It is with great sorrow that we must report the unexpected passing of Daniel M. Plank, DMD of Orlando. He was 38. Dr. Plank practiced at Central Florida Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Plank was a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and a Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He obtained his BS degree from the University of Florida, and his DMD degree from the University of Florida College of Dentistry.

He completed an internship in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Emory University and his residency at Tufts University. He was a member and clinical instructor with the Florida Dental Society of Anesthesiology, Florida Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and AAOMS. In addition, Dr. Plank was a treatment provider for the National Foundation of Ectodermal Dysplasia.

July 13-15, 2018
FSOMS Summer Meeting
OMNI at Amelia Island
Amelia Island, FL

 

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PROGRAM AND SPEAKERS

	Thursday, July 12 ACLS/BLS Recertification Shawn Fix Emergency Medical Consultants, Inc.
	Friday, July 13 Advanced Airway Complications & Management for theOMS OMS Office Emergencies – Simulation Course Rick Ritt, BS, MA, EMT Dental Simulation Specialists
	Saturday, July 14 Functional Reconstruction of Complex Maxillofacial Defects VSP and 3 Dimensional Models in Oncologic Surgery and Surgical Training Kevin Arce, DMD, MD Consultant and Residency Program Director Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
	Sunday, July 15 Patient Safety and Risk Management for the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Jeffrey D. Stone, DMD, MD Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon University of Kansas Lowell, Massachusetts
	Julie Goldberg, DDS Dental Education Coordinator at OMSNIC and Fortress University of Illinois Ft. Lauderdale, FL

January 24, 2018
FSOMS Legislative Day at the Capitol
Tallahassee, FL

This year’s event will be held January 24, which is a Wednesday, in order to make a major impact with the legislators on behalf of the specialty. So this day will have the intended impact, we need you! We have a block of rooms on Tuesday, January 23 at the Residence Inn, located a short distance from the Capitol. We will cover the cost of the rooms for those that participate in the activities on Wednesday. Breakfast and lunch on Wednesday will also be provided.

Here is the schedule for the day:

8:30am	Gather in Sittig Hall 302 S. Bronough St) for breakfast and a briefing on the day’s activities and a discussion of current issues with our lobbying team from Gray-Robinson, Mike Huey, Todd Steibly and Jessica Love.
9:00am	Group walks to the Capitol for visits with legislators
1:00pm	Lunch; Senate Conference Room 227
3:00pm	Adjourn

 

If you can join us, please email FSOMS Executive Director Hank Holderfield at hholderfield@pami.org or call him at 877.831.2500 (office) or 404.538.9546 (cell).

Hank will make arrangements for your hotel room and provide other details.

FSOMS 2017 Annual Meeting Speakers

Richard A. Mufson, DDS

Dr. Mufson is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in private practice in North Miami Beach, FL A graduate of Temple University School of Dentistry in Philadelphia, PA, post-graduate residency training at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dr. Mufson has lectured extensively on the topic of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, in addition to other state-mandated courses—Laws and Rules of Dentistry, Medical Errors and Risk Management. He is also past president of the South Florida District Dental Association and Florida Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

Sundeep Rawal, DDS

Dr. Rawal graduated from the University of Florida College of Dentistry. He completed his training in Prosthodontics at the University of California San Francisco where he was exposed to the most current technologies shaping dentistry. He has worked extensively to utilize CAD/CAM technologies within the scope of clinical dentistry and enhance his patients’ restorative treatments. He has lectured extensively across the USA as well as internationally. He is currently in private practice in central Florida in Orlando and east to the Beaches.

Rui Fernandes, DMD, MD, FACS

Dr. Fernandes is a Board certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. He holds dual appointments in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Surgical Oncology at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville. Currently, he serves as the Chief of Head and Neck Surgery, Director of the Head and Neck/Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery fellowship and Associate Chairman of the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. He received his undergraduate degree in Biology from Boston University and Doctorate in Dental Medicine from the Goldman School of Dental Medicine, also at Boston University. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine and completed residency training in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham as well. Upon completion of his residency, he began a 2 year combined Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Surgery Fellowship at the University of Maryland College of Medicine. Since completing his fellowship training he has maintained an academic appointment at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville. Dr. Fernandes currently serves as chair of the education committee of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He has lectured extensively both nationally and internationally and has authored several manuscripts in the areas of head and neck oncology and reconstructive surgery as well a single author textbook in reconstructive surgery of the head and neck.

T.J. Tejera, DMD, MD

Dr. Tejera was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba and grew up in Miami, Florida, therefore, is fluent in both English and Spanish. He attended Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama before going on to earn both dental (D.M.D.) and medical (M.D.) degrees from the University of Alabama School of Dentistry and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, respectively.Dr. Tejera completed an internship in General Surgery and residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Hospitals. During his final year of surgical training at UNC, he served as the Chief Resident of the Oral and Maxillofacial Service.

Following residency, Dr. Tejera pursued fellowship training in General Cosmetic Surgery at Carolina Surgical Arts in Greensboro, North Carolina. During his subspecialty fellowship program, Dr. Tejera received extensive, formal, didactic and clinical training in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

After his fellowship, Dr. Tejera accepted a position at Carolina Surgical Arts where he practiced the full scope of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Tejera maintained an active full scope practice with an emphasis in Facial Cosmetic Surgery, reconstructive surgery of the facial skeleton and corrective jaw (orthognathic) surgery. In 2003, he became Board Certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Dr. Tejera’s current clinical practice is focused on cosmetic facial surgery, orthognathic surgery, facial reconstructive surgery, sleep apnea medicine and its related surgical treatments, and dental implants. Dr. Tejera is also very active in providing care to patients with facial trauma, including a broad range of facial fractures and soft tissue injuries, through the Lee Memorial Health System Trauma Program.

Ramon Ruiz, DMD, MD

Dr. Ruiz has joined the Department of Children’s Surgery at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. He is board-certified in oral and maxillofacial surgery and fellowship-qualified in pediatric craniofacial surgery. Dr. Ruiz serves as medical director of Arnold Palmer Hospital Pediatric Craniomaxillofacial Surgery and the Craniofacial Disorders Program. Dr. Ruiz maintains a full-scope surgical practice in maxillofacial and craniofacial surgery with an emphasis in reconstructive surgery of the facial skeleton, corrective jaw (orthognathic) surgery, repair of the cleft lip and palate, and management of patients with complex craniofacial conditions. He has dedicated his professional life to the care of individuals with facial differences.

Amelia Island was the perfect setting for the Summer FSOMS Meeting. With over 65 members in attendance the meeting was kicked off with two days of required emergency training of ACLS/ BLS and Airways and Office Emergencies classes. We opened our program with a welcome reception and dodged the late afternoon rain showers.

Saturday morning’s program started with Dr. Martin Steed’s session on “Peripheral Trigeminal Nerve Injuries: Contemporary Evaluation, Regeneration, and Repair” and ended with the Board Business Meeting and introduction of FSOMS candidates and new members: Drs. Victoria Palermo, Hisham Marwan, Manik Bedi, and Kenneth Anderson III.

 

 

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Sunday morning’s program began with Dr. Salman’s “Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea” and ended with Dr. Ruiz’s  “Staged Reconstructive Approach to Cleft Lip & Palate.”

To see our photo gallery click here.

 

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Thank you again to our Speaker Sponsor: KLS Martin

We are always grateful for our exhibitors:

• Frontline Dental Supply
• Giestlich
• KLS Martin Mainsail GPO
• OMSNIC
• OMSVision
• Osteomed
• Osteo Science Foundation
• Pacira Pharmaceuticals
• Stryker
• X-Nav Technology
• Zimmer Biomet

 

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Triple net bldg lease approx $1600

Great starter office to pay down student loan debt

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(Posted 8-16-2017)