Management of Head and Neck Vascular Lesions

Dr. Sanjiv Nair graduated from Trivandrum Medical College, Kerala and completed his post-graduate degree in oral and maxillofacial surgery at the same institution. He completed higher surgical training in maxillofacial surgery at the North Manchester General after successfully completing the FFD RCS (Ireland). Dr. Nair is an internationally renowned and widely published maxillofacial surgeon with over thirty years’ experience in vascular malformation. He is an expert on ablative head and neck surgery and reconstruction, surgical management of oral cancers, other benign and malignant lesions of the head and neck region, and salivary gland pathology. He currently serves as a Professor and Chair of the Maxillofacial Surgery Division at B.M. Jain Hospital, Bangalore. He also holds an academic appointment at the Bangalore Institute of Dental Sciences, Bangalore and coordinates the fellowship program in aesthetic facial surgery for Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. A contributing author for the textbook Maxillofacial Surgery by Peter Ward Booth, Schendel and Hausemen, he also heads the Center for Vascular Lesion Management across Asia.  Dr. Srinivasa Rama Chandra is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and a head and neck oncology and reconstructive surgeon at the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. He previously served at the University of Washington, Seattle; Harborview Medical Center; University of Washington Medical Center; and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. He is a surgical trainee of Drs. Nair, Nayak and Fernandes. Prior to joining the University of Washington, Dr. Chandra completed a head & neck oncologic surgery & microvascular fellowship at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville. Dr. Chandra holds a post-doctorate diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons of England with extensive training received at various maxillofacial units in the US, England and India. He has held teaching positions on three continents and currently has a practice niche in vascular lesion management, with H&N reconstruction as a tertiary referral. He is a member of numerous professional associations, and has published in several journals and books.

Terminology and classifications of head and neck vascular lesions.- Pathophysiology and molecular diagnosis of head and neck vascular lesions.- History, presentation, evaluation, evolution and findings of head and neck vascular lesions.- Congenital lesions and syndromes associated with vascular lesions.- Radiological techniques for evaluation, diagnosis and management of head and neck vascular lesions.- Medical management of head and neck vascular lesions.- Pre-surgical interventions in head and neck vascular lesions.- Anatomical and surgical considerations in head and neck vascular lesions.- Vascular tumor management cases.- Surgical management of head and neck vascular lesions.- Reconstruction of head and neck vascular lesions.- Lasers and nonsurgical modalities for head and neck vascular lesions.