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Dr. Peter D. Quinn Elected President of ASTMJS

March 28, 2008

Dr. Peter D. Quinn (D'74, GD'78), Schoenleber Professor and Chair of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Pharmacology at Penn Dental Medicine and Chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, was recently elected president of the American Society of Temporomandibular Joint Surgeons (ASTMJS). The nonprofit organization is composed of maxillofacial surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, plastic/reconstructive surgeons, and oral surgical specialists dedicated to promoting education, research, and clinical care for disorders of the temporomandibular joint. Dr. Quinn has been a member of the Society since 1989, serving as treasurer and vice president for the last two years.

During his two-year term, Dr. Quinn hopes to expand membership, both nationally and internationally. "The society has always had a goal of setting the standard of care by looking at evidence-based studies from around the globe, not just in North America," says Dr. Quinn. Membership in the organization is currently restricted to 50 qualified North American and international surgeons. The organization's annual meeting has a much higher attendance since members are allowed to extend invitations to interested guests. Nearly 70 percent of Dr. Quinn's practice is dedicated temporomandibular joint surgery, and the majority of that is dedicated to alloplastic reconstruction of the joint.

Another vision Dr. Quinn has for the organization is to enhance its educational role, encouraging shared knowledge between surgeons at ASTMJ-sponsored conferences, which will help to increase the society's impact as a whole. A joint meeting with the British Society of Temporomandibular Joint Surgeons is planned for the annual meeting in 2010. Dr. Quinn will be installed as president of the ASTMJS in February of 2009.

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