Dr. Michael Miloro Named Chief of Hospital Dental Service at UI Health

CHICAGO - Dec. 17, 2013 - PRLog -- Dr. Michael Miloro, Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, was appointed as Chief of the Hospital Dental Service at the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System (UI Health) recently. Dr. Miloro succeeds Dr. Indru Punwani, Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, UIC College of Dentistry, after 14 years of service in this role.

Dr. Miloro was nominated by the Dean of the College of Dentistry, with the recommendation made to the Vice President of Health Affairs, and he was appointed by the Medical Staff of UI Health.

The Chief of the Hospital Dental Service is responsible for all oral health care provided in the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System. Some of the responsibilities include the appointment and re-appointment of College of Dentistry faculty to hospital staff, review of Quality Assurance of patient care provided by residents and attending staff, and to serve on the Medical Staff Executive Committee.

Dr. Miloro said he is highly motivated to serve in this role and build on Dr. Punwani’s accomplishments.

“Currently, we have 23 faculty members in four College of Dentistry departments (including Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics, and Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences) with medical staff privileges at UI Health,” said Dr. Miloro, “and the specific departmental privileges will need a current update with the changes in healthcare and expanded scope of clinical practice. We have a large and diverse group of College of Dentistry clinicians on the medical staff at UI Health, and it is my role to reinforce, and further heighten awareness of, the vital importance of oral health care within the medical center environment within the context of individualized patient care.

“I would like to bridge the gap between Taylor and Paulina Streets such that oral health care is readily accessible to the UI Health medical center physicians, staff, and patients for both urgent and non-urgent situations, and for continuity of patient care,” Dr. Miloro continued. “Many medical centers across the country struggle to find dental and oral health care services for their inpatient and outpatient population, and we are in the unique position here at the University of Illinois at Chicago to provide these acute, as well as on-going, multi-disciplinary services to our own medical center.”

Maria Limon, Assistant to the Head, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, UIC College of Dentistry, will also serve as Dr. Miloro’s Assistant in his new role at UI Health.