Anesthesia Plenary 2021: Single-topic Anesthetic Techniques and Complications

Matthew Mizukawa, DMD is a partner at Dixie Oral Maxillofacial and Implant Surgery in St George, UT and maintains affiliation at Vanderbilt University as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He received his dental degree at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2007 and subsequently completed his surgical training at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN in 2011. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Upon completion of his residency, he returned to southern Utah to join his father’s private practice for one year before returning to Vanderbilt to join the faculty there. He enjoyed all aspects of academia and working with the faculty and residents to mutually learn the full scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery. In 2014, he most recently returned to St. George, Utah where he continues to practice a full scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery in private practice. He enjoys all facets of oral and maxillofacial surgery, including orthognathic surgery, functional rehabilitation of the jaws including osseous reconstruction and implant supported prosthetics, management of benign pathology, maxillofacial trauma and reconstruction, and dentoalveolar surgery. In addition, he has always had a keen interest in office-based anesthesia and promoting its safe and efficient administration. Along with Dr. Samuel McKenna and Dr. Luis Vega, he was the chief editor of "Anesthesia Considerations for the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon"(Quintessence Publishing, 2017). His vision for this book is to be an easy-to-access reference for oral and maxillofacial surgeons as they provide office-based anesthesia and to fortify the exceptional margin of safety that the specialty has built over decades of practice. He has also enjoyed serving on the AAOMS Committee on Anesthesia with so many OMS colleagues committed to protecting and propagating our anesthesia privelege.

Jimmie L. Harper, Jr., D.D.S., M.S., Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon in private practice in Cincinnati, Ohio. Completed dental school at the Ohio State University in 1979, followed by 3 years active duty in the USAF, Kirtland AFB, NM. I returned to the Ohio State University in 1982 for residency training in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. This was followed an additional 3 years at Carswell AFB, TX. I joined a private practice in Cincinnati in 1989 and have been actively involved in providing deep sedation/general anesthesia in an office based setting for the past 32 years. I serve as an examiner for the Ohio State Dental Board for General Anesthesia/Sedation permits. I have been actively involved in resident education, serving as Director of Residency Education, Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Cincinnati from 1990-1998. I currently serve as a Volunteer Assistant Professor and teach a Medicine/Anesthesia Course and a Surgical Anatomy Course for the OMS residents at the University of Cincinnati.

Dr. McCann has been in solo private practice in Kitchener- Waterloo, ON, since 1994. He completed his dental education at the University of Western Ontario in 1985 and his OMFS residency at the University of Toronto in 1993. He practiced general dentistry in the Canadian Armed Forces between 1985 and 1989.
He has taken an active interest in the safe provision of sedation and anesthesia in the office environment. He has been the President of the Canadian Dental Society of Anesthesiology for several years. He has provided anesthesia updates to several of the Residency programs in Canada. He has been instrumental in providing continuing education programs in anesthesia for members of both CAOMS and CDSA.

Dr. James Phero is an assistant professor in the division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Cincinnati. He is active at UC and nationally in team simulation training for evaluation and management of medical emergencies. He coordinates and executes mock drills in the divisions various clinics incorporating staff, surgeons and residents.