TNDHA Fall CE

Dr. Eric R. Carlson is Professor and Kelly L. Krahwinkel Chairman of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine. He is a native of Newton, Massachusetts and obtained his bachelor’s degree from Connecticut College. He obtained his dental degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his medical degree from the University of Miami. He performed his oral and maxillofacial surgery residency training at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh and his fellowship training in oral/head and neck tumor surgery at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. He completed his general surgery training at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. He completed his master’s degree in education with a concentration in faculty development at Harvard University. Dr. Carlson is a fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons. Prior to assuming his position at the University of Tennessee, he served as Associate Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine where he also directed the oral/head and neck tumor service at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He is the author of greater than two hundred publications, including a textbook entitled, Salivary Gland Pathology – Diagnosis and Management, currently in its third edition. He also served as an associate editor of Fonseca’s Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2nd Edition, and an assistant editor for Kademani and Tiwana’s Atlas of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, currently in its second edition. Dr. Carlson’s research interests involve the molecular aspects of oral/head and neck cancer. Ongoing projects include the identification of human papillomavirus in oral cancer specimens and the staging of oral/head and neck cancer with positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT).