ACDE Webinar | Differential Diagnosis of Pre-malignant Oral Lesions and Early Detection and Prevention of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Quo Vadis

Nelson L. Rhodus, DMD, MPH, FICD, FAAOM, FRCSEd

Dr. Rhodus, Diplomate American Board of Oral Medicine, is a Morse Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Division of Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis and Radiology in the Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Otolaryngology in the Medical School and an Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health. He is an examiner and past president of the American Board of Oral Medicine and the American Academy of Oral Medicine. Dr. Rhodus is an inductee in the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center Academy of Excellence, the Academy of Distinguished Teachers, and the University of Minnesota Scholar's Walk of Fame. He is a Fellow of the International College of Dentists and the American College of Dentists and a Fellow in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Dr. Rhodus is an Attending Member of the Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center and the Hospital Staff of the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics, and a consultant to the US Navy Hospital and Hennepin County Medical Center. 

Dr. Rhodus directs several oral medicine courses and has been awarded "Professor of the Year " for fourteen years and is a recipient of the School of Dentistry Century Club Professor of the Year. He has been active in faculty governance and has served in many capacities in the University Senate for over 27 years. He has been involved with the American Dental Association and the Minnesota Dental Association, having served on several committees and the editorial board. He has been selected often as Best Dentist by Minnesota Monthly and Top Dentist-USA.

Active in basic and clinical research for over 38 years, Dr. Rhodus has published over 380 refereed scientific papers and abstracts. His H index is 40, and his research has been cited over 5000 times. He has presented over 700 lectures and courses throughout the United States and abroad. He is on the medical advisory board for the National Oral Cancer Foundation and the National Sjogren’s Syndrome Foundation. Dr. Rhodus is an editor of the Journal of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, and Oral Radiology. He co-authors two textbooks: Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient (10^th edition) and Orofacial Disorders.