Top international lecturers to share expertise in Asian congress
THREE EMINENT international lecturers who are experts in oral and maxillofacial surgery will keep specialists and general practitioners abreast with the latest technological advances in the field with the holding of the 12th Asian Congress on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from November 9 to 12 at the Manila Hotel.
Dr. Mario E. Esquillo, president of the Asian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (AAOMS) and congress chairman and Dr. Fernando Fernandez, chairman of the Organizing Committee have announced that Prof. Daniel Laskin, Dr. Edward Ellis III and Prof. Andre Eckardt will be coming over to the congress to share their expertise with close to 1,000 delegates from various countries in Asia. Prof. Laskin, a distinguished clinician, educator and researcher in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery, will speak about common errors in the management of temporo-mandibular disorders. Editor of the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dr. Laskin has authored books and contributed scientific papers that eventually became the basis for the standard of practice of oral surgery. Prof. Ellis, author of the book Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery received the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) Research Recognition and in 2015 received the first AAOMS Clinical Research Award. He is a sought-after international lecturer and a member of the editorial board of several international journals including the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and The Journal of Craniomaxillofacial Trauma. Professor Eckardt who is known for his clinical and research interest on Head and Neck Oncology, was a Konrad-Morgenroth awardee. His research regarding intraarterial chemotherapy of advanced oral cancer has contributed to standardising the management of malignant tumors.
For more information about the event, please visit the PCOMS-ACOMS Secretariat. Room 303 Medical Arts Bldg., Delos Santos Medical Center, 202 E. Rodriguez St., Quezon City or contact tel. nos. 8099229/8773823/8773888 loc. 8308, Fax 6591509 or visit www.12acoms.com