Andrei Barasch Appointed New Chair of Winthrop’s Dental Medicine Department

Winthrop-University Hospital is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrei Barasch, DMD, MDSc, to the position of Chairman of Winthrop’s new Department of Dental Medicine. Dr. Barasch has been selected to lead the development of a comprehensive Dental Medicine program at Winthrop, which will feature both clinical care and dental medicine education, as well as research. The program will provide state-of-the-science dental care for in-patients and also on an out-patient basis.

The program will add hospital dentistry to Winthrop’s already rich palette of health care specialties, and will afford oral care to medically complex patients, such as those requiring treatment under general anesthesia or oral surgery, as well as patients with cancer or autoimmune diseases. The program currently functions on a limited basis and is expected to begin accepting patients in mid-2012.

Residents in the new Department of Dental Medicine will be trained in all aspects of modern dentistry, including implants, anesthesia, laser dentistry and digital radiography. Fourth year dental students will be able to apply for residency as early as October 2011.

Dr. Barasch is an Oral Medicine specialist whose research interests are focused on the treatment of oral cancers and oral care for the medically complex patient. A fellow of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, Dr. Barasch has published over 50 articles and 100 abstracts in peer-reviewed journals, and he lectures nationally and internationally on Oral Medicine topics.

Dr. Barasch graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in 1989. His post-graduate training includes a General Practice residency at Harvard followed by an Oral Medicine residency at the University of Connecticut. Before his arrival at Winthrop, Dr. Barasch was an Associate Professor in the Department of General Dental Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Prior to that, he held academic positions at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and University of Detroit Mercy.

To learn more about the new Department of Dental Medicine at Winthrop, call 1-866-WINTHROP.