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   
  • Recent Presentations   
  • 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