Sunday O. Akintoye, BDS, DDS, MS Assistant Professor Contact Information Robert Schattner Center University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine Rm 209 Schattner Building 240 South 40th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6030 Phone: 215-898-6627 Fax: 215-898-3139 Email: akintoye@dental.upenn.edu

Dr. Akintoye is Assistant Professor of Oral Medicine. He is a clinician-scientist with interest in basic and translational research. Current research is focused on orofacial bone marrow stromal stem cells, site-specific characteristics and therapeutic applications as a graft to bridge osseous defects in the maxillofacial region (see article). Dr. Akintoye is also interested in dental manifestations of metabolic bone diseases. He has focused on fibrous dysplasia and described the dental features of maxillo-mandibular fibrous dysplasia associated with McCune-Albright syndrome (see article). He is a recipient of several awards that include the Lester William Burket Research Award for Oral Medicine residents conferred by the American Academy of Oral Medicine and the Joseph and Josephine Rabinowitz Award for Research Excellence at the Penn Dental Medicine. Dr. Akintoye's research is supported by the National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society, Lance Armstrong Foundation and University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation. Dr. Akintoye teaches in the Oral Diagnosis and Emergency Clinic and in the graduate programs of the Division of Advanced Dental Education.

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