Invited Speakers & Moderators

Dr. Nick Rutherford is a specialist Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon offering expertise and experience in many specialty areas. He is the current Director of Maxillofacial Surgery at Austin Health, a post he has held for over a decade. Nick completed undergraduate dentistry and medicine through The University of Melbourne and subsequently completed his specialist training in 2004, gaining his fellowship FRACDS(OMS). He subsequently spent time as a fellow in the UK in the subspecialty areas of craniomaxillofacial trauma, facial deformity, and head and neck oncology. Nick’s favourite subspecialty areas include orthognathic surgery, trauma, and implant surgery, including bone grafting.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Carabobo university. Chief director of Department of Oral And Maxillofacial surgery central Hospital in Valencia Venezuela. Profesor of Maxillofacial surgery in Carabobo university. Active investigator.

Mr Kumar is qualified with degrees in both Medicine and Dentistry. He received several awards during his studies including University of Otago’s most outstanding student during his dental degree as well as F.G Christensen medal for part I exams for his surgical training. He did his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgical training in Adelaide from where he completed part II exams with R.A.C.D.S and was awarded the F.R.A.C.D.S (O.M.S) fellowship. He then undertook further 12 months sub-specialty training in paediatric maxillofacial surgery and corrective jaw surgery as a fellowship at Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. To further his skills and clinical interests, he spent another 12 months as a clinical fellow at the prestigious Oxford University Hospitals in UK. Here he received specialised training in paediatric maxillofacial surgery and TMJ surgery. Mr Kumar currently holds appointments as a consultant surgeon at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne and Monash Health (Clayton and Dandenong Hospitals). He is also an honorary consultant at the Royal Children’s Hospital of Melbourne. He is involved in the training of future surgeons and dentists through these appointments. Mr Kumar practices full scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery including dentoalveolar surgery, implantology, oral pathology and facial trauma. His sub-specialty interest areas are paediatric maxillofacial surgery, corrective jaw surgery and TMJ surgery.

Al is an Australian Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, born in Queensland. He completed Dentistry in Brisbane, before moving to Sydney for Medical School and Adelaide / Hobart for advanced training in Oral & maxillofacial Surgery. He subsequently completed a year-long Fellowship as the Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery Fellow at Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard and now works as the Orthognathic and Facial Trauma Surgery Fellow at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Resident doctor in the Department of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Nith People's hospital. Trainee in program of standardized training for OCMF specialists, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital. Graduate from the seven-year program of Stomatology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

MD DDS Oral an maxillofacial surgeon, Centro Infantil de Estomatología, Clínicas Asensio, Latín american Board BLACIBU

Dual qualified OMS working in Western Australia in private and public (Perth Children's Hospital, Royal Perth Hospital) practice. I am involved in training and examining for the national OMS program, and am the state councillor for our national association (ANZAOMS).

Alfred Sze Lok LAU, Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, BDS(HK), MDS(OMS)(HK), MOSRCS(Edin), AdvDipOMS(HK), FDSRCS(Edin), FDSRCPS(Glasg) FHKAM(DS), FCDSHK(OMS), Dr. Alfred Lau is one of the directors in Branemark Osseointegration Centre of Hong Kong. He is also an honorary clinical associate professor of OMFS The University of Hong Kong. He is currently the honorary consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Queen Mary Hospital and the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital. Dr Lau held the position of the President of the Hong Kong Association of OMS since 2016 and he is currently the Immediate Past President. He is also the founder and Past President of Young Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Group of Hong Kong. Currently, he is also appointed as the Chairperson of the NextGen section and an Executive Committee member of the International Association of OMS. He serves as a Councilor of both the Asian and International Association of OMS. He also holds the position of Vice President of Hong Kong Society of Sedation and Anesthesia in Dentistry and committee member of Young Dentist Group of Hong Kong Dental Association and an International Faculty of the AOCMF in Asia Pacific Region. He Serves as a Hong Kong Dental Council examiner and a trainer in OMS for the OMS specialist board in College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong. He is appointed as the Hong Kong Convention Ambassador by the Hong Kong Tourism Board of Hong Kong. He organizes and frequently speaks in conferences and courses regionally and internationally including organizing ACOMS in 2006 and ICOMS 2017 in Hong Kong. He has also been invited to be interviewed at TV programs, media and magazines, and he writes articles in relation to OMS topic in newspaper columns regularly.

Oral MAXILLOFACIAL surgeon, Lisboa / Portugald

Dr Michael Hurrell obtained dental, medical and PhD degrees from the University of Queensland and has published research internationally. During his surgical training he has worked at various locations in Queensland and Western Australia, including Royal Brisbane Hospital, Royal Perth Hospital, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth Children’s Hospital and Fiona Stanley Hospital. Michael has a keen interest in all aspects of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, including dental extractions, bone grafting, dental and facial implants, severe facial trauma, corrective jaw surgery, head and neck cancer resection and reconstruction, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, salivary gland disease, cleft lip and palate surgery and obstructive sleep apnoea surgery.

- Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. - Latin American Board in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Professor of Surgery III, Faculty of Dentistry, UNC, Argentina

Specialist in Oral Surgery Adjunct professor, Coordinator of the Surgical Area and member of the Academic Committee of Luz University Oral Surgery Program, Active member of the Venezuelan and latin american Society of Bucomaxillofacial Surgery President of the, Zulia chapter of the Venezuelan bucomaxillofacial surgery society, Member of the board of directors of the Venezuelan Society of Bucomaxillofacial Surgery

Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital. Subspecialty interest in head and neck cancer, and reconstructive surgery.

Consultant of Orlal Maxillo facial unit of university hospital in Catania, Researcher in trauma, oncology and transnational medicine, PhD, FEBOMS

Australian trained Oral & Maxillofacial surgeon, currently involved in research for development of bioresorbable metals in OMFS

Dr. Markiewicz is a native of western New York, earning his dental degree, and graduating with honors from the University at Buffalo. He then went on to earn a medical degree from Oregon Health and Science University, where he subsequently completed his general surgery internship and residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Dr. Markiewicz also pursued further training in biostatistics and epidemiology, earning a Master of Public Health from Harvard University. In addition he has completed a fellowship in Pediatric Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery at the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, and a fellowship in Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery & Microvascular Surgery fellowship at the University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.

Tim is a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Chris O'Brien Lifehouse Hospital in Sydney, Australia. He is a member of the head and neck surgery team performing ablative and reconstructive procedures. Tim's main research interests focus on jaw reconstruction, 3d printing and the integration of new technology.

Dr. Teddy Yang is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong. His primary research interest lies in the development and application of virtual surgical planning for oral and maxillofacial surgery. He has authored 38 peer-reviewed articles, with most citations focusing on computer-assisted surgery.

Maxillo Facial Surgeon dedicated to Oncology of Head and Neck and Reconstructive Surgery featuring Microsurgery. Also dedicated to Craniofacial Trauma Working at Policlinico San Marco, Catania, Italy since August 2020 in the Maxillo Facial Surgery Unit directed by Prof. Alberto Bianchi.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon - UdelaR, Specialist in Oral Implantology - UdelaR, Postgraduate in Advanced Aesthetic Implantology - NYU, Master of Science in Health Business Management - IEEM/UM, President of the SUIP Uruguayan Society of Implantology and Prosthodontics - AOU

Graduation - Dentistry at the UNICAMP, São Paulo,Brazil, Residency in OMFS at Santa Casa de São Paulo, Brazil, Fellowship at Parkland Memorial Hospital, University of Texas, Dallas, Texas, USA