Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Time Session Speaker(s)
8:00 am - 5:00 pm ABOM Board Exam, Part A  
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Registration   
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 11, 2018

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 (#1-5)  
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Board of Trustees Meeting, Closed Meeting  
6:15 pm - 6:30 pm Welcome to the Conference  
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Welcome Session -  Sol Silverman Memorial Lecture: Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health: Will My Food Kill Me? Colin Campbell, PhD
Keynote
7:45 pm - 10:00 pm Welcome Reception  

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Time Session Speaker(s)
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration  
7:00 am - 8:00 am Past President's Breakfast
Poster Hanging (Regency West)
 
7:00 am - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast  
8:00 am - 9:30 am Plenary I Session: 

Strength in Numbers: Discovery Requires a Team

Moderator:
Rajesh Lalla, DDS, PhD

Collaborative Investigations in Oral Medicine Rajesh Lalla, DDS, PhD
  Advances in Biological Agents in the Treatment of Connective Tissue Disease and Their Influence on the Practice of Oral Medicine John Reveille, MD
Epigenetics and Chronic Pain Paul Durham, PhD
9:30 am - 10:00 am Break
Poster Hanging (Regency West)
 
10:00 am - 11:00 am Jonathan Ship Lecture: 

Oral Mucositis (OM) and Osteonecrosis of the  Jaw (ONJ): Diagnostic Challenges and Patient Management

Speaker: 
Cesar Migliorati DDS, MS, PhD

University of Florida 

Moderator: 
Doug Peterson

11:00 am - 11:45 am

Lester Burket Award 

Each year, residents of accredited US and Canadian oral medicine training programs compete to receive the Lester Burket Award for exemplary research. Awardees present their research during this session.

Timing of Pre-Radiation Dental Treatment and Risk of Osteoradionecrosis

PRESENTER: J. Amadeo Valdez, Carolinas Healthcare System, USA

Combined PI3K/mTOR Inhibition and Transcriptional Repression in Head and Neck Carcinoma

PRESENTER: Tiffany Tavares, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, USA

Moderators: Bhavik Desai, PhD  

Ken Ikeda, DDS, MPh, FDS RCSEd    

11:45 am - 12:00 pm  WWOM VII Announcement  
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ABOM Diplomates Luncheon  
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch on Own
Poster Hanging (Regency West)
 
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm AAOM Program Directors Committee Meeting, Closed Meeting  
1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Oral Abstracts Session I

Moderators: Bhavik Desai, PhD

Ken Ikeda, DDS, MPh, FDS RCSEd   

2:40 pm - 3:00 pm Break
Poster Hanging (Regency West)
 
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Oral Medicine Practice Session I:

Clinical Practice Challenges

Moderator:
Chelsai Sim
Medical Error Disclosure: Ethical Obligation or Representational Hazard Ruth Berggren, MD

The Future of Health Care Policy and Reimbursement David Rich, EVP 

Greater New York Hospital Association 

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Academic Fellow Business Meeting, Closed Meeting  
5:00 - 5:30 Poster Hanging (Regency West)  
5:00 pm - 5:45 pm Meet the President  
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Poster Session and Reception  
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm University of Pennsylvania Reception  

Friday, April 13, 2018

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 Clinical Cases Expert Panel

(Tumor Board Model)

Speakers from the University of Texas, Health Science Center at San Antonio will discuss the cases and offer expertise in diagnosis and management.

Moderator:

Frank Miller, MD
University of TX Health Science Center at San Antonio

Speakers:

Frank Miller, MD

Michaell Huber, DDS

Ying Li, MD

Sherri Cervantez, M.D.

H. Stan McGuff, DDS

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:
The Mouth as an Immunological Treasure Trove: Diseases, Treatments, and Outcomes

Speaker:

Stephen Challacombe, PhD, FRCPath, FDSRCS, FMedSci, DSc (h.c.), FKC

Moderator: Ross Kerr

11:00 am - 12:00 pm OTOD Session: Case Report Award Presentations

Moderators: Bhavik Desai, PhD

Ken Ikeda, DDS, MPh, FDS RCSEd   

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm OOOO Lunch  
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch On Own  
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Plenary II Session: 

New Therapeutics: From an Idea to an Approved Therapy

Moderator: 

Atul Varadhachary, MD, PhD

Academic, Foundation, and Industry Collaboration in Developing New Therapies Atul Varadhachary, MD, PhD
  Industry-Supported, Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials Benjamin Ortiz, MD
Navigating the FDA Approval Process

Frederick Hyman, DDS, MPH

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Break  
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Oral Abstract II

Moderator: Bhavik Desai, PhD

Ken Ikeda, DDS, MPh, FDS RCSEd   

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Oral Medicine Residents and New Graduates meeting: Grow, Support, and Connect Lina Mejia, DDS, MPH
moderator
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm Presidential Reception   
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Presidential Awards Banquet  

Saturday, April 14, 2018

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 Session: 

Weird Science: How to Make Sense of it All

This insightful and provocative session will examine the challenges, shortcomings, and pitfalls encountered in the conduct, interpretation, and application of biomedical research. 

Moderator:

Michael Glick, DMD 

A Skeptics Guide to the Literature Michael Glick, DMD
Sloppy Science, Worthless Cures, and Wasted Resources Richard Harris
Journalist 
9:30 am - 10:00 am Break  
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Meet the Expert Session

The Meet the Expert session is designed to allow an open discussion with experts in areas within the field of Oral Medicine. This is a unique opportunity to learn from leading experts in the field so please come prepared with questions! 

 
  MRONJ  Cesar MiglioratiDDS, MS, PhD
  How to Get Your Paper Published  Lauren Patton, DDS University of NC Chapel Hill
  Oral Medicine in Private Practice 

Tanya Rouleau, DMD

Joel Laudenbach, DMD

  Evidence-Based Practice  Michael Glick, DMD
  Credentialing and Coding in oral Medicine  Scott De Rossi, DMD, MBA

University of NC Chapel Hill

  Outcome Assessment Measures in Oral Medicine  Stephen Challacombe, PhD, FRCPath, FDSRCS, FMedSci, DSc (h.c.), FKC
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm AAOM Executive Committee Luncheon, Closed Meeting  
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch on Own  
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Oral Med. Practice Session II: Controversies in Oral Medicine Moderator:

Milda Chmieliauskaite, DMD, MPH
CWRU School of Dental Medicine

Oral Cancer: To Screen or Not to Screen? That is the Question Ross Kerr, DDS
Joel Epstein, DMD
Epithelial Dysplasia: To Treat or Not to Treat?

Mark Lingen, DDS, PhD
Tom Sollecito, DMD

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Closing Reception  

 

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