Discopexy – Pearls and Pitfalls

Gary F Bouloux DDS, MD, MDSc, FRACDS, FRACDS(OMS), FACSJ David Allen Family ProfessorInterim Division Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryDepartment of SurgeryEmory University School of Medicine• Dental School, Sydney University, 1989• Graduate Program Residency, Westmead hospital, 1990-1992• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency, Westmead Hospital, 1993-1996• Masters In Dental Science (OMFS), Sydney University, 1996• FRACDS (OMS), 1997• Fellowship TMJ surgery and orthognathic surgery, Emory University, 1997-1999• Medical School, Emory University, 2004• Faculty, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Emory University, 2006-current• Residency Program Director, OMFS, Emory University 2013- 2020Committees/Scholarly activity• American Association of oral and Maxillofacial SurgeonsChair, Special Committee of Temporomandibular Joint Care, 2019-current• American Society of Temporomandibular Joint SurgeonsPresident 2020- 2022• American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Examiner and Content Expert, 2016-current• Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine Oral Pathology reviewer 2008-currentAwards• American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeonsThe National Research Award Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation, 2017• American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeonsThe Daniel A Laskin award (most robust scientific paper published in JOMS 2018), Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation, 2018Publications• 22 peer reviewed articles• 22 book chapters• 2 book EditorshipsCurrent Grants• CI: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research R00Central mediated pain in patients undergoing temporomandibular joint arthroscopy; Grant $765000• PI: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation. Metal hypersensitivity following Temporomandibular Joint Total Joint Replacement; $75000

Dr. Sullivan is Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgical Sciences at the University of Oklahoma. He completed his dental training at the Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, Texas and his oral and maxillofacial surgery training at the University of Oklahoma, completing the program in 1988.

His international training experiences included the West of Scotland Plastic and Oral Surgery Unit in Glasgow Scotland, as well as the University of Melbourne and Royal Children’s Hospital as a fellow in the Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery unit in Melbourne, Australia.

Dr. Sullivan was appointed Chairman of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Oklahoma in 1992 and has served as Chair since that time. He was a member examination committee for the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from 1998-2004, has been President of the Oklahoma Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the Southwest Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He was also a member of the AAOMS Committee on Residency Education and Training.

His practice is devoted to surgical correction of dentofacial deformities, and temporomandibular joint reconstruction. Dr. Sullivan lectures nationally and internationally on these topics.