Seventh Annual Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residents’ Night: “An Evening with Dr. Rui Fernandes”

The Section on Dentistry and Oral Health of The New York Academy of Medicine was created to support an oral health component to NYAM’s mission of supporting urban health care, as well as to be a place where dental and medical professionals could meet and exchange ideas. The Dentistry and Oral Health Section welcomes all Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) residents from the greater New York area to attend this special event.

We are fortunate to have as our guest lecturer Dr. Rui Fernandes, Professor of Surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville. Dr. Fernandes will present a lecture entitled, “Reconstruction of challenging cases in the head and neck.” This lecture will review his extensive experience with maxillofacial reconstructive surgery, in particular the more involved cases.

About the Speaker

Rui Fernandes, MD, DMD, FACS, FRCS, is a Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Surgery by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville. He holds appointments in the Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery, and the Division of Surgical Oncology. Currently, Dr. Fernandes serves as the Chief of Head and Neck Surgery, Director of the Head and Neck/Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery fellowship, Director of the Center for Reconstructive Surgery, Co-Director of the Skull Base Surgery Program, and Associate Chairman of the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.

Dr. Fernandes is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (ad. Hominem), and many other medical associations in the USA. He is an honorary fellow of the Spanish Society of OMS, the Mexican Association of OMS, the Pakistan Association of OMS, the Panamanian Society of OMS, and the Costa Rican Society of OMS.

He has lectured extensively nationally and internationally and has authored numerous manuscripts in the areas of head and neck oncology and reconstructive surgery. He is the author of the textbook Atlas of Local & Regional Flaps in Head and Neck Surgery. He is co-editor of the textbook Oral, Head and Neck Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Fernandes is the Consulting Editor for the Oral & Maxillofacial Clinics of North America, the Atlas of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America, and the Editor in Chief of Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and Reconstructive Journal. Additionally, he serves on the editorial boards of several journals related to head and neck oncology and reconstructive surgery.