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Resident of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Barzilai University Medical Center,Ashkelon, Israel

Dr. Awfa Abu-Nimer (D.M.D.) has been a resident Resident of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at the Barzilai University Medical Center,Ashkelon, Israel since 2013. In 2009 he graduated from the Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine of the Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Dr. Abu-Nimer’s fields of particular interest are Head and Neck Radiology, Head and Neck Radiology and Literature in oral and maxillofacial surgery.

 

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Dr. Artopoulos practices general dentistry in London, UK and teaches in the Postgraduate Training programmes in Maxillofacial ProstheticRehabilitation at King’s College, in London, UK

Andreas Artopoulos was born and raised in Thessaloniki, Greece where he qualified in Dental Surgery at the Aristotles University in 2006. Since then he has been practicing general dentistry in London, UK, with a special interest in removable and implant prosthodontics. In 2010 he was awarded a degree of Master of Science in Prosthetic Dentistry and in 2012 he was awarded a degree of Master of Science in Maxillofacial & Craniofacial Technology from King’s College London Dental Institute.Since 2012 Andreas has been teaching in the postgraduate training programmes in Maxillofacial ProstheticRehabilitation at King’s College London and developing his research interests in digital technologies, with a focus on optical 3D imaging techniques, CAD/CAM applications in fabrication of facial prostheses and novel applications of wearable computer devices. Andreas has received awards for presenting his research work by the British Society of Prosthodontics, the European Prosthodontic Association, the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists and the International Society for Maxillofacial Rehabilitation.

 

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Maxillofacial surgeon

Associate Professor and Director, Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical Faculty, University of Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia

Active member of the European Association for Cranio - Maxillo - Facial Surgery (EACMFS)

Member the Balkan Stomatological Society, the Serbian Association for Maxillofacial Surgery and he also belongs in the AO Alumni International

Dr Aleksandar I. Kiralj (D.D.S., M.Sc., Ph.D.) is a maxillofacial surgeon and an Associate Professor and the Director for the Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery of the Medical Faculty at the University of Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. He became a specialist in Maxillofacial Surgery in 1994. Dr Kiralj is an active member of the European Association for Cranio - Maxillo - Facial Surgery (EACMFS), a member of the Balkan Stomatological Society, a member of the Serbian Association for Maxillofacial Surgery and he also belongs in the AO Alumni International. He is the author and co-author of over 20 publications on maxillofacial trauma, orthognathic, oncologic and reconstructive surgery.

 

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Specialist Orthodontist, Private Practice, Limassol, Cyprus

President of the 5th Mediterranean Orthodontic Congress that will take place in Limassol, Cyprus, in November, 2016   

Dr Abraham Kyriakides was born in Nicosia Cyprus in 1965. In 1990, he graduated from the Dental School of Athens, Greece with a scholarship from the Stated Scholarship Foundation of Greece. He trained in Orthodontics at the Tel Aviv University of Israel from 1993 until 1996.

He has a private practice limited in Orthodontics since 1997. From 1997 until 2003 he served as a secretary of the Limassol Dental Association. From 2005 until 2009 he was the President of the Cyprus Orthodontic Society. He is the President of the 5th Mediterranean Orthodontic Congress that will take place in Limassol in November of 2016.  

He has given lectures in Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Italy, France and Hungary. He is a member of several scientific societies, among them the European Society of Dental Sleep Medicine. He is married and a father of four children.

 

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Specialty Doctor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Dr. Andrea N. Beech, after graduating with BDS (Hons) from Cardiff University in 2008, she completed 3 years of senior house officer roles in various hospitals in South Wales. She began her role as a Specialty Doctor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in 2012. Her main involvement is within the sub-specialties of dento-alveolar surgery, dental implant placement, skin cancer management and the treatment of facial trauma. Along with her clinical commitments, and on-going personal development and training, she has developed an interest in teaching. She lectures to Postgraduate Dental Foundation Year 1 Dentists in the South West area of England and she is in her second year of a Masters’ Degree in “Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals” at the University of BristolIn her spare time she enjoys travelling, cooking and training for her first marathon.

 

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Specialty Doctor in Oral Surgery at the Eastman Dental Hospital, in the UK

Dr. Ambareen Naqvi is currently a Specialty Doctor in Oral Surgery at the Eastman Dental Hospital, in the UK. She has a membership at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and in the British Association of Oral Surgeons. 

 

 

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Senior Registrar  in the Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial and Plastic surgery,Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Egypt

Dr. Ahmed Mostafa Salloum is Senior Registrar  in the Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial and Plastic surgery at the Faculty of Dentistry at the Alexandria University in Egypt since 2008. He is a Postgraduate student (MD Programme ) at the Department of Maxillofacial and Plastic surgery ,at the Faculty of Dentistry at Alexandria University in Egypt. He also works at the Medical School of Alexandria since 2011. 

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Oral Surgeon Misurata Dental School, The Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London

Board Member of the Libyan Dental Council and the Red Crescent

Dean of the Misurata Dental School

Lecturer in Orthodontics and Oral Surgery

Volunteer oral surgeon at the Cancer Institute, Misurata, Libya

Dr Abdul Hakim Zaggut completed his Bachelor of Dentistry with honours, at the University of Alfateh, Tripoli. He also completed his Master in Science in Orthodontics in 2007 at the University of Odessa, Ukraine. He served as an Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon at the General Hospital of Newcastle during 2002 and he was one of the first pioneers in dental implant surgery in Libya in 2003. He is currently an active Board Member of the Libyan Dental Council and the Red Crescent. Simultaneously to his academic and clinical achievements he dedicated large amount of his time to charities and humanitarian commitments. Dr Zaggut showed great initiative towards many relief operations including direct relief activities in the Libyan conflict in 2011. He is currently the Dean of the Misurata Dental School and a lecturer in Orthodontics and Oral Surgery and a volunteer oral surgeon at the Cancer Institute, Misurata, Libya. Dr Zaggut is currently residing at the Queen Mary University of London, UK for his PhD to study and analyse his achievements in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery during the Libyan war as well as outcomes from civil procedures.

Head of the Department for ENT and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Clinical Centre of Maribor, Slovenia, since 2004

Assistant Professor for ENT, Medical School of Maribor, Slovenia

Faculty member of AOCMF

Dr Bogdan Čizmarevič is the Head of the Department for ENT and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University Clinical Centre of Maribor, Slovenia since 2004. He is also an Assistant Professor for ENT, at the Faculty of the Medical School of Maribor, Slovenia. Dr. Čizmarevič is also a Faculty member of AOCMF. He was born on the 27th of June in 1955, in Slovenska Bistrica of Slovenia. He graduated from the Medical School of Ljubljana , Slovenia, in 1981. In 1990 he took a specialty exam in Otolaryngology and in 1995 he took a specialty exam in Maxillofacial Surgery, both in Ljubljana of Slovenia. Dr Čizmarevič was awarded an MSc degree in 1996, in Zagreb, with the title of his assignment being “Oral cancer. Comparison a two different approach in treatment”. In 2006 he finished his PhD with the title “Oral and oropharyngeal cancer. Sentinel node biopsy and frozen sections” in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

 

 

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Accredited and Licensed in Plastic Surgery since 1986

President of the Cyprus Society for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (CYSPRAS)

Active member of The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS)

Affiliated with the Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus

Dr. Christos Merezas has been an accredited and licenced plastic surgeon in Cyprus since 1986. He is the President of the Cyprus Society for Plastic and Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery(CYSPRAS) and he is also an active member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS).  He is also affiliated with the Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus.

 

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Department of Maxillofacial Surgery of the Barzilai Medical Center, Israel

Member of the Associations: AOCMF, Israeli Dental Association (IDA),  israeli Association of Maxillofacial Surgery iaoms

Dr. Danny Kopeliovich (D.M.D) belongs in the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery of the Barzilai Medical Center, Israel. He was part of the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery at the Barzilai Medical Center Ashkelon, Israel from 2011 until 2015, where he also did his residency. Dr. Kopeliovich is a member of the AOCMF, the Israeli Dental Association (IDA) and the iaoms - israeli Association of Maxillofacial Surgery

 

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Respiratory physician

Senior Lecturer at the Medical School of the University of Nicosia – St George’s University of London

Dr. Evgenios Metaxas is a Respiratory physician. He was a awarded his M.D. degree from the Aristotelion University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 2003. In 2005 he participated in a mission in Sri-Lanka after the 2005 tsunami as a member of Medecins Du Monde – Chypre. In 2010 he received the National accreditation as a specialist in Respiratory (Pulmonary) Medicine after practising at Evaggelismos General Hospital in Athens, Greece. In 2010 he also received the European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and a master of science (M.Sc.) degree in “Biostatistics” and he was also a Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) student.  Dr Metaxas has been a Senior Lecturer at the Medical School of the University of Nicosia – St George’s University of London since 2014. 

 

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Assistant Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the College of Dentistry, Taihah University in Saudi Arabia

Dr. Esam Omar graduated from the University of London (Eastman Dental Institute, United Kingdom) after a residency program at UCL Hospitals and the Eastman Dental Institute of London, UK, with a Masters Degree and a Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland FFDRCSI in 2005. He is a fellow of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and a Senior Fellow of the Head and Neck Optical Diagnostics Society, in London, UK.

From December of 2006 until July of 2008 he was an Assistant Professor and Consultant of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in King Khalid University (KKU) and the Head of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department and of the Biomedical Dental Sciences Department and Director of the Dental Hospital at KKU.

In July 2008 Dr. Omar moved to Taibah University. He was the previous Head of Maxillofacial Surgery Department, previous Head of the Basic and Clinical Oral Sciences Department and previous member of college advisory committee. He is still holding a position of Assistant Professor and member of Department Committee. 

Dr. Omar's research interests include: Robot in maxillofacial surgery, Optical Biopsy in diagnosis of oral sequamous cell carcinoma, Saliva based on Oral Diagnosis and the effect of Anti-oxidant in bone healing. 

 

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Specialist in Maxillofacial Surgery, since 2005

Senior Consultant, Maxillofacial Department, Poria Hospital since 2005

Dr. Fares Kablan, (DMD ,BsC) received his D.M.D diploma from the Dental School of the Tel Aviv University in 1993. He completed his Postgraduate studies in Maxillo-facial surgery at Poria Medical Center Tiberias. He has been a Specialist in Maxillofacial Surgery since 2005. Dr Kablan has been a Senior Consultant at the Maxillofacial Department at Poria Hospital since 2005 and has been treating bone atrophy situations with different approaches include nerve transposition. He has developed new methods of hard and soft tissue grafting, which have been presented as clinical innovations  in the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Osseointegration, USA 2010 AND 2011. Dr Kablan holds a private clinic that specializes in oral surgery, bone and soft tissue grafting and implantology.

 

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Senior Surgeon in the oral and maxillofacial surgery department at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel

Hila Klein is a Senior surgeon in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa Israel.She is also a Faculty member of the European sialendoscopy training center of Geneva Switzerland.Dr Klein is an expert in sialendoscopy by the criteria of the European sialendoscopy training center of Geneva Switzerland. Join Dr. Klein's lecture at the ICMFS 2015 Congress with the topic "Sialendoscopy– A paradigm shift in the treatment of obstructive salivary gland disease". 

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Active Plastic Surgeon at the “Harris Zavrides Plastic Surgery Center”, Nicosia, Cyprus

Professor in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus

Dr Harris Zavrides (MD, PhD),  is a board-certified Plastic Surgeon who graduated from the Medical School of Athens University and he is Professor in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery at Frederick University in Nicosia, Cyprus. He graduated from the Medical School of Patras University in Greece and received his PhD degree from the Medical School of Athens University. Dr Harris Zavrides maintains a private practice called “Harris Zavrides Plastic Surgery Center” in Nicosia, Cyprus. 

 

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President of the World Academy of Growth Factors & Stem Cells in Dentistry (WAGroFSCD).

Dr. Ioannis P. Georgakopoulos has been a featured speaker in many National & International Congresses around the world and has lectured internationally on Growth Factors in Dentistry & Implantology, Flapless Implantology, Marketing in Dentistry, Laser in Dentistry and Innovative IPG DET technique. He has served on the teaching faculties of the post-graduate programs Master in Implantology at BPP University - UK, "Enzo Ferrari",  Ph.D School UNIMORE -  Italy and University of Bari "Aldo Moro" - Italy. He is the author of seven textbooks and has published many articles. He is a member of the Association for Dental Education in Europe, ITI, DGOI, ICOI & Sola Laser Academy. He is president of the World Academy of Growth Factors & Stem Cells in Dentistry (WAGroFSCD). He maintains a private practice in Athens - Greece and Milan - Italy.        

 

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Full-time Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Head, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic, Hospital M. “Dr. Arthur R. de Saboya”, São Paulo, Brazil

Councilor of the Brazilian College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (CBCTBMF)

Dr. João Gualberto de Cerqueira Luz (DDS, MS, PhD) is a a full- time Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He is also the head of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic of the Hospital M. “Dr. Arthur R. de Saboya”, São Paulo, Brazil. Dr Dr. João Gualberto de Cerqueira Luz is the Councilor of the Brazilian College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (CBCTBMF) and the co-author of the book “Manganello-Souza LC and Luz JGC. Tratamento cirúrgico do trauma bucomaxilofacial”, São Paulo, Roca, 2006.

 

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Resident in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Active Member of the Colombian Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Member of the International Association of Osteosynthesis in oral and maxillofacial surgery (AOCMF)

Dr. Julio Martin Ruiz Roa was awarded a DDS degree from the Santo Tomas De Aquino University in Colombia in 2009. He is currently a 4th year resident in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr Roa is an active member of the Colombian Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and a member of the International Association of Osteosynthesis in oral and maxillofacial surgery (AOCMF).

 

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Director of the International Laser Dentistry Course (in Partnership with the American Board of Laser Surgery (A.B.L.S.)

He is experienced in Laser Dentistry 

Dr. Jihad Zeitouni was awarded a Bachelor Degree in Dental Surgery in 1983. He was also awarded an MSc  in Laser Dentistry. He is the Director of the International Laser Dentistry Course (in Partnership with The American Board of Laser Surgery (ABLS).
Dr. Zeitouni did a Fellowship in Laser Dentistry and an Advanced Course in Dental Implantology as well as an Advanced Surgical and Prosthetic Technique course (Academy of General Dentistry) in Boston USA. He has 10 years of Experience in Laser Dentistry.

 

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Resident of Maxillofacial surgery program in Barzilai medical center Ashkelon , Israel

Dr. Michael Abba graduated from the Tel Aviv University in 2005. He has been a Resident of the the Maxillofacial Surgery program at the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, Israel since 2013. His main interests are management of complex facial injuries and bone and soft tissue replacement and reconstruction.

 

 

 

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Doctor of Dental Medicine (DDM) Degree

He has been operating a private practice in Iran since February of 2009

Dr Mohammad Ali Asayesh was awarded a Doctor of Dental Medicine (DDM) Degree in 2008 from the School of Dental Medicine of the Centro Escolar University in Manila, Philippines. In 2010 he was awarded an MSc Degree in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology from the Department of Oral Medicine a School of Dentistry of the Hamedan Medical University in Hamedan, Iran. Dr Asayesh was also awarded an MSc degree in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from the Department of Oral Medicine of the School of Dentistry at the Shahid Sadughi Medical University, in Yazd, Iran. He has been operating a private practice in Iran since February of 2009. 

 

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Professor, International University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Assistant Program Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine Indiana University, USA

Dr. Masahiro Iwata (DMD, Ph. D.) graduated from the Okayama University of Japan in 1986. He currently holds several positions including Professor of the International University of Phnom Penh in Cambodia and Assistant Program Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology of the School of Medicine at the Indiana University, USA. Some of his other recent job positions include being Professor at the University of Health Science in Cambodia, Invited Professor at the University of Health Science in Laos and Professor at the Hunan Provincial Hospital of the Hunan Education University in P. R. China. 

 

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Speech – Language Pathologist

Fellow of the Cypriot Center of Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies

VisitingLecturer, School of Humanities- Speech Therapy Department, European University of Cyprus

Member of the Judicial Board of the Cyprus Association of Registered Speech and Language Pathologists

Member of the scientific committee of Paidiatros.com

Member of the scientific committee of the Cyprus Dyslexia Association

Dr Maria Kyriacou Solomonidouis a an active Speech – Language pathologist. She has been operating a private practice in Larnaca, Cyprus, since 1992 and she has also been a Fellow of the Cypriot Center of Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies since 2007. Dr Kyriacou is also a Visiting Lecturer at the School of Humanities- Speech Therapy Department of the the European University of Cyprus. Dr Kyriacou is a member of the Judicial Board of the Cyprus Association of Registered Speech and Language Pathologists, a member of the scientific committee of Paidiatros.com and a member of the scientific committee of the Cyprus Dyslexia Association.

 

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Oral and Maxillofacial Specialist
 

Dr Mohamed Farouk Abbas Mekky is an Oral and Maxillofacial Specialist. He was awarderd his Masters degree in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 2014. In the past he was a resident at the Alexandria University in Egypt. Dr. Mekky has been operating a private practice in oral and maxillofacial surgery since 2014. 

 

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Assistant Lecturer, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Alexandria University

Dr Mona Samy Oraby is an Assistant Lecturer in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department of the Alexandria University. She completed her Bachelor in Dentistry with honours in 2010 and she specialized as an Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon in 2012 and as a demonstrator at the OMFS department of the Alexandria University. She was awarded her Master’s degree in 2015. Dr. Oraby has attended several courses and conferences for self-education and training. She is interested in sub-specialties of dentoalveolar surgery, maxillofacial trauma and reconstruction. 

 

 

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Senior Registrar, Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Egypt

Dr. Mohamed Salaheldin Khairi Saeed is a Sudanese Senior Registrar in the Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial and Plastic surgery at the Faculty of Dentistry at the Alexandria University in Egypt since 2011. He is pursuing his Masters Degree at the Department of Maxillofacial and Plastic surgery at the same university. He is interested in the field of Maxillofacial Trauma and Facial Reconstruction.

 

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Professor with tenure, Chief and Program Director, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Nis, School of Medicine study group Dentistry at Nis, Serbia.

Certificated Surgeon of Oral Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery and Head and Neck microsurgery

Dr. Nikola Buric (DMD,MSD,Ph.D.) is a Professor with tenure, the Chief and Program Director Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, at the University of Nis,  School of Medicine study group Dentistry at Nis, Serbia. He is a certificated surgeon of Oral Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery and head and neck microsurgery. His everyday field of work, encompasses different areas of surgery, such as reconstructive surgery of the face and jaw, microvascular surgery, orthognathic  surgery, the use of new materials in bone surgery of the face and jaw, and implantology. 

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Lecturer of plastic surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Menofia University, Egypt

Dr. Ahmed Nassar is a Lecturer of Plastic Surgery, in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Menofia University of Egypt. He has the surgical skills to perform, among other areas, surgeries relating to CranioMaxilloFacial Surgery, Cosmetic Surgery and Reconstuvctive Surgery. Dr Nassar has attended several conferences over the past years   

 

Maxillofacial consultant surgeon 

Based at the Misurata Cancer Centre in Libya

Dr. Nasser Nasser is an honorary Cypriot and a Maxillofacial consultant surgeon in London and Libya. He is based at the Misurata Cancer Centre in Libya. He was formerly a Maxillofacial consultant surgeon at the Archbishop Makarios Hospital in Nicosia, Cyprus.

 

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Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Umea Unversity, Sweden

Trainee Doctor in Maxillofacial Surgery at Federico II University of Naples, Italy

Member of Societa Italiana di Chirurgia Maxillo-Facciale

Member of Societa Italiana di Medicina e Patologia Orale

Member of Swedish Society of Oral Surgery

Member of Scandinavian Fellowship for Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine

Member of the International Team for Implantology

Dr. Nicola Sgaramella was born in 1974 in Bari, Italy. He was awarded a Dentist Degree in 1999 from the University of Bari in Italy and a Medical Degree in 2008 also from the University of Bari in Italy. Dr. Sgaramella is a Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Umeå University in Sweden. Since 2011 he has been a Trainee Doctor  in Maxillofacial Surgery at Federico II University of Naples in Italy. Dr. Sgaramella is a member of the following: Societa´ Italiana di Chirurgia Maxillo-Facciale, Societa´ Italiana di Medicina e Patologia Orale, Swedish Society for Oral Surgery, Scandinavian Fellowship for Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine and the International Team for Implantology. 

 

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Specialty Registrar in Oral Surgery, Eastman Dental Institute, UCLH since August of 2013

Member of the British Dental Association, the Royal College of Surgeons, the British Association of Oral Surgery

Dr Nikki Tanna has been a Specialty Registrar in Oral Surgery at the Eastman Dental Institute, UCLH since August of 2013. She has been pursuing her Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, at the University of Dundee since 2013. Dr Tanna was awarded a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) with Honours from the Kings College London (GKT Dental Institute) in 2008. She is, among others, a member of the British Dental Association (BDA), a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and a member of the British Association of Oral Surgery.

 

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Consultant Surgeon, Specialized University Hospital for Maxillofacial Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria

Honorary Clinical Fellow, Royal Derby Hospital, UK

Dr Nikolay Yanev (DMD, MD, PhD) is a Consultant Surgeon at the Specialized University Hospital for Maxillofacial Surgery in Sofia, Bulgaria and an Honorary Clinical Fellow at the Royal Derby Hospital, UK.After completing his dual degree at the Medical University Sofia and a Specialty Maxillofacial Program in his home country in 2011, he has accomplished Head and Neck Fellowships at the University College London Hospital (UCLH) and Royal Derby Hospital UK and an Orthognathic Fellowship at Royal Derby as well.Dr Yanev has a distinct professional interest in the free flap reconstructive field, not only as a career plan, but mainly as a personal mission to assist in bringing the contemporary facial surgical practice back to life in such Eastern European regions, where it hasn’t had much chance to ever grow and develop.

 

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Consultant, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Germany

Member of the Task Force Group, BP-ONJ“ of DÖSAK

Dr Pit J. Voss (MD, DDS) is a Consultant at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Medical Center of the University of Freiburg in Germany. He is also a member of the Task Force Group „BP-ONJ“ of DÖSAK, which is the German-Austrian-Swiss study group on tumours in the maxillofacial area. Dr Voss was awarded his licence to practice medicine in 2005 and he became a specialst of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 2010.

 

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Orthodontist, Limassol, Cyprus

Active Member of International Associations (A.A.O., W.F.O. and E.O.S) and Local Associations (O.E.K., T.O.S. and E.O.G.M.E.)

President Elect of the Cyprus Orthodontic Society (C.O.S. ) for 2016-2018

Dr. Petros Kokkinos is an active Orthodontist at the Kokkinos Dental Care Clinic (http://www.kokkinosmileclinic.com), in Limassol of Cyprus. He is also an active member of International (A.A.O, W.F.O., E.O.S.) and Local Associations (O.E.K., T.O.S., E.O.G.M.E.). He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Cyprus Orthodontic Society, where he was in office as President of the Society during 2002-2004. He is the President Elect of COS for 2016-2018. 

 

 

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Government dentist, for the Dental Services of the Ministry of Health, Cyprus

Dr Persefoni Lambrou was born in Nicosia, Cyprus in 1964. She studied Dentistry at the Thessaloniki Dental School, of the Aristotle University, from 1982 until 1988. From 1988 until 1990 sheworkedasaprivatedentist. Since the early 1990s she works as a government dentist for the Dental Services of the Ministry of Health. From 1998 until 2001 she studied at the Cyprus International Institute of Management, Nicosia (CIIM) and was offered the title “Master in Public Sector Management (MPSM)”. Her project had the title “A plan to improve the provision of secondary dental treatment to children aged 11 and 12”. From 2005 until 2009 she studied at the Hellenic Open University, and obtained a Master’s Degree in Health Services Management. Her project had the title “Motivation and job satisfaction among medical and nursing staff in the Nicosia General Hospital”. From 2010 until 2015, she attended doctoral studies in the Department of Nursing at the School of Health Sciences of the Cyprus University of Technology. The topic of her thesis is “Professional Practice Environment in Cyprus Public Emergency Departments”. 

 

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Maxillofacial Surgeon, Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery, Clinical Hospital Centre-Rijeka, Croatia

Profesor of Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia

 Prof. Dr. Robert Cerovic Md, DMD, is a specialist of maxillofacial surgery since 1997. He deals with all the fields of maxillofacial surgery, including oncology, traumatology, and reconstructive surgery, with a special interest in orthognathic surgery , implantology and regenerative surgery of the alveolar ridge. He is a member of the Croatian Society of Maxillofacial Surgery, and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of Head and Neck. 

 

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Senior attending Oral and Maxillo-facial surgeon, the Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel

Dr. Roy Conley was born and educated in the UK. He qualified at Liverpool University Dental School in 1968. In 1970 Dr Conley immigrated to Israel, where he  specialised and qualified as an Oral and Maxillo-facial surgeon. He was a past demonstrator in anatomy at the Tel- Aviv University Medical School. He has been a Senior attending Oral and Maxillo-facial surgeon at the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, Israel, for the past 20 years. He operates a private practice which is limited to oral and maxillo-facial surgery, in Rehovot, Israel.

 

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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Alexandria Dental Reseach Center, Ministry of Health Alexandria, Governate Egypt

Dr. Rania Elbaradie is an active Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at the Alexandria Dental Research Center at the Ministry of Health in Alexandria in the Governate of Egypt. 
 

 

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Associate Professor and the Head of the Head and Neck and Reconstructive Clinic, Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery department, University Hospital Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium

Μember of the European Association for Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery (EACMFS) and of the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (EAFPS)

Dr Rokneddin Javadian (MD, DDS,) is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Head and Neck and Reconstructive Clinic in the Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery department at the University Hospital of Saint-Pierre in Brussels, Belgium.  He is a member of the European Association for Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery (EACMFS) and of the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (EAFPS). Dr. Javadaian graduated from the ULB in Belgium in Oral and Maxillo Facial Surgery in 2001. His main activities, since then, are Oral Maxillo Facial Oncologie and Reconstructive Surgery especially in Ostéo-Radio Necrosis and Osteo-Chimio Necrosis of the Jaws and TMJ Reconstruction at the Hospital University of Saint-Pierre in Brussels, Belgium.

 

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Postgraduate Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry , Shahid Sadoughi  University of Medical Sciences & Health Services, Yazd, Iran

Member of the Scientific and Executive Committee of the 14th International Congress of Iranian Society of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, February 2016

Dr. Sina Ghanean was awarded a Doctor of Dental Medicine Degree from the Faculty of Dentistry, at the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences & Health Services in  Tehran,Iran. He is currently a Postgraduate Resident of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry , at the Shahid Sadoughi  University of Medical Sciences & Health Services, in Yazd, Iran.  Dr Ghanean is also a member of the Scientific and Executive Committee of the 14th International Congress of the Iranian Society of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery which will be held in February of 2016.

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Attending Oral & Maxillofacial surgeon, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel

Dr. Sagi Sivan graduated from the Hadassah Dental School of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel in 2008. He finished his Oral & Maxillofacial Specialty training earlier this year at the Barzilai Medical Center In Ashkelon, Israel where he is working as an Attending surgeon.

 

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Chief of the Oral and Maxillofacial Department at Galille Medical Cemter, Naharia, Israel

Samer Srouji is double qualified DMD, Ph.D. He is the Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Depatemrnt at Galille Medical Cemter, Naharia, Israel a clinician acting as an experienced and accredited professional who is at a well established high rank. He is also in charge of the Maxillofacial Reconstruction Surgery and treatment of malformation problems Dr Srouji is responsible for the clinical research in the Maxillofacial Surgery Department and for conducting a number of clinical Trials in bone regeneration.

Beside his clinical duties, he is an Assistant. Profesoor at the faculty of Medicne technion and the Head of Basic Research Lab (Musculoskeletal Bioengineering Laboratory). He conducted collaborative international and national researches. He has over 40 publications in peer  reviewed international journals , with emphasis on bone tissue regeneration and reconstraction surgery.

Dr Srouji presented his work in national and international meetings and in invited lectures (NIH, USA; Hebrew University, Jerusalem; University of Michigan, USA , IADR, Spain ect...).

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Founder and Director of Itherapy

Member of the Cyprus Center for Clefts and Facial Deformities Medicleft

Certified member of the American Speech and Hearing Association

 Certified member of the Cyprus Association of Speech Language Pathologists

Certified member of the American Cleft Palate Association

Certified member of the International Association of Orofacial Myology

Dr. Sofronia Stavrinidou was born in Limassol, Cyprus. She received her Bachelor Degree in Audiology and Speech Sciences at Michigan State University,USA , and her Masters Degree  in Communicative Disorders, at the University of Louisiana, Monroe, USA. She participated in the Study Abroad Program "Communication Disorders in The British Isles" which was held at University College of London. She received a Postgraduate Certificate in Cleft Palate Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK. She was trained in Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy, in Sacramento, USA.

She is a certified member of the American Speech and Hearing Association, of the Cyprus Association of Speech Language Pathologists, of the American Cleft Palate Association and the International Association of Orofacial Myology.

She was employed as a Speech Language Pathologist by the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Civilization. She is a member of the Cyprus Center for Clefts and Facial Deformities Medicleft and the founder and Director of Itherapy. Since 2005 she works in private practice, with a special interest in Cleft Palate Speech, in Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders, and in language development of children. 

 

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President of the Cyprus Dental Implant Society

Member of E.A.O.

Dr. Theo Odysseos was born in Nicosia, Cyprus on May 9, 1970. He completed his Dental degree at the Philips University of Marburg, Germany in 1996. In 1997 has attended the 2-year Post- graduate course on Implant dentistry at N.Y.U.C.D. (Director Dr. D. TARNOW) and extended his study for an additional semester as an elective. Since 2000 he works in his private office in Cyprus practicing implant and prosthetic dentistry. He is a member of E.A.O and president of the Cyprus Dental Implant Society .He has lectured nationally and internationally exclusively in the field of implant dentistry.

 

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He is involved in arthroscopic management of TMJ internal derangements, bone augmentation procedures in oral implantology and maxillofacial pathology

Dr. Vikram Prabhakar obtained his Master’s Degree (MDS) from the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India in 1995. Over the past 20 years he spent 16 years teaching full-time in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, which included both graduate and postgraduate training. In 2011 he shifted to the UAE and is presently involved in arthroscopic management of TMJ internal derangements, bone augmentation procedures in oral implantology and maxillofacial pathology. He has conducted and has been involved in various research projects and has presented many scientific papers. He has to his credit many clinical publications. Outside of work, he is an avid photographer.

 

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Head of the TMJ Unit, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sheba Medical Center

Dr. Waseem Abboud graduated from the Hadassah School of the Dental Medicine in Jerusalem, Israel in 2006. He qualified as an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon in 2014 at the Sheba Medical Center which is associated with the Tel-Aviv University. Since 2014, Dr. Abboud serves as the Head of the TMJ Unit in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the Sheba Medical Center. He has written a number of articles published in the international literature.

 

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Stomatologist (MD, Honour Diploma)

Specialist in cleft surgery  

Tutor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School , Beirut Arab University (BAU)

Member of the International Association of Dental Research (IADR)

Member of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (IAOMS)

Member of the Pan Arab Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (PAAOMS)

Member of the Lebanese Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (LAOMS)

Dr Wahid Terro (MD) is a Stomatologist and a Specialist in cleft surgery. He is a Tutor at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Dental School at the Beirut Arab University (BAU). He is a member, among others, of theInternational Association of Dental Research (IADR), of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (IAOMS),  of the Pan Arab Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (PAAOMS) and of the Lebanese Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (LAOMS).  He has authorized and co-authorized many publications and has lectured in many conferences (national, regional and international) in Lebanon, Arab countries, Europe, Ireland, England (UK), Scotland, Netherlands, Liverpool, Swansy, FDI conference (Dubai), USA, Gulf countries and conducted many courses.   

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Resident, Maxillo-facial Surgery Department, The Padeh Baruch Medical Center, Poriya, Israel

Dr. Ghantous received her B.Sc. Degree from the Faculty of Dental Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and following that she was awarded a D.M.D. Degree from the Faculty of Dental Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel in 2008. She was also awarded a Masters' Degree from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Dr Ghantous is currently a resident at the Maxillo-facial Surgery Department at the Padeh Baruch Medical Center in Poriya, Israel. Her main research interests, include among others, the identification of saliva RNA transcriptomic biomarkers for early diagnosis of oral cancer, the effect of on acidic electrolyte water in reducing peri-implantitis rate among dental implants and identifying possible etiological and carcinogenesis factors in the development of Condylar Hyperplasia.

 

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2nd year Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel

Dr. Yair Israel (DMD) graduated from the School of Dental Medicine of the Tel Aviv University in Israel in 2012. He joined the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel in 2014 where he is currently a 2nd year Resident. Dr Israel performs researches in the field of craniofacial deformities and salivary gland tumors and focuses on all aspects of treatments for patients. 

 

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Dentist at the Neodent Dental Center, Cyprus 

Dr. Yiota Panayi was born in Nicosia. She graduated from Kykkos A’ Lyceum and then she studied at the Dental School of Tver State Medical Academy in Russia. After her graduation, she returned to Cyprus and worked as a dentist in her private office until 2009, when she moved her practice to Neodent Dental Center, as one of its founding members. She is married and has two sons.

 

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Attending Physician, Oral And Maxillofacial Department, Barzilai Medical Center, Askelon, Israel

Dr Yves Weinberg has been an Attending Physician in the Oral And Maxillofacial Department of the Barzilai Medical Center, Askelon in Israel, since July of 2015. He was a Resident in the Oral And Maxillofacial Department of the Barzilai Medical Center, Askelon in Israel from May 2010 until June 2015.