Dr. Terry Rees and Dr. Nancy W. Burkhart hosted this online session for The International Oral Lichen Planus Support Group.

Guest: Dr. Michaell A Huber, DDS, Associate Professor, Head, Division of Oral Medicine, Dental Diagnostic Science, The Dental School, University of Texas, Health Science Center, San Antonio.

Dr Nancy W. Burkhart and Dr. Jacque Plemons hosted a session for the International Oral Lichen Planus Support Group on Feb 5, 2008, 2:00 pm CT, USA (9:00 pm Israel time). The guest for the session was:

Dr. Yarom Noam, is director of the Oral Medicine Clinic, Dep. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel. Dr. Noam is a specialist in the treatment of lichen planus and also involved in research studies on lichen planus.

Dr. Terry Rees and Dr. Nancy W. Burkhart hosted an online session for The International Oral Lichen Planus Support Group on December 6th at 6:30PM CT and 7:30PM EST.

The guest for the session was Dr. Drore Eisen, D.D.S.,M.D. of Dermatology Associates in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Eisen is well-known for his research and numerous publications on the subject of lichen planus. Dr.Eisen is considered an expert in his treatment of vaginal lichen planus, external lesions related to lichen planus and the combination mixed with oral lesions.

• Dr. Philip Fox, Former Chief of the Clinical Investigations Section, Gene Therapy and Therapeutics Branch of the National Institutes of Health, and currently, Visiting Scientist at the Department of Oral Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte North Carolina. He is the also the president of The Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation and an independent biomedical consultant.
  
  Dr. Mike Brennan, Oral Medicine Residency Director and the Director of the Sjögren's Syndrome and Salivary Disorders Center at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina. Both guests are diplomats of the American Board of Oral Medicine.
  
  The session addresss issues related to dryness in oral tissues and current treatment modalities related to lichen planus and Sjögren's  Syndrome.
  

• Dr. James Sciubba, DMD, PhD, Professor,The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Director of Dental and Oral Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
  

• Dr. Nelson L. Rhodus, Professor and Director of Oral Medicine and a member of The Academy of Distinguished Professors at The University of Minnesota.

Special Guests:

• Dr. Ross Kerr, who is in The Department of Oral Medicine, New York University, New York City, and
• Dr. Russell Greenfield, Medical Director, Carolinas Integrative Healthcare Organization, Charlotte North Carolina. Dr Greenfield is also a visiting Assistant Professor, The University of Arizona College of Medicine.

Dr. Kerr treats many patients who have oral lichen planus and Dr. Greenfield is involved in general integrative medicine approaches. We have had many of you contact us with questions regarding nutrition, herbal supplements and general concerns about lifestyle issues. We think that you will find some good information available with regard to some of your unanswered questions.

Dr. Greenfield has studied with Dr. Andrew Weil and is highly recognized in the integrative medicine field. 

• Dr. Peter Jacobsen, Professor in the Department of Pathology and Medicine and Director of The Oral Medicine Clinic, The University of The Pacific, San Francisco, California.

• Dr. Michael Lewis, Professor of Oral Medicine, Sub-Dean, The Dental School, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.  

• Dr. David Wray, Dean of the Dental School, University of Glasgow at Glasgow Dental Hospital and School.  

• Dr. Palle Holmstrup Professor, DDS, Ph.D., Dr.Odont. at the Department of Periodontology,School of Dentistry,Copenhagen,Denmark;
• Dr. Anne Marie Pedersen, Assistant Professor, DDS and Ph.D.;
• Dr. Lis Andersen Torpet Associate Professor, DDS and Ph.D., Dr. Odont.; and
• Dr. Jesper Reibel Professor, DDS, Ph.D. , Dr. Odont from the Department of Oral Clinical Physiology, Anatomy, Pathology & Medicine, School of Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, at the University of Copenhagen.
• Dr. William Carpenter, Chairman of The Dept. of Pathology and Medicine, University of The Pacific.

• Dr. Marco Carrozzo, MD, and DDS of The University of Turin, Italy.

Dr. Carrozzo is a Professor and researcher in the Oral Medicine Section of the Dept of Clinical Physiopathology. He is a member of the Council of the Italian Society of Oral Pathology and Medicine, member of the European Association of Oral Medicine and the International Association of Oral Pathologists. Dr. Carrozzo has released 89 publications with 44 articles on lichen planus. He has published a book on oral medicine topics and has given numerous lectures on the subject of oral lichen planus. He also presented in London (1993) and discussed the therapeutic management of patients with oral lichen planus for a European workshop.

Special guest:

• Dr. Martin Thornhill, MBBS, BDS, MSc, PhD. Dr. Thornhill is the Chair of Clinical Oral Sciences at Bart's & the London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Dr. Thornhill is a fellow  of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons in London, Edinburgh and Dublin and is a professor and researcher. Dr. Thornhill treats patients with mucocutaneous disease including oral lichen planus.

Special guest:

• Dr. Bernard McCartan, oral medicine  consultant at Trinity College Dublin, researcher,  national Director of Specialist Training in Dentistry for Ireland.
  

Special guest:

• Dr. Denis P. Lynch, DDS, PhD. - Professor, The University of Tennessee College of Dentistry in Memphis
  

Special guest:

• Dr. Drore Eisen, D.D.S.,M.D. of Dermatology Associates of Cincinnati. Dr. Eisen is well-known for his research and numerous publications on the subject of lichen planus.
  

Special guest:

• Dr. Michael Siegel, Associate Professor of Oral Medicine and of Dermatology at The University of Maryland, Baltimore.
  

Special guests:

• Dr. Jonathan Ship, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, Medicine and Surgery and Director of the Clinical Research Center, NYU College of Dentistry. Also,
• Dr. David Sirois, DMD, PhD, Associate Professor, Chair of Oral Medicine, and Interim Chair, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, NYU College of Dentistry.
  

Special guest:

• Dr. Philip B. Sugerman, Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Registar in Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Oral Biology and Pathology at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  

Special guest:

• Dr. William Carpenter, Chairman of The Dept. of Pathology and Medicine, University of The Pacific.
  

Special guests:

• Dr. John Wright, Professor of Oral Pathology at Baylor;
• Dr. William Carpenter, Chairman of The Dept. of Pathology and Medicine, University of The Pacific; and
• Dr. Steven Sonis, Chief, Division of Oral Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Dentistry, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Professor and Chair, Dept of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
  

Special guest:

• Dr. Jeff Rossman

Special guests:

• Dr. Celeste Abraham,
• Dr. Francisco Rivera-Hidaldgo