Conferencistas Internacionales:

Director del Programa y Jefe de Departamento.

G.E. Ghali, DDS, MD, FACS Jack W. Gamble Professor and Chairman Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery University Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery LSU-Health Science Center Shreveport Head & Neck Surgery à Baylor College of Dentistry 1987 à Parkland Memorial Medical Center – Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1991 à Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport 1994 à Emanuel Hospital, Portland, Oregon – Head and Neck Surgery 1995 Dr. Ghali has lived and practiced in Shreveport for the past 15 years. He is married to wife, Hope and has four children. Dr. Ghali has arguably the widest scope of any oral and maxillofacial surgery practice in the country, spanning from cleft lip and palate repair to cosmetic surgery to head and neck cancer. His professional interest lies especially with treatment of pediatric craniofacial deformities including craniosynostosis, cleft lip and palate, and dentofacial deformities. However, his surgical interests also include dentoalveolar surgery, dental implants, cosmetic surgery, head and neck oncology, bone grafting and preprosthetic surgery, temporomandibular disorders and trauma. Dr. Ghali is a professor and chairman at the university and is very active in resident and student education. He also has appointments to countless hospital committees helping to keep LSU-HSCS at the forefront of medical care in Louisiana. Dr. Ghali’s association with national and international organizations has helped shape the profession of oral and maxillofacial surgery as well as provides world-wide recognition for the LSUHSC Shreveport Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency program. Dr. Ghali has had numerous research interests including clinical and basic science research. He has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, written many book chapters and has edited textbooks that are vital to the knowledge base of many in the specialty. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine in Shreveport 1501 Kings Highway, P O Box 33932, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130-3932 318-675-6101, fax 318-675-8218, www.lsuhsc.edu email gghali@lsuhsc.edu

Dr. Harry L Legan, DDS Dr. Harry L. Legan has served as Associate Professor and Director of Orthodontics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School–Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Orthodontics at West Virginia University School of Dentistry, and was the founding Professor and Director of the Division of Orthodontics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is the orthodontic member of the State of Tennessee’s TennCare Dental Advisory Committee. Dr. Legan is on the Editorial Boards of The Angle Orthodontist and the American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics. He has authored numerous publications and lectured extensively around the world. Dr. Legan is an internationally-recognized orthodontic expert on obstructive sleep apnea, orthognathic surgery, biomechanics and distraction osteogenesis. Recently he has been awarded the Edward H. Angle Research Prize and CDABO Case Report of the Year for his work in distraction osteogenesis and obstructive sleep apnea. Dr. Legan is Secretary/Treasurer of the North Atlantic Component of the E.H. Angle Society, Vice President of the Tennessee Association of Orthodontists, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics.

Dra. Adriana Sabogal-García

Dra. Yolanda Olmos de Malavé, Dra. Gisela Contasti, Dra. Aura Marina Rodríguez, Dra. Ambar Zalnieriunas, Dr. Omar Alejandro Betancourt, Dr. Rodrigo Del Pozo

Cirujanos Buco-Maxilofaciales:

Dr. José Gregorio Melillo

Dr. César Guerrero

Dra. Patricia López

Dr. Alejandro Caribas

Dr. Mauro Vivas

Dr. Rubén Muñoz

Dr. Juan Dopazo

Dr. Marcos Gómez

Dr. Luís Romero

Dr. Carlos Collantes