Reconstruction and Head and Neck Plenary: Update on Reconstruction of the Temporomandibular Joint

Dr. Warburton trained in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in the United Kingdom and completed his training at the University of Maryland Medical Center and R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. He earned his dental surgery and medical degrees from Manchester University in the United Kingdom, where he obtained numerous academic honors and awards, including the Alpha Omega Prize for Clinical Excellence. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Warburton is board-certified by the American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons (AACMFS). He completed a Clinical Research Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, and he is a member of the American Society of Temporomandibular Joint Surgeons (ASTMJS) and he lectures nationally and internationally on the surgical management of TMJ disorders. Dr. Warburton is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Maryland. He is the Chief of facial trauma surgery at Sinai hospital. He is also immediate past Chairman of the TMJ section of SORG North America. He is a clinical consultant for Stryker (formerly TMJ Concepts).

Dr. Callahan attended the University of Pittsburgh School, of Dental Medicine for his dental school training, and also received his Masters of Public Health degree at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. He received his medical school education and general surgery training at SUNY Downstate, and his oral and maxillofacial surgery training at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Callahan completed a fellowship in head and neck oncology and microvascular reconstruction at the University of Maryland. Dr. Nicholas Callahan is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and co-director of the Head and Neck Cancer IPU at University of Illinois Health. Dr. Callahan specializes in treating patients with both benign and malignant pathologies of the head and neck. He specializes in removal of tumors, reconstructions of the defects, and maxillofacial trauma.

Sharon Aronovich (Ron), DMD, FACS, FRCD(C) is a Clinical Associate Professor and the TMJ and Orthognathic Surgery Fellowship director at the University of Michigan, department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He has lived in Israel, Canada, and the USA. Dr. Aronovich earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto, his dental medicine degree at McGill University, completed a GPR residency at the University of Vermont, and his surgical residency training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Hospital of Saint Raphael/Yale-New Haven Hospital. He completed a fellowship in Pediatric Craniomaxillofacial Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Dr. Aronovich treats both pediatric and adult patients with various oral & maxillofacial conditions including congenital or traumatic jaw disorders, sleep disorders (OSA), and craniofacial anomalies such as cleft lip and palate. He has specialized experience in TMJ replacement for complex conditions of the jaw including juvenile idiopathic arthritis, ankylosis, and ablative defects of the jaw. Dr. Aronovich has been involved in global outreach programs serving children with orofacial clefts in India, China, and Mexico.

He has current OMS Foundation research funding for the development of an anesthesia simulation training curriculum in oral and maxillofacial surgery.

James C. Melville, DDS, FACS, is a Tenured Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston UTHealth and specializes in Oral, Head & Neck Oncology, and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery. He graduated from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2005 and completed a General Practice Residency at the University of California San Francisco in 2006. He completed a residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery in 2012, followed by fellowships in oral, head, and neck oncology and microvascular reconstructive surgery at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. He was appointed as the UTH OMFS internship director in 2017.

Dr. Melville was awarded the Faculty Educator Development Award (FEDA) in 2019 by the American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS). An award given to promising young academic surgeons. He was awarded the AAOMS Advocacy Challenge Coin by the AAOMS Board of Trustees and AAOMS Committee on Government Affairs in 2020. AAOMS designed its own Challenge Coin to recognize oral and maxillofacial surgeons who have made significant advocacy contributions on behalf of the Association. The AAOMS Challenge Coin is awarded to those elite few who transcend the efforts of their colleagues to further the specialty through advocacy. He was awarded the AAOMS Fellows Research award in 2023 for fostering innovations in new diagnostic and therapeutic interventions applicable to the clinical practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery. Dr. Melville served as the President of the Oral & Maxillofacial Section of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) / International Association of Dental Researchers (IADR) in 2023. He was appointed the President of the AAOMS Clinical Interest Group (CIG) in Neurologic Disorders 2023. He also served on the International Academy of Oral Oncology (IAOO) as a scientific committee member for its 2022 conference.

Dr. Melville is a diplomate and oral examiner of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and a fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American Academy of Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons, American College of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, and the American College of Surgeons. He has been an invited visiting professor and lecturer at over 20 academic institutions, including Case Western University, Columbia University, Harvard/MGH, McGill University, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Michigan, UOP/ Stanford University, University of Toronto, USC, UCLA, UMKC, and Yale.

He has written 5 textbooks on maxillofacial reconstruction and contributed to 30 textbook chapters concerning oral and maxillofacial surgery, oncology, maxillofacial reconstruction, microvascular reconstruction, and tissue engineering. In addition, he is the author of more than 70 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is a reviewer for the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (JOMS), Triple OOOO Journal, Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Journal of Tissue Engineering, PLOS ONE, Bioengineering & Translational Medicine (Wiley), Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Experimental Dermatology, Japanese Dental Science Review, FACE (Sage Journal), Ear, Nose & Throat Journal (Sage Journal) and of Journal of American Dental Association (JADA).

Jasjit (Jas) Kaur Dillon is Professor and Program Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, and the Chief of OMS at Harborview Medical Center where she has a busy oncology, trauma and reconstructive practice. Her clinical training has been garnered from 5 countries – the UK, South Africa, Hong Kong, Vancouver BC and San Francisco. She obtained her dental degrees from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne (BDS), the University of California San Francisco (DDS) and her medical degree from St Bartholomew’s School of Medicine, University of London (MBBS). She is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FDSRCS), the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and a past examiner for the American Board of OMS and immediate past section editor for pathology for the Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.

She has numerous peer reviewed scientific publications, book chapters and lectures nationally, internationally and is the recipient of two major grants studying medication related osteonecrosis of the jaws – one of which she received the Stephan Milam award for the highest scoring grant in 2016.