Mentoring and Sponsoring Women in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

The Women's SIG created a five-year education plan when it met at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Mentoring and sponsoring women OMSs was its top priority. This session will focus on the differences between mentoring and sponsoring, as well as how to find the right mentor for women OMSs and how they can help career/practice development. Expert speakers will cover academics, private practice and research.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

  1. Define what mentors are and their role.  
  2. Discuss what sponsors are and their role.  
  3. Recognize how to network and develop relationships to grow clinical practice.

Michele S. Bergen, DMD, MD, FACS
Private practice and part-time academic oral surgeon
Infinity Oral Surgery
Greenwich, Connecticut
Disclosure: No relevant financial relationships were disclosed.

Robin L. Gallardi, DDS, MS, FRCD(C)
Private Practice
Face2Face Maxillofacial Surgery Center
Chicago, Illinois
Disclosure: No relevant financial relationships were disclosed.

Vasiliki Karlis, DMD, MD
Program Director
NYU-Bellevue OMS
New York, New York
Disclosure(s): Stryker Craniomaxillofacial Inc.: Royalty from MMF SCrew (Ongoing)

Antonia Kolokythas, DDS, MSc, MSed, FACS
Professor and Chair Dept of OMFS
Augusta University-DCG
Augusta, Georgia
Disclosure: No relevant financial relationships were disclosed.

An Internet-based CDE/CME Activity
Original Release Date: September 23, 2023
Expiration Date: September 23, 2026
Estimated time to complete this educational activity: 1.0 hours
Method of participation: Self-Study

Michele S. Bergen, DMD, MD, FACS

Private practice and part-time academic oral surgeon

Infinity Oral Surgery

Michele S. Bergen, DMD, MD, FACS‘s background in dentistry goes back 3 generations to her great grandfather in Germany. The daughter of 2 prosthodontists, she grew up in a home office, surrounded by discussions of teeth and treatment plans. She even began extracting teeth in the girls bathroom in elementary school.

Born in New York City, she grew up in West Orange, New Jersey. Dr. Bergen earned her Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Rutgers College in three years. While at Rutgers she was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society. She then went to the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and received her Doctor of Medical Dentistry degree in 1998. Dr. Bergen continued at UMDNJ in a six-year residency in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery. As part of her training, she received her Doctor of Medicine degree in 2001 and completed a 1 year General Surgery Internship. She completed her Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency in 2004.

In 2012, Dr. Michele Bergen, was inducted as a fellow in the prestigious American College of Surgeons (FACS). In 2020, Dr. Bergen was elected to the board of the Connecticut Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. She is also a fellow of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (ABOMS) as well as the National Dental Board of Anesthesiology (NDBA). She is a member of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS), American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (ACOMS), International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI), and the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology. Dr. Michele Bergen is a member of the American Dental Association (ADA), Connecticut State Dental Association, and the Greenwich Dental Society.

Dr. Michele Bergen is licensed in dentistry, medicine and dental anesthesia in both Connecticut and New York. She is an Attending Surgeon at Greenwich Hospital, New York Presbyterian Hospital. She is actively involved in dental implant education. She was an Associate Professor at NYU in the Department of Periodontics and Implant Dentistry for 5 years, and is now Associate Professor at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine in the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Robin Gallardi, DDS, MS, FRCDC

Private Practice

Face2Face Maxillofacial Surgery Center

Dr. Gallardi is a native Canadian graduating as the Gold Medalist from both a Cellular and Molecular Biology and a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario. She happily practiced dentistry as the owner of the Dental Arts Centre in London Ontario for several years but always knew that surgery was her first love. Upon completing an Oral Surgery Fellowship at Montefiore Medical Centre in NY she returned to Canada to complete a Masters in Dentistry and her postgraduate training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Anesthesia. She received the Ron Warren Award for her research, which has been presented at both Canadian and American meetings. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and a Fellow of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Canada. Dr. Gallardi is the secretary/treasurer of the Illinois Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, a member of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and a board member of the Membership committee of AAOMS and Subcommittee of Committee on Anesthesia of AAOMS. Dr. Gallardi is currently the owner of the Face2Face Maxillofacial Surgery Centre in Chicago Illinois.

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Vasiliki Karlis, DMD, MD

Program Director

NYU-Bellevue OMS

EducationGeneral Surgery Internship, New York University Medical Center, 2001-2002MD, Louisiana State University School of Medicine 2001Certificate, OMS, Bellevue Hospital Center/NYU Medical Center 1992DMD, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine 1988BS, Chemistry, Cum Laude, Tufts University, Jackson College 1984Research Interests / Professional OverviewPediatric Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryMaxillofacial TraumaOutpatient Anesthesia/Sedation for Children and AdultsDentoalveolar Surgery and Implants

Disclosure(s): Stryker Craniomaxillofacial Inc.: Royalty from MMF SCrew (Ongoing)

Antonia Kolokythas, DDS, MSc, MSed, FACS

Professor and Chair Dept of OMFS

Augusta University-DCG

Dr. Antonia Kolokythas, DDS, MSc, MSed, FACS, serves as the Chair and Program Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University as of January 2023. Joined DCG at AU from the University of Rochester-EIOH at Strong Memorial Hospital where she served as Chair of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department and the Ambulatory Director of OMFS and Hospital Dentistry Services since 2015. Joined the University of Rochester from the University of Illinois at Chicago’s College of Dentistry, where worked since 2009, as an associate professor, program director, and director of research in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. After earning a dental degree at the University of Thessaloniki in Greece, completed residency training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago, followed by two surgical fellowships in Head and Neck-Maxillofacial oncology and Reconstruction at the University of Maryland at Baltimore and the University of California at San Francisco. Immediately after the fellowship training returned to the University of Illinois as full time faculty in the tenure track. Within six years was promoted to the rank of Associate professor with tenure. During the tenure at UIC, earned a U.S. Dental Degree and a Master of Science in Oral Science. Primary research interest is in oral cancer specifically in early detection and diagnosis. Oral cancer and maxillofacial pathology is the primary focus of publications in peer reviewed journals, book chapter contributions, presentations at national and international scientific meetings. Remain active in regional and national professional organizations, and serve on the editorial boards of the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the official journal of the OMFS specialty, the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Research and the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases. In 2008 was awarded the Faculty Education Development Award (FEDA) from the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Foundation. In 2014 received the Faculty Research Award and the DuBrul Faculty Achievement Award at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s College of Dentistry, and was named one of the Top 25 Women in Dentistry in Dental Products Report. The focus of clinical practice is in oral head and neck cancer, maxillofacial pathology and reconstruction. Named Department Chair and Program Director of the University of Rochester-EIOH Advanced Education OMFS Residency Training Program in October of 2015. Was also conducted to the American College of Surgeons in 2015. Obtained a second Master’s degree in Health Professions Education at the Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester in 2019. Also completed the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) fellowship program at Drexel University in 2019. Promoted to full Professor with tenure in the University of Rochester’s School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2020. Dr. Kolokythas serves on an Examiner in the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS) since 2017 and as Content Expert in Reconstruction for ABOMS since 2015. In 2020 was appointed to serve as the Section Editor for the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery section for the TripleO.

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Continuing Education Provider Approval
The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.

ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education.

ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.

The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons designates this activity for 1.0 continuing education credit(s).

AGD - Accepted Program Provider
FAGD/MAGD Credit
11/1/22-12/31/26
Provider ID# 214680

The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons designates this internet-based enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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