Education
B.S. - University of California, Irvine, 1973
D.M.D. - cum laude Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 1977
M.D. - University of Connecticut, 1982
J.D. - Rutgers, 1995
M.B.A. - Loyola University of Maryland, 2000
Board Certification
Diplomate of American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Society Memberships
American Dental Association
Hispanic Dental Association
National Dental Association
American and International Colleges of Dentists
Pierre Fauchard Society
American Association of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgeons
Southeastern Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
American Medical Association
American College of Surgeons
Teaching Areas
Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, particularly implants, orthognathic surgery, cleft palate surgery, maxillofacial trauma, oral and facial infections, microneurosurgery of the trigeminal nerve, medico-legal issues and medical management of the dental and surgical patient.
Research Areas
Editor-in-chief of international journal, Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology. Co-editor of textbooks "Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery", "Dental Clinical Advisor" and "Oral-Maxillofacial Infections".
Clinical Interests
Implants, extractions, orthognathic surgery, cleft palate surgery, microneurosurgery, jaw pathology and reconstruction.
Biographical Information
Born in Iron Mountain, MI. Lived for 11 years during youth in Memphis, TN. 1970 graduate of Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, CA., B.S. degree from University of California, Irvine in 1973. Cum laude graduate of Harvard School of Dental Medicine in 1977, and certificate in Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery from University of Connecticut Health Center in 1980. Medical degree from Connecticut in 1982 with one year in Internal Medicine at Harbor-UCLA the next year. Academic positions at Vanderbilt, University of Connecticut, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, University of Maryland Medical Center and Dentistry at UMC and the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry before coming to the School of Dentistry at East Carolina University. Married to Carmen in 1976 and have 4 kids.
Publications
Revamping dental school accreditation 
Innovation in dental education: empty buzzword or real movement?
Dental faculty 2020: Boomer or buster? 
Business education for dental professionals: How much is enough?
Admissions committees select our future dental professionals. Right?
