Are there specialties within the specialty such as Dr. Gorlins interest in syndromes?
Dr. Rohrer: Virtually all oral pathologists are academicians and interested in any area of research you can name. Dr. Gorlin’s area was head and neck genetics, and he became the world’s expert on that without question. Dr. Koutlas is working with Mayo Clinic on peripheral nerve sheath tumors, and pain research at the VA Medical Center using magnetoencephalography. My research relates to bone: grafts, and dental implants. Dr.Gopalakrishnan is interested in bone at the very basic genetic level. There are no true, named sub-specialties, however. I feel that the academic life is truly exciting every day. I get to teach, to watch the students develop. I get to travel all over the world. I came back to the academic life because I missed it. NWD: How do you advertise the availability of your service to potential users? Dr. Rohrer: We don’t advertise to the public. We “advertise” to dentists through our dental school and continuing education teaching. NWD: What would you like our readers to ta
