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Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) takes great pride in the quality of its teaching programs. The Department
of Dentistry conducts one of the major residency programs in the University Hospital system and is one of the oldest.
The residency program in general dentistry has been accredited since 1970, with virtually every specialty in the
profession represented by the teaching staff, including the newly-established pediatric residency program.
Significant resources are committed to an educational philosophy that offers graduate dentists the opportunity to:
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Refine and advance their knowledge and skills in clinical dentistry.
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Improve their understanding of the relationship between medical disorders and oral disease.
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Learn to work effectively with other healthcare professionals in a hospital setting.
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Pursue specific areas of interest under the close supervision of competent and dedicated attending staff.
The program's success can best be measured by the professional stature of its faculty and graduates. A number of
University Hospital residents go on to specialty fellowships. Faculty members are nationally recognized for their
expertise in the care of the developmentally disabled and for their contributions to advancements in
maxillofacial,
implant and TMJ surgery.
Donald R. Ratcliffe, DDS
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Donald R. Ratcliffe, DDS
Chairman,
Department of Dentistry
Dr. Donald Ratcliffe is a case of student-turned-teacher, having graduated from the hospital's general
dentistry residency program in 1980, he is now chairman of the department as well as director of residents with overall
responsibility for the dental teaching program.
Concurrently, Dr. Ratcliffe serves as the department's director of prosthetics and of special study cases.
He has been a member of the attending staff here since 1983, and practiced in Manhattan with emphasis
on implantology and prosthetics.
He graduated from New York University College of Dentistry in 1979, following a year of graduate study at NYU. He
was the recipient of the Arthur Hull Award for Endodontics and for the Academy of Operative Dentistry's Achievement
Award. He is a member of the American Society of Osseointegration, the American College of Oral Implantology and
the American Academy of Implant Dentistry. Certifications include Branemark implant prosthetics, core vent implant
surgery and prosthetics and gore tex guided tissue regeneration.
In 1997, Dr. Ratcliffe was honored by the department with its highest award - the William P. Lavori Award for
Professional Excellence. In 2002, he received fellowship status in the American College of Dentists, and was honored
with the department's Alfonso Fressola Humanitarian Award in 2004. He is a member of the faculties at the Schools of Dentistry at
New York University, Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania.
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