Dr. Dmitriy Tokar had an interesting and somewhat unusual career prior to becoming a practicing surgeon in the U.S. Born and raised in the former USSR, upon graduating from high school with honors in 1983, he studied dentistry at Chita State Medical Institute, and graduated with honors as a dentist in 1988.
At that time Dr. Tokar had big interest in research and completed post-graduate training, defending his thesis in 1991 and earning PhD. All this time Dr. Tokar participated in different research projects mostly in the fields related to oral surgery. After coming to the US in 1994, Dr. Tokar went back to school, and obtained his D.D.S. degree in 1998 from New York University College of Dentistry.
During his years at NYU , Dr. Tokar developed increasing interest in the clinical oral and maxillofacial surgery. He decided to continue his education toward becoming an oral surgeon, and completed Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery training from 1998 to 2004 at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Since 2004 Dr. Tokar works in the private practice as an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, as well as maintaining active privileges at NYU-Langone Hospital Brooklyn and Montefiore Medical Center where he provides treatment for the patients with facial infections and facial trauma and actively involved in the resident training. He is Board-certified in Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery as well as Dental Anesthesia, maintaining fellowship in the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons as well as American Society of Dental Anesthesiology. Dr. Tokar lectured at the multiple local and national meetings.
Dr. Boris Zats obtained both his undergraduate and Doctor of Dental Surgery Degrees from New York University. While obtaining his degree from NYU College of Arts and Science, Dr.Zats was tutoring all levels of calculus. During his doctoral education Dr.Zats continued to dedicate his time to teaching in a dental assistant training program.
Dr. Zats completed oral and maxillofacial training program at Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center. Currently Dr.Zats continues his teaching career as a Co-Director of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at NYU-Langone Hospital - Brooklyn where he also provides treatment for facial trauma patients. He is a fellow of American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons as well as a fellow of National Board of Dental Anesthesia.
He had extensive experience with routine oral surgery as wel as trauma, orthognathic/jaw surgery, pathology and reconstruction in Beth Israel, Bronx Lebanon, Jacobi, North Central Bronx and Montefiore Hospitals. During his education he obtained multiple honors, including Suma Cum Laude, dean's list of honors, Founders Day Award, Oral & Maxillofacial Honors, OKU and Outstanding Clinician awards.
Dr. Gefon is our Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. Dr. Gefon graduated with honors from Hunter College in NYC. His undergraduate major was psychology, and upon his graduation, he was inducted into Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology. Dr. Gefon believes that successful treatment of his patients depends on successful communication and understanding of his patients needs.
Upon completion of college, Dr. Gefon attended the School of Dental Medicine at Stony Brook. He is a recipient of an award for excellence in oral and maxillofacial surgery from the New York State Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Dr. Gefon completed residency training in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center and obtained his Medical Degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In addition to training in oral surgery, Dr. Gefon also completed one year general surgery residency training.
Dr. Gefon is trained in the full scope of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with extensive training in maxillofacial trauma, orthognathic surgery, third molar surgery, pediatric and adult anesthesia, pathology and reconstruction. Dr. Gefon also worked closely with prosthodontic department and has an extensive experience in dental implant surgery, sinus grafting, and ridge augmentation procedures.
Dr. Gefon is a candidate for board certification by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He is certified in Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support.
After completing his undergraduate education at the University of Wisconsin, and obtaining a master's degree at Mississippi College; Dr. Romsa received his DMD degree from Midwestern University in Glendale, AZ. Dr. Romsa completed his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery training at the highly regarded University of Texas Southwestern / Parkland Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Dallas, TX in 2018.
Dr. Romsa practices full scope Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, including implant reconstruction, third molar surgery, facial trauma, pathology, and orthognathic surgery. He has extensive experience with bone grafting procedures including sinus grafting and ridge augmentation. He also has significant training in robot-assisted implant placement with Yomi. Robot-assisted implant surgery with Yomi improves precision, personalization, and predictability for your implant procedure.