Tuesday April 4, 2017

Time Session Speaker(s)
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration  
8:00 am - 5:00 pm ABOM Board Exam, Part A  
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Executive Committee Meeting, Closed Meeting  
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Academic/Affiliate Fellowship Committee Business Meeting, Closed Meeting  


Wednesday April 5, 2017

Time Session Speaker(s)
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration  
8:00 am - 12:00 pm AAOM Fellowship Exam  
8:00 am - 12:00 pm ABOM Board Review Course  
8:00 am - 5:00 pm ABOM Board Exam, Part B  
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Board of Trustees Meeting  
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm Welcome to the Conference  
6:45 pm - 7:45 pm Silverman Lecture: HPV, immunity and head and neck cancers: more than just casual friends Sara Pai
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
7:45 pm - 10:00 pm Welcome Reception  


Thursday April 6, 2017

Time Session Speaker(s)
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration  
7:00 am - 8:00 am Past President's Breakfast  
7:00 am - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast  
8:00 am - 9:30 am Plenary 1 Session: Oral Medicine and Immunology as Friends Moderator: 
Jacqueline Mays
Overview of Immunology: “ Mucosal Immunology- the guardian of oral health” Jacqueline Mays
National Institute of Health
  The microbiome as an active immunological participant Robert Jenq
MSKCC
Immunotherapy in cancer Frederick Locke
Moffitt
9:30 am - 10:00 am Break  
10:00 am - 11:00 am Jonathan Ship Lecture: Oral Medicine: Today’s future can become tomorrow’s reality Douglas Peterson
Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center

Craig Miller
University of Kentucky College of Dentistry
11:00 am - 11:45 am Lester Burket Award Moderators:         Kentaro Ikeda

Bhavik Desai

11:45 am - 12:00 pm  WWOM VII Announcement  
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ABOM Diplomates Luncheon  
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch on Own  
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Oral Abstracts Session I  Moderators:        Kentaro Ikeda

Bhavik Desai

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Break  
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Clinical Education Session I: Pharmaceuticals Moderator:

Arwa Farag
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Antibiotics in dentistry Jeff Casiglia
Updated guidelines for treatment of fungal infections Vidya Sankar
Steroids prescription in dentistry Eric Stoopler
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
Potentially inappropriate medications for the geriatric population Arwa Farag
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Academic Fellow Business Meeting  
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Poster Session and Reception  
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm University of Pennsylvania Reception  


Friday April 7, 2017

Time Session Speaker(s)
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration  
7:00 am - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast  
7:30 am - 8:00 am General Assembly Meeting  
8:00 am - 9:30 am Meet the Research Expert Session Moderators: 

Peter Lockhart
Douglas Peterson

Antibiotic prophylaxis in the medically complex patient Peter Lockhart
Immune-mediated mucosal disease Tom Sollecito
University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine
Orofacial pain  Mark Drangsholt
Center for Pain Relief
Oral complications of cancer therapy Douglas Peterson
Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center
Potentially malignant and malignant oral mucosal disease  Sook Bin Woo
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Salivary gland dysfunction Michael Brennan
Carolinas Medical Center
  Evidence based Oral Medicine and Systematic Reviews Lauren Patton
University of North Carolina
  Clinical Trial Designs Jane Atkinson
NIDCR
9:00 am - 10:00 am Auxiliary Business and Breakfast Meeting  
9:30 am - 10:00 am Break  
10:00 am - 11:00 am Samuel Charles Miller Lecture

 Sook Bin Woo
Harvard School of Dental Medicine

11:00 am - 12:00 pm OTOD Session: Resident Sessions  
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm OOOO Journal Editor's Luncheon  
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch On Own  
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Plenary II Session: Oral Medicine and Immunology as Foes Moderator: 

Herve Sroussi
UIC College of Dentistry

Auto-immune diseases: mechanisms of immune dysregulation Herve Sroussi
UIC College of Dentistry
  Auto-immune Diseases: an overview of autoimmune diseases with common oral manifestations Martin Greenberg
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Chronicity of inflammation and its link to metabolic diseases, CVD, and cancer Tom Van Dyke
The Forsyth Institute
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Break  
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Clinical Education Session II: Management of medically compromised Moderator:

Alessandro Villa
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Management of medical emergencies in the dental office Michael Hatton
University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
Dental management of patients on steroids and other immunosuppressive therapies Joel Napenas
Carolinas Medical Center
HIV: oral manifestations, monitoring and dental management Nelson Rhodus
University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
Long-term complications of cancer therapy: practical guidelines for management  Alessandro Villa
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard School of Dental Medicine
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Presidential Reception and Awards Banquet  


Saturday April 8, 2017

Time Session Speaker(s)
7:00 am - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast  
7:30 am - 2:00 pm Registration  
8:00 am - 9:30 am Plenary III: Oral Medicine and Immunology as Frenemies Moderator:

Nathaniel Treister
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Immunosuppressive/immunomodulatory therapies in oral medicine: Best friend and worst enemy Wendy Hupp
University of Louisville
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT):  A Two-edged sword  Nathaniel Treister
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Allergen desensitization therapy: Turning the enemy into friend Richard Lockey
Un VA Hospital 
9:30 am - 10:00 am Break  
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Oral Abstract II  Moderators:         Kentaro Ikeda

Bhavik Desai

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch on Own  
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Executive Committee Meeting  
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Clinical Education Session III: 3. Hot topics in dentistry

Moderator:
Jennifer Frustino
Erie County Medical Center

Tobacco cessation- the dentist/OM specialist's role Jennifer Frustino
Erie County Medical Center
Dental sleep medicine – an overview Kenneth Mogell
Misconception in TMD treatment Bhavik Desai
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
  Update on opioid prescribing and prescription monitoring programs Richard Hall
University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Closing Reception