Dr. Luana Colloca is an MPower Distinguished Professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the Director of the Placebo Beyond Opinion Center at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Dr. Colloca holds an MD, a master’s degree in Bioethics, and a PhD in Neuroscience. She completed her postdoctoral training at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and a senior research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, USA.

Dr. Colloca has conducted studies on the behavioral, neural, and pharmacological mechanisms of pain modulation related to placebo and nocebo effects. Her lab has also developed an interest in virtual reality as a non-pharmacological approach to relieving pain and other symptoms. She has published in top-ranked international journals, including Biological Psychiatry, Annual Reviews of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Nature Reviews Rheumatology, Pain, Nature Neuroscience, JAMA, The Lancet Neurology, Science, and The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Her research has been cited over 19,800 times (H-index 64) and has been featured in National Geographic, The New Scientist, The Washington Post, Science Daily, The Boston Globe, The New Yorker, Nature, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, and USA Today.
Dr. Colloca has received the Dubner and Patrick Wall awards from the International Association for the Study of Pain and the UMB 2024 Researcher of the Year award, among others. She is committed to science dissemination, including podcasts (one with Jason Alexander of Seinfeld) and a TEDx talk.

Daniele Manfredini received his DDS from the University of Pisa, Italy in 1999, a MSc in Occlusion and Craniomandibular Disorders in 2001 from the same University, a PhD in Dentistry from the ACTA Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in 2011, and a Post-Graduation Specialty in Orthodontics from the University of Ferrara, Italy, in 2017. He achieved the Diplomate Status from the American Board of Orofacial Pain in 2021. He is an active Member of the European Academy of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction (former EACD). He is Founder Member of the Italian Society of Prosthodontics and Oral Rehabilitation (SIPRO), and President of the Italian Study Group on Orofacial Pain (GSID).

He was a clinical fellow at the Section of Prosthetic Dentistry, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa, Italy until 2005. From 2006 to 2016, Daniele Manfredini has been Assistant Professor at the School of Dentistry and coordinator of the research projects at the TMD Clinic, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Padova, Italy
On January 2017, the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR) appointed him as a Full Professor by scientific merit at the age of 41. Since 2017, Daniele Manfredini has served as Professor at the School of Dentistry, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Italy, where he holds teachings in Oral Physiology and in Clinical Gnathology. He is currently the Director of the Orofacial Pain Unit.
Daniele Manfredini authored more than 300 papers in the field of bruxism and temporomandibular disorders in journals indexed in the Medline and Scopus databases (Scopus H-index=62). Since 2018, Daniele Manfredini is Member and Coordinator of the Bruxism Consensus Panel within the International Association for Dental Research, which works on the updated definition and classification strategies for bruxism and for which he currently serves in the INfORM Board of Directors.
Since January 1st, 2024, Daniele Manfredini acts as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice.

Dr. Jan Dommerholt is co-founder and president/CEO of Myopain Seminars. His early career mentors included Drs. Janet Travell, David Simons, Robert Gerwin, Richard S. Materson, Karel Lewit, and Peter Baldry, among others. With Robert Gerwin, Jan started teaching dry needling courses in 1996, first in Spain and from 1997 onwards in the USA and the rest of the world.

Jan is a Dutch-trained physical therapist with a Master of Professional Studies degree with a concentration in Biomechanical Trauma and Healthcare Administration from Lynn University and a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences.
Dr. Dommerholt has taught hundreds of courses and lectured at over 60 conferences throughout the United States, Canada, Central and South America, Europe, Australia, India, and the Middle East while maintaining an active clinical practice. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy, Cuestiones de Fisioterapia, and the Journal of Invasive Therapies in Physical Therapy.

Dr. Dommerholt has edited several books on myofascial pain, dry needling, and manual physical therapy, authored about 100 book chapters, and more than 140 articles on dry needling, myofascial pain, fibromyalgia, complex regional pain syndrome, and performing arts physical therapy.
He is president/CEO of Bethesda Physiocare® (www.bethesdaphysiocare.com) and of Myopain Seminars (www.myopainseminars.com) in Bethesda, MD.

Dr. Dommerholt presented previously at the AAOP congress in 2011 and 2012.

Mojgan Hodaie is staff neurosurgeon at the Toronto Western Hospital with subspecialty training in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery and the surgical co-director of the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Family Gamma Knife Centre at the Toronto Western Hospital. Dr. Hodaie holds the rank of Professor at the Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, and is a member of the largest functional neurosurgery team in Canada. She has expertise in all forms of neuromodulation including deep brain stimulation, spinal cord stimulation and baclofen pumps for the management of spasticity. Dr. Hodaie’s research focuses primarily on structural MRI imaging in functional neurosurgery, with a special focus in neuropathic pain. She has published key papers in the area focusing on methods of small fiber tractography and structural neuroanatomical changes in the CNS gray and white matter in facial neuropathic pain amongst other functional neurosurgical disorders.

Dr. Ailani is the Director of the Medstar Georgetown Headache Center, and Professor of Clinical Neurology at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Ailani completed her Neurology training at NYU in New York, NY and a headache fellowship at the Jefferson Headache Center in Philadelphia, PA.

Dr. Ailani is on the board of the American Headache Society as treasurer and serves as the chair of the finance committee. She is an advisor to the National Headache Foundation. For the American Academy of Neurology, she is part of the division chiefs committee, and the Wolf award committee.

Dr. Ailani lectures nationally and internationally on topics related to headache medicine, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients with headache disorders.

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Hargitai graduated from Case Western Reserve University, School of Dentistry in 1996. Dr. Hargitai completed his Oral Medicine residency in 2002, and a fellowship in Orofacial Pain in 2004, both at the Naval Postgraduate Dental School (NPDS), while receiving a Master of Science from the George Washington University. He received a certificate in Medical Acupuncture from the Helms Medical Institute in 2010 and a Certificate in Teaching by the Uniformed Services University in 2016.

Dr. Hargitai is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Medicine as well as the American Board of Orofacial Pain. His research interests lie in characterizing patients with chronic pain. CAPT Hargitai currently serves as Professor and Staff at the Oral Medicine and Orofacial Pain departments at NPDS, Bethesda, MD.

Florida Southern College, B.S. University of Florida College of Dentistry, D.M.D.
Shands Hospital, UFCD, 2Y GPR
Parker Mahan Facial Pain Center, Fellow
American Board of Orofacial Pain, Diplomate

Andres Pinto DMD, MPH, MSCE, MBA, is a tenured Professor, Department Chair at Case Western Reserve University, and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at the same institution. He holds secondary appointments as Professor of Medicine and Otolaryngology at the School of Medicine and directs the Oral Medicine Fellowship program at The Metrohealth System in Cleveland and the MSD programs at CWRU.

Dr. Pinto received a DMD from the University of Pennsylvania and residency training in Oral Medicine at the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Penn Health System in Philadelphia. He completed additional education in Orofacial Pain and Dental Sleep Medicine at the University of Kentucky and Tufts University and residency training in Dental Public Health at the National Institutes of Health.

He is board certified by the American Board of Oral Medicine, the American Board
of Orofacial Pain, and the European Association of Oral Medicine, and holds Fellowships from
the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (United Kingdom), the International College of Dentists, and the American Academy of Orofacial Pain. His areas of clinical expertise include mucosal disease, orofacial pain, dental sleep medicine, and pediatric oral medicine. He works collaboratively in multiple industry-funded and federal projects and published extensively in the past twenty-five years. He is an Associate Editor of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology and a past president of the American Academy of Oral Medicine.

Dr. Beth Groenke has a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Engineering with a Biomedical Emphasis from Missouri University of Science and Technology, a D.D.S from the University of Missouri – Kansas City, and a certificate in Orofacial Pain and an M.S. in Dentistry from the University of Minnesota in the field of dental MRI. She has also completed the Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Fellowship through the University of Minnesota, and she is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain.

Currently, Dr. Groenke practices general dentistry, uses her orofacial pain specialty training as founder/CEO of PhysiAroma, a MedTech start-up company developing a novel device to help manage chronic pain, and she performs dental MRI research with the team at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Boggero is the Director of Psychological Services and Director of Research at the University of Kentucky Orofacial Pain Clinic. He also has joint appointments in Anesthesiology and in Psychology. He completed his undergraduate education at UCLA and obtained his Ph. D. in clinical psychology from the University of Kentucky, with a graduate certificate in biostatistics. After his Ph.D. he completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center where he worked with children and families with chronic pain. His research interests are in developing brief psychological interventions for improving pain, sleep, and fatigue in patients with chronic pain. His work has been funded by the NIH and the American Psychological Association among other organizations. He has over 100 publications or poster presentations, and has been invited to give talks across the country and the world on psychological management of chronic orofacial pain. He is currently working on an NIDCR K23 award which aims to develop a brief telehealth treatment for patient with chronic masticatory muscle pain.  In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with family, playing soccer, hiking, cooking, and reading. He would love to play you chess online (but he is not very good).

Dr. Dolwick is a world-renowned Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon specializing in the surgical treatment of temporomandibular disorders. He was a pioneer in the development of TMJ arthrography and surgical procedures for the treatment of TMJ internal derangement. Dr. Dolwick has served on several TMJ study committees for the American Dental Association, National Institutes for Dental Research and the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Dr. Dolwick has published over 100 papers and co-authored four books.

Dr. Dolwick received his DMD from the University of Kentucky and his PhD and certification in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Dolwick currently serves as a Professor and Academy 100 Eminent Scholar for the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Florida College of Dentistry. Most recently, he served as Chair until January 1, 2020. He formerly served as the Parker E. Mahan Facial Pain Endowed Professor, and as Residency Program Director. He is a full-tenured Professor for the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He serves as a member of the Craniofacial Cleft-Palate Team and with the Sleep Medicine Faculty. He is board-certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and is a member of the appropriate professional organizations. In 1993, he received the Research Recognition Award from the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation for his research on temporomandibular disorders. In 2013, he received the Donald B. Osbon Outstanding Teacher Award by the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

His current research interest includes temporomandibular joint arthrocentesis, temporomandibular joint biomechanics and tissue engineering of the temporomandibular joint disk, office-based arthroscopy, total joint reconstruction, and treatment of temporomandibular joint internal derangement and osteoarthritis.

Mitchell Levine is associate professor of orthodontics at the University of North Carolina Adams School of Dentistry. He instructs residents on sleep disordered breathing, dentofacial deformities including surgical/orthodontic treatment planning, as well as supervises graduate orthodontic residents. He is a Diplomate of both the American Board of Orthodontics and American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. A contributor to numerous scientific papers including the AAO White Paper on the Role of the Orthodontist and OSA, AADSM Standards for Dental Sleep Medicine, as well as the AADSM Novel Therapies for Preventing, Managing and Treating OSA in Adults and Children. As well, he is a reviewer for the American Journal of Orthodontics, Angle Orthodontist, Journal of Dental Sleep Medicine and Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research. He is immediate past president of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine

Dr Ziccardi attended college at New York University where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry. From there, he attended Columbia University and earned his dental degree. Upon graduation from Columbia, he was accepted into the integrated MD/Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency training program at the University of Pittsburgh where he earned his MD degree and certificate in oral and maxillofacial surgery. It was during this time working with faculty in both the oral and maxillofacial surgery and Neurosurgery departments that he gained interest and experience in the management of trigeminal nerve injuries.

Upon completion of training, Dr Ziccardi took a position as Assistant Professor and Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. He worked at this institution until taking a position at his current home at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine in 1997. While working in New Jersey, he was initially made residency program director in 1998 and ultimately Chair of the department and Chief of Dental Medicine at University Hospital in 2001. He is presently tenured Professor at the University and holds a co-terminus position in the Division of Plastic Surgery.

During his career, areas of clinical interest and research have included trigeminal nerve microsurgery, cleft lip and palate reconstruction and complex reconstructive surgery. Dr. Ziccardi is extensively published and nationally recognized expert in trigeminal nerve microsurgery and speaker within this subject matter. He continues to serve as Chair and Chief of Service within University Hospital and Associate Dean of Hospital Affairs as well as the Director of the Craniofacial Center at University Hospital.

Michael Glick is the Fields-Raynat Professor and Executive Director, Center for Integrative Global Oral Health, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Glick has an extensive publication record, including original research articles, editorials, and book chapters, and has authored, edited and co-edited 12 textbooks.
Dr. Glick is past Dean, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, past-President of the American Board of Oral Medicine, served as Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of the American Dental Association from 2005 to 2020, and was chair and principal author of FDI/World Dental Federation’s Vision 2020 and Vision 2030.

Richard Ohrbach earned a D.D.S. (University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill), certificate in pain management (University of California–Los Angles), M.S. in Oral Sciences and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (University at Buffalo), and a post-doctoral fellowship in behavioral epidemiology (University of Washington). As a member of the teaching faculty, his mentoring with students focuses on the development of independent thought grounded in rigorous use of methodology. As a member of the research faculty, he has pursued several research objectives. One objective has been the development of new diagnostic standards for temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) as well as the development of other assessment tools related to pain or function. These standards, development supported by NIDCR and now internationally recognized, for both researchers and health professionals comprises an improved screening tool, validated diagnostic criteria, and improved psychosocial assessment tools. A second objective, via the OPPERA studies of painful TMDs, has focused on identification and understanding of risk determinants for initial onset, transition to chronicity, and maintenance of chronicity. A third objective, more recently, has focused on the application of ontological principles to better depictions of clinical reality – for example, mechanisms underlying co-morbidity within the chronic overlapping pain conditions, and the bidirectional relationship between behavior and physical structure-based interoception. Dr. Ohrbach is a member of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, United States Association for the Study of Pain, and International Association for the Study of Pain.

Dr. Reisner joined the faculty of UCSF in 1987 as a Pharmacy Practice Resident and has served in various roles since that time, including as a lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy and Dentistry courses and as a clinical pharmacist for the UCSF Pain Management Center. She has also been a research pharmacist for the UCSF Pain Clinical Research Center as well as a consultant to the Center for TMD and Orofacial Pain in the UCSF School of Dentistry. She currently serves on various medication-related committees at UCSF Medical Center and enjoys her role as a preceptor for students and residents. Lori is a member of several professional organizations, including the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), the American Pain Society (APS), and the International Society for the Study of Pain (IASP). Dr. Reisner has been involved in the development of a pain traineeship with the American Society of Health-system Pharmacists (ASHP) and has served at different times on the Board of Directors, the Scientific Program Committee and the Task Force for Centers of Excellence in Pain Management for APS. She has also served on the membership committee of ACCP. She received the Long Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching at UCSF in 1988 and in 2003. Dr. Reisner has been invited to address national and international groups and has publications in peer-reviewed journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Neurology, Dental Clinics of North America and the Annals of Pharmacotherapy. She sits on the editorial board for the Journal of Pharmaceutical Care in Pain and Symptom Control, and is a peer reviewer for the Annals of Pharmacotherapy and the Clinical Journal of Pain. She has authored chapters on pain management for the textbooks Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Handbook of Non-Prescription Drugs and the ACCP Reviews for Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy.

Current Title:
Clinical Pharmacist, Neurological Surgery
Health Sciences Professor, Clinical Pharmacy

First Year on UCSF Faculty: 1987

Education:
B.S., California State Polytechnic University, 1982
Pharm.D., University of Southern California, 1987
Clinical Residency, University of California, San Francisco, 1988
Fellowship in Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics, University of California, San Francisco, 1990

Licensure:
Licentiate in Pharmacy, California
Licentiate in Pharmacy, Nevada

Specialty:
Pain Management /Neurosciences
Drug Safety and Managed Care

Dr. Clete A. Kushida is a neurologist who specializes in the diagnosis and management of sleep related breathing disorders (e.g., obstructive sleep apnea), sleep-related movement disorders (e.g., restless legs syndrome), and parasomnias (e.g., sleepwalking, REM sleep behavior disorder). He is a neurologist, a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford; Associate Chair, Division Chief, and Medical Director of Stanford Sleep Medicine; and Director of the Stanford Center for Human Sleep Research. He is the inaugural President of the World Sleep Society, past President of the World Sleep Federation, past President of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and founding President of the California Sleep Society. Dr. Kushida has conducted basic and clinical sleep research since 1977, served as Principal Investigator for numerous large federally and industry sponsored studies, and his research interests include the anatomic and physiologic changes associated with sleep apnea, the management of restless legs syndrome, and countermeasures for sleep loss. He has authored or edited over 300 publications including six books, and serves as editor-in-chief of the journal Sleep Science and Practice as well as the largest publication on the field of sleep to date, the Encyclopedia of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms (2nd edition, 6 volumes, 454 chapters, 827 authors, 3,835 pages).

Dr. Amrittej Singh Virk earned his Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry degree with honors from the University of Pennsylvania school of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia along with a selective certificate in Integrative Pain Management. He has completed an externship in Orofacial pain at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston followed by a 2-year residency program in Orofacial Pain and dental sleep medicine at UCLA School of dentistry, Los Angeles under the mentorship of Dr Robert Merrill serving as chief resident during his residency. He has earned a Fellowship in the American Academy of Orofacial Pain and is Board certified by the American Board of Orofacial Pain and the American board of Dental Sleep Medicine and currently serving as section chair for TMD, Cervical Spine and Orofacial Pain in the American Headache Society. Since 2018, Dr. Virk has maintained a private practice devoted to Orofacial pain management and dental sleep medicine.

Dr. Covello is a board-certified, fellowship-trained oral and maxillofacial surgeon, head and neck surgical oncologist, and microvascular reconstructive surgeon. He currently serves as the Program Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Geisinger Health and as an Assistant Professor at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

A Chicago native, he completed his undergraduate and dental education at Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI) and medical school at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York, NY). He then pursued an oral and maxillofacial surgery residency at Mount Sinai Beth Israel – Jacobi Medical Centers (New York, NY) and a fellowship in head and neck oncology with microvascular reconstruction at Louisiana State University (Shreveport, LA).

His clinical interests include head and neck oncology, microvascular reconstruction, salivary gland diseases, obstructive sleep apnea, and craniomaxillofacial trauma. Dr. Covello is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American College of Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons, and the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

He holds an ABOMS Certificate of Added Qualification in Head and Neck Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery and serves on the Board of the Pennsylvania Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

Prof. Praveen Arany is trained as a dentist and an oral pathologist. He has served as an Assistant Clinical Investigator at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, from 2012 to 2015. In 2015, he joined Oral Biology at the School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, New York, and is currently an Associate Professor with tenure. He also has several adjunct positions in various institutes.

He has over 150 scientific publications with several well-cited papers to his credit. His work has been featured in many mainstream media highlights in over 70 countries, including Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, Washington Post, BBC, Reuters, and MIT technical review, among many others. His research is routinely featured in both print and public media.
He has received numerous awards, such as the NCI Director's Young Investigator Award, Wound Healing Society's Young Investigator Award, Eugene Seidner Scholar, and Horrace Furomoto Young Investigator Award. He has been invited to speak in various national and international forums, reviews for over 100 scientific journals, serves on 9 journal editorial boards, is an Associate Editor in 4, and reviews grants for national and international funding agencies.
Dr. Arany has held several leadership positions and continued to serve in various positions in the Wound Healing Society (WHS), American Association for Dental Research (AADR), Academy of Laser Dentistry (ALD), American Society of Lasers in Medicine (ASLMS), American Dental Education Association (ADEA). He is the immediate past president of the World Association for Photobiomodulation Therapy (WALT) and North American Association for Photobiomodulation Therapy (NAALT), Co-Chair of the International Society of Optics and Photonics (SPIE) conference on Mechanisms of Photobiomodulation therapy and Chair, Technical group on Photobiomodulation, Optica, and Co-Director, Center for Excellence in Photobiomodulation in Nursing, West Virginia. Dr. Arany’s contributions to the establishment of the field of Photobiomodulation include: establishing standard nomenclature, demonstrating a novel TFG-beta 1 activation mechanism for tissue regeneration, and outlining clinical/molecular biomarkers and treatment protocols. This has led to clinical guidelines for treating various diseases and promotion wellness, especially in supportive cancer care.

Dr. Clete A. Kushida is a neurologist who specializes in the diagnosis and management of sleep related breathing disorders (e.g., obstructive sleep apnea), sleep-related movement disorders (e.g., restless legs syndrome), and parasomnias (e.g., sleepwalking, REM sleep behavior disorder). He is a neurologist, a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford; Associate Chair, Division Chief, and Medical Director of Stanford Sleep Medicine; and Director of the Stanford Center for Human Sleep Research. He is the inaugural President of the World Sleep Society, past President of the World Sleep Federation, past President of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and founding President of the California Sleep Society. Dr. Kushida has conducted basic and clinical sleep research since 1977, served as Principal Investigator for numerous large federally and industry sponsored studies, and his research interests include the anatomic and physiologic changes associated with sleep apnea, the management of restless legs syndrome, and countermeasures for sleep loss. He has authored or edited over 300 publications including six books, and serves as editor-in-chief of the journal Sleep Science and Practice as well as the largest publication on the field of sleep to date, the Encyclopedia of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms (2nd edition, 6 volumes, 454 chapters, 827 authors, 3,835 pages).

Mitchell Levine is associate professor of orthodontics at the University of North Carolina Adams School of Dentistry. He instructs residents on sleep disordered breathing, dentofacial deformities including surgical/orthodontic treatment planning, as well as supervises graduate orthodontic residents. He is a Diplomate of both the American Board of Orthodontics and American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. A contributor to numerous scientific papers including the AAO White Paper on the Role of the Orthodontist and OSA, AADSM Standards for Dental Sleep Medicine, as well as the AADSM Novel Therapies for Preventing, Managing and Treating OSA in Adults and Children. As well, he is a reviewer for the American Journal of Orthodontics, Angle Orthodontist, Journal of Dental Sleep Medicine and Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research. He is immediate past president of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine

Jacy Stauffer DMD

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Dentistry
Program Director, Advanced Education Program in Pediatric Dentistry
Oregon Health & Science University
2730 S Moody Avenue, SD-Peds
Portland, Oregon 97201-5042

Dr. Wang holds board certification in both the specialty of Orofacial Pain and in Dental Sleep Medicine. She completed her BS in Computer Science and DDS from the University of Michigan, AEGD residency at the University of Minnesota, MS in Orofacial Pain/Oral Medicine from the University of Southern California and is currently completing a Fellowship with the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona Medical School. She sees patients in her private practice in Chicago and supports USC with teaching, research and publications.

Dr. Tian Xia is a pioneer in Interventional Pain Management and the founder of Tian Medical. He is best known for inventing and patenting the Tx360® Nasal Applicator, a groundbreaking device in medication delivery to treat many conditions. His innovative work has been recognized in multiple peer-reviewed journals, and his device is currently undergoing a large double-blind randomized controlled trial at institutions like Yale University and Eisenhower Army Medical Center. Dr. Xia’s commitment to advancing medical technology extends to research methods to increase the permeability of the blood-brain barrier, further demonstrating his impact on modern medical practices.

Cibele Dal Fabbro received her dental degree, specialty, master’s degree and doctorate in Brazil. She completed 2 specialties (Orofacial Pain and Acupuncture) after completing a master in prosthodontics at USP – Universidade de Sao Paulo – Bauru School of Dentistry.) She has dedicated most of her career to the study of Dental Sleep Medicine (DSM), especially after obtaining her Doctorate in Health Sciences (specializing in Sleep Medicine) at the UNIFESP medical school.

For more than 20 years, she has been part of the interdisciplinary sleep group at UNIFESP and the Sleep Institute, both in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Her primary research interests are sleep apnea and sleep bruxism. Since 2012 she is the DSM Program Coordinator at the Sleep Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil (210h course) and some other short and online courses at Neosono, also in Brazil. She had her own dental clinic where she had worked mainly in the domains of dental sleep medicine, orofacial pain and prosthodontics until recently.

She wrote 3 books, among them, the first DSM book in Portuguese language (2009 and 2012) and about 55 papers in the sleep field. She is certificate by the Brazilian Sleep Board from the ABS (Brazilian Sleep Association) and former and past president of the ABROS, the dental sleep medicine Brazilian association. Nowadays she is an adjoint professor at the Oral Health department of the Dental Medicine Faculty at the Université de Montréal, Canada.

She is also linked to some research groups, such as the CARSM (Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, CIUSSS NIM) and the CRIUGM (geriatric center research), both in Montréal. She is also the scientific coordinator at ABS (Brazilian Sleep Association), a board member of the WDSS (World Dentofacial Sleep Society) and a member of the EADSM (European Association of Dental Sleep Medicine) scientific committee.

Rose Nierman is the founder and CEO of Nierman Practice Management, a company dedicated to providing medical billing, sleep medicine, and TMD solutions for dental practices.

In the mid-80’s Rose Nierman was working as a hygienist and office manager at a dental practice that focused on treating TMJ and sleep related airway disorders. To increase patient coverage, Rose set out to learn everything about the nuances of medical billing, including how to obtain approvals and reimbursements for her practice. Soon, using her methods, the office’s revenue skyrocketed as they received payment for TMJ, sleep apnea oral appliance therapy, and oral surgeries. That was the beginning of the cross-coding movement that Rose Nierman has helmed for over 30 years.

Experienced Owner with a demonstrated history of working in the dental practice industry. Skilled in Dentistry, Temporomandibular joint Disorders, Pain Management and Sleep Disordered Breathing. Strong entrepreneurship professional with a Medico Legal Expertise Program focused in Insurance Medicine from Université de Montréal.

Board-certified in Orofacial Pain (ABOP). Specializes in TMJ & Facial Pain, Oral diseases, Head & Neck Pain, Chronic Pain Management, and Sleep Medicine. Strong healthcare services professional with a Graduate Certificate in Oral Medicine focused in Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences from University of Southern California.

Dr. Jaisri R. Thoppay graduated Dental school in 1998 from Dr. MGR Medical University, India. Dr. Thoppay has completed a residency in Oral Medicine as well as a fellowship in Interdisciplinary Geriatrics at the University of Pennsylvania and is a Diplomate of American Board of Oral Medicine and board eligible for American Board of Orofacial Pain.

Dr. Thoppay has extensive experience in clinical dentistry with a special focus on managing medically complex dental patients and orofacial diseases. As faculty at dental schools in the US and abroad she is actively involved in teaching and has conducted clinical research in dentistry.

Dr. Thoppay’s clinical research areas are oral cancer care, dry mouth, burning mouth, temporomandibular joint disorder, and Sjogren’s Syndrome patients. She has lectured nationally and internationally, authored peer-review publications and book chapters. Dr. Thoppay holds memberships in national and international academies and societies and keeps her knowledge updated with current evidence-base and best practices.

Dr. Wright received his dental degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1977. After practicing general dentistry in the Air Force for ten years, he attended the Air Force’s 1-year Advanced Clinical Dentistry Program. In 1992, Dr. Wright entered the 2-year TMJ and Craniofacial Pain Program at the University of Minnesota. From 1994 to 2001, he was the head Air Force dentist for TMD.

In 2003, Dr. Wright completed a 2-year Dental Research Fellowship with the Veterans Health Care System (VA) where he studied headache patients treated with TMD appliance therapy. He is the author of the book “Manual of Temporomandibular Disorders,” which is in its 3rd edition. Dr. Wright is the UTHSCSA’s Course Director for their TMD Course, Dental Anatomy and Occlusion Course, and Occlusion and TMD Course. He is a Master of the Academy of General Dentistry and a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain. Dr. Wright is the primary author of over 50 journal articles. Dr. Wright restricts his practice to treating TMD patients in the dental school’s Faculty Practice Clinic.

Dr. Mayoor Patel received his dental degree from the University of Tennessee in 1994 and then went on to complete a one-year residency in Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD). He also earned a Masters in Science from Tufts University in 2011.

Additionally, Dr. Patel served as an Adjunct Clinical Instructor at the Craniofacial Pain Center at Tufts Dental School from 2011-2014 and presently again.

I have more than 25 years of experience in diagnosis and treatment of Temporomandibular Disorders , Orofacial Pain and Dental Sleep Medicine. Having a private practice in Valencia-Spain- I also devoted to expand the knowledge in the field lecturing internationally on the topics of sleep bruxism, temporomandibular disorders, sleep apnea and orofacial pain and headaches.

Originally from Nutley, NJ, Dr. Dinan graduated from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Dental School in 2013.

Upon graduating from dental school, he entered active duty military service as a dentist in the United States Air Force. He completed a one-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency at Joint Base Andrews (Maryland) in 2014 and a three-year Orofacial Pain residency at the Naval Postgraduate Dental School (Bethesda, MD) in 2020.

He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain and currently serves as Director, Orofacial Pain at Travis Air Force Base (California).

Dr. May Al-Khudhairy graduated from King Saud University’s Dental School in 2004 with a BDS in Dental Surgery (General Dentist). She and her husband both granted the Kingdoms scholarship program and furthered their careers in Massachusetts, USA. There she matriculated in 2006 at Harvard School of Dental Medicine where she welcomed a Doctor of Medical Sciences (DMSc) degree in Oral Biology and a Fellowship in Orofacial Pain (attained in 2010).

She returned to Saudi Arabia in 2012 during which time she studied for her Boards, in addition a Fellowship from the American Academy of Orofacial Pain and American Board of Orofacial Pain.

She started working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery at the Dental College of Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy from 2014.

In 2018, she was nominated to Acting Dean of the College of Applied Medical Sciences at Riyadh Elm University (formerly known as Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy). She spends her time accommodating her pain patients needs, conducting research in Orofacial Pain, teaching- academia and administrative work whilst being as much a mother (friend, confidante, advocate) as can be to her children and immediate family.

Dr. Shaun O’Connor is the owner of Catamount Physical Therapy and is a Co-Owner of Fitness Options Personal Training Studio. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education. He returned to UVM and completed a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy in 1995. In 2017, he completed his Doctorate in Physical Therapy through Evidence in Motion.

Dr. O’Connor is a Diplomat of the Physical Therapy Board of Craniofacial and Cervical Therapeutics (PTBCCT). He is a member of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain (AAOP) and is one of the few Board Certified Cervical and Temporomandibular Therapist in the United States.

He is a guest lecturer for the UVM Doctorate Physical Therapy program and has presented at local and national conferences.His specialty is integrative therapy for patients with oral-maxillofacial pain, temporomandibular disorders (TMD), cervical spine disorders and headaches.

His passions outside of work are spending time with his family and enjoying outdoor activities.

Orofacial Pain specialist and Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain the National Certifying Board Diplomate American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine

I am an Orofacial Pain specialist and I enjoy helping patients suffering from pain in the jaw, head and neck; clicking, popping and locking of the TMJs; headaches; ear pain; tinnitus; burning mouth syndrome; oral neuropathic pain. I apply a comprehensive treatment approach including different treatment options individualized to the patient’s diagnosis, like individual education and self-care recommendations; injections like trigger point injections, nerve blocks, therapeutic Botox for facial pain and bruxism; PRF injections for musculo-skeletal pain; splint therapy; physical therapy; laser therapy; medication management; oral appliances for snoring and OSA.

Dr. Gary D. Klasser, a Fellow and Past-President of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, obtained his dental degree from the University of Manitoba (Canada) in 1980. Over the next 22 years, he enjoyed the practice of general dentistry from both a public health and private practice perspective until he returned to graduate studies in 2002. In 2004, he completed his training and graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Certificate in Orofacial Pain. In 2005, he completed a fellowship in Oral Medicine/Oral Oncology at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). From 2005 – 2011, he was an Assistant Professor and Director of the Oral Medicine/Orofacial Pain clinic at that institution. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences at Louisiana State University, School of Dentistry. Dr. Klasser has published numerous peer reviewed scientific articles, contributed many chapters to various textbooks and has been an editor for a number of books including the AAOP Guidelines. He also serves as an associate editor or as an editorial reviewer for a number of journals.

Adriaan earned his undergraduate, master’s degree and PhD in physiotherapy from the University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, South Africa. He is an adjunct faculty member at St. Ambrose University and the University of Nevada Las Vegas, teaching pain science. Adriaan has taught throughout the US and internationally for 25 years at numerous national and international manual therapy, pain science and medical conferences. He has authored and co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles related to spinal disorders and pain science. Adriaan completed his Ph.D. on pain neuroscience education and is the Director of the Therapeutic Neuroscience Research Group – an independent collaborative initiative studying pain neuroscience. Adriaan is a senior faculty, pain science director and vice-president of faculty experience for Evidence in Motion.

Frank Lobbezoo graduated cum laude as dentist in 1988 from the University of Utrecht (UU), The Netherlands. In 1992, he obtained his PhD degree from the UU, after which he worked for three years as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. As of September 1996, he works at the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), The Netherlands, where he was appointed as a full professor in 2005. In 2014, he was appointed as Chair of the Department of Oral Health Sciences and Vice-Dean of ACTA. As of March 2023, he serves as Chair of the Department of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction. Frank Lobbezoo is specialized in TMD/Orofacial Pain, Past President of the Dutch Dental Society (NTG), Past President of the European Academy of Craniomandibular Disorders (EACD), and Past President of the International RDC/TMD Consortium, a Network of the International Association of Dental Research (IADR). He served as Visiting Professor at the University of Adelaide in South-Australia, Australia (2006) and at the College of Dentistry of the New York University in New York, USA (2014-2015). In 2019, he was appointed as Honorary Skou Professor of Orofacial Pain and Jaw Function at the Department of Dentistry and Oral Health, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Denmark. Since 2023, he is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

Dr. Fernando Exposto is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow and Clinical Instructor at Aarhus University in Denmark. He obtained his PhD degree in Health Sciences at the same university in 2019. He graduate from dental school at ISCSEM in Lisbon (Portugal)in 2007. He completed a Master in Dental Sciences, Danube University (Austria) from 2007 to 2011. In 2015, he graduated from the 2 year CODA approved program in Orofacial Pain at the University of Kentucky (USA). From 2016 to 2018 he completed a Master in Headache Disorders at the Copenhagen University (Denmark). Dr. Exposto is a Diplomate by the American Board of Orofacial Pain since 2016.

Dr. Brett Weiss is a physical therapist specializing in craniofacial pain and headache management. He holds a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Utica University and a Bachelors in Marketing from Hofstra University. Brett is a Certified Cervical & Temporomandibular Therapist by the Physical Therapy Board of Craniofacial and Cervical Therapeutics and an affiliate member of the AAOP. He is the co-founder and CEO of ErgoSesh Inc., an workplace wellness company specializing in remote ergonomic consultations has conducted over 1,000 assessments globally.

Dr. Brigitte Lovell is the Director for the Keeler Center for Headache & Orofacial Pain in Ventura County, CA. Her practice is associated with Community Memorial Health System Hospital. She is a Diplomate and board certified in Orofacial Pain. She has a specialty practice treating migraines, headache disorders, and Orofacial Pain. She completed a neurology headache fellowship at the prestigious Thomas Jefferson University Headache Center in Philadelphia, PA. Preceding that, she completed residency training in Orofacial Pain at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) under Dr. Merrill and Dr. Graff-Radford. She is a graduate of the inaugural dental class of the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health. She attended the University of Texas at Austin for undergrad. She originally is from El Paso, TX.

Dr. McGeeney received his medical degree from University College Dublin, Ireland, before completing a neurology residency, pain fellowship and Master of Public Health (epidemiology and biostatistics) at Boston University and Boston Medical Center. He obtained boards in Neurology, with added qualification (board) in Pain Medicine, and the UCNS board in Headache Medicine. He was an assistant to the Boston University Neurology Residency director, an assistant professor of neurology, actively involved in the education of the residents and students. He is now staff at the JR Graham Headache Center, division of Headache Medicine, Department of Neurology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, instructor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. McGeeney was an associate editor of the journal Headache and since 2006 secretary of the Headache Cooperative of New England. Dr. McGeeney obtained a Master of Business Administration (Health Sector) from Boston University Questrum School of Business. He is the program director of the Mass General Brigham Headache Medicine Fellowship, the only Headache Medicine Fellowship in Massachusetts. Dr. McGeeney has lectured widely and published on topics involving Headache Medicine and Pain.

Nick Raney is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, board certified in orthopaedic physical therapy, and a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic and Manual Physical Therapists. He has also earned the credential of Certified Cervical and Temporomandibular Therapist (CCTT) by the Physical Therapy Board of Craniofacial & Cervical Therapeutics.

He is an adjunct faculty member at Tufts University in Phoenix, but most of his professional time is spent at his private practices in Sierra Vista, Arizona- Nick Raney Pain & Performance and Sierra Vista Headache and TMJ Specialists. He enjoys teaching TMD in a variety of formats, but in-person, hands-on opportunities are his favorite. Nick has a wonderful wife and 4 young children who are active in sports, church, and school.

Danielle C. Medynski is a board-certified orofacial pain specialist who practices in Walnut Creek, CA, about 30 minutes outside of San Francisco. She studied under Drs. Okeson and de Leeuw at the University of Kentucky at the Orofacial Pain Residency Program where she received a two-year certificate. She is also proud to be an oral boards examiner for the American Board of Orofacial Pain. A large part of her private practice includes trigger point injections utilizing both wet and dry techniques.

Janey Prodoehl is a physical therapist and Professor in the Physical Therapy Program and College of Dental Medicine Illinois at Midwestern University Downers Grove, Illinois.  She completed her entry level physical therapy degree in Leeds, England and doctoral and post-doctoral studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Dr. Prodoehl has authored numerous publications from her research.  She sees patients in the Physical Therapy Institute at Midwestern University with a physical therapy practice focused on neck pain, orofacial pain and headache, and dry needling for musculoskeletal dysfunction.  She is a Certified Cervical & Temporomandibular Therapist by the Physical Therapy Board of Craniofacial & Cervical Therapeutics. She is currently leading a team in the development of a clinical practice guideline sponsored by the American Physical Therapy Association, on Temporomandibular Disorders: diagnosis and management for physical therapists.

Alberto, originally from Valencia, Spain, is a scholar with a diverse academic background. He earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree (DDS) and a Masters in Comparative Literature from the University of Valencia. He furthered his studies at the University of Minnesota, where he obtained a Master of Science and completed a 2-year residency program, along with a year of research fellowship in orofacial pain and sleep medicine under the supervision of Dr. Nixdorf and Dr. Moana-Filho.

Continuing his academic pursuits, Alberto engaged in various projects at Université de Montréal, focusing on non-invasive brain stimulation and sleep disorders in orofacial pain populations alongside experts like Gilles Lavigne and Louis De Beaumont. Currently, he is finishing his Ph.D. at McGill University’s Department of Experimental Medicine, under the supervision of Marc O Martel and Gilles Lavigne. His doctoral research centers on understanding the relationship between sleep, psychological variables, and temporomandibular disorders (TMD), while also exploring the potential of transcranial magnetic stimulation in TMD management.

Alberto is collaborating with orofacial pain experts globally, aiming to improve dental medicine education concerning orofacial pain and sleep disorders for practitioners across different countries.

Prof Willem De Hertogh is affiliated with the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Antwerp, where he is involved in both teaching and research.

In the field of education, he has a coordinating and developing role in the undergraduate and graduate courses in physiotherapy and in the postgraduate course in manual therapy.

His research questions stem from a passion for improving therapy outcomes and always have a clinical perspective. Various systematic reviews have been conducted on the effectiveness of physiotherapy treatments. For instance for conditions such as cervicogenic dizziness and tinnitus, but also for migraine and cervical dystonia.

He considers interdisciplinary collaboration vital for research. Somatosensory tinnitus was studied in a team with ENT doctors, physiotherapists, audiologists and dentists. Randomised clinical trials on this condition were certainly groundbreaking because until then there were few therapeutic options available for this condition. Chronic dizziness and specifically cervicogenic dizziness was studied in a team with ENT doctors and physiotherapists.

He is also still active as a clinician and sees patients two half-days a week. These are mainly patients with headaches, dizziness, tinnitus and neck pain.

Dr. James Hawkins currently serves as Chair of the Orofacial Pain Center at the Naval Postgraduate Dental School (NPDS) in Bethesda, MD, as well as the Orofacial Pain Specialty Leader to the Navy Surgeon General. He completed a residency in Orofacial Pain at NPDS and received a Master’s Degree in Oral Biology from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 2015. In 2017, he received a certificate in Medical Acupuncture from Helms Medical Institute. Dr. Hawkins is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain and the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. His recent academic awards include the NPDS Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2021) and the Walter Reed Associate Master Clinician Award (2021). He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Orofacial Pain. He is also an oral board examiner for the American Board of Orofacial Pain.

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Hargitai graduated from Case Western Reserve University, School of Dentistry in 1996. Dr. Hargitai completed his Oral Medicine residency in 2002, and a fellowship in Orofacial Pain in 2004, both at the Naval Postgraduate Dental School (NPDS), while receiving a Master of Science from the George Washington University. He received a certificate in Medical Acupuncture from the Helms Medical Institute in 2010 and a Certificate in Teaching by the Uniformed Services University in 2016.

Dr. Hargitai is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Medicine as well as the American Board of Orofacial Pain. His research interests lie in characterizing patients with chronic pain. CAPT Hargitai currently serves as Professor and Staff at the Oral Medicine and Orofacial Pain departments at NPDS, Bethesda, MD.

Dr. Bender is a Clinical Associate Professor at Texas A&M School of Dentistry in Dallas Texas and serves as the director of the Clinical Center for Facial Pain and Sleep Medicine. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain and has earned Fellowships in the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, the American Headache Society, and the American College of Dentists. He earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, Texas in 1986 and studied orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorders at the Parker E Mahan Facial Pain Center at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville Florida from 1998 to 2000. Since that time, his practice has been limited to the diagnosis and management of orofacial pain and sleep disorders. In 2024, Dr. Bender was appointed as an Associate Editor of CRANIO® The Journal of Craniomandibular & Sleep Practice.

Donald R. Tanenbaum, DDS, MPH, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978 and then received his DDS degree from Columbia University School of Dental Medicine, and his MPH degree from Columbia University School of Public Health in 1982. Dr. Tanenbaum currently holds several prominent positions, including: Clinical Assistant Professor at the School of Dental Medicine at the State University of New York in Stony Brook where he is the Director of the Orofacial Pain Course given to the 3^rd year dental students.  He is also the Section Head of the Division of OrofacialPain/TMD/Sleep Medicine in the Northwell Health Department of Dental Medicine at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center; and Clinical Assistant Professor, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.

Dr. Tanenbaum is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain, a Fellow of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, and a past President of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain. He currently maintains private practices in New York City and Long Island limited to the diagnosis and management of orofacial pain, temporomandibular problems and sleep related breathing disorders and has co-authored a book for the public entitled, ‘Dr, Why Does My Face Still Ache?”

Roger B. Fillingim, PhD is a Distinguished Professor in the University of Florida (UF) College of Dentistry and Director of the UF Pain Research & Intervention Center of Excellence. His research investigates biological and psychosocial contributions to individual differences in pain, including the influences of sex/gender, race/ethnicity and aging on the experience of pain. Dr. Fillingim’s research has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1994, including a current MERIT award from the National Institute on Aging. For more than 12 years, Dr. Fillingim also served as a PI for the OPPERA studies, which identified multiple biopsychosocial risk factors for onset and persistence of temporomandibular disorders. He has published more than 450 peer-reviewed articles and has delivered plenary and keynote addresses at numerous national and international conferences. Dr. Fillingim also served on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee that produced the 2020 report entitled, Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD): From Research Discoveries to Clinical Treatment. Dr. Fillingim has received numerous awards, including the Wilbert E. Fordyce Clinical Investigator Award and the Distinguished Service Award, both from the American Pain Society.

Colonel Thomas Stark graduated from dental school at the University of Iowa and completed residencies in pediatric dentistry and orofacial pain at Texas A&M University and the University of Kentucky, respectively. He is stationed at Joint Base San Antonio, TX, where he is an Associate Professor for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Dean of the U.S. Army’s Postgraduate Dental School. He is board-certified in pediatric dentistry, orofacial pain, and special care dentistry, and he serves on multiple committees with local, national, and governmental organizations. He is the U.S. Army’s Consultant to the Surgeon General for Pediatric Dentistry, the Chair of the Council on Clinical Affairs for the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, and a board examiner for the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.

Andres Pinto DMD, MPH, MSCE, MBA, is a tenured Professor, Department Chair at Case Western Reserve University, and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at the same institution. He holds secondary appointments as Professor of Medicine and Otolaryngology at the School of Medicine and directs the Oral Medicine Fellowship program at The Metrohealth System in Cleveland and the MSD programs at CWRU.

Dr. Pinto received a DMD from the University of Pennsylvania and residency training in Oral Medicine at the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Penn Health System in Philadelphia. He completed additional education in Orofacial Pain and Dental Sleep Medicine at the University of Kentucky and Tufts University and residency training in Dental Public Health at the National Institutes of Health.

He is board certified by the American Board of Oral Medicine, the American Board
of Orofacial Pain, and the European Association of Oral Medicine, and holds Fellowships from
the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (United Kingdom), the International College of Dentists, and the American Academy of Orofacial Pain. His areas of clinical expertise include mucosal disease, orofacial pain, dental sleep medicine, and pediatric oral medicine. He works collaboratively in multiple industry-funded and federal projects and published extensively in the past twenty-five years. He is an Associate Editor of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology and a past president of the American Academy of Oral Medicine.

Dr. Boggero is the Director of Psychological Services and Director of Research at the University of Kentucky Orofacial Pain Clinic. He also has joint appointments in Anesthesiology and in Psychology. He completed his undergraduate education at UCLA and obtained his Ph. D. in clinical psychology from the University of Kentucky, with a graduate certificate in biostatistics. After his Ph.D. he completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center where he worked with children and families with chronic pain. His research interests are in developing brief psychological interventions for improving pain, sleep, and fatigue in patients with chronic pain. His work has been funded by the NIH and the American Psychological Association among other organizations. He has over 100 publications or poster presentations, and has been invited to give talks across the country and the world on psychological management of chronic orofacial pain. He is currently working on an NIDCR K23 award which aims to develop a brief telehealth treatment for patient with chronic masticatory muscle pain.  In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with family, playing soccer, hiking, cooking, and reading. He would love to play you chess online (but he is not very good).

Emily Kahnert, DPT, CCTT is a Physical Therapist in the Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD), Orofacial Pain and Dental Sleep Medicine Clinic at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry and a Rehabilitation Science PhD Candidate. Her 19 years of clinical practice have been exclusively focused on treating TMD and Orofacial pain in interdisciplinary settings. She earned her Certified Cervical and Temporomandibular Therapist designation through the Physical Therapy Board of Craniofacial and Cervical Therapeutics in 2019 and is part of the TMD PT Clinical Practice Guideline development group. Her dissertation examined telerehabilitation effectiveness for individuals with TMD; her research is supported by the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, the Academy of Orthopaedic PT, the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research, and the University of Minnesota Graduate school.

Andrew Mitchell, DMD graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry in 2017. He then completed an AEGD residency at East Carolina University. Dr. Mitchell practiced general dentistry for 4 years before returning to the University of Kentucky where he is currently the chief resident in the Orofacial Pain residency program.

Dr. Jack Botros is a senior resident of orofacial pain and oral medicine at the University of Southern California. He earned his dental degree at Alexandria University, Egypt, then he completed a Master of Science focused on temporomandibular disorders at McGill University, Canada. His research interests include TMD comorbidities, neuropathic pain, and bruxism. Dr. Botros has published in peer-reviewed journals and won several academic awards.

Micah Dowling, DMD earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Presbyterian College, where she also played Division I college golf. She then earned her dental degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Dowling practiced general dentistry for 5 years where she discovered her passion for helping those with orofacial pain and sleep-related breathing disorders while working in a multidisciplinary practice in her hometown in Florida. In 2022, Dr. Dowling entered orofacial pain residency at the University of Kentucky and she looks forward to serving her community as an orofacial pain specialist upon completion of residency in June 2024.

Dr. Tonya Palermo is Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at University of Washington with adjunct appointments in Pediatrics and Psychiatry. She holds the Hughes M. and Katherine Blake Endowed Professorship in Health Psychology. Dr. Palermo serves as Associate Director of the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at Seattle Children’s Research Institute where she directs the Pediatric Pain & Sleep Innovations Lab. Her NIH-funded research focuses on innovative psychological treatments for managing and preventing chronic pain in children, adolescents, and young adults. Dr. Palermo has published over 290 articles and has published two books on cognitive-behavioral therapy for pediatric chronic pain. Dr. Palermo is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Pain. She is active in training clinician-scientists at the postdoctoral and faculty level and directs a T32 postdoctoral training program in anesthesiology research.

Richard Ohrbach earned a D.D.S. (University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill), certificate in pain management (University of California–Los Angles), M.S. in Oral Sciences and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (University at Buffalo), and a post-doctoral fellowship in behavioral epidemiology (University of Washington). As a member of the teaching faculty, his mentoring with students focuses on the development of independent thought grounded in rigorous use of methodology. As a member of the research faculty, he has pursued several research objectives. One objective has been the development of new diagnostic standards for temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) as well as the development of other assessment tools related to pain or function. These standards, development supported by NIDCR and now internationally recognized, for both researchers and health professionals comprises an improved screening tool, validated diagnostic criteria, and improved psychosocial assessment tools. A second objective, via the OPPERA studies of painful TMDs, has focused on identification and understanding of risk determinants for initial onset, transition to chronicity, and maintenance of chronicity. A third objective, more recently, has focused on the application of ontological principles to better depictions of clinical reality – for example, mechanisms underlying co-morbidity within the chronic overlapping pain conditions, and the bidirectional relationship between behavior and physical structure-based interoception. Dr. Ohrbach is a member of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, United States Association for the Study of Pain, and International Association for the Study of Pain.

Dr. Eli Eliav joined the University of Rochester Medical Center in 2013, when he was appointed Director of Eastman Institute for Oral Health and Vice Dean for Oral Health within the School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Previously, Dr. Eliav served as Director of the Center for Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain and as Chair, Dept. of Diagnostic Sciences at UMDNJ – New Jersey Dental School. He was also the University’s Carmel Endowed Chair in Algesiology since 2004.

Dr. Eliav’s current research projects involve orofacial pain, quantitative sensory testing, neuropathic pain, pain modulation and the role of inflammation in neuropathic pain.

Richard S. Zimmerman, M.D., is a consultant in the Department of Neurologic Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and staff neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix. He joined the staff of Mayo Clinic in 1990 and holds the academic rank of professor of neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

Dr. Zimmerman earned his B.A. with honors at Boston University and his M.D. at Boston University School of Medicine. He completed an internship in general surgery and residency in neurosurgery at Medical College of Virginia – Virginia Commonwealth University, followed by a fellowship in neurovascular surgery at Barrow Neurological Institute.

Dr. Zimmerman’s clinical work focuses on trigeminal and other cranial neuralgias, hemifacial spasm, vascular and skull base neurosurgery, and epilepsy surgery. He has served as principal investigator and co-investigator on research protocols and has frequently presented his work both nationally and internationally. He has authored over 100 peer reviewed articles, book chapters, abstracts, and other written publications. Dr. Zimmerman serves on the Medical Advisory Board of the Facial Pain/Trigeminal Neuralgia Association and has championed innovations in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia surgery focusing on improving outcomes and increasing safety.

In addition to his clinical interests, Dr. Zimmerman has held numerous administrative leadership positions. He served as the inaugural Medical Director and opened the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix, as Associate Dean for Mayo Clinic Graduate Medical Education, and as the Dean of Education for Mayo Clinic Arizona.

Luigi Taranto Montemurro MD is an Italian physician with extensive of experience in the field of pulmonology and sleep medicine. He specialized as a pulmonologist and sleep doctor in Italy and then continued his education as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto and at Harvard Medical School. Currently, he is working at Apnimed, a biotech company in Cambridge (MA) that specializes in OSA pharmacotherapy, and at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston. During his post-doctoral years at Harvard, Luigi made a significant contribution to the field of OSA pharmacotherapy by pioneering the discovery of a combination of adrenergic and antimuscarinic drugs for the treatment of OSA. He was also a founder of Apnimed, where he currently holds the role of Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). Dr. Montemurro’s current research focuses on identifying new pharmacological interventions that can improve the effectiveness of OSA treatment. He has published numerous articles on the subject in peer-reviewed journals, and his work has been widely recognized in the scientific community. In this presentation, Dr. Montemurro will provide the most recent updates related to OSA pharmacotherapy, including the latest research findings and ongoing clinical trials. He will also discuss the potential benefits of using a combination of adrenergic and antimuscarinic drugs for the treatment of OSA, and provide an overview of the current state of OSA pharmacotherapy.

Dr. Martel is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Dental Medicine and the Department of Anesthesiology at McGill University. He received a PhD in Clinical Psychology from McGill University in 2012, and then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Martel’s current research program primarily focuses on the biopsychosocial determinants of opioid use problems among patients with chronic pain who are prescribed opioids. He is also interested in the factors associated with cannabis use and cannabis use problems in patients with chronic pain. During his training as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Martel has acquired clinical experience working with patients presenting with various types of chronic pain conditions. He is currently the research director of the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), a multidisciplinary pain treatment setting for patients with chronic pain. Over the years, Dr. Martel has authored or co-authored more than 85 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on topics related to pain, mental health, and substance use. He currently holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) and his work has received financial support from various funding sources, such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Quebec Health Research funds.

Dr. David Darrow is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota and the Rockswold-Kaplan Endowed Chair for Traumatic Brain Injury at Hennepin County Medical Center, specializing in functional and pain neurosurgery. Dr. Darrow treats diseases of the central nervous system with neuromodulation including epilepsy, movement disorders, trigeminal neuralgia/facial pain, chronic pain, and psychiatric diseases. Dr. Darrow is co-PI of the Herman-Darrow Human Neuroscience Lab with a mission of understanding and treating disorders of the nervous system with neuromodulation. The Herman-Darrow Lab links together circuit-level electrophysiology with behavior. By pairing neuromodulation with a quantitative understanding of the pathological circuits of the brain, the lab hopes to help patients improve symptoms and quality of life.

Paul L. Durham, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology at Missouri State University and Director of its Center for Biomedical and Life Sciences, a multidisciplinary laboratory utilizing cellular/molecular, microbiological, biochemical, and chemical techniques. A major focus of his research has been to elucidate the cellular/molecular mechanisms by which novel drugs, devices, and nutraceuticals modulate the excitability state of neurons and glial cells under pathological conditions. More recently, his laboratory has been investigating changes in the GABAergic system in the upper spinal cord and trigeminal ganglion neurons and glia in preclinical models of chronic migraine and TMD. Another focus has been on understanding auditory changes associated with chronic migraine and TMD since hearing sensitivity is reported as a most bothersome symptom. A frequently invited guest lecturer and the author of ~ 90 peer-reviewed research articles and ~ 200 published abstracts. Dr. Durham has served on numerous NIH study sections and pharmaceutical company advisory boards and is currently a reviewer for more than 10 journals. Dr. Durham is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, American Headache Society, American Pain Society, and American Academy of Orofacial Pain.

Dr. James Hawkins currently serves as Chair of the Orofacial Pain Center at the Naval Postgraduate Dental School (NPDS) in Bethesda, MD, as well as the Orofacial Pain Specialty Leader to the Navy Surgeon General. He completed a residency in Orofacial Pain at NPDS and received a Master’s Degree in Oral Biology from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 2015. In 2017, he received a certificate in Medical Acupuncture from Helms Medical Institute. Dr. Hawkins is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain and the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. His recent academic awards include the NPDS Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2021) and the Walter Reed Associate Master Clinician Award (2021). He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Orofacial Pain. He is also an oral board examiner for the American Board of Orofacial Pain.

Harry is a Professor at the University of Applied Science in Osnabruck (Germany) and is study director of the Master of Science in Musculoskeletal Therapy. He is senior IMTA Teacher of the International Maitland Teacher Association (IMTA) and founder of Cranial Facial Therapy Academy. He successfully completed his Master of Science degree in Physiotherapy at the University of Leuven (Belgium). His thesis was on „The Neurodynamic Testing of the Mandibular Nerve: Reliability and norm-data. In 2005 he received his PhD in Rehabilitation science on the Staffordshire University(UK). He directs several musculoskeletal research projects and works part-time in his specialized clinic in musculoskeletal therapy of craniofacial dysfunction and pain in Ootmarsum, The Netherlands. He published 4 Books in 3 languages and more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in the field of physical therapy, TMD, pain and motor control

Daniele Manfredini received his DDS from the University of Pisa, Italy in 1999, a MSc in Occlusion and Craniomandibular Disorders in 2001 from the same University, a PhD in Dentistry from the ACTA Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in 2011, and a Post-Graduation Specialty in Orthodontics from the University of Ferrara, Italy, in 2017. He achieved the Diplomate Status from the American Board of Orofacial Pain in 2021. He is an active Member of the European Academy of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction (former EACD). He is Founder Member of the Italian Society of Prosthodontics and Oral Rehabilitation (SIPRO), and President of the Italian Study Group on Orofacial Pain (GSID).

He was a clinical fellow at the Section of Prosthetic Dentistry, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa, Italy until 2005. From 2006 to 2016, Daniele Manfredini has been Assistant Professor at the School of Dentistry and coordinator of the research projects at the TMD Clinic, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Padova, Italy
On January 2017, the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR) appointed him as a Full Professor by scientific merit at the age of 41. Since 2017, Daniele Manfredini has served as Professor at the School of Dentistry, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Italy, where he holds teachings in Oral Physiology and in Clinical Gnathology. He is currently the Director of the Orofacial Pain Unit.
Daniele Manfredini authored more than 300 papers in the field of bruxism and temporomandibular disorders in journals indexed in the Medline and Scopus databases (Scopus H-index=62). Since 2018, Daniele Manfredini is Member and Coordinator of the Bruxism Consensus Panel within the International Association for Dental Research, which works on the updated definition and classification strategies for bruxism and for which he currently serves in the INfORM Board of Directors.
Since January 1st, 2024, Daniele Manfredini acts as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice.

Gary practiced family general dentistry from 1980 until 2003 when he began to devote the majority of his time to teaching. In 2004 he earned a Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences from The University of Toledo College of Medicine. He served as clinical director at the Pankey Institute from 2003 to 2008. In 2008 he joined Frank Spear as the president of The Seattle Institute, which was merged with The Scottsdale Center to form Spear Education. He has served as Executive Vice-President since that merger. He teaches in Spear workshops and seminars as well Spear Online. He maintains a limited private practice on the Spear Campus.

Emily Kahnert, DPT, CCTT is a Physical Therapist in the Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD), Orofacial Pain and Dental Sleep Medicine Clinic at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry and a Rehabilitation Science PhD Candidate. Her 19 years of clinical practice have been exclusively focused on treating TMD and Orofacial pain in interdisciplinary settings. She earned her Certified Cervical and Temporomandibular Therapist designation through the Physical Therapy Board of Craniofacial and Cervical Therapeutics in 2019 and is part of the TMD PT Clinical Practice Guideline development group. Her dissertation examined telerehabilitation effectiveness for individuals with TMD; her research is supported by the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, the Academy of Orthopaedic PT, the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research, and the University of Minnesota Graduate school.

Dr. Howell is a Professor and the Division Head of Sleep Medicine in the Department of Neurology at the University of Minnesota. He is dedicated to developing novel strategies to improve brain functioning through sleep health. He is the Director of the Sleep Performance Training for Athletes Program at H Health Fairview, helping elite athletes and sports teams optimize their performance through better sleep and circadian health. He is also the Vice-Chair for Education and Faculty Affairs in the Department of Neurology.

Dr. Collins received his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University in 1984 and his Medical Degree from Wayne State University in Detroit in 1988. He started his residency at Letterman Army Hospital in 1999, and completed his Neurology Residency at University of California San Francisco in 1992. After serving as the Chief of Neurology at Darnal Army Community Hospital (Ft. Hood Tx) for 4 years, he started a private practice in North Carolina. He joined the Duke University Faculty in 1998. Over the last 10 years he has grown the Duke Neurology Headache Clinic to a comprehensive service with 3 Physicians, 4 APPs. He started a Headache Fellowship Training program in 2018 which has graduated a headache fellowship trained neurologist every year since.

Dr. Mona Riskalla is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Riskalla has spent most of her 20 year career as a busy clinician caring for children with all types of rheumatic disorders but with special interests in lupus, systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis and uveitis. She serves as Co-Director for the Pediatric Uveitis Program at Minnesota Lions Children’s Eye Clinic. Dr. Riskalla received her MD degree from Michigan State University. She completed her Pediatric residency and her Fellowship in Pediatric Rheumatology at the University of Michigan. Additionally, she has an MS in Biostatistics/Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis from the University of Michigan. She is a fellow of the American College of Rheumatology and an active member of the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) and is member of the TMJ and Uveitis work groups within CARRA.

Dr. Glenn Clark is a currently full Professor in the Division of Diagnostic Sciences at the Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC and Associate Dean of Distance Education and Telehealth. He is Director of the Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine Center, and Director of the Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine 3-year Master’s Degree and Dr. Clark is Co-Director of the 1 year certificate in Orofacial Pain at Trinity College Dublin and a Visiting International Professor at Trinity. Dr. Clark’s academic career began at UCLA and he held various administrative posts including Director of the Clinical Research Center, Director of the Dental Research Institute and Associate Dean of Research. Dr. Clark began his research work focusing on both temporomandibular disorders and trigeminal motor function and dysfunction including bruxism, dystonia, and chronic myofascial pain disorders of the jaw system. In 1986 Dr. Clark’s expanded his research work to include studies on the diagnosis and treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. This work has involved him as Principal Investigator on several National Institute for Dental Research grants. Dr. Clark has written over 225 research articles, review papers, or chapters in textbooks. He has served as editor or co-editor of five books on Temporomandibular Problems and on Diagnostic and Surgical Arthroscopy. His most recent book is title Orofacial Pain: A guide to medications and management and is published by Wiley-Blackwell Inc. He has been granted membership as a Diplomat of the American Board of Orofacial Pain; he was voted alumnus of the Year of the UCLA School of Dentistry (1990). Dr. Clark was given the Pierre Robin Award for Academic Excellence (2001) by the Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine and in 2004 he was awarded honorary fellowship in the American Academy of Oral Medicine. In 2005 he was given a lifetime achievement award by the American Academy of Orofacial Pain. Finally, he was given the USC Mentoring Award by the University Provost in 2018.

Dr. Boggero is the Director of Psychological Services and Director of Research at the University of Kentucky Orofacial Pain Clinic. He also has joint appointments in Anesthesiology and in Psychology. He completed his undergraduate education at UCLA and obtained his Ph. D. in clinical psychology from the University of Kentucky, with a graduate certificate in biostatistics. After his Ph.D. he completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center where he worked with children and families with chronic pain. His research interests are in developing brief psychological interventions for improving pain, sleep, and fatigue in patients with chronic pain. His work has been funded by the NIH and the American Psychological Association among other organizations. He has over 100 publications or poster presentations, and has been invited to give talks across the country and the world on psychological management of chronic orofacial pain. He is currently working on an NIDCR K23 award which aims to develop a brief telehealth treatment for patient with chronic masticatory muscle pain.  In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with family, playing soccer, hiking, cooking, and reading. He would love to play you chess online (but he is not very good).