Faculty.

Dr. Virgil Mongalo • Course Director

Maintains private practice in South Florida since 1991 focusing his efforts on computer guided surgeries and restorations of dental implants. He is actively lecturing in North America, Canada, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil.

Associate Professor of Implant Surgeries at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Georgia Health Sciences University in Augusta, Georgia.

Founder and Chairman of Mongalo Implant Institute.

Past teaching appointments include associate Professor of implant prosthodontics at the University of Florida,co-chairman at Robert Morgan Institute two year implant training program, chairman of Department of Implantology at Nicaraguan Catholic University. Present Director of Live Implant training courses and professor of implant dentistry at North Atlantic Research Clinic.

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Dr. Mark Stevens • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon • Course Director

Chairman of Georgia Health Sciences University, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.  He was the past associate professor of surgery and director of Orthognathic Surgery and TMJ Center at University of Miami School of Medicine. Past associate professor of surgery and director of Orthognathic Surgery and TMJ Center at University of Miami School of Medicine. His special interests are correction of dental facial deformities and cosmetic practice in all phases of Oral Surgery.  Author of multiple surgical publications.

Dr Stevens gives annual review course on implants for OMF Surgeons in Dubai, has coauthored an Atlas on bone harvesting, including stem cell techniques with Dr. Robert Marx and published articles  on bone ring grafting and immediate implants.

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Dr. Henry “Butch” W. Ferguson • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon

After retiring from active duty at the rank of Colonel, Dr. Ferguson joined the faculty in the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Georgia Health Sciences University, College of Dental Medicine as an Associate Professor. He currently holds the positions of Vice Chair and Director of Post Graduate training for OMFS. He received his dental degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, and his specialty training in OMFS at the Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the National Dental Board of Anesthesia. His special interests in oral and maxillofacial surgery are dental implants, facial reconstruction and trauma. He is currently the Chairman of Membership for the AAOMS. .

Solon Kao • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon

Solon Kao, D.D.S is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and also a Diplomate of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology. He is currently Assistant Professor of Surgeryat the School of Medicine in Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia. Dr Kao lectures extensively at the AAMOS meetings and published articles on various Autologous Grafting Methods for Dental Implant Reconstruction.

Dr. Jae Pil Chang, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon

He is currently in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Georgia Health Science University as a visiting scholar and also researching at the Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics on the effect of Amino Acids to stem cell and the comparison of stem cell sources in between Bone Marrow, Adipose Tissue and Tooth. He received his dental degree from the University of Dankook school of Dentistry, and his specialty training in OMFS at Dankook University Hospital. He is a member of Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Korean Association of Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons and Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Implantology. His special interests in OMFS are Dental Implant, Orthognathic Surgery and Trauma. He acted as an International Cooperation Doctor of Korea International Cooperation Agency of Department of Foreign Affairs of Korea.