2024 Courses and Events

Course #: 2010
Date: 11/30/2024
Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Course Info: Half Day
Speaker(s):
Antonia Kolokythas, D.D.S., M.Sc., M.S.Ed.
Deepak Kademani, D.M.D., M.D.
Edward Miller, Jr., D.M.D.
Eileen Crespo
Miriam Robbins, D.D.S., M.S.

Room: 1E13
Topic: Oral Cancer
Tuition: $445.00
Credits: 7

Course Material:

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Description:

SEMINAR

ORAL CANCER: THE PATH FROM DIAGNOSIS TO CURE
This program addresses all aspects of Oral Cancer, from diagnosis and treatment to reconstruction. Topics include epidemiology, diagnosis, pre-cancerous disease, HPV and oropharyngeal cancer, imaging modalities, radiation and chemotherapy treatments for oral cancer, surgical therapies, biopsy technique review, and referring patients for treatment. This seminar concludes with a case review and question-and-answer session.

WORKSHOP

BIOPSY TECHNIQUES: HANDS-ON WORKSHOP
All oral cancer treatments are based on a pathological diagnosis of a soft tissue sample. Oral healthcare providers must know how to evaluate and plan to use the optimal biopsy technique. Attendees perform biopsies and suture techniques on animal soft tissue and review how to complete the pathology requisition form correctly. A question and answer session concludes this workshop.

Participating Institutions: 

AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 
HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE MINNEAPOLIS 
HISPANIC DENTAL ASSOCIATION
MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER NEW YORK 
NATIONAL DENTAL ASSOCIATION
NORTH MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER MINNEAPOLIS