Speakers

Daniel Alam, MD, PhD

• Head of Section of Facial Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery in the Head and Neck Institute of Cleveland Clinic
• Board Certified in Otolarngology
• Board Certified in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Fellowship Director, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Program, Cleveland Clinic
  

Carlos dos Reis Pereira Araujo, DMD

• Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry of Bauru, University of São Paulo, Brazil
• Collaborator on the original Bränemark Project, 1991 – 1993, that made significant advances in major graft implant surgery

Robert Bagoff, DMD

• Director of the Division of Restorative Dentistry, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
• Private practice, Livingston, New Jersey
• Fellow, Academy of General Dentistry

Stephen F. Balshi, MBE

• CEO, CM Ceramics USA
• Director of Research for Prosthodontics Intermedia, Institute for Facial Esthetics
  

Thomas J. Balshi, DDS

• Diplomate, American Board of Prosthodontics
• Director, Institute for Facial Esthetics
• Co-author of textbook:  A Patient’s Guide to Dental Implants
  

Barry Bartee, DDS, MD

• Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Diplomate, American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry
• Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, Texas Tech School of Medicine
• Private dental practice with a special emphasis on implant dentistry, Lubbock, Texas

Rita Bauer

• Digital Education Media Specialist, University of Toronto
• Honorary Fellow of International College of Dental Surgeons
• Leading authority on integrating digital photography in dental office
  

Edmond Bedrossian, DDS

• Associate Professor at the University of California San Francisco and the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry
• Director of the Post-Doctoral Implant Training Program at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry
• Diplomate of the American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
  

Nicholas Caplanis, DMD, MS

• Honored Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Diplomate, American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry
• Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology
• Private practice limited to periodontics and dental implant surgery

Manuel Chanavaz, MD, DDS, PhD

• Honored Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Past President, AAID Research Foundation
• Chairman, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Implant Surgery, Lille University Medical School-France
• Fellowship, Royal College of Surgeons of England (Faculty of General Dental Practitioners)

Howard Chasolen, DMD

• Diplomate, American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry
• Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Private practice limited to prosthodontics, cosmetics, implant dentistry and the restoration of the complex interdisciplinary patient
• Past President, Florida Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
  

Gordon J. Christensen, DDS, MSD, PhD

• Diplomate, American Board of Prosdthodontics
• Associate Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Director, Practical Clinical Courses
• Presented over 45,000 hours of CE throughout the world
  

Robert Convissar, DDS

• Mastership, Academy of Laser Dentistry
• Contributing editor, Lasers and Light Amplification in Dentistry, Lasers in Clinical Dentistry, Atlas of Laser Applications in Dentistry, Principles and Practice of
  Laser Dentistry
• Director of Laser Dentistry, New York Hospital Queens Medical Center
• Private practice, restorative, cosmetic and laser dentistry, New York City

Tony Daher, DDS, MSEd

• Board Certified Prosthodontist
• Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Implant Dentistry; Loma Linda University
• Private practice limited to Prosthodontics and Implant Dentistry, LaVerne, California
  

James Fennell, DDS

• Associate Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Diplomate, American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry
• Private practice concentration on comprehensive dentistry utilizing IV sedation

Yvan Fortin, DMD

• Fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry
• Fellow of the Academy of Osteointegration
• Fellow of the Academy of Prosthodontics

Scott D. Ganz, DMD

• Private practice in prosthodontics with an emphasis on maxillofacial and implant reconstructions
• International lecturer on prosthetic and implant dentistry
• Faculty at University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey Dental School

Thierry M. Giorno, DDS

• Associate Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Director of Research and Development, Intra-Lock® International
• Private practice, specializing in implantology, Monte Carlo, Principality of Monaco and Nice, France

Jack Hahn, DDS

• Honored Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Diplomate, American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry
• Private practice limited to implant surgical placement and restoration

Alfred "Duke" Heller, DDS, MS

• Honored Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Diplomate, American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry
• Private practice limited to dental implantology
• Director, Midwest Implant Institute

Robert L. Heller, DDS

• Associate Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Faculty member, Midwest Implant Institute
• Staff member, Grady Memorial Hospital

Robert A. Horowitz, DDS

• Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Implant Dentistry, NYU College of Dentistry

Claude Hughes, MD, PhD

• Board Certified by American Board of Ob-Gyn in Ob-Gyn and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
• Executive Director, Medical and Scientific Services, Quintiles, Inc.
• Consulting Professor in Ob-Gyn at Duke University
  

Jack Krauser, DMD

• Associate Professor, University of Miami School of Medicine
• Private practice in periodontics and implant surgery
• Author and international lecturer on implant dentistry

Sonia Leziy, DDS

• Private practice in specialty of Periodontics with concentration in implants and perio-plastic surgical procedures
• Fellow, Royal College of Dentists of Canada
• Co-author textbook entitled Interdisciplinary Treatment Planning.  Principles, Design, Implementation
  

David A. Little, DDS

• Adjunct clinical professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School
• Fellow in the International and American Colleges of Dentistry
• Private practice, San Antonio, Texas

Leonard Linkow, DDS, DMSc

• Honored Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Diplomate, American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry
• Professor, Department of Implant Dentistry at the New York University College of Dentistry
• Author of 13 books on implant dentistry

Jaime Lozada, DDS

• Professor and Director, Graduate Program in Implant Dentistry, Loma Linda University
• Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Diplomate, American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry

Daniel McEowen, DDS

• Researcher in hard tissue laser applications in dentistry
• Trainer, World Clinical Laser Institute

Mike Malone, DDS

• Fellow, Academy of General Dentistry
• Past President, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
• Private Practice limited to cosmetic and reconstructive dentistry in Lafayette, LA
  

Peter Moy, DMD

• Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Director of Implant Dentistry, UCLA
• President, Academy of Osseointegration
• Private Practice, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Brentwood, California
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants
  

Joe Niamtu, III, DMD

• Board Certified, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Fellow, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
• Editor of three textbooks on cosmetic facial surgery and author of  chapters in 17 other text books
  

Julian Osorio, DMD, MScD

• Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
• Private practice, prosthodontics, restorative and implant dentistry, Exeter, New Hampshire
• Founder of Atlantis, patient-specific abutments utilizing the latest computer technology

Michael Peleg, DMD

• Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of Dental Implantology and Research at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
• Former director of the Center for Dental Implants and Preprosthetic Surgery, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the Haim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital, Israel

Frank Recker, DDS, JD

• General Counsel, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Former member, Ohio State Dental Board
• Practiced dentistry for 15 years before commencing full-time practice of law
  

Cindy Rothenberg, RDH

• Initiator and coordinator of The Forum for Advance Dental Studies
• Two decades of clinical dental hygiene
  
• Member Associations: NJDHA, ADHA and Academy of Osseointegration
  

John Russo, DDS, MHS

• Clinical Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, Division of Periodontics
• Course Director, Hands-on Cadaver Bone and Soft Tissue Grafting Course, Medical University of South Carolina
• Private practice, Sarasota, Florida

Victor Sendax, DDS

• Honored Fellow and Past President, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Diplomate and Past President, American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry
• Founding Director and former Associate Professor, Implant Prosthodontics Program, Columbia University College of Dental & Oral Surgery

Pankaj Pal Singh, DDS

• Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Diplomate, American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry
• Co-author, Atlas of Oral Implantology, 3rd Edition

Jay Sison, DDS

• Associate Professor, Division of Oral Biology, UCLA School of Dentistry
• Private practice, limited to periodontics and implant dentistry

O. Hilt Tatum, Jr., DDS

• Honored Fellow and Past President, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Diplomate and Past President, American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry
• Introduced multiple innovations into clinical implantology
• Recipient, Legion d’Honneur from President of France

Gilbert Tremblay, B.Sc., DMD

• Founder of the Quebec Dental Implant Institute, dedicated to professional development in 3D dental rehabilitation
• Private practice concentrated in reconstructive and implant dentistry
• Designer of the GT Incision Guide, aimed at safely exposing the mental nerve severely resorbed mandibular ridge

Rainier A. Urdaneta, DMD

• Private practice, with specialty in prosthodontics, Boston, Massachusetts
• Responsible for ongoing research projects with the Bicon system
• Authored several publications

Amos Yahav, DMD

• Private practice, Netanya, Israel
• Chair, Augma Biomaterials, developer of BondBone™