The Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) at Mayo Clinic is part of the Department of Surgery, which was founded by Drs. William J. and Charles H. Mayo (the Mayo brothers). This rich history provides residents and staff with the opportunity to be part of a group of surgeons who have made significant contributions to the history of surgery.
The Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is very clinically productive. We are a very busy service, with five full-time staff surgeons, two hospital-based mid-level providers (nurse practitioner/physician assistant), and 12 residents accounting for about 1,000 hospital surgeries (and growing every year) in our inpatient practice at Mayo Clinic Hospital — Rochester, Saint Marys Campus.
OMS has two dedicated operating rooms every day of the week. Our outpatient surgical practice, located in the state-of-the-art Gonda Building, performs several thousand procedures and sedations each year on adults and children.
Residents are assigned to surgical services for varying periods of time, in a preceptorship model, allowing for the development of close working relationships with various oral and maxillofacial surgeons and upper-level residents.
Mayo Clinic's group practice model places the needs of the patient first and foremost in all patient care. Therefore, close collaboration with members of other departments is frequent and expected.