About
Personal Statement
My goal is to offer my patients comprehensive and compassionate dental and oral care. Many of my patients are navigating the oral complications of complex medical conditions and treatments. I strive to provide these patients with excellent individualized care in a comfortable environment. By continually educating myself in the most up to date dental technology and staying current with the latest research about the oral cavity my patients can be assured that they are receiving excellent care that will restore and maintain their oral health for years to come.
Specialties and Expertise
Specialties
- General Dentistry
- Oral Medicine
Expertise
- Oral Oncology
Biography
Ariel Blanchard, DMD, serves as the program director of the general practice dental residency. She is an assistant professor of surgery in the division of Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and assistant attending surgeon at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. She received her dental education at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark, Jersey. Upon graduation in 2013 she returned to New York City, where she had previously earned a Bachelor of Arts at Barnard College, to complete a general practice residency at Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility. In 2014, Dr. Blanchard completed a 1-year fellowship in Dental Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center followed by a 3-year Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology residency at New York Presbyterian Queens. After completing her Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology residency, Dr. Blanchard returned to the clinical practice of general dentistry, oral oncology, and the clinical treatment of oral and mucosal diseases. Dr. Blanchard joins Weill Cornell from Bellevue/NYU where she was a Clinical Assistant Attending and the Director of the Adult Dental Clinic at Bellevue Hospital Center and an Adjunct Clinical Faculty member at NYU College of Dentistry in the Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Radiology and Medicine Department.
Research
Credentials
Clinical and Academic Positions
- Assistant Attending Surgeon - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Assistant Professor of Surgery (Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery) - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Education and Training
- D.M.D., Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 2013
- B.A., Barnard College - Columbia University, 2006
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this doctor. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the doctor’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this doctor is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- AETNA - HMO
- AETNA - PPO
- AETNA - Medicare
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee Managed Care Plan
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee PPO Plan
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- AgeWell New York
- CIGNA
- Emblem Select Care
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Mediblue (Senior)
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Access
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Connection
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - EPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - HMO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus - CHP
- Fidelis Care
- GHI - CBP
- Health First
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicaid
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicare
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Oxford Health Plans - Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans - Liberty
- Oxford Health Plans - Medicare Advantage
- Oxford Health Plans - Metro/Core/Charter
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark
- United Empire
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare - Community Plan
- United Healthcare - Medicare
- United Healthcare Compass
- VNSNY CHOICE - HMO
- VNSNY CHOICE - Medicare
- WellCare of NY
- WorldWide Medical
Locations and Appointments
News and Media
News
External Relationships
External Relationships
Relationships and collaborations with for-profit and not-for profit organizations are of vital importance to our faculty because these exchanges of scientific information foster innovation. As experts in their fields, WCM physicians and scientists are sought after by many organizations to consult and educate. WCM and its faculty make this information available to the public, thus creating a transparent environment.
No External Relationships Reported