Event Speakers
Abubaker, A.Omar
D.M.D, Ph.D., is a distinguished Professor and Chairman of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at VCU School of Dentistry and VCU Medical Center.
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Acero, Julio
MD, DMD, PhD, FDSRCS, FEBOMS, FIBCSOMS, FBLACIBU is an internationally renowned oral and maxillofacial surgeon, currently serving as Head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Ramón y Cajal and Puerta de Hierro University Hospitals in Madrid. He is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Alcalá and co-directs the EACMFS Postgraduate Programme in Head and Neck Surgery: Oncology.
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Adams, Karen
is doubly board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) and Lifestyle Medicine, and is a Menopause Society-certified menopause specialist and expert in sex medicine at the Stanford Health Care Gynecology Clinic. She is a clinical professor of medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford University School of Medicine and a faculty affiliate of the Stanford Center on Longevity.
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Karen Adams: Menopause 101
Al-Saadan, Waleed A
is a Consultant Orthopedic & Trauma Surgeon, Medical City Teaching Complex, Baghdad , IRAQ
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Al-Shaqsi, Sultan
is a highly skilled pediatric CMF surgeon with a specialized focus on craniosynostosis and skull base surgery.
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Almeida, Fernanda
received her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1995, and in 2000, her Master of Science from the Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. She is an alumna of UBC, where she completed her Doctor of Philosophy (Dental Sciences) in 2005.
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Anchlia, Sonal
MDS completed in 2004 from AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore. FCLPCS, PhD,TMJ Mini residency USA MBA, PGDHHM, PGDMLS, PGDCR, PGDQHHM Professor & Head, OMFS,Government Dental College, Ahmedabad
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Angulo, Aida Cruz
Aida Cruz Angulo Cirujano Maxilofacial por el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Adscrito hasta 2019 del Hospital de Traumatología Y Ortopedia "Lomas Verdes" IMSS, Certificado por el Consejo Mexicano de Cirugía Oral y Maxilofacial, Practica Privada / Grupo de Hospitales Azura.
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Aniceto, Gregorio Sanchez
MD,PhD Conociendo a nuestro co- fundador Gregorio Sancjez Aniceto , cirujano oral y maxilofacial , Madrid España ; quien nos compartirá algunas experiencias personales durante su carrera profesional y su motivación para ser parte de SurgeON .
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Aniruth, Sunil
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Principal Surgeon –Blaauwberg, Cape Town and Consultant in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry-University of the Western Cape
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Avidan, Raffi
MD, Orthopedic surgical oncologist, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Stanford University, USA
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Ayoub, Ashraf
PhD, MDS, FDS RCS(Ed) FDS RCPS (Glasg), Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Glasgow, UK, Hon. Consultant, Glasgow Dental Hospital & The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH), Director of the postgraduate programme in OMFS, Vice Dean, The Royal College of Physcians and Surgeons of Glasgow
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Babiker, Haithem
Dr. Haithem Elhadi Babiker MD, DMD, FAAP, FACS is a renowned Plastic and Craniomaxillofacial surgeon at Sidra Medicine, Qatar, since 2022.
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Balaraman, Kannan
DDS, Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon, Ganga Hospital
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Bartlett, Scott
MD, is one of the foremost experts in CF surgery globally. He has extensively published on the topic. He is an attending surgeon in the Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Oral Surgery and Director of the Craniofacial Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
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Bell, Bryan
MD DDS FACS FRCS(Ed) is the Physician Executive and Director, Division of Surgical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Clinical Programs for Providence Cancer Institute Oregon. In addition, Dr. Bell is the Medical Director of the Providence Head and Neck Cancer Program, and Member and Director of Surgical Oncology Research at the Earle A. Chiles Research Institute in the Robert W. Franz Cancer Center, a division of the Providence Cancer Institute.
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Berli, Jens
is an Associate Professor and Head of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He specializes in Gender Affirming Surgery.
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Bhola, Nitin
Professor and Head,Director,Department of maxillofacial surgery.SPDC.wardha
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Bonanthaya, Krishnamurthy
MBBS, MDS, FDSRCS (UK), FFDRCS (Ireland), FIBCSOMS, Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon, Smile Train Cleft Leadership Centre, Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital, Bangalore, INDIA.
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Bordbar, Patrishia
B.D.Sc. (Melb.), M.B.B.S (Hons.) (Melb.), PGDip.Surg.Anat (Melb.), M.D.Sc (O.M.S.)(Melb.), F.R.A.C.D.S (O.M.S.), F.R.C.S (Ed.) is currently a Consultant Surgeon at The Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne and a dedicated educator in her field.
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Bouchard, Carl
DMD, MSc, FRCD(C) is an associate professor and program director of the oral and maxillofacial surgery program at Laval University. He works at CHU de Québec – Université Laval.
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Buchbinder , Daniel
DMD, MD. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
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Caminiti, Marco
BSc., DDS., MEd., Dip OMFS, FRCD(C), FACD, Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Head and Program Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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Capasso, Robson
is the Chief of Sleep Surgery, Professor of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Associate Dean of Research at Stanford University School of Medicine and Advisor to the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign.
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Chakravarthy , Chitra
BDS, MDS, Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Head of the Department of Oral and maxillofacial surgery at Navodaya Dental College and Hospital Raichur in India.
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Chandra, Srinivasa
is an OMF surgeon and Associate Professor at OHSU. He is an expert in oral and head and neck cancer and microvascular reconstruction.
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Chauhan, Shubhra
is a Consultant Head and Neck Oncosurgeon at Chennai, India. At present she's running an Oral Oncology unit under OMFS dept. at Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital and at few private hospitals in Chennai, India
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Chen, Youbai
MD,PhD,MMsci is an Associate Professor, Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, The First Medical CenterChinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing,PR China
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Chukwuneke, Felix
BDS MD MPH NDP FWACS FICD FICMFS FIHMN FIMC is a Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Nigeria.
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Cienfuegos, Ricardo
FACS, Cirugia Plastica y Reconstructiva, Cirugía Traumatológica Craneofacial, Academia Mexicana de Cirugía, Centro Médico ABC Observatorio, Sur 136 No 116, Edificio Donald Mackenzie 1-A, Col. Las Américas. Del. A Obregón, 01120, México, D. F.
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Cunha, Larissa
DDS, MSc; PhD is and oral and maxillofacial surgeon and the Director of the OMFS Residency Program at the Federal University of Uberlândia
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Davis, Stephanie
M.S., CCC-SLP, BCS-S, NLP, CNTUF Health Jacksonville, Rehabilitation - UF Health Jacksonville
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Desai, Jameel
DDS, Maxillo-Facial and Oral Surgeon, University of the Witwatersrand , City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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Diaz, Iliana
Presidente de la Asociación Mexicana de Cirugía Bucal y Maxilofacial, AC Bienio 2023-2025
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Dodson, Thomas
D.M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., is a board-certified surgeon, service chief at UW Medical Center, chair of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, acting chair of Pediatric Dentistry and a UW professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
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Dunn, Erin
ScD, MPH, Associate Professor, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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Edwards, Andrew
BDS, FFDRCSI, FDSRCPS, MBChB, FRCS, FRCS(OMFS), PGDipClinEd is a Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon at Royal Preston Hospital, specializing in complex facial reconstructive surgery.
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Elias, Husam
MD DMD FACS is a board-certified plastic surgeon based in Southern California, recognized for his expertise in aesthetic and reconstructive procedures.
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Faquin, William
MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Director of Head and Neck Pathology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Divisions of Head and Neck Pathology & Cytopathology, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Fernandes, Rui
M.D., D.M.D., FACS, FRCS, is a University of Florida professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery and a board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon at UF Health Jacksonville. He also serves as associate chair of the UF Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Jacksonville, chief of the Division of Head and Neck Surgery, and program director of the Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery and Microvascular Fellowship. He is also director of the UF Center for Reconstructive Surgery, and co-director of the UF Health Skull Base Surgery Program.
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Figueiredo, Eugenia
DDS, MS, Professor is a university professor and the head of department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and owns a private practice at Recife, Brazil. She is member of AOCMF and Brazilian College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and she did an AO CMF Fellowship at São Paulo, Brazil with an emphasis on temporomandibular disorders.
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Ganry, Laurent
MD, FEBOMFS, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Northwell, New Hyde Park, New York, USA
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George, Pynadath
BDS, MFDS RCS, MSc Rest Dent, MSc Imp Dent, DClinDent Oral Surgery, FellowCG Dent is a specialist Oral Surgeon and has a practice limited to complex dental implants. Dr George is currently the President Elect of the Association of Dental Implantology.
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Pynadath George: Zygomatic Implants
Ghanem, Amr
BDS,Msc,DDs,MRcsp-Glasgow is an OMFS surgeon and Associate Professor of OMFS - Ain Shams University.
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Amr Ghanem: Current applicatIons of 3D printing in dental implantology: Mapping the evidence
Ghasemi, Shohreh
DDS, MD, MSc, PGDI, PhD is an OMFS and distinguished expert in facial aesthetics and reconstructive surgery with a focus on both surgical and non-surgical interventions. She is an immediate-past Assistant professor of OMFS Department of Augusta University, GA, USA, on the Dental faculty of RCSI., Queen Mary University of London, UK, and Faculty of American Aesthetic Association, as well as a Committee member of American society of gene and stem cell therapy. (ASGT), NIH reviewer from AWS, and Faculty of AdvancemyCE (Canada ).
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Shohreh Ghasemi: Enhancing Neck Dissection Deformity - Surgical and Non-Surgical Facial Aesthetics Approaches
Giannakopoulos, Helen
Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, USA
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POP UP EXPERT PANEL: TMJ Reconstruction – from Diagnosis to Therapy
Girod, Sabine
MD, DDS, PhD, FACS, Professor (em.) is a professor of surgery at Stanford University in the United States. She specializes in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and has been teaching globally for more than 20 years.
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Sabine Girod: AR VR – the Future of Precision Surgery & Education
Guevara, Carlo
is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and is affiliated with Broward Health North. He received his medical degree from University of Florida College of Medicine.
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CLEFT SURGERY: ESTABLISHED INSTITUTION VS MISSION TRIPS
Guimarães, Isabela Salomão
is a nutritionist with specialisation in Functional Nutrition and Phytotherapy
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Isabela Salomão Guimarães: Nutrition and supplementation after orthognathic surgery
Guiol, Julien
chirurgien maxillo-facial. Exercice privé : Quimper Exercice hospitalier : CHU de Nantes Hôtel Dieu
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Julien Guiol: Chirurgie naviguee en implantologie: compte rendu de 6 années de pratique
Hadlock, Tessa
MD is a facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon and an Associate Professor of Otology and Laryngology at Harvard Medical School. She is board certified in Otolaryngology (by the American Board of Otolaryngology) and in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery). Since 2002, she has been on staff at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, where she directs the Facial Nerve Center in the division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
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Tessa Hadlock: Comprehensive Management of the Paralyzed Face
Hashemi, Sina
DMD, MD,CM, FRCD(C), Dip. ABOMS Co-director Undergraduate Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | McGill UniversityAssistant Professor, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery| McGill University Health Centre.
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Sina Hashemi : Orthognathic Surgery in the Degenerating Joint
Hashmi, Ahmed Al
Faculty and Program Director of Omani Oral & Maxillofacial surgery program
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Ahmed Al Hashmi: Management of Ankylosis in Children
Hendricks, Rushdie
BDS, MDS, PhD, Professor Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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Rushdie Hendricks: The role of the tongue base in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Heredero, Susan
MD, PhD, Consultant Maxillofacial surgeon at Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía Córdoba, Spain
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SUSANA HEREDERO: How to Survive my Residency? (English)
Higginson, James
is a Clinical Doctoral Fellow, Head and Neck Cancer, Imperial College London.
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James Higginson: Intraoperative assessment of HNSCC margins using rapid evaporative mass spectrometry
Imadojemu, Sotonye E.
MD, MBE, FAAD is the Director of the Cutaneous Sarcoidosis and Granulomatous Diseases, Clinic Associate Director of the Dermatology Consult Service, Director of the Skin of Color Clinic, and an Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School in Dermatology.
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Sotonye E. Imadojemu: Oral Lesions and Systemic Disease
John, Rachel Reena
MDS PhD FIBOMS, Professor and Associate Dean Research at VMSDC VMRF DU Salem in India.
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CASES SPRINT DEBATE: Condylar Fractures
KURIAKOSE, MONI
is the Medical Director. of Karkinos Healthcare. India, and professor and vice chairman, Dept of Head and Neck, Plastic and Reconstructive surgery. Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Buffalo. New York.
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MONI KURIAKOSE: My journey to becoming a maxillofacial oncologist
Kahn, Sandra
D.D.S., M.S.D. will present the insights in her book. She is a graduate from the National University of Mexico (UNAM) and the University of the Pacifc School of Dentistry in San Francisco, California.
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Sandra Kahn: Jaws - The Story of a Hidden Epidemic (Book by Paul R. Ehrlich and Sandra Kahn)
Kahugu, Eric
is a specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS). He is a consultant surgeon at Kenya’s Nairobi Hospital and a member of the hospital’s board. He is also a member of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (IAOMS) executive, webinars and membership committees, and Past President of the African Association of Maxillofacial Surgeons.
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CASES SPRINT DEBATE: Condylar Fractures
Kamat, Abhay
Professor and HOD Consultant, Dept of Maxillofacial Surgery, KMC Hospitals, Mangalore, India
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CASES SPRINT DEBATE: Condylar Fractures
Kassaby, Marwa El
BDS, MDS, PhD, FDS RCPS (Glasg), is a Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and current Head of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery department, Ainshams University. She is also the Director and founder of the Cleft Care Center established in 2008.
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Marwa El Kassaby: 3D Planning for in Orthognathic Surgery for Patients with CLP vs. non-cleft: apples & oranges
Kishore, Rahul
Maxillofacial and Head Neck Surgeon, Medical Director, Shubhechha Hospital and Iris Hospital, Vadodara, India
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Rahul Kishore : Management of N0 Neck in Oral oncology
Kolokythas, Antonia
is a full time academic surgeon and Residency Program Director and was Dept Chair and Residency Program Director University of Rochester. Her clinical practice and research focuses on oral cancer early diagnosis and treatment. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons since 2015.
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Antonia Kolokythas: Management of benign odontogenic tumors
Kontio, Risto
MD DDS PhD Prof adj. Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Helsinki University
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Risto Kontio & Hanna Välimaa: Prevention of MRONJ – Consider risk factors: what the current literature says
Krishnan, Deepak
BDS, FACS, is the Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. He also holds a Professorship in Surgery at the College of Medicine, where he engages in teaching and clinical practice. Deepak is a Director of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS) and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). Additionally, he serves as a consultant on Simulation for the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) Committee on Anesthesia (CAN).
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Deepak Krishnan: Avulsive Soft Tissue Injuries
Lang, Leticia
Specialist in Public Health and Community Action, Specialist in Hospital Dentistry, Master Science in Lasers in Dentistry – USP/IPENCEO and Professor at Leticia Lang Oncology Dentistry - courses, Oral Medicine Dentist at cancer treatment centers in Londrina, Parana, Brasil.
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Leticia Lang: Non-surgical management of MRONJ - the role of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy and photobiomodulation.
Leal, Ana Luiza
Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology from the Brazilian College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery / CFO. Master's degree in TMD and Orofacial Pain (São Leopoldo Mandic, SP). PhD student in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology at the Federal University of Pelotas, RS.
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Perspectivas sobre a atuação das Mulheres na Cirurgia Bucomaxilofacial
Lee, Justine C.
MD, PhD, FACS, is a distinguished professor and the Associate Chief of the UCLA Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. She holds the prestigious Bernard G. Sarnat Endowed Chair for Craniofacial Biology.
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Justine C. Lee: Outcomes of Facial Feminization Surgery
Levine, Marci
DMD, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University
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Marci Levine & Elizabeth McAlpin: Using VR to teach clinical skills to 21st century dental students
Li, Kasey
Dr. Li co-founded the multidisciplinary OSA treatment program with Dr. Christian Guilleminault at Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic in 1998 and is the surgical consultant to numerous sleep disorder centers. He has published more than 100 articles on sleep apnea surgery and maxillofacial surgery. He will share his vast experience in maxillomandibular advancement for OSA considering esthetics and airway.
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Kasey Li: Maxillomandibular Advancement for OSA - Esthetic and Airway Considerations (Obstructive Sleep Apnea Series)
Lopez, Maria Luiza
Cirujano Maxilofacial egresado del Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI IMSS, Médico adscrito al servicio de cirugía Maxilofacial del Hospital para el Niño IMIEM, Toluca MEXICO, Cirujano de la clínica de labio y paladar hendido desde 1992, Ex presidente de la asociación mexicana de Labio y paladar hendido y Anomalias craneofaciales, Ex presidente de la asociación mexicana de cirugía Bucal y Maxilofacial. Colegio
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Maria Luisa Lopez Salgado: Manejo quirúrgico del labio hendido unilateral
Lubbe, Darlene
is an Associate Professor and Head of Unit in the Division of Otolaryngology at Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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Hurdling obstacles towards fulfilling dreams.....my journey - a celebration of National Women's Day South Africa
Martínez, Edith Bahena
Cirujana Maxilofacial por la Secretaría de Salud, Hospital Juárez de México, Jefa del servicio de Cirugía Maxilofacial, Hospital General La Perla, Nezahualcóyotl, Certificacada por el Consejo Mexicano de Cirugía Oral y Maxilofacial, Practica privada exclusiva en Cirugía Maxilofacial
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Edith Bahena Martínez: Manejo Quirúrgico de Infecciones Cervicofaciales de Origen Dental
Massry, Mohamed A.K. El
MB.BCh., MSc., BDS, MD, is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery at Alexandria University, Egypt, and serves as a Consultant for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery at the Ministry of Health in Kuwait.
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Mohamed A.K. El Massry: TMJ Disorders - Diagnosis & Management