Mini Residency in Oral Lesions and Cancer Detection

Meet Our Course Director

Deepak Kademani, DMD, MD, FACS

Dr. Kademani is a Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. He has held faculty appointments at the Mayo Clinic and University of Minnesota and is currently the President and Founder of Minnesota Oral and Facial Surgery and a non-profit Head and Neck Cancer Foundation. Dr Kademani is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, the American Head and Neck Society, and the American Dental Association. He is Vice President of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. In addition to authoring or co-authoring over one hundred books, abstracts, chapters, monographs, and publications, he has authored two textbooks, 'Atlas of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery' and 'Clinical and Translational Updates on Oral Cancer. He has lectured nationally and internationally and has delivered over 300 invited lectures predominantly in head and neck pathology, oral cancer, and reconstructive head and neck surgery.

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 its sponsored educational activities. All participating speakers, course directors, and planning committee members must 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 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 before the speaker’s presentation.

Continuing Dental Education Staff members have nothing to disclose.

The speaker indicated no relevant affiliations or financial interests and do not intend to discuss off-label/investigative use of a commercial product/device.