IAOMS What's New

Keynote Speaker-50th Anniversary Celebration

Keynote Speaker-Brian L. Schmidt, DDS, MD, PhD OMFS the Next 50 Years Brian Schmidt is a clinician scientist whose clinical practice and laboratory research program are closely integrated. He is a Professor at New York University in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the Department of Physiology and Neuroscience. He is also the Director of Bluestone Center for Clinical Research at NYU. His research is focused on basic mechanisms responsible for cancer pain and the identification of diagnostic and predictive cancer biomarkers. His clinical practice includes the comprehensive surgical management of patients with head and neck cancer.

2012 Reduced Invoice for renewing your dues

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Next ProjecTrain weblecture: Trans-Mandibular Approach for Maxillary Ca with ITF involvement

Wednesday, November 23, 2011, 7:00 p.m. UK time. Speaker: Dr. M. Abraham Kuriakose, FRCS (OMFS), Diplomate of American Board OMFS, Director of Surgical Oncology, Mazumdar-Shaw Cancer Center, Bangalore, India

IAOMS to co-sponsor Fourth International Conference on the Development of Biomedical Engineering in Vietnam

Theme: "Building a Face" using a regenerative medicine approach. Co-chairs: Stephen Feinberg, (USA) IAOMS Research Committee Chair; Anh Le, (USA) IAOMS Research Committee Member and Editorial Board Member; and Vo Van Toi, Vietnam National Universities. TOPICS: Components Necessary for Facial Reconstruction Craniofacial Somatic (Adult) Progenitor/Stem Cells Novel and Unique Biomaterials for CranioMaxilloFacial TE/RM Role of Biophysical Manipulation Angiogenesis Innervation and MimicsApproaches to facial reconstruction State of the Art in Surgical Reconstruction and in Tissue Engineering of Facial Anatomic Units Bring the technology to the clinic Clinical Trials in TE/RM Commercialization of TE/RM Products/Devices Keynote Speakers: Bernard Devauchelle and Sylvie Testelin. Abstract Submission Deadline: September 1, 2011

2011-2012 IAOMS Oral Oncology Fellowships Announced

In the second annual competition by the InternationalAssociation of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (IAOMS),the IAOMS Foundation under the direction of theAssociation’s Academic Committees, has awarded threeFellowships in oral and maxillofacial oncology and reconstructive surgery to individuals from Spain, Russia and Nigeria: LorenaPingarrón Martín, Makovskaya Nina Igorevna, andEyituoyo Okoturo, respectively. The cleft lip and palate and craniofacialsurgery fellowship will be announced by the IAOMS withinthe first few weeks of July.

The Fourth and Final Module in Orthognathic Surgery-Malaysia

The Malaysian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, in collaboration with the IAOMS, presents the fourth and final module of the IAOMS Educational Program. Speakers: Kenneth Sheldon, East Grinstead, U.K., Malcolm Cameron, Cambridge University Hospital Trust, and Alex Cash, East Grinstead, UK.

International OMS Loses A Giant

On April 28, Dr. Robert V. Walker of Dallas, Texas, one of IAOMS Founders, passed away at home with his family by his side.

East Africa Education Program Finishes Successful Run

The Continuing Education program for East Africa that began in 2007 recently ended with a course on Head and Neck Oncology.

IAOMS Continuing Education Course Held in Malaysia--Topic: Cleft and Craniofacial Deformity

The IAOMS continuing education program in Malaysia proceeded on April 7-10, 2011 in Kuala Lumpur with a course on Cleft and Craniofacial Deformity.

OMS Trainees to pay $0 for IAOMS Membership Dues in 2011!

Councilors for theInternational Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons have wholeheartedly endorsed an initiative by the Board of Directors and Executive Committee to provide IAOMS membership at no cost to all oral and maxillofacial surgery trainees worldwide. To qualify, each Traineeneeds to complete a membership application for Trainees, which asks for the name of the Trainee's program and location, training program director's name and email address, and program completion date. The information is then verified by the IAOMS with a final approval by the IAOMS Executive Director. If a Trainee wishes to receive the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (IJOMS), he/she can opt to pay either $20 for online access or $40 for online access and printed copies sent by post.

Borderless Craniofacial Project begun in Peru

IAOMS Councilor for Peru, Samuel Allen, has begun the Borderless Craniofacial Project with the assistance of Health Volunteers Overseas. Borderless Craniofacial will work to increase the standard of care of low-income patients in Peru and provide them with maxillofacial as well as craniofacial treatment at reduced fees by working closely with the Peruvian health system. The goal of the collaboration between Borderless Craniofacial, and Health Volunteers Overseas is both to provide excellent patient care to the less fortunate in Peru as well as to provide a residency training program for motivated oral and maxillofacial surgeons.

IJOMS Back Issue Policy Changed

Members who do not renew untilafter January 1st ofany year will not receive back issues of the Journal and will need to purchase any missing issues from Elsevier directly.

Regional and National Affiliated OMS Associations—Post your association’s reports, calendar of events and photos on the IAOMS website!

IAOMS makes it possible for your OMS association to publicize current reports, calendar of events, and photos on our new website! If your OMS association has submitted information for the IAOMS Newsletter in the past year, the first report of this kind has already been created and is posted with your association’s listing under: “About Us: Regional and National OMS Associations.” Simply click on your regional association or national association listing and follow the “Click here to read report” link at the end of the listing. If you have something you would like included in your association’s report, please send them to your IAOMS Councilor (or association president, if no IAOMS Councilor has been appointed). He or she can then forward them to IAOMS headquarters c/o lmarkovic@iaoms.org where the report/calendar item/photo will be placed into the report format and posted on the website. Click "Read More" to see a sample report.