Oral & maxillofacial surgery Grand Rounds is held on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6pm in the historic Ether Dome. Members of the oral & maxillofacial surgery community are invited to attend. For information call the OMS Academic Department Office at (617) 726-8222.
January 4, 2012"Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea"Christopher J. Hartnick, MD
Professor of Otology and Laryngology, HMS
Chief, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Director, Pediatric Airway, Voice and Swallowing Center
Chief Quality Officer, MEEIUpon completion of this lecture, participants will be able to recognize the work up and evaluation of children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea; understand the basics of pediatric sleep studies, when they should be ordered, and what they entail; and apply the basic treatment options.January 18, 2012"Future of Sleep Apnea Therapy"Atul Malhotra, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, HMS
Medical Director, Sleep Disorders Research Program
Sleep Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's HospitalUpon completion of this lecture, participants will be able to recognize the mechanisms underllying Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA); consider the multiple mechanistic pathways underlying OSA; and recognize the potential for individualized therapy in OSA based on underlying mechanism.February 1, 2012"Medical Treatment of Surgical Disease: Caries to Jaw Tumors"R. Bruce Donoff, DMD, MD
Walter C. Guralnick Distinguished Professor of OMS
Dean, Harvard School of Dental MedicineUpon completion of this lecture, participants will be able to review principles of genetics and signal transduction and apply these principles to common dental and oral surgical conditions.February 15, 2012"Neurointerventional Therapies for OMS Patients"James D. Rabinov, MD
Asst. Professor of Radiology, HMS
Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, MGHUpon completion of this lecture, participants will be able to identify patients and clinical lsituations which may benefit from Neurointerventional consultation and collaboration.March 7, 2012OMS Program-Wide Morbidity and Mortality ConferenceDrs. Alfredo Dela Rosa, Sang Kim and Ali Attarpour
MGH OMS Chief ResidentsUpon completion of this lecture, participants will be able to identify pitfalls (error in judgment, technique or patient selection) that lead to added morbidity. This will allow learners to apply the recommended practice in future cases.March 21, 2012"Indications for Distraction Osteogenesis in infants and children"Bonnie L. Padwa, DMD, MD
Associate Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, HSDM
Oral Surgeon-in-Chief, Section of OMS
Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Children's Hospital BostonUpon completion of this lecture, participants will be able to demonstrate the understandings of patient selection criteria for distraction osteogenesis among pediatric population as well as the biophysiological and mechanical principles of distraction osteogenesis.April 11, 2012"Serendipity, Epiphany, and a Fortunate Surgical Life"Anthony B. Holmes, MBBS, FRACS
Senior Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Clinical Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of MelbourneThis lecture will demonstrate the management for the Cleft Lip nasla deformity; Frontal Encephaloceles; Scaphocephaly and separation of Craniopagus twins at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to define and classify the specturm of these disorders. They will be able to identify the anatomical variations and summarize the surgical options. They will learn the development of the surgical techniques, some of which are new, and in the case of Scaphocephaly and other infnat craniosynostoses learn objective methods of measuring treatment outcomes. Subsequently and specifically, attendees should be able to identify the anatomical features of each disorder and contrast and compare the management strategies involved.April 18, 2012"The Role of the Clinical Geneticist in a Craniofacial Team"Angela E. Lin, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, HMS
Clinical Geneticist, Pediatric Medical Services, MGHfC/Research/GeneticsUpon completion of this lecture, participants will be able to identify the role of the clinical geneticist (and genetic counselor) in a typical cleft palate-craniofacial clinical; recognize the most common cleft palate and craniofacial syndromes; be aware of newer genetic testing, especially chromosome microarray; recognize how the craniofacial team can determine whether some patients would be candidates for research studies.OMS Grand Rounds Target Audience: OMS residents and faculty; physicians in related fields (Otolaryngology, Plastic Reconstruction, Ear, Nose & Throat, Trauma, researchers, etc.) and allied professionals (nurse practitioners, physicians assistants and nurses) from affiliated institutions and community practitioners. OMS Grand Rounds Course Director: Maria J. Troulis, DDS, MSc, Residency Program Director.The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
