34th Annual Daniel E Waite Lectureship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Meet Our Keynote Speaker

Jasjit (Jas) Kaur Dillon, MBBS, DDS, FDSRCS, FACS

Dr Dillon is a Professor and the Program Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. She is also the Chief of OMS service at Harborview Medical Center—the only Level I trauma center in the Pacific Northwest—where she has a busy oncology, trauma and reconstructive practice. Her clinical training has been garnered from 5 countries: the UK, South Africa, Hong Kong, Vancouver, BC, and San Francisco. Dr. Dillon obtained her dental degrees from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne (BDS), the University of California San Francisco (DDS) and her medical degree from St Bartholomew’s School of Medicine, University of London (MBBS). She is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FDSRCS), the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and is a past examiner for the American Board of OMS and current pathology section editor of the Journal or Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. She has over 100 peer reviewed scientific publications, book chapters and lectures extensively in North America and internationally. 

Additional presenters

The roster of Friday evening presenters will be available by early April 2025.

Disclosure Summary

It is the policy of the University of Minnesota Office of Continuing Dental Education to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all of its sponsored educational activities. All participating speakers, course directors, and planning committee members are required to disclose to the program audience any financial relationships related to the subject matter of this program. Relationships of spouse/partner with proprietary entities producing health care goods or services should be disclosed if they are of a nature that may influence the objectivity of the individual in a position to control the content of the CDE activity. Disclosure information is reviewed in advance in order to manage and resolve any possible conflicts of interest. Specific disclosure information for each speaker, course director, and planning committee member will be shared with the audience prior to the speaker’s presentation.

Continuing Dental Education Staff members have nothing to disclose.

Dr. Dillon receives grant/research funds from the Oral & Maxillofacial Foundation and Osteoscience Foundation.