Big names in oral surgery

[Kong57]

I understand this may not be the most important criteria when looking at residency programs, but who are some of the more prominent names when it comes to residency directors across the country? In other words, who would you like to learn from?

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[CMistry]

Lots of them can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_and_maxillofacial_surgery

Under the "Notable oral and maxillofacial surgeons" section. This should hold you over until people chime in!
-Cyrus

 

[DREDAY]

Lots of them can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_and_maxillofacial_surgery

Under the "Notable oral and maxillofacial surgeons" section. This should hold you over until people chime in!
-Cyrus

Everyone in that page. To that group I would also add the following younger guns:

Herford
Schmidt
Fernandes

 

[armorshell]

Everyone in that page. To that group I would also add the following younger guns:

Herford
Schmidt
Fernandes

I'd submit Tiwana and Ghali to the "Young Guns" club as well.

 

[armorshell]

Assael doesn't seem to be on the list either

 

[armorshell]

Also, I suggest google image searching "assael" with safe search off...

 

[1992Corolla]

Gateno
Turvey
Tucker
Miloro
Bell Jr.
Johnson

 

[CanuckDDS]

definitely a notable list.

Dr. David Precious at Dalhousie should be added to that list as well.

 

[armorshell]

Gateno
Turvey
Tucker
Miloro
Bell Jr.
Johnson

lol

 

[servitup]

Some of these people being considered big names is questionable at best.

 

[6897round2]

Some of these people being considered big names is questionable at best.

Here's the list so far:
Assael
Dodson
Dierks
Ellis
Ghali
Herford
Precious
Tucker
Turvey
Fonseca
Kaban
Ord
Posnick
Quinn
Roser
Schendel
Evans
Fernandes
Schmidt
Tiwana
Bryan Bell
Gateno
Miloro
Bailey

Just curious in who you think doesn't belong on the list above. Do tell.

I'd also add Marx and Brent Ward and pretty much any academic OMFS who is FACS - those guys aren't just taking out teeth and sinking implants.

 

[280040]

Here's the list so far:
Assael
Dodson
Dierks
Ellis
Ghali
Herford
Precious
Tucker
Turvey
Fonseca
Kaban
Ord
Posnick
Quinn
Roser
Schendel
Evans
Fernandes
Schmidt
Tiwana
Bryan Bell
Gateno
Miloro
Bailey

Just curious in who you think doesn't belong on the list above. Do tell.

I'd also add Marx and Brent Ward and pretty much any OMFS who is FACS.

Add:
*redacted* sorry man. You're too easy to google!!

 

[Regmata]

Carlson?

 

[servitup]

I would simply say that there are many more names I would add IF all of those listed are "big names."

 

[Kong57]

How about we add what universities these names are affiliated with...

 

[silver7285]

I'm an orthodontic resident and we learn a lot of facial esthetics and soft tissue planning prior to orthognathic surgery from Arnett's book, Facial and Dental Planning for Orthodontists and Oral Surgeons. Just curious if any of the OS residents have heard of Arnett? If so any opinions?

 

[OMFSZADE]

I'm an orthodontic resident and we learn a lot of facial esthetics and soft tissue planning prior to orthognathic surgery from Arnett's book, Facial and Dental Planning for Orthodontists and Oral Surgeons. Just curious if any of the OS residents have heard of Arnett? If so any opinions?

Joseph Mulligan
Allen Fielding
Brian Smith
Gary Jones

 

[PlanetMV]

These guys are world class

Clark Coons
Hibbs Dinamo
Flared Scwerril
Shaifed Inurs
Tom Rasmussen

 

[gary_ruska]

Gary "A big name means you have a big GAME" Ruska here,

What criteria are you guys using to establish "a big name"? GR may be out of touch, but some of these names are certainly not big fish and some, frankly, GR has never even heard of (and a quick Google search confirmed that they are not household OMFS names)...

GR would submit the following criteria:

1. Has made significant contributions to the field - usually this is a combination of clinical achievement and actually reporting on such achievement. There are plenty of stellar surgeons in private practice whom no one knows about because they don't publish anything about what they do. Likewise, no reason to include somebody who just does research and doesn't actually treat patients.

2. Is not just someone whom you know because they took out your wisdom teeth or you shadowed them.

3. Multidisciplinary appeal - are these names well known to colleagues in overlapping fields (perio, PRS, ENT)? This is, to some extent, a measure of how big a name someone is...For example, Michael Block is well known in both the OMFS and perio worlds as an implant guy; Ed Ellis is known across ENT/PRS/OMFS as a trauma guy...

4. Perhaps the most important - the majority of OMFS residents/attendings should have, at least, heard of this person. See previous posters comment that these guys are "world class". Has anyone else heard of any of these people?

 

[Michael Scarn]

I'd like to submit Gary "Got a Big Game" Ruska to the big names list.

Whether Gary Ruska is actually a person or just an idea of the ideal I don't know.

I can only hope I never meet Gary Ruska face to face, he could never possibly live up to what I've made him in my mind.

 

[wantchurwizzys]

I think Gary "Got a Big Game" Ruska actually exists... But I also think GR is so cool and prominent that he has somebody that logs onto this site and posts GR's thoughts for him. How else could you explain the fact that GR always talks in the third person? From now on I will refer to GR as GR Lackey. GR Lackey, could you please inform GR that he has been added to the list of prominent names of oral surgeons around the country? I am sure he will be pleased!

PS. Marx (A University of Miami) definitely belongs on the list.