PRESENTED BY
Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry
Medical College of Georgia Division of Continuing Education
The American Academy of Implant Dentistry
Atlanta Institute for Advanced Education

COURSE DIRECTORS

2008 DISTINGUISHED FACULTY
Shahrokh Bagheri, D.M.D., M.D., graduated cum laude from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. He earned a medical degree and completed advanced residency training in oral and maxillofacial surgery and an internship in general surgery practice at Emory Medical School. He practices at Atlanta Oral and Facial Surgery and has training in microvascularsurgery and microneurosurgery.

Stephen Bankston, D.M.D., is a private practitioner in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Atlanta Oral and Facial Surgery. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and a member of the American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

Rita Bauer, Digital Education Media Specialist at the University of Toronto,  produces lecture material and teaches digital photography and presentation techniques to staff and students for the Faculty of Dentistry. She lectures internationally and is recognized as a leading authority on digital photography in dentistry.

Roman Cibirka, D.D.S., M.S., is Vice President for Instruction and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs at the Medical College of Georgia. He is an Associate Professor of Oral Rehabilitation in the MCG School of Dentistry and a Fellow of the Academy of Prosthodontics.

Christian Coachman, D.D.S., is a graduate of Dental Ceramics Specialization Program in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is founder of the Brazilian Dental Association and a professor in multi ceramic training centers in North and South America and head of Team Atlanta Laboratory.

Scott DeRossi, D.M.D., Associate Professor and Chair of Oral Health and Diagnostic Services at the Medical College of Georgia, received his D.M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine where he completed postdoctoral training in oral medicine. Dr. DeRossi engaged in a practice limited to oral medicine for over 11 years. Prior to joining MCG, he was Assistant Professor of Oral Medicine, Director of the Oral Medicine Residency Progam. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Medicine.

Rolf Ewers, M.D., D.M.D., Ph.D., chairs the University Hospital of Cranio-Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery of the Medical School of the University of Vienna, Austria. He received the W. Harry Archer Award of the American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and is President of the International Society for Computer Aided Surgery.

Henry “Butch” Ferguson, D.D.S., Col. Ret., Vice Chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Director of Post Graduate Training at the Medical College of Georgia, received his dental degree in 1980 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pa. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, a member of the ADA, a fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the National Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology and the National Dental Board of Anesthesiology.

David Gane, D.D.S., Vice President of Digital Imaging for Practiceworks Inc., a subsidiary of Eastman Kodak Company, earned his physiology, pharmacology and dental degrees from the University of Western Ontario. He is an international expert on digital imaging and has served as a consultant for numerous universities.

Lee Getter, D.D.S., M.S.D., Col. Ret., Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia, received his D.D.S. from New York University and his M.S.D. in oral surgery from Baylor University in Dallas, Tx. He served as Director of Pain Control and Chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery for 25 years. Dr. Getter is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and a Fellow of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology.

David Garber, D.M.D., a multidisciplinary private practitioner in Atlanta, is a Clinical Professor of Periodontics and Oral Rehabilitation at the Medical College of Georgia and a Clinical Professor of Prosthodontics at Louisiana State University. He is an Adjunct Professor of Restorative Dentistry at the University of Texas.

Leonardo Granados, D.D.S., earned his dental degree from Javeriana University in Bogota, Colombia and works for the Atlanta Institute for Advanced Education.

Solon Kao, D.D.S., Assistant Professor at the Medical College of Georgia received his B.E. in Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1994. He earned his dental degree, with honors, from the University of Tennessee School of Dentistry in 1998. Dr. Kao completed externships in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Vanderbilt his internship and residency in 2005 in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at LSU.

Mark Kochman, B.Sc., M.Sc., D.D.S., a private practitioner in implant and cosmetic dentistry, surgery and prosthetics in Toronto, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology.


Jimmy Londono, D.D.S., is an Instructor at the Medical College of Georgia and has practiced restorative and implant dentistry in Armenia, Colombia. He is an associate fellow of the AAID and a former clinical staff director for the Atlanta Institute for Advanced Education.

Jaime Lozada, D.D.S., Professor and Director of Advanced Education in Implant Dentistry and Professor of Restorative Dentistry in the Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, is an Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology.

Joy Millis, C.S.P., President of Joy Communication in Charlotte, N.C., is a Visiting Faculty at the University of Miami and University of Texas.

Edward Mills, D.D.S., practices adult restorative dentistry in Atlanta. He is Past President of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, Past Director of the Hospital-Based Residency Program at Emory Adventist Hospital, a Fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology.

Steve Nelson, D.M.D., B.S., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Oral Rehabilitation and Director of the Postgraduate Prosthodontic Program at the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry, a fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists, a member of the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics and the American Dental Association and a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics.

Donald Nunn, M.D., D.D.S., practices plastic surgery, otolaryngology/head and neck surgery and oral and maxillofacial surgery in Atlanta. He is a member of Omicron Kappa Upsilon, the honorary dental society.

Frank Recker, D.D.S., J.D., a lawyer specializing in state regulatory practice and professional malpractice defense law in Ohio and Florida, is Chief Legal Counselor for the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and a former member of the Ohio State Dental Board.

Katie Robinson, B.S., received her degree in Computer Science and  Mathematics and a certificate in Software Engineering from Kellogg College, Oxford University. After working in the Software Development industry for almost 30 years, she manages computer and audio-visual operations for the Atlanta Institute for Advanced Education.

John Russo, D.D.S., M.H.S., a private practitioner in Periodontics in Sarasota, Florida and a clinical assistant professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is a Diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists.

James Rutkowski, R.Ph., D.M.D., practices general and implant dentistry in Clarion, Pa. He is a dental courtesy staff member at Clarion Hospital pursuing his Ph.D. in pharmacology and toxicology at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology.

Maurice Salama, D.M.D., a multidisciplinary private practitioner in Atlanta, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Periodontics at the University of Pennsylvania and the Medical College of Georgia.
 

Mohamed Sharawy, B.D.S., Ph.D., is Professor and Director of Oral Biology and Maxillofacial Pathology in the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry and Professor of Anatomy in the MCG School of Medicine.

Aysegul Siranli, D.D.S., Ph.D., D.M.D., Assistant Professor of Oral Rehabilitation, earned D.D.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Hacettepe University. She earned a D.M.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh, where she also completed an implantology fellowship and served on the faculty. She teaches
prosthodontics and implant dentistry at MCG.

Hilt Tatum, D.D.S., Associate Professor in the Lille University Medical School Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Implantology, is a Diplomate and Past President of the American Board of Oral Implantology, Past President of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and Past Director of the Edward White Hospital Implant Residency Program.

Keith Volkmann, D.M.D., is Associate Professor of Oral Biology and Maxillofacial Pathology in the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry.

Rob White, General Manager, Root Laboratory. Mr. White has been a vital part of Root Laboratory for the past 27 years. He has lectured at New York University, the Medical College of Georgia and the Alabama Implant Study Group.

Lee Whitesides, D.M.D., M.S., practices comprehensive oral and maxillofacial surgery in Marietta, Ga.

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