Contributors

CONSULTI NG EDI TOR

RICHARD H. HAUG, DDS
Carolinas Center for Oral Health, Charlotte,
North Carolina
EDI TORS
NAGI M. DEMIAN, DDS, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, The University of Texas
School of Dentistry; Chief of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery Service, Oral &
Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Lyndon B.
Johnson Hospital; Director of The Externship
Program; Medical Director of the ACLS
Course, Dental Branch at UTHSC,
Houston, Texas
MARK E. WONG, DDS
Chairman and Program Director, Professor,
Department of Oral of Maxillofacial Surgery,
University of Texas Health Science Center at
Houston, The University of Texas Medical
School at Houston, The University of Texas
School of Dentistry at Houston, Houston,
Texas
AUTHORS
IBRAHIM ALAVA III, MD
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University
of Texas Health Science Center at Houston,
Houston, Texas
JENNIFER ATLAS, MD
Fellow, Hematology and Oncology,
Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake
Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem,
North Carolina
ANGEL BLANCO, MD
Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas
ERIC R. CARLSON, DMD, MD, FACS
Professor and Kelly L. Krahwinkel Chairman,
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery;
Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Residency Program; Director of Oral/Head and
Neck Oncologic Surgery Fellowship Program,
University of Tennessee Medical Center,
University of Tennessee Cancer Institute,
Knoxville, Tennessee
STEVE CHIANG, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology, The
Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
NAGI M. DEMIAN, DDS, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, The University of Texas
School of Dentistry; Chief of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery Service, Oral &
Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Lyndon B.
Johnson Hospital; Director of The Externship
Program; Medical Director of the ACLS
Course, Dental Branch at UTHSC,
Houston, Texas
ERIC J. DIERKS, DMD, MD, FACS
Director of Head and Neck Oncologic
Surgery Fellowship; Attending Surgeon,
Trauma Service and Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery Service, Legacy Emanuel Medical
Center; Affiliate Professor, Department
of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oregon
Health and Science University; Head
and Neck Surgical Associates, Portland,
Oregon
AHMED EID, MD
Assistant Professor General Oncology, The
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, Texas
Adjunctive Technologies in the Management of Head and Neck Pathology
RODOLFO GARZA, DDS
Resident, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery,
University of Texas Health Science Center
at Houston, Houston, Texas
ALLAN M. HENSLEE, PhD
Department of Bioengineering, Rice University,
Houston, Texas
F. KURTIS KASPER, PhD
Department of Bioengineering, Rice University,
Houston, Texas
IVAN L. KESSEL, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation
Oncology, University of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston, Texas
SHUANG LI, MD
Resident, Internal Medicine, University of
Texas Health Science Center at Houston,
Houston, Texas
JAMES ANTHONY MCCAUL, PhD,
FRCS(OMFS), FRCS, FDSRCPS,
MBChB(Hons), BDS(Hons)
Professor, Consultant Maxillofacial/Head and
Neck Surgeon, The Royal Marsden Hospital;
UK RCS/BAOMS/Saving Faces Maxillofacial
Surgery Specialty Lead for Research, London,
United Kingdom
ANTONIOS G. MIKOS, PhD
Department of Bioengineering, Rice University,
Houston, Texas
BENJAMIN J. SCHLOTT, DMD, MD
Fellow, Oral/Head and Neck Oncologic
Surgery, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery, University of Tennessee Medical
Center, University of Tennessee Cancer
Institute, Knoxville, Tennessee
SARITA R. SHAH, BS
Department of Bioengineering, Rice University,
Houston, Texas
JONATHAN W. SHUM, DDS, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston, Houston,
Texas
PATRICK P. SPICER, PhD
Department of Bioengineering, Rice University,
Houston, Texas
EMILIO P. SUPSUPIN Jr, MD
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional
Imaging, Houston Medical School, University
of Texas Health Science Center, Houston,
Texas
ALEXANDER M. TATARA, BS
Department of Bioengineering, Rice University,
Houston, Texas
NADARAJAH VIGNESWARAN, BDS, DMD
Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
Biopsy Service; Professor, The University of
Texas School of Dentistry at Houston,
Houston, Texas
Y. ETAN WEINSTOCK, MD, FACS
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University
of Texas Health Science Center at Houston,
Houston, Texas
MICHELLE D. WILLIAMS, MD
Director, Surgical Pathology Fellowship
Program, Head & Neck Section, Department of
Pathology; Associate Professor, UT MD
Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
MARK E. WONG, DDS
Chairman and Program Director, Professor,
Department of Oral of Maxillofacial Surgery,
University of Texas Health Science Center at
Houston, The University of Texas Medical
School at Houston, The University of Texas
School of Dentistry at Houston, Houston,
Texas
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