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R. Bruce Donoff, DMD, MD

Position Title

Dean of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Walter C. Guralnick Distinguished Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Education/Training:

Brooklyn College, New York, cum laude

Harvard School of Dental Medicine, cum laude

Harvard Medical School

B.S.

D.M.D.

M.D.

1963

1967

1973

Academic Appointments:

1969-1971 Clinical Fellow in Oral Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

1974-1978 Assistant Professor of Oral Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

1978-1983 Associate Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

1983-1993 Chief of Service, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

1983-1993 Chairman, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

1983- Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

1991- Dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

1992-98 Walter C. Guralnick Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,

Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital

1998- Walter C. Guralnick Distinguished Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital

Honors:

1967 Omicron Kappa Upsilon

1987 Distinguished Faculty Award, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

1988 AAOMS Research Recognition Award

1991 Distinguished Alumni Award, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

1993 William J. Gies Foundation Award for Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Fellow,

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Publications:

  • Donoff, RB, McLennan, J, and Grillo, HC: Preparation and properties of collagenases from epithelium and mesenchyme of healing mammalian wounds. Biochem Biophys Act 1971; 227:639-653.
  • Bertolami, C.N. and Donoff, R.B.: Hyaluronidase activity during open wound healing in rabbits. J Surg Res 1978; 25:256-259.
  • Donoff, RB, and Guralnick, WC. The application of microsurgery to oral-neurological problems. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1982; 40:156-159.
  • Bertolami, CN, and Donoff, RB. Identification, characterization, and partial purification of mammalian skin wound hyaluronidase. J Invest Dermatol 1982; 79 (6), 417-21.
  • Chuong, R, Donoff, RB, and Guralnick WC. The odontogenic keratocyst. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1982; 40 (12), 797-802.
  • Donoff, RB, and Schweidt, S. The effect of skin grafting on the glycosidase activities and sulfated glycosaminoglycan content of healing wounds in rabbits. J Surg Res 1982; 33 (6), 514-8.
  • Chuong, R, Donoff, RB, and Guralnick, WC. A retrospective analysis of 327 mandibular fractures. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1983; 41 (5), 305-9.
  • Colin, W, and Donoff, RB. Nerve regeneration through collagen tubes. J Dent Res 1984; 63 (7), 987-93.
  • Donoff, RB, Swann, DA, and Schweidt, SH. Glycosaminoglycans of normal and hypertrophic human scar. Exp Mol Pathol 1984; 40 (1), 13-20.
  • Wang, DZ, Liu, SJ, Donoff, RB, and Guralnick, WC. A modified centripetal approach to parotidectomy. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1985; 43 (1), 14-9.
  • Altobelli, DE, Lorente, CA, Handren, JHJ, Young, J, Donoff, RB, and May, JWJ. Free and microvascular bone grafting in the irradiated dog mandible. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1987; 45 (1), 27-33.
  • Bertolami, CN, Ellis, DG, and Donoff, RB. Healing of cutaneous and mucosal wounds grafted with collagen-glycosaminoglycan/silastic bilayer membranes: a preliminary report. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1988; 46 (11), 971-8.
  • Colin, W, Donoff, RB, and Foote, WE. Fluorescent latex microspheres as a retrograde tracer in the peripheral nervous system. Brain Res 1989; 486 (2), 334-9.
  • Todd, R, Donoff, RB, Gertz, R, Chang, AL, Chow, P, Matossian, K, McBride, J, Chiang, T, Gallagher, GT, and Wong, DT. TGF-alpha and EGF-receptor mRNAs in human oral cancers. Carcinogenesis; 10 (8), 1553-6.
  • Chou, MY, Chang, AL, McBride, J, Donoff, RB, Gallagher, GT, and Wong, DTW. (1990) A rapid method to determine proliferation patterns of normal and malignant tissues by H3 mRNA in situ hybridization. Am J Pathol 1989; 136 (4), 729-33.
  • Colin, WB, and Donoff, RB. Electrodiagnostic evaluation of the uninjured rabbit inferior alveolar nerve. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1990; 48 (2), 170-3.
  • Elovic; A, Galli, SJ, Weller, PF, Chang, ALC, Chiang, T, Chou, MY, Donoff, RB, Gallagher, GT, Matossian, K, McBride, J, Tsai, M, Todd, R, and Wong, DTW. Production of transforming growth factor-alpha by hamster eosinophils. Am J Path 1990; 137 , 1425-1434.
  • Todd, R, Chou, MY, Matossian, K, Gallagher, GT, Donoff, RB, and Wong, DTW. Cellular sources of transforming growth factor-alpha in human oral cancer. J Dent Res 1991; 70 (5), 917-923.
  • Todd, R, Donoff, RB, Chiang, T, Chou, MY, Elovic, A, Gallagher, G, and Wong, DTW. The eosinophil as a cellular source of TGF-a in healing cutaneous wound. Am J Path 1991; 138 , 1307-1313.
  • Ruggiero, SL and Donoff, RB: Bone regeneration after mandibular resection: report of two cases. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1991; 49:647-652.
  • Colin, W, and Donoff, RB. Restoring sensation after trigeminal nerve injury: a review of current management. JADA 1992; 123 , 80-5.
  • Kim, MR, and Donoff, RB. Critical analysis of mandibular reconstruction using AO reconstruction plates. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1992; 50 , 1152-7.
  • Lorente, CA, Song, BZ, and Donoff, RB. Healing of bony defects in the irradiated and unirradiated rat mandible. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1992; 50 , 1305-9.
  • Song, BZ, Donoff, RB, Tsuji, T, Todd ,R, Gallagher, GT, Wong, DTW. Identification of rabbit eosinophils and heterophils in cutaneous healing wounds. J Histochemistry 1993; 25 :762-771.
  • Donoff, RB. Dentists as physicians of the mouth. JADA 1994; 25, 20-25.
  • Wang, CC, Kelly, J, August, M, and Donoff, RB. Early carcinoma of the oral cavity: a conservative approach with radiation therapy. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1995; 53:687-690.
  • Todd, R, McBride, J, Tsuji, T, Donoff, RB, Nagai, M, Chou, MY, Chiang, T, and Wong, DTW. Deleted in oral cancer-1 (doc-1) , a novel oral tumor suppressor gene. FASEB J 1995; 9:1368-1370.
  • Donoff, RB. Surgical management of inferior alveolar nerve injuries (Part I): the case for early repair. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1995; 53:1327-1329.
  • Donoff, RB. Nerve regeneration: basic and applied aspects. Crit Rev Oral Bio Med 1995; 6(1):18-24.
  • Yang, J, Tyler, LW, Donoff, RB, Song, BZ, Torio, AJ, Gallagher, GT, Tsuji, T, Elovic, A, McBride, J, Chou, MY, Galli, SJ, Weller, PF, and Wong DTW. Salivary EGF regulates eosinophil-derived TGF-? expression in hamster oral wounds. Am J Physiol 1996; 270 (Gastrointest Liver Physiol 33):G191-G202.
  • Wong, DTW, Todd, R, Tsuji, T, and Donoff, RB: Molecular biology of human oral cancer. Crit Rev Oral Biol Med 1996; 7(4):319-328.
  • Todd, R, Donoff, RB, and Wong, DTW. The molecular biology of oral carcinogenesis: toward a tumor progression model. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1997; 55:613-623.
  • Login, GR, Ransil, BJ, Meyer, M, Truong, NT, Donoff, RB, and McArdle, PJ: Assessment of preclinical problem-based learning versus lecture-based learning. J Dent Ed 1997; 61 (6):473-479.
  • Tsuji, T, Todd, R, Meyer, C, McBride, J, Liao, P-H, Huang, M-F, Chou, M-Y, Donoff, RB, and Wong, DTW: Reduction of Ornithine Decarboxylase Antizyme (ODC-Az) Level in 7,12-Dimethylbenz(a)Anthracene-Induced Hamster Buccal Pouch Carcinogenesis Model. Oncogene 1998; 16: 3379-3385.
  • Urban, SD, Elovic, A, Todd, R, Gallagher, GT, Donoff, RB, and Wong, DTW: Malignant Ameloblastoma: Prediction of Metastic Potential Using In Situ Histone (H3) mRNA Analysis. Int J Oral Bio 1998; 23 (2): 75-81.
  • Todd, R., Donoff, R.B., and Wong, D.T.W.: The Chromosome: Cytogenetic Analysis and Its Clinical Application. J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. 2000; 58: 1034-39.
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