in 1998 to begin his specialty residency in orthodontics at New York University. Dr. Cooperman is in private practice in the Bronx and Manhattan. He has lectured about orthodontics at the Greater New York Dental Meeting and at various training programs in the NYC area. In addition, he is a member of a number of respected professional organizations including the American Association of Orthodontists, the Northeast Society of Orthodontists, the American Dental Association, and the New York State Dental Association, among others. He is the Bronx Representative for the New York State Society of Orthodontists, and is President-Elect of the New York County Dental Society.