International Keynote Speakers
Dr Deepak Kademani
United States
Dr. Kademani’s dental, medical degrees and surgical residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery education was at the University of Pennsylvania. This was followed by a fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery. He was subsequently board certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and has a Certificate of Added Qualification in Head and Neck Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery. In 2004 he was the recipient of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Faculty Education Development Award...
Professor Andreas Neff
Germany
Former Position:
Medical Director and Chairman, retired 10/2025Dept. of Craniomaxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery, UKGM GmbH, University Hospital Marburg, Germany (since 2007)
Full Professor OMFS at Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany (2007-2025)
Honorary Professor of the Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, 2019
Actual Position:
Head of the Academy (AMKG) of the German Society of OMFS (DGMKG) since 12/2023....
International Invited Speakers
Dr Michael Alterman
DMD MD MBA
Israel
Michael Alterman D.M.D M.D M.B.A is a senior lecturer at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the faculty of dental medicine of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Hadassah Medical Center of Jerusalem, Israel...
Dr Briana Burris
DDS FACS
United States
Dr. Briana Burris is a board-certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and the Program Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) - Harvard Medical School OMFS residency program, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Dr. Burris recently completed a two-year fellowship in endoscopic maxillofacial surgery and minimally invasive temporomandibular joint (TMJ) surgery at MGH after completing her residency training at Harbor-UCLA, a busy Level I Trauma Center serving Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Burris is an enthusiastic educator-clinician with a research focus in the diagnosis and management of immune-based synovial membrane disease...
Professor Deepak Krishnan
United States
Deepak Krishnan is the chief of Oral Maxillofacial surgery at University of Cincinnati and at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.He is a Professor of Surgery at the College of Medicine there, where he teaches and practices...
Dr David Powers
MD, DMD, FACS, FRCS (Ed)
United States
Dr. David Powers currently is a Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery; Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery at Duke University Medical Center. He holds secondary appointments as a Professor of Surgery in the Departments of Neurosurgery and Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences...
Dr Martin Steed
DDS, FACS
United States
Martin B. Steed, DDS, FACS serves as Professor and James B. Edward’s Chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. He was the Emory University School of Medicine Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program Director from 2007 to 2013 and Chief of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery service at Emory University Midtown Hospital...
Dr Patricia Stoor
DDS MD
Finland
I’m a double qualified (DDS and MD) specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery and Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki and at the University of Turku. I’m Head of Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Diseases at the University Hospital in Helsinki, Finland. I’m also Medical Director at the private hospital Orton, which is owned by Helsinki University Hospital. I’m active faculty in the international organisation AO CMF, and a member of AO CMF R&D commission....
Dr Dipesh Rao
BDS, MBBS, MDS
India
Consultant Cleft and Craniofacial Surgeon, Cleft Leadership Center, Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital....
Dr Nardy Casap-Caspi
DMD, MD
Israel
Nardy Casap-Caspi is a full professor at the Hebrew University and leads the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine. After completing his residency at Hadassah Medical Center, he pursued advanced training with a two-year fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.....
Dr Deepak Kademani
United States
Dr. Kademani’s dental, medical degrees and surgical residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery education was at the University of Pennsylvania. This was followed by a fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery. He was subsequently board certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and has a Certificate of Added Qualification in Head and Neck Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery. In 2004 he was the recipient of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Faculty Education Development Award.
After the completion of his surgical training, Dr. Kademani moved to Minnesota to join the Department of Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester where he was an Assistant Professor. In 2008, he joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota as an Associate Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He has served numerous roles including Chairman of the Department of Surgery, Fellowship Director for the Oral/Head and Neck Surgery Program, Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and Chief of Staff at North Memorial Medical Center.
In 2020, Dr. Kademani received the Committee Person of the Year Award for his participation on AAOMS committees.
Dr. Kademani is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American College of Surgeons and the American Head and Neck Society. In addition to authoring or co-authoring over one hundred books, abstracts, chapters, monographs, and publications, he has authored two textbook’s ‘Atlas of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery’ and ‘Improving Outcomes in Oral Cancer’. He has delivered over 300 invited lectures nationally and internationally on a variety of topics, predominantly in head and neck pathology, oral cancer and reconstructive head and neck surgery. He has served as President of the Minnesota Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He has served as on the Examination Committee for the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and was recently elected as Director. He has a number of roles associated with the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, including being appointed as Chair of Committee of Continuing Education and Professional Development, Research Committee and the Committee on Oral/Head and Neck Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery. With the American Dental Association Dr. Kademani, serves on the Clinical and Scientific Affairs Committee. His practice is dedicated to the care of head and neck cancer, oral cancer, salivary gland tumors, thyroid, skull base surgery and reconstructive head and neck surgery, orthognathic, TMJ, sleep apnea and dentoalveolar surgery. He prides himself on delivering the highest quality and compassionate surgical care to his patients.
In his free time, he enjoys golfing, traveling, and spending time with his family. He also has a soft spot for cars.
Professor Andreas Neff
Germany
Former Position:
Medical Director and Chairman, retired 10/2025
Dept. of Craniomaxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery, UKGM GmbH, University Hospital Marburg, Germany (since 2007)
Full Professor OMFS at Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany (2007-2025)
Honorary Professor of the Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, 2019
Actual Position:
Head of the Academy (AMKG) of the German Society of OMFS (DGMKG) since 12/2023
Special Qualifications
Certificate Pain Therapy in OMFS (AMKG) 2009
Specialist Functional Diagnostics & Therapy of the TMJ (DGFDT) 2010
Certificate Sleep Disorders in OMFS (AMKG) 2022
Relevant Memberships & Functions
ESTMJS: European Society of TMJ Surgeons - Founder Member & Past President
IBRA (International Bone Research Association): former Section Head CMF (till 2024)
SORG (Strasbourg Osteosynthesis Research Group): former Head of the TMJ Section (till 2023)
DGMKG (German Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery), Coordinator TMJ-Guidelines 2002ff
Dr Michael Alterman
DMD MD MBA
Israel
Dr. Alterman received his dental and medical degrees from the Hebrew University, his MBA degree from the Reichman university, and completed his training as an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and was board-certified.
He is a past president of the Israeli Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and is a member of the Israeli national dental scientific council. He also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Face to Face journal of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (IAOMS) and as a member of the executive committee of the board of directors of IAOMS.
Dr. Alterman has published over 40 manuscripts in the peer reviewed literature, and six book chapters.
His main fields of interest are minimal invasive and endoscopic-assisted surgery of salivary glands, digital assisted surgery, dental implantology with an emphasis on the rehabilitation of atrophic jaws, and zygomatic implants.
Dr Briana Burris
DDS FACS
United States
Dr. Burris is an enthusiastic educator-clinician with a research focus in the diagnosis and management of immune-based synovial membrane disease. |Within the last year, Dr. Burris has been an invited international lecturer for the British and Australasian Associations of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. She has given didactic lectures for many renowned institutions in the United States, and has provided hands-on instruction and demonstrations in cadaveric labs for both U.S-trained and International surgeons on the basics of TMJ arthroscopy and open surgery.
Professor Deepak Krishnan
United States
Deepak Krishnan is the chief of Oral Maxillofacial surgery at University of Cincinnati and at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.He is a Professor of Surgery at the College of Medicine there, where he teaches and practices.
Deepak obtained his dental degree from Bangalore University, India and trained in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Emory University’s College of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.Upon completion of the residency, Deepak pursued further fellowship training in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery focusing on orthognathic surgery at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
He is a director of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS).He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).He currently serves on the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) Committee on education and training (CET) and serves on the Residency Review Committee for OMS for the CODA.
Dr David Powers
MD, DMD, FACS, FRCS (Ed)
United States
Dr. David Powers currently is a Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery; Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery at Duke University Medical Center. He holds secondary appointments as a Professor of Surgery in the Departments of Neurosurgery and Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences. Dr. Powers serves as Director of the Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Program, and Fellowship Director for the Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship. He attended the University of Kentucky for his undergraduate and dental degrees, the University of Texas Health Science Center – San Antonio for his medical degree and completed his General Surgery internship and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery residency at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center and San Antonio Military Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. His surgical experience in facial trauma was attained during a 21-year military career highlighted by the acute management of ballistic and other injuries of warfare, as well as performing secondary and tertiary facial reconstructive surgery during various staff assignments at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, the National Naval Medical Center – Bethesda and the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Maryland. He lectures and has published extensively on the management of ballistic and high-energy transfer injuries to the craniomaxillofacial skeleton, comprehensive reconstruction techniques for facial trauma, and the use of computer-aided surgical planning and patient-specific implants for anatomic rehabilitation after catastrophic craniomaxillofacial injuries.
Dr Patricia Stoor
DDS MD
Finland
I’m a double qualified (DDS and MD) specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery and Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki and at the University of Turku.I’m Head of Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Diseases at the University Hospital in Helsinki, Finland.
I’m also Medical Director at the private hospital Orton, which is owned by Helsinki University Hospital. I’m active faculty in the international organisation AO CMF, and a member of AO CMF R&D commission.
I have been and I’m still doing research on virtual planning and patient specific solutions and earlier in my career research on biomaterials and microbial interactions.
My clinical focus nowadays is on Orthognathic surgery.
Dr Martin Steed
DDS, FACS
Martin B. Steed, DDS, FACS serves as Professor and James B. Edward’s Chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. He was the Emory University School of Medicine Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program Director from 2007 to 2013 and Chief of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery service at Emory University Midtown Hospital.
Dr. Steed is a Board Director for the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS)and a consultant for the Committee on Dental Accreditation.
Dr. Steed’s clinical and research interests include microsurgical repair of peripheral trigeminal nerve injuries (such as the lingual, inferior alveolar, and infraorbital), virtual surgical planning/ simulation, orthognathic and maxillofacial trauma surgery outcome measurement, and surgical curriculum development and assessment. Dr. Steed has guest edited three textbooks and authored over 14 book chapters and 25 publications related to oral and maxillofacial surgery.
Dr Dipesh Rao
BDS, MBBS, MDS
Consultant Cleft and Craniofacial Surgeon, Cleft Leadership Center, Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital.
Dr Nardy Casap-Caspi
D.M.D., M.D
Nardy Casap-Caspi is a full professor at the Hebrew University and leads the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine. After completing his residency at Hadassah Medical Center, he pursued advanced training with a two-year fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. Prof. Casap actively contributes to the global maxillofacial surgery community. He serves as a Member at Large of the executive committee of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (IAOMS) and is a former Chairman of the Israeli Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. His leadership roles have included serving as Israel Chancellor of IAOMS, Chairman of the Israel Dental Association Scientific Committee, and Chairman of the National Accreditation Committee for Dental Specialization Programs. With over 94 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, Prof. Casap has made substantial contributions to the academic field. He is a member of the editorial boards for several leading journals, including the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Quintessence International. His primary research interests include orthognathic and craniofacial surgery, navigation surgery systems, bone reconstruction, bone morphogenetic proteins, endoscopic surgery, and periosteal distraction.
Dr Martin Steed
DDS, FACS
United States
Dr. Steed is a Board Director for the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS)and a consultant for the Committee on Dental Accreditation.
Dr. Steed’s clinical and research interests include microsurgical repair of peripheral trigeminal nerve injuries (such as the lingual, inferior alveolar, and infraorbital), virtual surgical planning/ simulation, orthognathic and maxillofacial trauma surgery outcome measurement, and surgical curriculum development and assessment. Dr. Steed has guest edited three textbooks and authored over 14 book chapters and 25 publications related to oral and maxillofacial surgery.
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