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AO CMF faculty member and web editorial group member Ana Catalina Tobón Trujillo was the first woman in a decade to graduate from her university’s craniomaxillofacial program. 

Michael D Turner, MD, DDS, specializing in oral and maxillofacial surgery, is an assistant clinical professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at Mount Sinai Health System’s Icahn School of Medicine in New York City, US

Ryan Chua, MD, DPBO-HNS, who is with the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, at University of Santo Tomas Hospital in Espana, Manila, Philippines, is implementing what he has learned during his program in the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan in 2016.

Eric Kahugu is a specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS). He is a consultant surgeon at Kenya’s Nairobi Hospital and a member of the hospital’s board and is President of the African Association of Maxillofacial Surgeons.

Amir Elbarbary is a Professor of Plastic Surgery at the Ain-Shams Faculty of Medicine in Cairo, Egypt

Yong-Dae Kwon is a busy and dedicated department chair, surgeon, and educator at Kyung Hee University Dental Hospital in Seoul, South Korea. Here's what Yong-Dae had to say…

Sarah is a Craniofacial and Pediatric Surgery Fellow at the University of Texas, United States where she is getting prepared to enter this exciting field and work with children.

Jonathas Claus is an Oral and Maxillofacial Assistant Surgeon at the Governador Celso Ramos Hospital in Brazil where he uses his surgical skills to make a difference in patients' lives.

Jan-Michaél Hirsch is professor Emeritus in the Surgical Sciences and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at the Uppsala University Hospital in Sweden where he continues working on numerous R&D project to improve patient treatment.

Ariel Hirschhorn is an Attending Surgeon in the Oral and Maxillofacial surgery department at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Israel, where he uses his surgical skills to change lives for the better.