Ralph Epstein, DDS

Clinical Associate Professor
Program Director: Dental Anesthesia
Phone: 631-632-6364
Email
Stony Brook Medicine Profile
  • Education   
  • University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 1973 - B.A. Psychology
  • State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Dental Medicine Stony Brook, NY 1978 - D.D.S.
  • Department of Dental Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center New Hyde Park, NY 1978-1979 - General Practice Dental Residency
  • Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Dental Medicine Long Island Jewish Medical Center New Hyde Park, NY 1979-1981 - Dental Anesthesia Residency
  • Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Dental Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center New Hyde Park, NY 1980-1981 - Chief Resident Department of Anesthesiology
  • Awards, Honors, Professional Appointments  
  • Chairman of the Committee on Resident Education, American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists (ASDA), 2008
  • Recipient of Heidbrink Award from American Dental Society of Anesthesiology, 2012
  • Review Committee on Postdoctoral General Dentistry Education of the Commission on Dental Accreditation, 2014-2018
  • Publications   
  • Medline Search
  • Rashewsky S, Parameswaran A, Sloane C, Ferguson F, Epstein R. Time and cost analysis: pediatric dental rehabilitation with general anesthesia in the office and the hospital settings. Anesth Prog. 2012 Winter;59(4):147-53
  • Guthrie DB, Pezzollo JP, Lam DK, Epstein RH. Tracheopulmonary Complications of a Malpositioned Nasogastric Tube. Anesth Prog. 2020 Sep 1;67(3):151-157
  • Guthrie DB, Boorin MR, Sisti AR, Epstein RH, Romeiser JL, Lam DK, Gan TJ, Bennett-Guerrero E. Retrospective Comparison of Intramuscular Admixtures of Ketamine and Dexmedetomidine Versus Ketamine and Midazolam for Preoperative Sedation. Anesth Prog. 2021 Mar 1;68(1):3-9
  • Lee S, Guthrie DB, Epstein RH. Kawasaki Disease and General Anesthesia for Dental Treatment: A Case Report. Anesth Prog. 2021 Oct 1;68(3):146-153
  • Guthrie DB, Epstein RH, Boorin MR, Sisti AR, Romeiser JL, Bennett-Guerrero E. A Survey of Dentist Anesthesiologists on Preoperative Intramuscular Sedation. Anesth Prog. 2022 Jun 1;69(2):17-23
  • Book Chapters   
  • Epstein R, Drollinger A. Pseudoseizures following office extubation. In: Core Clinical Competencies in Anesthesiology: A Case-Based Approach. Cambridge University Press, 2010
  • Epstein R, Montgomery T. What happened to the ETT tip?. In: Core Clinical Competencies in Anesthesiology: A Case-Based Approach. Cambridge University Press, 2010
  • Recent Presentations   
  • Drollinger AG, Epstein RA, Adsumelli R. Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures in a private practice dental office.. NYSSA Residents & Fellows 2009
  • Montgomery T, Drollinger A, Epstein R. Where is ETT tip? Pandemonium in private doctor’s office!. NYSSA Residents & Fellows 2009
  • Montgomery T, Epstein R. Where is ETT tip? Pandemonium in private doctor's office!. PGA 2009
  • Croft KM, Epstein R, Richman DC. (Not) Just Another “Routine” Dental Case Under General Anesthesia. PGA 2011
  • Rashewsky S, Parameswaran A, Sloane C, Ferguson F, Epstein R. Time and Cost Comparison of Pediatric Dental Rehab Using General Anesthesia in the University Hospital Ambulatory Location versus an Office-Based Facility. American Dental Society of Anesthesiology.
  • Kagan M, Levin S, Epstein RH. Management of a Pediatric Patient Found to Have a Tracheal Web During Endotracheal Intubation. ASA 2016
  • Pfeffer D, Epstein R. Modified Awake Intubation of Patient with Actively Draining Intra-oral Abscess. PGA 2016
  • Oliver B, Jacob S, Winter G, Epstein R, Oleszak SP. Airway Management of an Adult Patient with Pierre-Robin Sequence Presenting for Closure of Gastro-cutaneous Fistula. PGA 2023
  • Xiao J, Raventhiranathan N, Epstein R, Boorin M, Oleszak S. Jet Ventilation for Subglottic Stenosis: Case Report and Algorithm for Diagnosis and Treatment of Pneumothorax. Am Soc Dental Anes 2024
  • Frusetta C, Bodily S, Epstein R, Boorin M, Oleszak S. An Unanticipated Oxygen Desaturation following Emergence from a Routine General Anesthetic . Am Soc Dental Anes 2024