The American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons

ASMS Gruss Summer Basic Course Program

Chair: Jon Black, MD
Honorary Chair: Raymond Harshbarger, MD
Local Host: Pravin Patel, MD

Course Faculty:
Jon Black - University of Virginia
Noopur Gangopadhay - Laurie Children's Hospital Chicago
Raymond Harshbarger - University of Texas, Austin
Renata Maricevich - Baylor College of Medicine
David Morris - University of Illinois Chicago
Sanjay Naran - Advocate Children's Hospital, Chicago
Pravin Patel - University of Illinois Chicago
Chad Purnell - University of Illinois Chicago/Shriner Children's Chicago
Sameer Shakur - University of Pennsylvania
Magdalena Soldanska - Children's Hospital of Atlanta
Andrew Wexler - University of Southern California
Robin Yang - John's Hopkins University

FRIDAY, July 10, 2026

7:30 a.m.

Registration

8:00 a.m.

Welcome: Local Host
Pravin Patel, MD

Introduction to ASMS
City/Facilities overview

8:10 a.m.

Course Director Introduction
Jon Black, MD

Course overview
Course Evaluation Forms.
ASMS Application Forms.
Acknowledgment of corporate supporters.

8:15 a.m.

Oral & Dental Anatomy
Andrew Wexler, MD

Mucosal and salivary glands
Teeth and supporting structures (pediatric and adult)
Alveolar bone
Occlusion terminology and assessment: centric, rest, overjet, overbite

8:50 a.m.

Use of Dental Splints/ Principles of Dental Extraction
Robin Yang, DDS, MD

Indications for Palatal Fractures
Use of Lingual Splints
Use of dentures as splints in edentulous patients
Review of instruments used for dental extraction
Surgical Techniques of Dental extraction
Extraction Of impacted third molar

9:30 a.m.

Maxillofacial Basics- Anatomy, Approaches, Radiology
Sanjay Naran, MD

Bone, soft tissue, facial nerve
Approaches to the craniofacial skeleton
Coronal, Upper and lower eyelids incision, Intra oral incisions
Risdon, retro mandibular incisions

10:15 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:30 a.m.

Primary Management of Occlusal Based Fractures
Chad Purnell, MD

Trauma based occlusion
Arch bars
Wiring techniques
Virtual bone/dental reduction
CT based splints

11:00 a.m.

Nasal Fractures/Secondary Septorhinoplasty
Magdalena Soldanska, MD

Closed nasal reduction
Secondary Functional improvement

11:15 a.m.

Orbital and Zygoma Fractures
Noopur Gangopadhay, MD

Orbital Fx's and reconstruction (blow-out, blow-in, entrapment)
Zygomatic Fx's

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

12:45 p.m.

Migraine Surgery
Jon Black, MD

Fundamentals
Individual Trigger Sites

1:30 p.m.

Laboratory session

Rotation 1: Dental Extraction/splint creation/alveolar fx control/Radiology for Facial Trauma (2 hours)

Demonstration alveolar fx
Practice making acrylic splint on either typodont/stone model (provided)- students
Light cured splint, bracket/wire (alveolar fxs)- students
Dental extraction-virtual/typodont
CT reading for facial fractures

Rotation 2: Wiring techniques (2 hours)

Arch bars/wiring demonstration (FACULTY)
Practice on typodont/saw bone skull:
1. Arch bars application: traditional, hybrid
2. Wiring techniques: Ernst, ivy loop, bridle wire
3. MMF methods: arch bars/fish, IMF screws, interdental wires

5:00 p.m.

Friday Program Concludes

SATURDAY, July 11, 2026

7:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m.

ASMS Membership & Benefits
Jon Black, MD

8:15 a.m.

Mandible Trauma & Reconstruction
Sanjay Naran, MD

Mandibular/anatomy and biomechanics
Use of mini-plates versus large plates, lag screws
Mandibular fractures-various types
Defect mandibular injuries (comminuted, edentulous, segmental defect)
Teeth in the line of fracture, avulsed teeth
Use of trochar system

8:55 a.m.

Mandible Condylar/Subcondylar Fractures
Raymond Harshbarger, MD

9:15 a.m.

Maxillary (Le Fort I, II, III)
Palatal fracture
Sameer Shakur, MD

9:50 a.m.

Frontal Sinus/Naso-Orbito-Ethmoid Fractures
Renata Maricevich, MD

10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:45 a.m.

Panfacial Sequencing
Magdalena Soldanska, MD

11:15 a.m.

Introduction to VSP
Raymond Harshbarger, MD

Introduction to webinar-based planning
Facial trauma, reconstruction
Clinical transfer tools, guides, plates
Introduction of Lab fx case: NOE/ZMC

12:00-12:45 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Pediatric Fractures
Noopur Gangopadhay, MD

Unique pediatric problems regarding mandible Fx's
Unique problems regarding pediatric dentition
Discussion of possible unique needs of splinting for pediatric fractures Midface Fx's
Controversies regarding pediatric plating and the use of absorbable plates and screws

1:30 p.m.

Laboratory Session
All faculty

Rotation I: Facial Fracture ORIF- sawbone skull models (2 hours)

Mandible fracture exercises:

Plating of angle fracture- Champy, other options
Lag screw fixation: symphyseal fracture
Plating subcondylar fracture
"Locking screw� large reconstruction plate for mandibular defect
Introduction to trochars for screw placement

Midface fracture exercises:

Mini-plates for zygoma fracture
Mini-plates for hemi-LeFort I fracture
Mesh plate for orbital floor fracture

Rotation 2: VSP and VR for fracture management (2 hours)

Live demo VR
1. Reduction pan-facial fractures
2. other
VSP for Trauma
1. VSP planning session video
  1. NOE/ZMC fx case
  2. 3D printing- reduction model
  3. Pre-bend/etch fixation plates
2. Intraoral scanner demonstration

5:00 p.m.

Saturday program concludes

SUNDAY, July 12, 2026

7:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:05 a.m.

Facial analysis/cephalometrics
Chad Purnell, MD

Facial analysis
Intro to cephalometrics
Digital cephalometrics exercise

7:45 a.m.

Orthognathic Surgery/orthodontics
Sameer Shakur, MD

Orthodontic preparation
Work up for surgery
Virtual Surgical Planning

8:20 a.m.

Orthognathic Surgery Technique
Robin Yang, DDS, MD

Le Fort I Osteotomy
Bilateral Sagittal Split Osteotomy
Osseous Genioplasty

8:40 a.m.

Gender Affirming Facial Surgery (GAFS)
David Morris, MD

General principles

Forehead and Mandible

VSP in GAFS

9:20 a.m.

Coffee Break

9:20 a.m.

FACULTY DEBRIEF

9:30 a.m.

Rotation 1: VSP guided osteotomies/plating: Orthognathic Surgery (1.5 hours)
All faculty members

Bilateral Sagittal Split Osteotomy, (BSSO).
Le Fort 1 Osteotomy & plating.

Rotation 2: Gender-affirming Facial Surgery exercise (1.5 hours)

Osseous genioplasty
Malar/mandible contouring
Frontal sinus setback
Facial implants

12:30 p.m.

ASMS Course Adjourns