The Speakers

Course Director: Dr. John Russo

Dr. John Russo is a graduate of The Ohio State University College of Dentistry. He completed his periodontal training and earned a Master in Health Sciences degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Russo is a Diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. He is in private practice in Sarasota, FL and is a clinical assistant professor at the Medical University of South Carolina in the Division of Periodontics. He is an author and an international lecturer on bone grafting and dental implant surgery.

Course Co-Director: Dr. Bob Gellin

Dr. Bob Gellin joined the Medical University of South Carolina faculty in 1985. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Stomatology, Director of the Division of Periodontics and a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. He maintains an active practice limited to Periodontics within the College's Dental Faculty Practice. Dr. Gellin is also the administrator of the College of Dental Medicine's clinic management software.

Additional Course Faculty

Dr. Theirry Bacro Associate Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine, Center for Anatomical Studies and Education.

Dr. John "Eric" Hamrick Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Periodontics, Department of Stomatology, Medical University of South Carolina, national lecturer on guided bone augmentation, private practice over 20 years in Greenville, South Carolina.

Dr. J. Daulton Keith Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Periodontics, Department of Stomatology, Medical University of South Carolina. Private practice in Charleston, SC for 35 years limited to Periodontics/implants and international lecturer on bone block grafting and implantology.

Dr. Joe Krayer Assistant Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Periodontics, Division of Periodontics, Department of Stomatology, Medical University of South Carolina.

Dr. P. D.Miller Clinical Professor, Division of Periodontics, Department of Stomatology, Medical University of South Carolina. Recognized as an international expert in the field of soft tissue grafting, having introduced new concepts and procedures to Periodontics.