Archives of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Prof. Alfio Ferlito serves as Professor and Chairman at ENT Clinic. He worked as Director for the Department of Surgical Sciences, Udine University Faculty of Medicine. Prof. Ferlito finished his Postgraduation in Otolaryngology and subsequently in pathology from Padua University Faculty of Medicine. He has been honored with several distinctions from professional ENT Societies including two Presidential Citations from the American Laryngological Association. Prof. Ferlito is also a member of several international societies which includes American Laryngological Association, Japan Laryngological Association, Italian Society of Otolaryngology and Cervico-Facial Surgery etc. His chief interests focuses on the promotion of international cooperation in head and neck surgery, oncology and cancer research.

Dr. Bernard Speculand is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon for over 30 years and also a Surgeon at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. He is a founder member and Past President of the Birmingham Medico-Legal Society. Dr. Speculand is also a Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer to the University of Birmingham and taught at Birmingham Dental School. He is expertised in TMJ arthroscopy and TMJ replacements etc. Dr. Speculand received his MDS from University of Bristol in 1982. He is also a member of British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Society of TMJ Surgeons etc. Dr. Speculand's current research interests include jaw deformity surgery (orthognathic surgery), salivary gland surgery, facial pain, temporo-mandibular joint Surgery etc.

Dr. Rosario Caltabiano is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Sciences at University of Catania. He worked as Researcher at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Catania, Italy. Dr. Caltabiano finished his Masters in Surgical Pathology and Dermatology. He discovered, epidermal growth factor receptor and caveolin-1 coexpression identifies adult supratentorial ependymomas with rapid unfavorable outcomes and also evaluated the Cx43 protein and mRNA of both low histological grade and high histological grade astrocyte tumors. Dr. Caltabiano noteworthy studies conducted to investigate p63 expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, on TTF-1 expression in papillary thyroid carcinoma of branchial cleft cysts and extrathyroidal sites, and CD10 expression in mammary myofibroblastoma and spindle cell lipoma of soft tissue.

Dr. Oksana V Budinskaya is an Associate Professor of Oral Diagnosis in Baylor College of Dentistry at Texas A&M University College of Dentistry. She worked as an Assistant Professor in Diagnostic Sciences Department, Baylor College of Dentistry. Dr. Budinskaya's research was granted by IDC TAMHSC, which lead to the invention of 2421 Vacuum-Irrigation Procedure Vacuum Massage Device (VIP-Vac) where in, a provisional patent application was filed. She is a member of Amerian Dental Association. Dr. Budinskaya present research focuses on Advances in Tissue Engineering. She was honored with Winner of the scholarship of The Texas A&M Foundation Center for Teaching Excellence, Tech Transfer Challenge, etc. Dr. Budinskaya research interests includes Increasing angiogenesis in the gingival tissues in several systemic diseases, such as diabetes and prolong smoking, where angio-structure affected the most causing obliteration, spasticity and angio-fragility.

Dr. Zanakis Stylianos is serving as Head of the oral and Maxillofacial department. He served as a Chair for different hospitals in greece. Dr. Stylianos worked as a Surgeon at Thriasio General Hospital of Athens. He completed his internship as surgeon from General Hospital of Athens in 1994. Dr. Stylianos received his Masters in Oral Surgery from London University in 1988. He is a member of British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Greek Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons etc. His research interests include Maxillofacial injuries, Infections, Odontogenic tumors, Oral cancer, Orthognathic surgery.

Dr. Ioannis Aetopoulos is serving as a Doctor for TMJ clinic, Dental School. He worked as University Scholar, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic, Dental School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Dr. Aetopoulos received his PhD from Dental School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He served as Vice President of the Dental Association of Larissa, Greece. Dr. Aetopoulos is a member of Medical Association of Larissa, Greek Dental Association, Hellenic Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons etc. His fields of scientific interest includes Traumatology, oral cancer, implantology, ΤMJdisorders.