Presentations
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
1. The 7th Brazilian Congress of Cleft of Lip and Palate and Craniomaxillofacial Malformations. Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 29, 2015. Pre/Post Non-surgical Treatment in Cleft Lip and Palate
2. The 7th Brazilian Congress of Cleft of Lip and Palate and Craniomaxillofacial Malformations. Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 29, 2015. Complete Surgical Treatment in Cleft Lip and Palate
3. The 7th Brazilian Congress of Cleft of Lip and Palate and Craniomaxillofacial Malformations. Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 29, 2015. Cleft Lip Surgical Techniques
4. The 7th Brazilian Congress of Cleft of Lip and Palate and Craniomaxillofacial Malformations. Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 29, 2015. Bone Grafting in Alveolar Clefts: Indications, Time, and Regenerative Medicine—What Am I Doing and Why?
5. The 7th Brazilian Congress of Cleft of Lip and Palate and Craniomaxillofacial Malformations. Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 30, 2015. Primary Cleft Lip Rhinoplasty
6. The 1st International Congress of the Turkish Cleft Lip and Palate Society. Cappadocia, Turkey. November 29, 2014. Cleft Lip and Palate Repair: Surgical Technique and Outcomes that Take Advantage of Presurgical Nasoalveolar Molding
7. The 1st Annual International Conference for Repair, Regeneration and Reconstruction. London, UK. September 27, 2014. Tissue Repair and Regneration: A Craniofacial Surgeon’s Perspective
8. The 50th Congress of the French Society of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery. Lyon, France. September 18, 2014. The Future of Orthognathic Surgery
9. Principles of Operative Treatment of Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction. New York, NY. January 19, 2014. Midface Anatomy, Biomechanics, Buttressing and Surgical Approaches (Course Co-Chairman)
10. The Annual AAMP-ISMR International Congress on Maxillofacial Rehabilitation. Santa Ana Pueblo, NM. October 29, 2013. Cleft Lip and Palate Care with Nasoalveolar Molding
11. The 7th Annual Conference on a Team Approach to Diabetic Limb Salvage. Washington, DC. October 12, 2013. Maximizing Efficiency: Using Prompt Based EMR to Improve Limb Salvage
12. The 7th Annual Conference on a Team Approach to Diabetic Limb Salvage. Washington, DC. October 12, 2013. Wound Care Centers in the New Health Care Environment (Panel)
13. Summit in Aesthetic Medicine. Dana Point, CA. May 18, 2013. Can Stem Cells be Used to Slow the Aging Process: Maintaining Elastic, Tissue, Muscle, Bone
14. Summit in Aesthetic Medicine. Dana Point, CA. May 18, 2013. Growing Fat and Happy
15. The 81th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. New Orleans, LA. October 30, 2012. Distraction Osteogenesis: Indications, Techniques, And Options For Craniomaxillofacial Surgery (Instructional Course)
16. The 81th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. New Orleans, LA. October 29, 2012. Surgical Techniques in Cleft Lip And Palate (Instructional Course)
17. The 81th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. New Orleans, LA. October 28, 2012. Controversies In Cleft Care I: Cleft Lip (Panel)
18. The 81th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. New Orleans, LA. October 28, 2012. Managing Late Post-Traumatic Nasal Deformities (Panel)
19. The 57th Annual Meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council. Ann Arbor, MI. June 16, 2012. Challenges And Opportunities That A New Surgeon-Scientist Will Face
20. The 1st Annual Meeting of Chang Gung Craniofacial Research Congress. Guishan, Taiwan April 28, 2012. Innovations In Craniofacial And Cleft Surgery
21. The 69th Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate — Craniofacial Association. San Jose, CA. April 21, 2012. Craniosynostosis: Parameters for Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management (Panel)
22. The 11th Annual Meeting of the American Professional Wound Care Association. Orlando, FL. March 30, 2012. Reconstructive Options For Difficult Wounds
23. The 80th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Denver, CO. September 24, 2011. Craniosynostosis: Developing Parameters For Diagnosis, Treatment, And Management
24. The 80th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Denver, CO. September 24, 2011. Obesity Impairs Wound Healing And Neovasculogenesis
25. The 80th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Denver, CO. September 24, 2011. Unilateral Craniofacial Microsomia: An Unrecognized Cause Of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea
26. The 9th Annual European Craniomaxillofacial Congress. Salzburg, Austria. September 17, 2011. Craniosynostosis: Developing Parameters For Diagnosis, Treatment, And Management
27. The 16th Congress of the International Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. Vancouver, BC. May 25, 2011 Measuring Our Outcomes In Craniofacial Surgery
28. The 56th Annual Meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council. Louisville, KY. April 20, 2011. How to Start and Run a Lab (Instructional Course)
29. The 68th Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate — Craniofacial Association. San Juan, Puerto Rico. April 4, 2011. Craniosynostosis: Developing Parameters For Diagnosis, Treatment, And Management
30. The 1st Annual RED Summit. Chicago, IL. November 6, 2010. LeFort III RED Distraction Osteogenesis And Airway Changes
31. The 1st Annual RED Summit. Chicago, IL. November 6, 2010. Moderator- Infant RED Distraction Panel
32. The 96th Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. Washington, DC. October 6, 2010. Is Lacuno- canalicular Flow The Transducer Of Mechanical Tension Stress To Osteogenesis In Distraction
33. The 79th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Toronto, Canada. October 4, 2010. Lacunocanalicular Flow In Osseous Repair And Regeneration
34. The Annual Meeting of the European Craniomaxillofacial Surgery. Bruges, Belgium. September 24, 2010. Moderator- Embryology And Prenatal Diagnosis of Craniofacial Malformations II
35. The 2nd Annual Meeting of the European Plastic Surgery Research Council. Hamburg, Germany. August 28, 2010. Obesity Impairs Wound Healing
36. The 2nd Annual Meeting of the European Plastic Surgery Research Council. Hamburg, Germany. August 28, 2010. Endogenous Stem Cell Therapy Improves Calvarial Bone Healing
37. The 2nd Annual Meeting of the European Plastic Surgery Research Council. Hamburg, Germany. August 28, 2010. Linking Reactive Oxygen Species And Apoptosis: Towards An Understanding Of Diabetic Wound Healing
38. The 2nd Annual Meeting of the European Plastic Surgery Research Council. Hamburg, Germany. August 28, 2010. A Transgenic Mouse Model Of Age-Related Wound Healing: Characterization And Therapeutics
39. The 2nd Annual Meeting of the European Plastic Surgery Research Council. Hamburg, Germany. August 28, 2010. Keynote Speaker- Innovation In Craniofacial And Cleft Regeneration
40. The 2nd Annual Meeting of the European Plastic Surgery Research Council. Hamburg, Germany. August 27, 2010. Endogenous Stem Cell Therapy Improves Diabetic Wound Healing
41. The 1st Annual Basic Techniques of Craniofacial Surgery Meeting of the American Society of Craniofacial Surgery. Phoenix, AZ. August 14, 2010. Techniques, Pearls & Pitfalls: Mandible, LeFort I, and LeFort III Distraction Osteogenesis
42. The 67th Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate – Craniofacial Association. Fort Worth, TX. March 19, 2010. Novel Mechanisms For Accelerating Distraction Osteogenesis By Augmenting Neovascularization
43. The 67th Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate – Craniofacial Association. Fort Worth, TX. March 16, 2010. Research In Craniofacial Anomalies (Invited Lecture)
44. The 78th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Seattle, WA. October 25, 2009. Moderator- Research And Technology
45. The 94th Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. San Francisco, CA. October 14, 2008. Discussant Plastic Surgery I Section. Discussant Plastic Surgery II Section. Discussant Orthopedic Surgery Section
46. The 13th Congress of the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery. Oxford, UK. September 28, 2009. Evolution Of Semiburied Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis Technique
47. The 11th International Congress on Cleft Lip and Palate and Related Craniofacial Anomalies. Fortaleza, Brazil. September 10, 2009. Craniofacial Tissue Engineering
48. The 11th International Congress on Cleft Lip and Palate and Related Craniofacial Anomalies. Fortaleza, Brazil. September 10, 2009. Moderator- Craniofacial Genetics
49. The 1st Annual Meeting of the European Plastic Surgery Research Council. Hamburg, Germany. August 20, 2009. Vascularized Osseous Tissue Engineering Using Novel Multicellular Flow-Perfusion Co-Culture For Repair Of Craniofacial Defects.
50. The 1st Annual Meeting of the European Plastic Surgery Research Council. Hamburg, Germany. August 20, 2009. Local p53 Silencing Changes Cytokine Profiles To Improve Diabetic Wound Healing
51. The 1st Annual Meeting of the European Plastic Surgery Research Council. Hamburg, Germany. August 20, 2009. Keynote Speaker- The History And Development Of Craniofacial Surgery
52. The 66th Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Scottsdale, AZ. April 24, 2009. Long-Term Stability And Growth Following Le Fort III Midface Advancement In Syndromic Craniosynostosis
53. The 88th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons. Palm Springs, CA. March 22, 2009. Vascularized Tissue Engineering
54. Smile Train Symposium – Oral Clefts Interdisciplinary Treatment. Buenos Aires, Argentina. February 24, 2009. Primary Unilateral Cleft Lip, Nose Alveolar Repairs Following Nasoalveolar Molding
55. Smile Train Symposium – Oral Clefts Interdisciplinary Treatment. Buenos Aires, Argentina. February 24, 2009. Primary Bilateral Cleft Lip, Nose, Alveolar Repairs Following Nasoalveolar Molding
56. Smile Train Symposium – Oral Clefts Interdisciplinary Treatment. Buenos Aires, Argentina. February 24, 2009. The NYU Palatoplasty
57. BlueStone Center for Clinical Research. New York, NY. January 23, 2009. A Primer On Clinical Trials
58. The 13th Annual Nasoaveolar Molding Workshop. New York, NY. January 17, 2009. NAM And Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair
59. The 13th Annual Nasoaveolar Molding Workshop. New York, NY. January 17, 2009. NAM And Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair
60. The 87th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons. Boston, MA. April 7, 2008. Reviewing 17 Years Of Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis With A New Stratified Surgical Complication Reporting System
61. Harlem Hospital Center – Department of Pediatric. New York, NY. March 20, 2008. Head Shape Differences
62. New York University Medical Center – Comprehensive Care of the Cleft Lip and Palate Patient. New York, NY. March 9, 2008. Primary Surgical Management Of The Cleft Lip and Palate Patient
63. The XII Congress of the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery. Salvador, Brazil. August 24, 2007. Microsurgical Correction Of Craniofacial Malformations: A Fifteen-Year Experience
64. The XII Congress of the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery. Salvador, Brazil. August 24, 2007. Reviewing 16 Years of Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis With A New Stratified Surgical Complication Reporting System
65. New York University Medical Center Vascular Anomalies Workshop. New York, NY. April 28, 2007. Surgical and Laser Controversies in Management of Vascular Anomalies ─ Moderator
66. Aesthetic Facial Reconstruction in Adults and Children Symposium. Tucson, AZ. February 22, 2007. Midterm Follow Up of Midface Distraction Osteogenesis for Patients with Syndromic Craniosynostosis: A Clinical and Cephalometric Study
67. The 23rd Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons. Boston, MA. December 2, 2006. Midterm Follow-Up Of Midface Distraction In Patients With Syndromic Craniosynostosis: A Clinical And Cephalometric Study
68. The 23rd Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons. Boston, MA. December 1, 2006. Simulating The Biomechanical Environment Of The Distraction Osteogenesis Interzone
69. The 23rd Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons. Boston, MA. December 1, 2006. Reviewing 16 Years of Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis With A New Stratified Surgical Complication Reporting System
70. The 18th Annual Tri-State Craniofacial Conference. Lexington, KY. September 8, 2006. Midterm Follow-Up Of Midface Distraction In Patients With Syndromic Craniosynostosi
71. The 5th International Congress of Maxillofacial and Craniofacial Distraction. Paris, France. June 24, 2006. In Vitro Simulation Of The In Vivo Distraction Osteogenesis Biomechanical Environment
72. The 5th International Congress of Maxillofacial and Craniofacial Distraction. Paris, France. June 24, 2006. A 16 Year Review Of Mandibular Distraction Complications Using A New Stratified Reporting System
73. The 5th International Congress of Maxillofacial and Craniofacial Distraction. Paris, France. June 24, 2006. Marriage Of Hard And Soft Tissues Of The Face Revisited: When Distraction Meets Microsurgery
74. The 51th Annual Meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council. Dana Point, CA. May 18, 2006. A New In Vitro Model For Investigating The Biomolecular Mechanisms Of Distraction Osteogenesis
75. The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. New Orleans, LA. April 29, 2005. Immediate Bilateral Breast Reconstruction With Implants And AlloDerm Slings
76. The 42nd Annual Meeting of the Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons. Lake Louise, Alberta, CA. February 8, 2004. Microvascular Reconstruction Of The Pediatric Mandible
77. The 41st Annual Meeting of the Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons. Hapuna Beach, HI. February 4, 2003. Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopic Analysis Of Collagen Scaffolding Patterns In Patent And Fusing Rat Cranial Sutures
78. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Department of Plastic Surgery. Taipei, Taiwan. December 18, 2002. Molecular Mechanisms Of Cranial Suture Biology
79. The 19th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons. Southampton Princess, Bermuda. October 3, 2002. The BMP Antagonist Noggin Regulates Cranial Suture Patency
80. The 71th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. San Antonio, TX. November 6, 2002. Apert And Crouzon Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Gain-Of-Function Mutations Suppress Noggin: A Mechanism For FGF-Mediated Cranial Suture Fusion (Invited Presentation)
81. The 71th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. San Antonio, TX. November 4, 2002. Syndromic FGFR Gain-of-Function Mutations Suppress Noggin: Implications For Cranial Suture Biology
82. The 71th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. San Antonio, TX. November 4, 2002. Juvenile Versus Adult Osteoblast Gene Regulation: Implications For Calvarial Re-Ossification
83. The 71th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. San Antonio, TX. November 4, 2002. Noggin Actively Maintains Cranial Suture Patency (Lyndon Peer Research Award)
84. The 88th Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. San Francisco, CA. October 7, 2002. FGFR Gain-of-Function Mutations Down Regulate Noggin Expression
85. The 19th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons. Southampton Princess, Bermuda. October 3, 2002. The BMP Antagonist Noggin Regulates Cranial Suture Patency
86. The 2nd European Conference on Bone Morphogenetic Proteins. Zagreb, Croatia. May 23, 2002. The BMP Antagonist Noggin Regulates Postnatal Cranial Suture Fusion
87. The 47th Annual Meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council. Boston, MA. April 19, 2002. Apert And Crouzon Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Gain-Of-Function Mutations Suppress Noggin: A Mechanism For FGF-Mediated Cranial Suture Fusion (Gingrass Award Winning Presentation)
88. The 87th Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. New Orleans, LA. October 10, 2001. The Fracture Microenvironment Regulates Osteoblast Angiogenic Gene Expression
89. The 87th Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. New Orleans, LA. October 10, 2001. Co-Culture System Supports Osteoinductive Role Of Suture-Derived Dural Cells
90. The 87th Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. New Orleans, LA. October 10, 2001. Constant Equibiaxial Mechanical Strain Affects Osteoblast Gene Expression
91. The 87th Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. New Orleans, LA. October 10, 2001. Noggin Expression Maintains Cranial Suture Patency
92. The 70th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Orlando, FL. November 5, 2001. Noggin Maintains Cranial Suture Patency (Invited Presentation)
93. The 70th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Orlando, FL. November 4, 2001. Endogenously Engineered Cranioplasty
94. The 46th Annual Meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council. Milwaukee, WI. June 10, 2001. Regional Dura Mater Differentially Regulates Osteoblast Gene Expression In An In Vitro Co-Culture Model
95. The 46th Annual Meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council. Milwaukee, WI. June 10, 2001. Noggin Maintains Cranial Suture Patency (Gingrass Award Winning Presentation)
96. The 86th Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. Chicago, IL. October 24, 2000. Regional Differentiation Of Dura Mater Determines Fate Of Cranial Sutures
97. The 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Los Angeles, CA. October 16, 2000. Gene Therapy Of Cranial Sutures With A Truncated Dominant/Negative Receptor In Vitro And In Vivo
98. The 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Los Angeles, CA. October 16, 2000. Expression Of Adenovirally Delivered Gene Products In Osseous Tissues: A Roadmap For Gene Therapy
99. The 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Los Angeles, CA. October 16, 2000. Rat Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis: Part III- Gradual Distraction Vs. Acute Lengthening (D. Ralph Millard Award Winning Paper)
100. The 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Los Angeles, CA. October 15, 2000. Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 Downregulates Expression Of The Homeobox Gene Msx2 In Osteoblasts
101. The 45th Annual Meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council. Seattle, WA. May 19, 2000. Expression Of BMPs And Noggin During Cranial Suture Morphogenesis
102. The 12th European Immunology Congress. Barcelona, Spain, August 16, 1994. Retroviral Transduction Of Murine Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes With The Genes For Human Tumor Necrosis Factor-b And Human Interleukin-2