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Home > Dental SchoolThe Geriatric Dental Program University of Maryland Dental School The Geriatric Program at the Dental School provides didactic and clinical training opportunities, utilizing an interdisciplinary approach to the provision of oral health services to older adults. Didactic course work occurs primarily during the first, second and third years of the curriculum, while extramural clinical opportunities occur during the third and fourth years. The current extramural programs include two long-term care facilities in the Baltimore Metropolitan area and two Geriatric Assessment Programs. Additional geriatric focused experiences occur during the student community-based program during the first two years. These sites include life care centers, rehabilitation programs as well as participation in health screening programs. Faculty Dr. Janet A. Yellowitz Janet A. Yellowitz, DMD, MPH received her dental degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, her Masters degree in Public Health from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, and completed a two-year Geriatric Dentistry fellowship at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Denver, Colorado and the University of Colorado Health Services Center. Dr. Yellowitz is involved in the planning and presentation of the Geriatric Imperative Minimester lectures in the Masters of Nursing Program (Physiology of Aging), and has presented oral health for older adults to those in the Schools of Pharmacy, Social Work, Nursing, and Medicine. Dr. Yellowitz is the Dental Director of two long-term care facilities in the Baltimore metropolitan area, where she coordinates and provides oral health care services to residents. Her primary areas of research interest include assessing health professionals knowledge, opinions and practices related to oral cancer, as well as surveying general dentists knowledge, opinions and practices regarding HIV disease in older adults. In 2005, Dr. Yellowitz received funding for the Maryland Interdisciplinary Geriatrics Training Program in Medicine, Dentistry and Psychiatry. She is a Fellow of the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry and a Diplomat of the American Board of Special Care Dentistry. She is the immediate past President of the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry, a component of Special Care Dentistry, and a member of the Board of Directors for Special Care Dentistry Dr. Yellowitz may be reached at jyellowitz@umaryland.edu |
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