Programme

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Preliminary Programme

We are proud to announce the following Keynote lectures:

Ivo Banac, Croatia – Dubrovnik City-State: History, Culture, Medicine
Luigi Clauser, Italy – Functional, Morphological & Aesthetic Rehabilitation in Endocrine Orbitopathy
James Brown, UK – The Management of Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral maxilla and maxillary sinus
Rafi Nagler, Israel – Saliva as a diagnostic fluid for oral cancer
Edward Ellis, USA – The role of facial esthetics in Orthognathic treatment planning
Jatin P. Shah, USA – The changing nature of surgery and the role of the surgeon in Multidisciplinary treatment of Head and neck cancer

PANELS

Free Flaps for Head and Neck Reconstruction

Zhigang Cai, Beijing, China - Reconstruction of Mandible: Beijing's experience
James Brown, Liverpool, UK - Reconstruction of the maxilla
Frank Hölzle, Aachen, Germany - Free flap monitoring
Frederico Biglioti, Milano, Italy - Dynamic facial reanimation
Klaus- D. Wolff, München, Germany - Further developments in microvascular soft tissue reconstruction

Craniomaxillofacial Distraction Osteogenesis
25 Years Later: Current Concepts & Future Directions

Manlio Galiè, Italy - A Quarter of a Century in Craniomaxillofacial Distraction Osteogenesis - Where are we now; Where are we going?
Joseph McCarthy USA -Midface Distraction: an Overview
Lim K Cheung, Hong Kong - "How does distraction transform the management of cleft palate deformities?"
Anne Marie Kuijpers-Jagtman, The Netherlands - Early distraction in hemifacial microsomia: yes or no?
Cesar A. Guerrero, Venezuela - 3-D mandibular augmentation via Intraoral Distraction Osteogenesis
Konrad Wangerin, Germany - How distraction has changed orthognathic surgery
Patrick Diner, France - From the interceptive distraction in children to the dynamic orthognathic surgical procedure by distraction in patients after puberty
Suzanne Stucki – McCormick, USA - Distraction Osteogenesis: Basis for Internal Bone Expansion, a Paradigm Shift for Alveolar Bone Grafting

Consensus and controversy in cleft surgery

Predrag Knežević, Croatia - Panel introduction
Roberto Brusati, Italy - Evolution of a philosophy in cleft lip treatement
Brian Sommerlad, UK - Evolution of philosophy and treatment of cleft palate
Michael Ehrenfeld, Germany - Individualized cleft treatment, interdisciplinary coordination and timing

Panel on research

Facial transplanation

A tribute to John Lowry

Birthday of Prof. Luhr

Ed Ellis: The impact of Hans Luhr´s work on the North American oral and maxillofacial surgery
Prof. Hans Luhr: The development of osteosynthesis, for example "From the idea to realization...."
Jörg Wiltfang: Luhr´s impact on our today´s work

Cleft Treatment Around The World

Lian Ma, China – Cleft treatment in China
Domenico Scopelitti, Italy – Comprehensive care of cleft around the world: Operation Smile, a model of scientific approach, quality and safety”
Vesna Kozelj, Slovenia – Comprehensive care of orofacial clefts in Europe
Srinivas Gosla Reddy, India – “Developing and Standardizing a Center of Excellence for Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery in a developing country like India”tr