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Rawle Philbert, D.D.S.

Rawle Philbert, D.D.S.

Associate Professor & Division Chief

Endowed Title
Dr. Douglas and Diane Sinn Distinguished Chair in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
School
Medical School
Department
Surgery

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  • Biography

    Dr. Philbert is the chief of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He spent more than two decades as the director of its oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS) residency program and as the chair of its dentistry and OMS department. 

    Dr. Philbert is the recipient of multiple honors, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Lincoln Medical Center Auxiliary, a Doctor of the Year Award from the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation, and a Doctors Day Medical Board President Award from Lincoln Medical Center. He has authored two dozen written works on topics ranging from trauma to surgical techniques that have appeared in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the European Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the Journal of Otolaryngology and Rhinology, and other publications. He is a graduate of the Howard University College of Dentistry and performed an OMS residency at Harlem Hospital Center.

  • Education
    Dental School
    Howard University College of Dentistry (1987)
    Medical School
    Howard University - Registrar (1987)
    Residency
    NYC Health & Hospitals/Harlem (1991), Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    Modified Technique for harvesting anterior iliac crest bone graft for maxillary and mandibular reconstruction
    Kayvan Fathimani, Arman Yazdan, Rawle Philbert European Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2020
    Utilization of Inverted L Osteotomy for correction of dentoalveolar deformities in patients with significant cardiac history
    Kayvan Fathimani, Chun Pae Cho, Rawle Philbert European Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2017 1 2 54-58
    Using GlideScope videolaryngoscope for anesthesia management during mandibular fracture repair
    Malcolm Zola, George Trister, Allan Shanin, Rawle Philbert European Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2017 1 2 76-77
    Anterior Segmental Osteotomy to Save Implants for Prosthetic Restoration: A Multidisciplinary Case Report.
    Bush BF, Feygin A, Ray K, Philbert RF, Zola MB, N Y State Dent J 2016 Nov 82 6 33-38
    Treatment of a recurrent ameloblastic fibroma.
    Manzon S, Philbert RF, Bush BF, Zola MB, Solomon M, N Y State Dent J 2015 Jan 81 1 30-2
    Rare presentation of Giant Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma
    Benjamin Bush, Rawle Philbert, Malcolm Zola J. of Otolaryngology and Rhinology 2015
    Pleomorphic Adenoma of the Cheek in a young female- A Case Report
    Maryam Shahrzad, Menachem Gold, Rawle Philbert Journal American Society of Head and Neck Radiology 2015
    A vertical incision for intraoral approach to a zygomaticomaxillary fracture.
    Bush BF, Philbert RF, Zola MB, Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2014 Sep 52 7 e41-2
    Letter to the Editor regarding incorrect use of short 25 gauge needle for mandibular block
    Malcolm Zola, Rawle Philbert Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery 2014
    Treatment of Gunshot Wound to the mandible using an external fixation device
    Benjamin Bush, Rawle Philbert, Malcolm Zola International Journal of OMS 2013