Councillors

Education:
Graduated from Faculty of Medicine, University of Tirana, on 1980
Postgraduate specialization PhD on 1999, Prof As on 2007, Prof on 2012 in medicine.

Research interests:
Research activity of Ramazan Isufi is focused on Reconstructive surgery; Orthognathic Surgery , Cleft Surgery and Oncology.

Experience:
Current Position is Head of Department of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery and senator in Medicine University, Lecturer from 1991, Head of O.MF. Service from 1995-2015.

Publications:
Author of 10 published books, 60 articles and 150 scientific presentations in national and international forums and actively participated in more than 500 national and international scientific activities.

Yerevan (Armenia), 1983
Armenian Medical Institute (2004-2009) Yerevan, Armenia
Yerevan State Medical University (2009-2012) Yerevan, Armenia
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon (2012)
Maxillofacial surgeon “Aramyanc” Medical Center (2012), Yerevan, Armenia
Director, Maxillofacial surgeon “Modern Implant Medicine” LLC (2012), Yerevan, Armenia
AAMFOS Member (2009-)
EACMFS Active member (2015-)

Dep. of Oral- and Maxillofacial Surgery
Medical University of Graz
Auenbruggerplatz 5/1
8036 Graz
Austria

University Education
2013 – 2014 Habilitation, Med. Univ. of Graz, Austria
2012 –2013 Habilitation, Med. Univ. of Zürich, Switzerland
2000 – 2003 Doctoral Program Dentistry, Med. Univ. of Graz, Austria
Thesis: The sagittal facial growth in patients with cleft-lip and –palate
1993 – 1999 Doctoral Program Medicine, Med. Univ. of Graz, Austria
Thesis: measurement of CT-data in patients with cleft-lip and –palate

Medical Experience
Current Head of the Dep. of Oral- and Maxillofacial Surgery, Med. Univ. of Graz, Austria
2017 – 2019 Deputy Head at the Dep. of Oral- and Maxillofacial Surgery, Med. Univ. of Graz, Austria
2013 – 2017 Consultant at the Dep. of Oral- and Maxillofacial Surgery, Med. Univ. of Graz, Austria

2010 – 2013 Consultant at the Dep. of Oral- and Maxillofacial Surgery, Med. Univ. of Zürich, Switzerland
2008 – 2010 Deputy Head at the Dep. of Oral- and Maxillofacial Surgery, Med. Univ. of Graz, Austria

2007 – 2010 Consultant at the Dep. of Oral- and Maxillofacial Surgery, Med. Univ. of Graz, Austria
2003 –2007 Medical Doctor at the Dep. of Oral- and Maxillofacial Surgery, Med. Univ. of Graz, Austria
2000 – 2003 Medical Doctor and Dental Medical Intern at the Univ. Clinic of Dentistry and Oral Health, Med. Univ. of Graz, Austria
1999 – 2000 Medical Doctor at the Dep. of Oral- and Maxillofacial Surgery, Med. Univ. of Graz, Austria
1999 Medical Doctor at the Dep. of General Surgery, General Hospital of Schwarzach, Austria

Honors and Awards
2011 Helene Matras Price (Österr. Gesellschaft für Lippen-, Kiefer-Gaumenspalten und kraniofaziale Anomalien)
2010 Price of the ÖGZMK Styria (Österr. Gesellschaft für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde)

• Professor and Chairman of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department of Azerbaijan Medical University, Azerbaijan, Baku.
• President of Azerbaijan Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Society
• 40 years of hands-on practice in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, 37 years of scientific research and 25 years of teaching experience. Over 120 published scientific articles, of which 28 were added to PubMed.
• Have trained more than 10 PhD and 3 MDM young specialists.
• The youngest Doctor of Science in Maxillofacial Surgery in former USSR

Research interest:

• Cranio-maxillofacial reconstructive surgery based on digital technology;
• Arthroscopy and arthrocentesis TMJ; total joint TMJ arthroplasty
• Advanced dental and maxilla-facial implantation for maxillo-facial prosthodontics.

MsD, PhD, Professor, Head of the
Department of Oral Surgery, Dental Faculty
Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk Republic of BelarusIrina Pohodenko – Chudakova was born on 2.02.1968. In 1990 she graduated from the Dental Faculty of the Minsk State Medical Institute (nowadays Belorusian State Medical University). Irina Pohodenko – Chudakova is a Doctor of Medical Science, Professor, Head of the Department of Surgical Dentistry of the Belorusian State Medical University. She authored more than 730 scientific works (including 7 monographs, 17 patents, 30 rationalization proposals and 43 educational-methodological works).
Under her guidance, 6 doctoral theses are currently being defended. Irina Pohodenko – Chudakova has been the recipient of honorary diplomas awarded by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, and the Rector of the Belarusian State Medical University.

Dr. EDMOND LAHY (1955),
MD (1980), LSD (1983), STOMATOLOGY and OMFS( 1985)
– Head of Dept Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery Europe Hospitals Brussels ( 1990-2013)
– General Secretary of the Royal Belgian Association for Stomatology and Oral-Maxillo-Facial Surgery ( 2000-2016)
– Co-organisator of the national semestrial meetings ( 2000-2017)
– Active Member of EACMFS, IAOMS, EAO.

EDUCATION
– on 15 dec 2017 completed III CYCLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION and aquired the right to the academic title of:
DOCTOR IN THE AREA OF BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE AREA OF DENTAL MEDICINE

• Defended Master’s thesis entitled “The correlation between the distribution of malignant cells and stoma with squamous cell carcinoma of the maxillofacial region and relapse,” in early 2010.
• Completed graduate studies “Fundamentals of scientific research” at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sarajevo with average mark 10th

QUALIFICATIONS

1. A specialist in maxillofacial surgery seven years, with experience in MFH twelve years
2. Master of Dental Science, as an associate in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with active participation in the management of exercises for students of dental faculties 4 years
3. Member of Rhinoplasty Society of Europe
4. Member of EACMF-active
5. Member of the Association of Surgeons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
6. Member of the Association for Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Head and Neck in Bosnia and Hercegovina,
7. participated in several international and local congresses of the maxillofacial and plastic surgery with acquired certificates, so far three times as lecturers
8. Over 30 professiona papers, 2 books as a co-author

Fields of interest:
Oncology, Facial plastic surgery, Rhinoplasty, Reconstructive Surgery,Traumatology and Dental Implantology.

Boyan Vladimirov is an Associate Professor at the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He has graduated dentistry, medicine and had his maxillofacial surgical training at the Medical University Plovdiv. He did an ITI Scholarship at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital / University of Toronto, as well as a Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Regional Maxillofacial Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK.

Prof. Ivica Luksic, MD, MSc, PhD, is a renowned expert in the field of head and neck cancer surgery. He is the Chair of the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Stomatology at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine and the Head of the Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery at the Dubrava University Hospital.

Medical and Dental School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Training in OMFS at the “Papanikolaou” Hospital in Greece.
Masters in Molecular Medicine by the CSMM.
Numerous distinctions and awards, prominent of which was to be named Valedictorian twice.
18 published medical articles
During the past decade, she has been practicing OMFS in Cyprus.

Lukáš Hauer graduated his studies of dentistry in 2004 and general medicine studies in 2007 at the Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, Czech Republic. He finished OMFS specialization in 2015 and succeeded the PhD degree in the field of Pathology at the same faculty in 2016 (The thesis topic: Molecular genetic characteristics of salivary gland tumors in differential diagnosis and prognosis prediction). Since 2007 he has been working as a physician and an assistant professor at the Department of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, Czech Republic. In 2020 he was appointed Associate Professor in the field of Stomatology (The habilitation thesis: Surgical management of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw). He is continuously acting both as a pregradual and specialist academic teacher for oral and maxillofacial surgery. Since 2017 he has been a lecturer of oral surgery in the educational system of the Czech Dental Chamber. He is an editorial board member of Czech Dental Journal. He is also active in research and publishing as an author and co-author of more than 40 articles in medical journals with more than 159 citations in available literature, H-index 4. During his career he has actively participated in many educational courses and scientific conferences. Currently, he is the leader of head and neck cancer surgery and reconstruction team at his department. He is also interested in ONJ and facial trauma management.

Professor of Maxillofacial surgery
Degree in Medicine at the School of Medicine in Marseille
Graduated in General Surgery and in Maxillofacial surgery
Consultant in Maxillofacial Surgery
Chief editor of the Journal of Stomatology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Topics of interest : orbital surgery, head and neck cancers, jaw tumors, microsurgical reconstructions, orthognathic surgery

Head of the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery at University of Luebeck since 2004
– Degree in Medicine and Dentistry,
– 1986-1994 registrar in pathology, general surgery and oral/maxillofacial surgery,
– 1994 Consultant
– Fellowships:

• Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery, Melbourne, Australia,
• Middlemore Acad. Teaching Unit, Reconstr. Plastic & Maxillofac. Surg., Univ. of Auckland, NZ
• St. Joseph Hospital, Plastic Surgery, Chicago, USA
• Australian Craniofacial Unit, Royal Adelaide Hosp., Adelaide, Australia

– Research interests: Head & Neck Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery,
Special topic: Submandibular gland transfer for severe keratoconjunctivitis sicca.

George Rallis, MD,DDS,PhD,PhD.
Head of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, General Hospital of Attica “ΚΑΤ”, Athens-Greece.
Trained: “King’s College Hospital” London, “KAT” Hospital Athens, and Anticancer-Oncological Hospitals of Athens “Agios Savvas” (OMFS) and “Metaxas” (ENT).
Publications: 56 Medline-listed papers and author of several chapters in scientific books.
HAOMS ex-President (2011-14).

Maxillofacial Surgeon with special interest and expertise in cleft surgery. He is the Head and leading surgeon of the Face Reconstruction Centre, and the Associate Professor at the Semmelweis University. He works as a Consultant Maxilla Surgeon, in AZ St-an Bruges Oostende Hospital, and as Guest Professor at Leuven University, KU Leuven, Belgium.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Cleft and craniofacial surgery
• Orthognathic surgery
• 3D simulation and virtual treatment planning

SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (EAFPS)
• Craniomaxillofacial Section, Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen (AO)
• European Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Head and Neck Surgery(FEBOMFS)

Professor and Head of the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus and Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel. Performed his fellow at the Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Providence hospital, Southfield, Michigan USAMain interests – Maxillofacial deformities, cleft-palate surgery, facial trauma, facial bones reconstruction including patient-specific-implants, obstructive sleep apnea, distraction-osteogenesis and the influence of growth factors to improve osteogenesisProf. Rachmiel is among the pioneers in the development of distraction osteogenesis in both research and clinical cases.
Prof. Adi Rachmiel published over 110 articles and various book chapters in the international literature.

Degree in DDS and MD. Specialist in Maxillo-Facial Surgery. He was Head of the School of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Messina (2001/2004). Full Professor of Maxillo-Facial Surgery , Head of the School of Maxillo-Facial Surgery and Head of Maxillo-Facial Surgery Unit at University Policlinic Hospital in Messina, Italy.

Dr.sc. Mergime Prekazi Loxha,
Born on 01.09.1973 in Zagreb-Croatia.
1999- Faculty of Medicine , Dentistry School- Tirana , Albania
2000-Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry Branch, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery
2000-University Clinical Center of Prishtina, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery
2006-Specialist of Maxillofacial Surgery
2007-Master Degree, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry Branch, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery:’ Epidemiology of Maxillofacial Region Fractures in Kosova”
2014-PhD Degree, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry Branch, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery: “Selective neck dissection, necessary or not in Squamos Cell Carcinoma od the lip T1 and T2”
Present: Works at University of Prishtina-Faculty of Medicine – University Clinical Center of Kosova

Dr. Tadas Keizeris, Oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Kaunas Clinics of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences;
Member of EACMFS since 2011;
Secretary of Lithuanian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons;
Interest in Head and Neck Reconstructive surgery, Cleft surgery.

Suharschi Ilie, PhD, associate professor of oral and maxillo-facial surgery department of State Medical University and Emergency Medicine Institute in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova with a background of dental faculty, OMF residence and doctoral studies in Moldova and Moscow, Russia. His clinical practice is focused on trauma, benign tumors and reconstructive surgery, with researches in implementation of static computer assisted surgery in treatment of those patients.

1985 DMD 1990 MD
1996 Maxillofacial Surgeon
2001 PhD Master Thesis on Head-neck Cancer
2001 – Senior-staff Dpt OMF Surgery University Medical Center Utrecht
2004 – Head of Maxillofacial unit Children’s Hospital Utrecht
Secretary of Dutch Surgical College.
Board-member of the Dutch Head-Neck Society
Board-member of the Dutch Scientific Dental Society

Professor Vladimir Popovski is Maxillofacial surgeon on the University Clinic for Maxillofacial Surgery, in Skopje, Macedonia.
Formerly Head of the Clinic 2006-2008 and President of MAMFS 2004-2014. From 2007-2013 Director of the Skopje EACMFS Educational Trainee Center.
Currently – President of BAMS, Councillor in EACMFS and President of the MDC.

 

Dr Zygmunt Stopa is Vice-Head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Associated Professor at the Medical University of Warsaw in Poland, where he studied medicine and later obtained his PhD. He is a regional specialist in Maxillofacial Surgery of the Mazovian Voivodeship. Dr Stopa runs research into TMJ surgery and endoscopic treatment of mandibular fractures. He regularly participates in national and international Congresses and co-organizes international EACMFS Training Courses and Workshops.

Disciplina de Chirurgie si Implantologie Maxilofaciala
Facultatea de Medicina Dentara
Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie “Iuliu Hatieganu”
400029 Str. Cardinal Iuliu Hossu nr. 37, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Alexandre L. Ivanov, PhD is Head of Department of Pediatric Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery in the Central Research Institute for Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery.
He is EACMFS Councillor for Russian Federation, IAOMS Councillor for Russian Federation and Councillor of the Russian National Association of Maxillofacial Surgeons.
His research interests include new methods of surgical treatment, congenital pathology, bone pathology, craniofacial surgery, 3D modeling preparation for surgical treatment.

Professor VITOMIR S. KONSTANTINOVIĆ, DDS, MD, MSc, PhD, Specialist in Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental medicine, University of Belgrade; Director of Serbian Dental Chamber;

EDUCATION: University of Belgrade – Faculty of Stomatology (1984), Faculty of Medicine (1992); Master of Science (MSc) Thesis (1991); Specialist in Maxillofacial Surgery (1993); Doctorate Thesis (PhD) (1996)

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Professor in Maxillofacial surgery (1997 – ) and in Implantology (2002 -); member of Serbian Medical Academy (2006 -); Councillor for Serbia in EACMFS (2006-2012); European AO faculty (2006 –);President of Balkan Association of Maxillofacial Surgeons (2008-2011); Councillor for Serbia in IAOMS (2012-); Director of Serbian Dental Chamber (2013 – )

RESEARCH PROJECTS: from 1991 – principal investigator or collaborator more than 15 scientific projects;

MEMBERSHIPS OF ASSOCIATIONS: European Association for Cranio – Maxillo – Facial Surgery; International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons; Balkan Association of Maxillofacial Surgeons; Balkan Stomatological Society; Worldwide Forensic Odontology Contacts; Serbian medical Society; Serbian Association for Maxillofacial Surgery;

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS: presented more than 200 scientific papers and reports; published 11 Textbooks, 43 articles in international journals, 9 in domestic, cited more than 520 times (WoS, Scopus); more than150 lectures by invitation

Dr. Ladislav Czakó, MD, PhD, MPH.
I was graduated in medicine 2003. Specialized in dentistry (2006) in
maxillofacial surgery (2011). PHD from oral oncology (2007).
Main interests – Cancer therapy, microvascular reconstructive surgery,
prognostic and predictive markers of oral cancer.

Tadej Peter Dovšak, MD, DMD, OMFS
I graduated in 2002 from the Faculty of Medicine, University in Ljubljana, and completed the residency program at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Ljubljana in 2009. In 2016 I graduated also from the Faculty of Dental Medicine, University in Ljubljana. My main fields of interest have always been oncological surgery with microvascular reconstructions, facial trauma, and implantology. In 2019 I successfully defended my PhD thesis on changes of the immune status in oral cancer patients during treatment. I am a member of National and European associations for maxillofacial and oral surgery, and since 2014 a member of the European AOCMF Faculty. Since 2009 I have been employed at the Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery Ljubljana, the national reference centre for facial trauma and one of three Head and neck centres in Slovenia.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. PHEBOMFS since 1996 .
Professor of Surgery Department Medical School Badajoz, Spain
Head of CICOM ( Center for Implantology. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery), Badajoz, Spain
President of FEDICOM (Foundation for Study and Development of Research in Implantology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery)
President of ESTMJS (European Society of Temporomandibular Joint Surgeons). 2014
National Price on Research in Pain , 2014
Author of several books
– Tratamiento quirurgico de la Patologia de la Articulación Temporomandibular, Ed. Ripano, 2009
– “Goya´s Painting and Dentofacial Deformities”. Ed. Planeta, 2009
– Surgical management of temporomandibular joint: Vol .1 Arthroscopy. Vol. 2 Open Joint Surgery. I Tunes Store, 2014

 

Dr. Raúl Verdeja, MD, DMD, FEBOMFSConsultant and Teacher at the Clinic for oral and maxillo-facial surgery, University hospital Geneva, SwitzerlandPrivate practice for oral and maxillo-facial surgery in Fribourg, SwitzerlandMember of the Swiss Board for oral and maxillo-facial surgery2010 EBOMFS Graduation in Brugge, Belgium2003 Graduation as specialist in Oral and maxillo-facial surgery, Switzerland2003 Fellowship in plastic and reconstructive surgery, Private clinic « Laclinic », Montreux, Switzerland2002-2004 Lecturer at the Clinic for oral and maxillo-facial surgery, University hospital Lausanne, Switzerland1999-2002 Residency at the Clinic for oral and maxillo-facial surgery, University hospital Zürich, Switzerland1999 Residency at the Clinic for Neurosurgery, University hospital Zürich Switzerland

1999 Fellowship in oral and maxillo-facial surgery, Hospital universitario de Valle Hebron, Barcelona

1998 Residency in the Clinic for General surgery, Regional hospital Fribourg, Switzerland

1997 Graduation in medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

1995 Graduation as Doctor med-dent, University of Bern, Switzerland

1991 Graduation in dentistry, University of Bern, Switzerland

 

BDS, MBBS, FDS RCS(Eng), FRCS OMFS(Eng), FRCS OMFS(Ed), MRCPS(Glas)
Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon in Sunderland Royal Hospital, with Dental and Medical Degrees from Newcastle and Fellowships from London, Edinburgh and Glasgow. EACMFS UK Councillor, Honorary Secretary to BAOMS, Previous Chair of the Consulatnt Committee. NCEPOD Advisor, Regional Audit lead, Regional RCS(Eng) Specialty Representative and Local Dental tutor.
Clinical Interests are in Orthognathic Surgery and 3D planning, TMJ surgery, Sialendoscopy and post-oncological rehabilitation via implant supported prosthetics. Involved in all aspects of dental implantology for over 25 years – All-on-4, immediate loading and zygomatic implants being particular areas of interest in this field.

Medicine and Dentistry studies at the University of Cologne (GER), University College London (UK), Cornell, New York (USA), Johns Hopkins, Baltimore (USA) and Poznan (PL).He received his doctorate from the Center of Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), where he was directly involved in several successful gene identifications for syndromic forms of craniosynostosis.His general Maxillofacial Surgery training was undertaken at the University Hospital of Cologne, Germany followed by a Cleft, Lip and Palate Surgery Fellowship in Bangalore, India. As the current Leibinger Award winner (EACMFS), Dr. Rachwalski is working as a Fellow in Craniofacial Surgery at Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades and as a Research Associate at Imagine Institute of Genetic Diseases in Paris, France.His research interests include: molecular-based therapies for craniofacial anomalies on mouse models and clinical outcome studies for craniosynostosis and cleft lip and palate.

Dr Francesco Lemma graduated in Medicine at the University of Perugia (IT), obtained a specialization degree in General Medicine, and then in Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Verona (IT). During his education, he worked in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Trieste (IT), and in the Departments of Maxillofacial Surgery of the Universities of Verona, Modena and Padua (IT). He attended courses at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE) and the University of Liverpool (UK). He participated as speaker in national and international scientific congresses, and is the author of scientific publications. Currently, he works in the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery of the Ospedale dell’Angelo Venice-Mestre, and he is completing his Dentistry Degree at the University of Perugia. Main fields of expertise: oncology, 3D virtual planning and pre-prosthetic surgery.