Our Oral Surgeon - Omaha, NE

Dr. Jerome (Jerry) Wees is a board certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. He was born and raised in Omaha and attended the University of Nebraska for undergraduate studies. He then attended the University of Nebraska Medical Center Dental College, where he earned his doctorate degree (DDS) in general dentistry in 1984. Dr. Wees then completed a one year general practice residency in Topeka, Kansas at the Veterans Administration Medical Center. After which he returned to Omaha to practice general dentistry in south Omaha with now retired general dentist Dr. Donald Fenster. After six years, Dr. Wees left private practice to begin training in oral and maxillofacial surgery. He completed a four year residency program at the Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois in 1995. He then joined Dr. Michael McDermott in the specialty practice of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1995. Dr. Wees maintains hospital privileges at The Boys Town Hospital.

Dr. Wees was the 2018-19 President of the Omaha District Dental Society. He is an active member of the Nebraska Dental Association, the Nebraska Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American Dental Association, the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and the American Association of Implant Dentistry. He became board certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1998.