Current Activities

May 2007 to present
Private Practice in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Tucson, Arizona.

Past Employment Experience

December 1990 – March 2007
Staff Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon - Dhahran Health Center
Saudi Aramco Medical Service Organization
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Full scope OMFS practice with three other full-time ABOMS Certified surgeons providing in & outpatient care to a population of ~250,000. Treatment provided includes dentoalveolar surgery; orthognathic, maxillofacial trauma, alveolar cleft, CO2 LASER and Nobel-BiocareÔ implant surgery; outpatient ambulatory general anesthesia and sedation, oral medicine and pathology services. (Full admitting + H&P privileges, bone and soft tissue graft harvesting; management of virtually all maxillofacial trauma at our health center.)

Responsibilities also include frequent lecture/seminar presentations for dentists and specialists, therapists and visiting dental students. Chairman Credentials and Privileges Committee, Specialty Quality Care Team, JCIA (Joint Commission International Accreditation) Preparation Team, Process Improvement Committee; member Specialty Selection and New-Hire Dentist Committees, Operating Room and Radiation Protection Committees, Implant and Cleft Palate Teams.

For 3 years (2000-2003) approximately 60% time devoted to administrative functions, managing 38-chair operation delivering full scope dental, specialty and hygiene services. Responsible for staff of 12 general dentists, 17 specialists, 12 hygienists, 4 nurses & 2 secretaries. 40% time devoted to clinical practice as described above.

September 1988 - December 1990

Assistant Professor - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Director of Resident Education
University of Chicago Medical Center
Department of Surgery, Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Chicago Illinois

Full-time academic appointment. Responsibilities included supervision of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residents' outpatient, clinical and operating room surgeries; consultations, lecture and seminar presentations, research; supervision of professional continuing education programs. In addition, a full scope hospital based practice as well as off-site ambulatory intramural type clinics were maintained.

June 1986 - September 1988

Private Practice OMFS - Wisconsin Dental Group / Associated Dental Professionals
Greater Milwaukee Area

Provided full scope OMFS care to large population of patients from 16 office group practice and several major medical / dental HMO's. Member of several hospital staffs. Extensive experience with outpatient ambulatory anesthesia as well as treatment of maxillofacial trauma and dentofacial deformities.

1987-88

Regional Consultant - Blue Cross / Blue Shield Insurance.

1981-84

Part-time private practice associate at Seton Medical Center of St. Joseph Hospital, performing oral and periodontal surgery.

1981

Part-time Clinical Instructor in the University of Illinois College of Dentistry Comprehensive Oral Health Care Program.

1978-80

Employed as surgical assistant for private practice OMFS.

Education

Fellowship - OMFS

Louisiana Sate University Medical Center

Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans

New Orleans Louisiana

July 1985 - June 1986

Full time one year program with extensive experience in all phases of major OMFS, including: facial trauma, TMJ derangement's / joint reconstruction, dentofacial deformities, dental and facial implants.

OMFS Residency Program
University of Chicago Medical Center - Chief Resident
Chicago, Illinois

June 1984 - June 1985

Loyola University Medical Center - Junior Resident
Maywood, Illinois

January 1982 - June 1984

3½-year residency program, including full scope of minor outpatient and major operating room surgical cases, all forms of sedation, as well as outpatient general anesthesia. 6-month anesthesia residency, six months general surgery experience, off service rotations

General Practice Residency Program
University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics
Zoller Dental Clinic
Chicago, Illinois

June 1980 - June 1981

An intense, one-year residency program with advanced academic training and clinical experience in all dental specialties, as well as comprehensive treatment planning and general anesthesia. Special emphasis on care of medically compromised patients. Sixty night of in-house coverage of adult and pediatric emergency room call.

Dental School
University of Illionois College of Dentistry
Chicago, Illinois

September 1976 - June 1980

Graduated with B.S. and D.D.S. degrees in June 1980.
Selected for Hospital Internship in oral surgery (August 1979).

Completed additional courses in behavior management of children, periodontology and treatment of handicapped patients.

Member of Psi Omega fraternity.
Undergraduate Education
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

September 1973 - June 1976

Graduated in June 1976 with a B.A. degree in Biological Sciences following completion of a three year accelerated honors program.

Member of honor and social fraternities, volunteer service organizations, and various special interest clubs.

Licensure / Certification
Diplomate, American Board of Oral and maxillofacial Surgery (February 1987)
Diplomate, National Dental Board of Anesthesiology
Fellow, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Fellow, American Dental Society of Anesthesiology (May 1990)

Successfully completed:

Northeast Regional Board Dental Exam (May 1980)
Northeast Regional Board Specialty Exam in OMFS (July 1986)
Central regional Dental Testing Service Exam (August 1986)

Licensure:

State of Illinois specialty licensure: #021-OMFS (September 1986)
Illinois Dental Sedation - General Anesthesia permit: #137-000239 (March 1990)
State of Illinois dental licensure: #019-017426 (August 1980)
State of Wisconsin dental licensure: #3701 (October 1986)
State of Arizona specialty licensure: #021-OMFS (December 2005)
State of Nevada specialty licensure: #021-OMFS (December 2005)
Current Certification:
Advanced Cardiac Life Support [ACLS] (Most recent = 2007).
Advanced Trauma Life Support [ATLS] (Most recent = 2007).
Pediatric Advanced Life Support [PALS] (Most recent = 2007)
Advanced Pediatric Life Support [APLS] (Most recent = 2005).
Basic Life Support [BLS] (Most recent = 2007)


Professional Associations

Fellow: American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
American Dental Society of Anesthesiology
Member: National Dental Board of Anesthesiology
American Dental Association
Arizona Dental Association
Saudi Dental Society


Autobiographical / Personal Data

Hobbies include photography, camping, mountaineering, SCUBA diving, exercise.

Community activities include extensive participation in Boy Scouting (former Eagle Scout and Scoutmaster of local troop), president of little league organization, president of dive club, officer of yacht club.

Publications

Wood, RS, Marchmont-Robinson, H. An Orthognathic Surgical Record Form. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 45(8):739-41, 1987.

Wood, RS. Chronic Granulomatous Infections, in Infections of the Head and Neck. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America: 31(2), 1991.

Nebgen, D, Wood, RS, Shapiro, RD. Management of a Mandibular Fracture in a Patient with Cleidocranial Dysplasia: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 49(4):405-9, 1991

Lachenauer, CS, Cosentino, S, Wood, RS, Yousefzaldeh, DK, McCarthy, CA. Multifocal Tuberculosis Presenting as Osteomyelitis of the Jaw. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 10(12):940-4, 1991

Mostofi, R, Wood, RS, Christison, W, Talerman, A. Low-grade Papillary Adenocarcinoma of Minor Salivary Glands. Case Report and Literature Review. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, 73(5):591-5, 1992.

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