Meet Dr. Cafferata
Oral Surgeon in Garden City
Dr. Cafferata was raised on Long Island and currently lives there with her husband and son. Dr. Cafferata has been in private practice since completing her surgical residency at NYU Langone Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital Center in 2008. Dr. Cafferata also received her DDS from NYU College of Dentistry in 2004. Dr. Cafferata is a part-time faculty at NYU College of Dentistry in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department. Dr. Cafferata also maintains privileges at NYU Langone Medical Center and Nassau University Medical Center for hospital based Oral Surgery procedures.
The NYU Langone/Bellevue Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency program is a broad scope training program that provides surgical training in all aspects of oral and maxillofacial surgery including, maxillofacial trauma, pathology of the jaws, dental implants, wisdom tooth extraction, pediatric tooth exposures and cancer.
Dr. Cafferata is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, a member of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, New York State Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Dental Association, Nassau County Dental Society and the New York State Dental Association. Dr. Cafferata is on the Board of NYSSOMS and the William F. Harrigan Society.
Dr. Cafferata has lectured for Nassau County Dental Society, including its award-winning Women’s Conference, Scrubs and Stilettos, and to many study groups on Long Island and in New York State. She has lectured on topics such as Sinus Augmentation, Dental Implants, BOTOX, TMJ and Orthognathic surgery.
Dr. Cafferata is on staff at New York University Langone Medical Center in New York City and Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow.
Dr. Cafferata has participated in several community outreach programs, most notably an Oral Health Outreach Program to the Dominican Republic as an oral surgery faculty for NYU in 2007, and a Cleft Lip and Palate Outreach program as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Huejutla, Mexico, in 2006.
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