
AAOM 2020 Schedule
The AAOM 2020 Annual Conference schedule runs from April 29 – May 2. See the full schedule below, or find sessions by speakers.
Please Note: The American Board of Oral Medicine timeline is built into the AAOM 2020 schedule below. For those exclusively attending ABOM events and exams, a stand-alone ABOM schedule is available.
Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday
Tuesday, April 28
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Event |
Location |
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM |
ABOM Examinees' Breakfast |
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8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
ABOM Board Exam, Part A
There is a one-hour lunch break and the exam end time is variable depending on attendance.
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12:00 PM |
ABOM Examinee's Lunch |
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1:00 PM – 4:00 PM |
AAOM Executive Committee Meeting (closed) |
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1:00 PM – 5:00 PM |
Academic Fellowship Business Meeting (closed) |
Wednesday, April 29
Time |
Event |
Location |
Speakers |
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM |
ABOM and AAOM Examinees' Breakfast |
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8:00 AM – 5:05 PM |
AAOM Board Review Course |
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8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
ABOM Board Exam, Part B |
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8:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
AAOM Fellowship and Affiliate Fellowship Exams |
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12:00 PM – 1:00 PM |
ABOM Examinees' Lunch |
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12:00 PM – 4:00 PM |
AAOM Board of Trustees Meeting (closed) |
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12:15 PM – 1:15 PM |
AAOM Board Review Lunch |
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4:00 PM – 5:00 PM |
Scientific Committee Meeting (closed) |
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5:00 PM – 5:15 PM |
Welcome to the 2020 Annual Meeting |
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Dr. Lauren Patton |
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM |
Overview of Sol Silverman Legacy |
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Dr. Caroline Shibosky |
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM |
Sol Silverman Keynote Lecture: Location Location Location: Influence of Local Factors in the Outcome of Mucosal HPV Infection
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Joel Palefsky, MD
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6:30 PM – 7:15 PM |
AAOM Meet & Greet |
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7:15 PM – 9:30 PM |
Welcome Reception and Poster Session |
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Thursday, April 30
Time |
Event |
Location |
Speakers |
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM |
All-Conference Breakfast |
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7:30 AM – 8:00 AM |
AAOM General Assembly Meeting |
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8:00 AM – 9:30 AM |
Plenary 1 Session — Neoplasia: Extending the Frontiers of Knowledge |
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Moderator: Alessandro Villa, DDS, PhD, MPH |
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Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Therapy: The Current Success and the Future Promises in Combating Cancer
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Marco L. Davila, MD, PhD |
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Beyond the Phenotypic Characteristics of Dysplasia: Insights into the Future
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Miriam Rosin, PhD |
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Oral Neoplasia in People Living with HIV: Divide and Conquer
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Joel Palefsky, MD |
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM |
Morning Break |
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10:00 AM – 11:00 AM |
Samuel Charles Miller Lecture: Pathway to Discovery – 16 Years and Counting!
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Cesar Migliorati, DDS, MS, PhD |
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
Lester Burket Awards |
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Moderator: Abstract committee |
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM |
Academic Fellowship Business Meeting |
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12:00 PM – 1:30 PM |
Lunch on your own |
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12:00 PM – 1:30 PM |
ABOM Diplomates Lunch |
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1:30 PM – 2:30 PM |
AAOM Program Directors Committee Meeting (closed) |
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1:30 PM – 3:00 PM |
Oral Medicine Practice Session 1: Clinical "Red Flags" in Oral Medicine |
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Moderator: Joel Napenas, DDS |
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Alarming Findings in Head and Neck Imaging: Never Turn a Blind Eye
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Dania Tamimi, BDS, DMSc |
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Pharmacotoxicity: How and When to Stop
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Lori Reisner, PharmD, FCSHP |
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Identifying the Red Flags in Your Patient's Behavior
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Kristine A. Donovan, PhD, MBA |
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM |
Afternoon Break |
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3:30 PM – 5:00 PM |
Oral Abstract 1 |
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Moderator: Abstract Committee |
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM |
Oral Medicine Residents and New Graduates Meeting |
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7:00 PM – 10:00 PM |
President's Reception and Awards Banquet |
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Friday, May 1
Time |
Event |
Location |
Speakers |
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM |
All-Conference Breakfast |
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Tim Hodgson BDS, MBBS, FDS (OM), RCS MRCP(UK), FGDP(UK) |
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM |
Past Presidents' Breakfast (closed) |
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8:00 AM – 9:30 AM |
Clinicopathologic Expert Panel – New Oral Complications with Immune Check-Point Inhibitors in Cancer Care: An Interactive Case-Based Discussion
With speakers on three separate topics: Oral Medicine, Radiation Oncology, and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.
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Moderators: Awa Farag, BDS, DMSc Cesar Migliorati, DDS, MS, PhD
Speakers: Cesar Migliorati, DDS, MS, PhD
Allison Grow, MD, PhD
Indraneel Bhattacharyya, BDS, DDS, MS
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9:30 AM – 10:00 AM |
Morning Break |
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM |
Jonathon Ship Lecture |
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Moderator: Cesar Migliorati, DDS, MS, PhD
Speaker: Thomas Sollecito, DMD, FDS RCSEd
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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
OTOD/Resident Cases |
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Moderator: Abstract Committee |
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM |
Lunch on your own |
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM |
OOOO Lunch |
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM |
Plenary 2 Session – Saliva in the Age of High-Throughput Technology |
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Moderator: Chelsia Sim, BDS, MSc |
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The Role of the Microbiome in Health and Disease
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Bruce Paster |
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The Oral Microbiome and Oral Cancer
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Jorge Frias-Lopez, PhD |
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Restoring Salivary Glands Function with Gene Transfer Therapy: Turning the Impossible into Reality
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Michael Passineau, PhD |
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM |
Afternoon Break |
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3:30 PM – 4:30 PM |
Meet the Experts Session |
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Moderator/Liaison: Jennifer Frustino, DMD, PhD |
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Practice Management in OM
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Rose Nierman, RDH |
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Practice Pearls in Management of Patients with Orofacial Pain |
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Robert Merrill, DDS, MS |
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Pediatric Oral Medicine: A Whole New World |
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Catherine Hong |
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Oral Care for Hematology/Oncology Patients |
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Sharon Elad, DMD, MSc |
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Pharmaco-Therapeutics in Oral Medicine: Practicalities and Precautions |
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Lori Reisner, PharmD, FCSHP |
6:30 PM – 9:30 PM |
75th Anniversary Celebration |
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Saturday, May 2
Time |
Event |
Location |
Speakers |
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM |
All-Conference Breakfast
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9:00 AM – 10:30 AM |
Plenary 3 Session – Oral Medicine and Technology: Back to the Future
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Moderator: Milda Chmieliauskaite, DMD, MP
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Dental Bioinformatics in Oral Medicine
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Srikar Chamala, PhD |
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Artificial Intelligence: Revolutionizing Healthcare Delivery
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Tarik Alkasab, MD, PhD |
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Advances in the Diagnosis of Neuropathic Orofacial Pain
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Robert Merrill, DDS, MS |
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM |
Morning Break |
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM |
Oral Medicine Practice Session 2: Controversies on the Impact of Oral Health and Dental Procedures on Infectious Cardiovascular Conditions
Featuring three unique perspectives from a dentist researcher, a cardiologist, and a hospital dentist.
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Moderator: David Dean, DDS, MSD
Speakers: Martin Thornhill, MBBS, BDS, PhD, MSc, FDRCS(Edin), FDSRCSI, FDSRCS(Eng)
Elise Riddle, MD, FAAP, FACC
Miriam Robbins, DDS, MS
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12:30 PM – 1:30 PM |
Executive Committee Meeting (closed)
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12:30 PM – 1:30 PM |
Lunch on your own
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1:30 PM – 3:30 PM |
Oral Abstracts 2
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4:00 PM – 5:30 PM |
Closing the Conference Happy Hour
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