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 AAOM is pleased to partner with the University of Louisville, School of Dentistry for its annual Fall Meeting for 2016. Many of AAOM's Executive Committee members will be presenting at this meeting which is titled, Oral Medicine and the Cancer Patient.
Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to hear from leaders in the field of oral medicine. You can find more information on this event from the agenda below. Register now!
Course Description: This course will provide the attendee with a basic understanding of providing dental care for a cancer patient. Oral Medicine specialists who are members of the American Academy of Oral Medicine will address the dentist’s role in the management of a cancer patient, including epidemiologic, diagnostic, and therapeutic information. An accurate knowledge of the burden of illness, effective prevention and treatment of oral complications associated with cancer therapies is necessary for management of the numerous oral complications of cancer therapy. Clinical cases will be presented.
Objectives: at the conclusion of the course, the attendee will understand:
- Epidemiology of cancer and oral cancer
- Strategies for early detection of oral cancer
- Genetics of certain cancers and new innovations for screening
- Assessment of the patient’s oral health prior to cancer treatment
- Management of oral side effects of chemotherapy and/or radiation treatment
- The dentist’s role in treatment planning for the cancer patient
Speakers:
Dr. Wendy Hupp is interim Chair of the Department of General Dentistry and Oral Medicine at University of Louisville School of Dentistry. She is an Associate Professor of Oral Medicine and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Medicine. She lectures nationally on pharmacology, medically complex patients, women’s health and HIV/AIDS. Her current teaching responsibilities include all levels of dental and dental hygiene students and residents in the areas of Oral Medicine and Oral Diagnosis, and has been part of an Interprofessional education program with the U of L School of Nursing for the last four years.
Dr. Ross Kerr is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Medicine and Clinical Professor in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology & Medicine at New York University College of Dentistry where he is the director of the Oral Mucosal Disease Service. He is a steering committee member of the World Workshop on Oral Medicine. His research experience includes the management of dry mouth, and the evaluation of current and emerging technologies for the early detection of oral cancer. He has lectured nationally and internationally on dry mouth, oral cancer, and other oral medicine related topics, and has contributed to the dental and medical literature. His private practice is focused on the management of patients with oral mucosal disease, dry mouth, and the dental management of medically complex patients.
Dr. Lauren Patton is Professor and Chair of the Department of Dental Ecology at UNC School of Dentistry and Director of the General Practice Residency program at UNC and UNC Hospitals. She is a Diplomate and past President of the American Board of Oral Medicine and a Diplomate of the American Board of Special Care Dentistry. Her teaching and research focus on oral manifestations and management of patients with medical complexities, such as HIV/AIDS and oral cancer.
Dr. Miriam Robbins is currently the Chair of the Department of Dental Medicine at Winthrop University Hospital in New York. She is a Diplomat of the American Board of Special Care Dentistry and hold Fellowships in the American College of Dentists, American Academy of Oral Medicine and the American Association of Hospital Dentists. Areas of interest include the treatment of physically/developmentally challenged patients and the management of medically complex patients, especially cancer patients receiving head and neck radiation, chemotherapy and bone marrow/stem cell transplants.
Dr. John Sauk is Dean of the University of Louisville School of Dentistry and professor of Oral Pathology. He is currently a member of the James Graham Brown Cancer Center, and has published close to 200 papers and book chapters, and holds 12 patents, with more than $16M in research support. Furthermore, he has served on a number of study-sections for the USPHS and has been a consultant to the Veterans Administration, United Cerebral Palsy Center, American Brittle Bone Society, American Fund for Dental Health, Institute of medicine, National Academy of Sciences, The Smithsonian, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, and Wellcome Trust.
Dr. Eric Stoopler is an Associate Professor of Oral Medicine and Director of Postdoctoral Oral Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Stoopler holds Fellowship in The American Association of Hospital Dentists, The International College of Dentists, The Royal College of Surgeons, The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons and is a Diplomate of The American Board of Oral Medicine and The American Board of Special Care Dentistry. He maintains an active oral medicine practice at the University of Pennsylvania Health System and is a Consultant to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Dr. Nathaniel Triester is Chief of the Divisions of Oral Medicine and Dentistry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts and an Assistant Professor of Oral Medicine in the Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity at Harvard. He is board certified in Oral Medicine with special interest in oral mucosal diseases, salivary gland diseases, and oral complications in cancer patients. He has published extensively in the field of oral medicine with an emphasis on oral complications of hematopoietic cell transplantation and chronic graft-versus-host disease. He currently serves as Study Chair for Children’s Oncology Group study ACCL1031 entitled “A Randomized Double Blinded Trial of Topical Caphosol to Prevent Oral Mucositis in Children Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation”, and as site Principal Investigator for ORARAD, an NIDCR sponsored study investigating the late effects of head and neck radiation therapy on oral health outcomes.
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