Instructor: Stina Wigren, MSc  - Clinical Research Specialist – Implants and Surgery for Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions in Sweden.

Stina Wigren has a Swedish and French Master of Science degree in Materials Science from Luleå University of Technology and École Européenne d'Ingénieurs en Génie des Matériaux, specializing in biomaterials.  She is an experienced researcher of osseointegrating implants, with a main focus on improving  osseointegration, primary and secondary stability and soft tissue integration.

Surgical Panel:  Stephen Cass, MD- Moderator

Dr Cass is Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Colorado Denver where he has a clinical practice in Otology and Neurotologist, specializing in disorders of the ear, hearing and balance.  Dr Cass is a full-time physician and surgeon, educator and a NIH sponsored scientist, and has authored over 50 scientific articles, 33 book chapters and 3 text books.

Course Description: Stina Wigren introduces the technical developments of the new Cochlear Baha BI300 Implant with TioBlast™.  This new implant system provides superior stability and faster osseointegration than the previous Branemark implant systems.

The International Surgical Panel shares their experiences with the BI300 and how it has improved patient outcomes in terms of stability, loading times, and pediatric populations. Improvements in surgical procedure and techniques will be highlighted.

Instructor: Rosemary Seelaus, CCA

Rosemary Seelaus is Senior Anaplastologist at The Craniofacial Center, University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago.

Supported by Industrial Partner: Maarten Zandbergen, Materialise

Course Description: This "hands-on" workshop will focus on virtual surgical planning for a variety of craniofacial and maxillofacial reconstructive procedures The virtual pre-operative placement of craniofacial implants will be demonstrated and operated by the participants using SurgiCase CMF software. The use of surgical guides that assist the surgeon in the OR will also be addressed.

Instructors: Tove Rosenbom MA and Ravi Sockalingam PhD FAAA

Tove Rosenbom is Head of Audiology at Oticon Medical A/S. Throughout the development of the Ponto sound processors, she is in charge of the audiological development of the processors, the fitting software as well as internal product testing.   

Ravi Sockalingam is director of Clinical Research and Professional Relations in Oticon Medical LLC, Somerset, NJ.

Course Description: Current and new developments on the Ponto product system will be presented in this workshop. Improved audiological outcomes for the patients, better optimisation of the fitting process for the audiologists and the introduction of new fitting tools are three key developments that will be discussed. Clinical findings from external studies attesting to these current and new developments in the performance of the Ponto system will also be presented. The performance domains include speech understanding, feedback management and communication performance (as measured by APHAB) .

Instructors: Marianela Gonzalez DDS,MS and Suzanne Verma, MAMS, CCA

Marianela Gonzalez is Assistant Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Director of the Undergraduate Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department .Texas A&M Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, 2007-Present She received her DDS from Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela (Dean’s honor list), in 1991 and a Master of Science in craniofacial biology from Baylor College of Dentistry, Baylor University Medical Center (a member of the Texas A&M University System), Dallas, Texas in 1998. At Baylor, she also attended graduate studies and received her Oral Surgery Certificate in 2000. Dr. González completed the following internships: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Dentofacial Deformities, Santa Rosa Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center (under Dr. Cesar Guerrero), Caracas, Venezuela (1991-1994) and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark (1994-1995). She was a research fellow in Distraction Osteogenesis, Baylor College of Dentistry (under Dr. William Bell, 1995-2000) and a doctor in medicine at the University of Health Sciences Antigua, School of Medicine (2005-2007). Dr. González has held a number of professional appointments and memberships, As well, she has authored and co-authored numerous articles and book chapters.

Suzanne Verma is Assistant Professor with the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department and Anaplastologist with the Center for Maxillofacial Prosthodontics at Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, Texas.  Her teaching responsibilities include directing a course in maxillofacial prosthetics for the graduate Prosthodontics department, lecturing to the dental students and Hygiene graduate program.  Suzanne received a Bachelors’ degree in Biological Pre-Medical Illustration from Iowa State University, and a Masters Degree, with an emphasis in Maxillofacial Prosthetics in Biomedical Visualization from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).  Her clinical training experiences include UIC’s Craniofacial Center, The Maxillofacial Prosthetics and Dental Oncology Department at the University of  Nebraska Medical Center, and The Maxillofacial Unit Laboratory of Morriston Hospital in Swansea, Wales, where she worked as a visiting Anaplastologist.  Before arriving in Dallas, Suzanne worked as an Anaplastologist in both research and clinical capacities with COMPRU in Edmonton, Alberta Canada.  Her research interests on which she has lectured internationally include applications of navigational surgery in extra oral implant placement, incorporations of advanced technology in craniofacial reconstruction, and presurgical planning in autogenous auricular reconstruction.   Suzanne is an active member of numerous field oriented associations, and serves as secretary for the Board for Certification in Clinical Anaplastology.

Supported by Industrial Partner: Stryker Navigation

Course Description: Patients with craniofacial anomalies, post-traumatic injuries and post surgical cancer resections necessitate a team approach to their rehabilitation. With the assistance of the Stryker® Navigation System, osseointegrated implants may be utilized in the reconstructive phase of treatment to assist in the retention of facial prosthesis.
 
Surgical Navigational systems provide the benefit of virtual preoperative planning, real time intraoperative visualization, and eliminate the need of a physical surgical guide.  These systems offer features that allow the user to go beyond the surgical planned procedure, and into the next step of designing a physical prototype or custom implant. 

With a combination of lectures, demonstrations and hands on experience, this workshop is designed to familiarize the surgeon and anaplastologist with new approaches in preoperative planning and surgical procedures for patients receiving cranio-maxillofacial surgery and craniofacial bone anchored implant retained prostheses.

Instructors: Patrik Westerkull, MSc. Eng. Ph. and
Justin Pfeiffer, Surgical Specialist and Midwest Territory Manager

Patrik Westerkull is a research and development consultant to Oticon Medical, Gothenburg, Sweden.  He has a MSc in Engineering Physics from Chalmers University of technology. His master´s thesis in 1988 on Assessment of bone quality during implant surgery was the start, and since then, Patrik has been a driving force in further development of bone anchored hearing aids during the last two decades.

Justin Pfeiffer is a Surgical Specialist and Midwest Territory Manager. He joined Oticon Medical in May of 2009 but been working with bone anchored devices since 2001.  He is currently the Surgical Sales Specialist in the US and also covers the Midwest Region.

Course Description: This workshop will give general knowledge on important design considerations for osseointegrated temporal bone implants and skin penetrating components. Implant system design in relation to different surgical approaches and clinical situation will be specifically discussed. Furthermore in depth knowledge on the conceptual design and thinking behind the Ponto implant system will be presented and discussed. New and future developments of surgical instrumentation and implant components will also be discussed. References to clinical safety, documentation and literature will also be part of the presentation.

Instructors: Ghassan G. Sinada, DDS and Erin Stevens

Ghassan G. Sinada graduated from Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, University of Maryland Dental School in 2001 and completed a general practice residency at the Baltimore VA Medical Center. Dr. Sinada's postgraduate education includes a certificate in Combined Prosthodontics from the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston,Texas, and completed a fellowship in Dental Oncology and Maxillofacial Prosthetics at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. He is the former program director for the General Practice Residency at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital.  Currently, he maintains a private practice in prosthodontics and maxillofacial prosthetics in Towson, MD.  He also serves as Maxillofacial Prosthodontist for the Milton J. Dance Head and Neck Center, Greater Baltimore Medical Center. 

Erin Stevens studied Anaplastology in the Biomedical Visualization Master's Program at the University of Illinios at Chicago. She conducted her undergraduate studies in both Studio Art and Biology at Texas A&M University and the University of St. Thomas in Houston. Her research at UIC expanded upon previous studies' affirmation of stereophotogrammetry as an accurate means of 3D data acquisition, as she aimed to address a variety of challenges that arise with the clinical use of 3d stereophotogrammetry, especially as they relate to clinical protocols for head positioning. Erin has conducted clinical research at The Craniofacial Center (Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The University of Illinois at Chicago), investigating the effects of different head positioning protocols on the reliability of anthropometric measurements obtained from 3d stereophotogrammetric images. She seeks to continue her research and exploration of digital technologies and their clinical applications

Supported by Industrial Partner:  Jesse Knowles, 3DMD

Course Description: Clinical applications for3D surface imaging using 3dMD.  An ultra-fast, high-precision 3D surface imaging technique of the face will be demonstrated using volunteer participants as subjects.  The 3D scans will be saved to disc for use in rapid prototyping models.  Participants will become familiar with the software applications used

Instructors: Mark Flynn, PhD and George Cire, AuD

Mark C. Flynn is Director of Research and Applications at Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions in Sweden. He is responsible for Baha Research focusing on hearing performance, indications, surgery and future sound processor and implant development. He is the author of over 50 publications on hearing instrument performance and development.

George Cire currently works as Clinical Manager of Bone Anchored Solutions for Cochlear Americas in Englewood, Colorado.  Prior to joining Cochlear, Dr. Cire has worked as a field specialist for Phonak Hearing Systems and has been a practicing Audiologist for 30 years.  He has worked both in stand-alone private practice and as the director of an ENT affiliated Audiology Practice.  His specialty interests are in the areas of clinical verification of amplification and vestibular diagnostics and treatment. Dr. Cire received his BA degree from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA, M.C.D. (Master of Communicative Disorders) from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA and Au.D. from A. T. Still University, Arizona School of Health Sciences in Mesa, AZ.

Clinician Panel: Hilary Snapp, AuD, FAAA- Moderator

Hillary Snapp is Assistant Professor with the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Miami in Miami, Florida.  As clinical manager for the Division of Audiology, she developed the bone anchored implant program and is the director of student education. Her clinical and research interests include auditory processing, vestibular diagnostics and treatment, and implantable devices.  Her current research focuses on outcomes with bone anchored and middle ear implants. 

Course Description: Mark Flynn and George Cire introduce the new Cochlear Fitting Software 2.0 with innovations in BCDirect, fitting configurations, and dedicated bone conduction prescriptions. Latest developments in customized SSD fittings and best practices for our indications will be presented.

Clinicians share experiences with the Cochlear™ Baha®3 Sound Processor and superior patient outcomes and improved hearing performance for adults and children.

Instructor: David Trainer, Coordinator

David Trainer is a maxillofacial prosthetist at the Center for Custom Prosthetics specializing in craniofacial prosthetics with 25 years of clinical experience in all phases of prosthetic rehabilitation. David worked in Hollywood in the film industry where he refined a lot of his mold making techniques. These techniques have proven very useful in day to day patient treatment. David also teaches at the University of Indiana and at the University San Paulo, Brazil.

Assistant Coordinator, Amanda Behr

Amanda Yarberry Behr is an award winning art director as Director of Medical Illustration for Quality Medical Publishing, Inc. (QMP), in St. Louis, MO. Amanda is a member of the, International Anaplastology Association, the Association of Medical Illustrators, and is a Board-Certified Medical Illustrator. Amanda trained at the University of Georgia in Scientific Illustration where she received her BFA-IDS in 2002. She completed her graduate work in 2004 in Medical and Biological Illustration from the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In January 2010, Amanda completed  an internship with The Facial Prosthetics Clinic at the Johns Hopkins University.  She is currently finishing an internship with Prosthetics Plus in Rochester, Minnesota.

Course Description: Explore new materials and alternative techniques for mold making. Mold making techniques related to osseointegrated prostheses will be demonstrated including a display of multiple methods of gold bar duplication for molds

Instructor: Emmanuel Mylanus, MD, PhD, Otorhinolaryngologist

Emmanuel Mylanus is based at Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. After graduation from Medical College at the University of Nijmegen, he conducted research on implantable bone conduction hearing aids, which ultimately led to a PhD thesis in 1994. He received training for otorhinolaryngology at the Queen Elisabeth Hospital in Birmingham, UK and at the Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen. After qualifying in 1999, he became a staff member at the department of Otorhinolaryngology Head&Neck surgery at the Radboud UMC in Nijmegen. His interest in implantable hearing aids has led to clinical work, research projects, and presentations at international meetings. He is in charge of the centre Hearing & Implants at the Radboud UMC in which high quality care is provided for patients in need of implantable devices for hearing loss. He is a principal investigator of the Centre of Neuroscience within the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour of the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Supported by Industrial partner: Cochlear

Course Description: This workshop will focus on the linear incision technique for the implantation of percutaneous titanium implants in the temporal bone for Baha. In former days, a free skin transplant or local skin flap was used in the retro-auricular area of implantation. At the department of  otorhinolaryngology of the Radboud UMC, a simplified surgical technique was developed by Prof. Cor Cremers and used since 1997. This surgical technique and its long-term clinical results will be presented and discussed.

The linear surgical technique will be demonstrated by videoregistrations, and there will be a hands on session, in order to observe and practice this technique.

Instructor: Paul Tanner

Paul Tanner was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He studied art and science at the University of Utah, earning a Bachelor’s degree with a special emphasis in anaplastology. Paul also earned a Master of Business Administration. Paul began his career in anaplastology in 2002 and assisted the University of Utah in founding a Department of Facial Prosthetics at Huntsman Cancer Hospital (HCH). Paul makes facial prosthetics and operates the program at HCH. Paul’s research interests are within the optics of human skin and prosthetic materials. Paul has a devotion to education and the development of facial prosthetics globally, with the end goal of getting prompt, quality care to everyone who needs it. Professionals from Colombia, Brazil, and Turkey have come to Huntsman for continuing education. Paul has been an invited continuing education instructor at Başkent University in Adana, Turkey and has been an invited instructor three times to continuing education courses offered at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He has been an active, in-good standing member of the International Anaplastology Association (IAA) since 2002. He is currently serving as treasurer on the Board of Directors for the IAA.

Munsell Color Instructor: Art Schmehling

Course Description: In addition to illustrating the applications of color, this workshop turns its attention to the science of color perception.  To better understand color and common application issues to avoid the workshop will cover:

• Color systems including Munsell Color System, CIE L*a*b* or L*c*h* and Measurement of spectral curves.
• Influences on color by the observer, by lighting, and by objects        
• Application illustrations

Instructor: Manohar Bance

Dr. Manohar Bance is an Otologist and Acting Head of the Division of Otolaryngology at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. He is a Full Professor at Dalhousie, and  also director of the Ear and Auditory Research Laboratory (EAR Lab), and the Sensory Encoding and Neurosensory Engineering (SENSE) labs at Dalhousie University. These laboratories have extensive laser Doppler vibration measurement facilities, and run many biomedical engineering research projects.

Dr Bance is also cross-appointed as a Professor in the Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Biomedical Engineering and School of Human Communication Disorders. Dr Bance has had a long interest in Bone Conduction Hearing, and together with Dr. Morris, organized the first International Conference on Bone Conduction Hearing and Osseointegration in Halifax in 2007.

Course Description: This workshop will focus on future trends and challenges in Bone Conduction Hearing devices.  The panelists are interdisciplinary, coming from Surgery, Audiology and Basic Science, as well as Industry and Universities. Specifically, we will discuss:

Challenges for bone conduction transducers versus air conduction transducers
Challenges in fully implantable bone conduction devices
Fitting challenges in future bone conduction devices
Making surgery much simpler for future devices
New designs or transducers
Achieving sound localization in the future
Integration into other technologies eg bluetooth, FM etc.

Instructor: Robert Mann, Coordinator

Robert Mann is the Coordinator of Clinical Programs for the Division of Maxillofacial Prosthetics at the University of Florida. After completing his training in Perth, Western Australia in the field of Dental Technology, he worked for two years at a Harley Street practice in London as a Dental Ceramist,specializing in full mouth reconstruction. He returned to Australia in 1989 to undertake Maxillofacial Prosthetics training at Royal Perth Hospital which he completed in 1993. Throughout his training and career he has been extensively involved with osseointegrated craniofacial prosthetics. Since 2000 he has been employed at the University of Florida as an Anaplastologist. He is a Past President of the International Anaplastology Association and is the Managing Editor of the International Journal of Anaplastology.

Presenters:  Julie Jordan Brown, Gillian Duncan, Greg Gion, Susan Habakuk

Course Description: This workshop will deal in a very practical and straightforward manner with clinical issues that we are confronted with, ranging from:

• Best design practices for large complex craniofacial prostheses
• Excessive tissue movement that causes gapping under a prosthesis
• Placement of implants in irradiated bone
• Dealing with a patient with a Methicillin-Resistant Staphyloccus Aureus [MRSA] infection
• Problems with occlusion when a prosthesis is connected to an intraoral prosthesis
• Prostheses construction when implants have been placed outside of optimum boundaries
• Creative use of magnets
• And much more……