CURRICULUM VITAE
GHASSAN AHMED DHAIF
ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
Dr.Dhaif sentenced to 15 years
GENERAL AND PERSONAL
Surname : Dhaif
Forename : Ghassan
Date of Birth : 08/06/1966
Nationality : Bahraini
Marital Status: Married
Dr.Ghassan Dhaif and wife
Dr.Zahra Al-Sammak (sentenced to 5 years)
UNDERGRADUATE CAREER
A. Dental School : King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
B. Teaching Hospital : King Saud University Hospital,
Riyadh Central Hospital
C. Grade Point Average : 4.1/5 (very good)
POSTGRADUATE CAREER
• Part I FDS RCS (Ed) May 1992
• Part II FFD RCSI May 1994
QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor in Dental Surgery June 1990
• Fellowship of Faculty of Dentistry of the Royal College
Of Surgeons in Ireland (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery) May 1994
APPOINTMENTS
• August 2007-2010 . Chairman of oral& Maxillofacial Department,Salmaniya medical Complex,Bahrain.
• April 2004. Senior Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, SMC, Bahrain.
• April 1999. Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Bahrain.
• Sept 1995 to March 1999. Chief resident, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Bahrain. Establishment of a Maxillofacial Unit with full range of maxillofacial procedures.
• June 1994 to Aug 1995- Registrar in the Maxillofacial Surgery at St. James’s Hospital. I developed a special interest in Craniofacial traumatology, Orthognathic surgery and Temporomandibular surgery.
The main areas of clinical experience:
a. Craniofacial Trauma. Special interest in polytrauma patients with craniofacial fractures where the treatment is done in collaboration with Neurosurgeons.
b. Orthognathic surgery. Single jaw and Bimaxillary osteotomies.
c. Temporomandibular Joint Surgery. Including arthroscopy, TMJ reconstruction and meniscal surgery.
d. Management of Cleft lip and palate patients. Including bone grafting and jaw corrective surgery.
e. Dental Implant.
f. Dentoalveolar surgery.
g. Management of Oral cancer.
• May 1993 to May 1994- Registrar in Maxillofacial Surgery at the National Maxillofacial Unit, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin. Working under care of Mr. F Brady and Mr. H Barry. The main bulk of work done in this unit is Maxillofacial trauma, Orthognathic surgery, Head & Neck oncology, Craniofacial implant, Cleft lip and palate and Dentoalveolar surgery.
• Oct 1992 to April 1993- Senior House Officer in Oral surgery and Oral Medicine at Edinburgh Dental Hospital under care of Mr. R Brown in Oral surgery performing Dentoalveolar surgery, Biopsies and dental Implants. Oral Medicine under supervision of Pro. D Wray and Pro. Southam.
• July 1991 to Sept 1992- Senior House Officer in Oral Surgery, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Bahrain with Dr. Ramaraj.
• June 1990 to June 1991- INTERNSHIP
General Dentistry
Orthodontics
Oral Surgery
Periodontics
AFFILIATED POSITIONS
• Chairman of oral & Maxillofacial Department ,Salmaniya Medical Complex 2007-2010
• Chairman of outpatient clinic committee for accreditation
• Chief Editor of Bahrain Dental Society newsletter.
• Bahrain Representative of German Association of Dental Implantology
• Education Coordinator Oral & Maxillofacial Department, SMC.
• Chairman of scientific committee, Bahrain Dental Association 2004-2006.
• Dental Internship program coordinator, Ministry of Health, Bahrain 1995-2000.
• Chairman of scientific committee, Bahrain Dental Association 1996-1998.
• Chairman of Scientific Committee, Bahrain Dental Society 2004-2006.
• Chairman of scientific committee, 1st conference of Bahrain Dental Society.
• Chairman of scientific committee, 4th conference of Bahrain Dental Society.
• Referee to Journal of Bahrain Medical Association and Bahrain Medical Bulletin.
• Member in the Editorial Board of Journal of Bahrain Medical Association.
• Vice president for Pan Arab Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons 2001-2002.
• Member in Editorial Board of Journal of Arab Dental News 2005.
COURSES ATTENDED
• Primary FDSRCS (Ed), Riyadh, Feb 1992
• Final FDSRCS (Ed), Edinburgh, Jan 1993
• 3rd course on rigid internal fixation in maxillofacial surgery, Budapest, June
1995
• Course on surgical management of Temporomandibular joint disorders,
Vigo, Oct 1996
• AO course on surgical management of Craniomaxillofacial trauma, Davos,
Dec 1996
• Oral Implantology, Bahrain, April 1998
• SORG course on Distraction Osteogenesis and orbital disorders, Helsinki,
Sept 1998.
• Leibinger Resorbable Plating system, The Delta System, Dubai, January
2001.
• Martin RED System in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Egypt 2004. AO
• The Third Oxford Distraction Symposium, October 2004
• Seminar on Oral Cancer in the Asia Pacific- a regional update &
Networking,February 2006
• Workshop on Dental Education,Chennai,India,November 2006
• The International Workshop on Dental Education,November 2006
• Regional Cranio-maxillofacial advanced course,October 2008
MEETINGS ATTENDED
• Saudi Dental meeting, Riyadh 1991
• Norman Rowe Memorial Day, Edinburgh 1992
• Fourth RCSI Scientific Meeting, Dublin 1994
• Fourth Annual Overseas Meeting of RCSI, Bahrain Mar 1995
• Conference of the International Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, June 1995, Budapest
• Conference of the International Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Oct 1997, Kyoto-Japan.
• The International Conference of the Egyptian Dental Association, Oct 1997, Cairo.
• The Arab-American Association Overseas Conference, Dec 1997, Bahrain.
• The 10th Saudi International Dental Conference, March 1998, Riyadh.
• 1st Conference of Bahrain Dental Society, April 1998, Bahrain.
• The 2nd conference of the Syrian Maxillofacial Society, May 1998, Damascus.
• XIV Conference of the European Association of Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons, Helsinki, Sept 1998.
• 8th UAE Dental Conference, Dubai, March 1999.
• The 17th Jordanian Dental Congress, Amman, Oct 1999.
• 6th Saudi Dental Congress, Jeddah, Nov 1999.
• 11th Saudi Dental Meeting, Riyadh, March 2000.
• The 3rd International Conference of Syrian Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Damascus, April 2000.
• Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Saudi Club for Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, Riyadh, May 2000.
• The First Conference of Pan Arab Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, Dubai, January 2001.
• Second Conference of Bahrain Cancer Society, Bahrain, March 2001.
• The 4th Conference of Bahrain Dental Society,December 2005
• 17th Saudi international Dental Congress,January 2006
• Bahrain British Dental Conference,February 2006
• The Sixth Syrian International And the Sixth Pan Arab Conference For Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery,May 2006
• Annual Saudi Dental Meeting,December 2006
• UAE International dental conference ,March 2010
• 9th Asian Congress on oral and Maxillofacial Surgery , November 2010
PUBLICATIONS
1. Dhaif G, Malden N, McDonald-Jankowski DS. Radiological assessment of unerupted maxillary canine. J Dent Res. 1993(27): 4.
2. Dhaif G, Kuriakose S, Sleeman D, Brady F. Frey’s syndrome following fracture of the mandibular condyle. Letter to the Editor. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Path.
80(1): 2; 1995.
3. Dhaif G, Barry H. Extraoral extraction of teeth-a case report. J Irish Dent Association. 42(2): 18, 1996.
4. Beirne JC, Brady F, Ryan D, Bhatia S, Dhaif G. Changing trends in mandibular fractures treated at the National Maxillofacial Unit, Dublin. J Irish Coll of Phys and Surg. 24(3), July 1995.
5. Beirne JC, Brady F, Dhaif G. Current treatment of mandibular fractures-an overview. J Irish Dent Assoc. 41(2): 30-31, 1995.
6. Dhaif G, Sleeman D, Barry H, Toner M, Brady F. Solitary plasmacytoma of the jaws-report of two cases. The Saudi Dent J. 8(2): 92-95 1996.
7. Dhaif G, Brady F. Bicoronal flap and interpositional arthroplasty in ankylosis of TMJ. Bahrain Med Bull. 18(2): 40-43, 1996.
8. Dhaif G, Sleeman D, Brady F. The pattern of maxillofacial trauma in Ireland: a prospective study. J Bah Med Assoc 8(3): 166-171, 1996.
9. Dhaif G, Ramaraj R, Magra A, Ahmed Y, Al-Sammak N. Mandibular fractures in Bahrain. Bah Med Bull. 18(3): 77-79, 1996.
10. Dhaif G, Ahmed Y, Ramaraj R. Ranula and the sublingual glands. Review of 32 cases. Bah Med Bull. 20(1): 3-4, 1998.
11. Dhaif G, Al-Sammak A, Al-Jowder M. Mental nerve neuropathy in sickle cell
disease: report of five cases. Saudi Dent J. 10(3), 1998.
12. Dhaif G, Sangam K, Nabar K S. Traumatic aneurysm of the internal maxillary artery- an unusual complication of loose teeth. J Bah Med Assoc 11(2), 1999:49-50.
13. Dhaif G, Habib M. Traumatic blindness following malar bone fracture. J Bah Med Assoc. 9(3): 184-185, 1997.
14. Dhaif G, Ramaraj R, Al-Sammak N, Al-Jowder M. Impacted Wisdom Teeth: An audit. J Bah Med Assoc. 12(1): 12-14,2000.
15. Dhaif G, A. Al-Hadi A. Oral Cysticercosis: a case report. Saudi Dent J. 12(2):
100-102,2000.
16. Mirza Yousif, Ghassan Dhaif. A tooth in the nose: an unusual cause of epistaxis.
J Bah Med Assoc. 13(3): 151-153,2001.
17. Dhaif G, Al-Durazi T, Al-Hashemi H. Cranial bone grafting in orbital reconstruction. Pan Arab Journal of Neurosurgery 1(3): 40-48,2002.
18. Dhaif G, Haffadh M, Al-Fardan A. Condylar hyperplasia of the mandible. Dental News. 5(5): 9-12,2002.
19. Dhaif G. Sternoclavicular and Costochondral grafts for TMJ reconstruction. Int J Oral & Maxillofac Surg. 30(suppl. A): S 80, 2001.
20. Dhaif G, Taj A. TMJ arthrocentesis for acute closed lock: Retrospective analysis of 40 consecutive cases. Saudi Dental Journal. 13(3):123-127, 2001.
PRESENTATIONS
1. Beirne JC, Dhaif G, Brady F, Allcut D. The definitive one stage treatment of complex craniomaxillofacial trauma. POSTER PRESENTATION AWARDED FIRST SURGICAL PRIZE AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE IN IRELAND, NOV 1994.
2. Dhaif G, Sleeman D, Brady F. The versatility of Bicoronal flaps in maxillofacial surgery. Overseas annual meeting of RCSI, March 1995, Bahrain.
3. Dhaif G, Haffadh M, Brady F. Alveolar bone grafting of cleft palate patients. Review of 41 cases. Overseas annual meeting of RCSI, March 1995, Bahrain.
4. Beirne JC, Kuriakose S, Dhaif G. The outer table cranial bone graft in periorbital reconstruction. Vth International Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons in training, Sept 1995, Amsterdam.
5. Dhaif G, Habib M. The role of 3-D CT scan in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.
Paper presented at the Arab-American Conference, Dec 1997, Bahrain.
6. Dhaif G. Surgical management of maxillary tumors in Bahrain-SMC experience. Paper presented at the Arab-American Conference, Dec 1997, Bahrain.
7. Dhaif G, Habib M. Cranial bone graft for oral & maxillofacial surgery: state of the art. Paper presented at the 10th Saudi Dental Meeting. Riyadh, March 1998.
8. Dhaif G. Biological reconstruction of TMJ: a surgical frontier. Paper presented at the 1st conference of Bahrain Dental Society. Bahrain, April 1998.
9. Dhaif G. Surgical management of maxillary tumors in Bahrain. Paper presented at the 2nd conference of Syrian Maxillofacial Society. Damascus, May 1998.
10. Dhaif G. Sternoclavicular versus Costochondral grafts for TMJ reconstruction. Paper presented at the 11th Alexandria Int. Dental Congress, 11-13 Nov 1998.
11. Dhaif G, Al-Durazi T, Burashid K. Surgical management of orbital roof fractures. Paper presented at the 11th Alexandria Int. Dental Congress, 11-13 Nov 1998.
12. Dhaif G, Al-Alawi R. Transcutaneous approach for orbital reconstruction. Paper presented at the 1st GCC Medical Associations Conference, Bahrain 1998.
13. Dhaif G. Temporomandibular Joint arthrocentesis for acute closed lock: 3 years follow-up. 8th UAE Dental Conference. Dubai, March 1999.
14. Dhaif G. The versatility of genioplasty. Paper presented at the 17th Jordanian Dental Congress. Amman, Oct 1999.
15. Dhaif G, Al-Alawi R. Surgical recommendations in Class II dentofacial deformities secondary to vertical maxillary excess and mandibular deficiencies.
Paper presented at the 17th Jordanian Dental Congress, Amman, Oct 1999.
16. Dhaif G. The versatility of genioplasty. Paper presented at the Saudi dental
Congress, Jeddah, Nov 1999.
17. Dhaif G, Al-Alawi R, Al-Sammak A. Meniscoplasty of the Displaced Temporomandibular Joint Meniscus using a Micro-Anchor Endosseous Implant: A preliminary report. 14th International Conference on Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery- Washington DC, USA, April 1999.
18. Dhaif G. Pediatric Oral & Facial Injuries. Paper presentation at the 11th Saudi
Dental Meeting, Riyadh, March 2000.
19. Dhaif G. Pediatric Craniomaxillofacial Injuries. The 3rd International conference of the Syrian Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Damascus, April 2000.
20. Dhaif G. Panfacial Trauma in Bahrain: result of early surgical intervention. Annual Meeting of the Saudi Club for Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, Riyadh, May 2000.
21. Dhaif G. Arthrocentesis for TMJ closed lock: 5 years follow-up. 1st conference of
Pan Arab association of oral & maxillofacial surgeons, Dubai, February 2000.
22. Dhaif G. Sternoclavicular Joint versus Costochondral rib graft in TMJ reconstruction: review of technique. 1st conference of pan Arab association of oral & maxillofacial surgeons, Dubai, February 2000.
23. Dhaif G. Pattern of oral cancer in Bahrain. 2nd conference of Bahrain Cancer Society, Bahrain, January 2001.
24. Dhaif G. Surgical management of giant aneurysmal bone cyst of the mandibular
condyle: case report. British Association of oral and maxillofacial surgeons meeting Harrogate 6-8 June 2001.
25. Dhaif G. Distraction Osteogenesis of the facial skeleton: SMC-Bahrain experience. 18th Jordanian Dental Congress, Amman Oct 2001.
26. Dhaif G, Burashid K, Al-Durazi T. Craniofacial trauma in Bahrain. Doha
Neurotrauma Symposium, Qatar April 13-16, 2002.
27. Dhaif G. Distraction Osteogenesis of the craniomaxillofacial region: state of the art. 4th Int Meeting of the Syrian Maxillofacial Surgery Society, Damascus, April 2002.
28. Dhaif G. Bone Grafting in Maxillofacial Surgery. AEEDC, Dubai, March 2003.
29. Dhaif G, Fardan Abbas. Management of Dental Ectopia: a combined orthodontic/oral surgery intervention. 3rd conference of Bahrain Dental Association, Bahrain, January 2003.
30. Suha Al-Murbati, Dhaif G, Fardan Abbas. Surgically Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion. 3rd Conference of Bahrain Dental Association, Bahrain, January 2003.
31. Dhaif G. Surgical treatment of Anterior Open Bite. 19th Jordanian Dental
Congress, October 2003.
32. Dhaif G. Distraction Osteogenesis in Maxillofacial Surgery. 5th Syrian
Maxillofacial Society, April 2004.
33. Dhaif G. SARPE using Glassman’s technique. 1st Gulf Dental Day, KSA, Sept
2004.
34. Dhaif G. Management of Class III Dentofacial Deformities. Fist Bahraini-Saudi
Dental Day, Dec 2004.
35. Dhaif G. Reconstruction of Alveolar Cleft in Cleft Lip & Palate patients. AEED, Dubai April 2005.
36. Dhaif G. Surgical-Orthodontic treatment of Long Face Syndrome. 35th Conference of Sudanese Dental Association, Sudan May 2005.
37. Dhaif G. Surgical Management of Skeletal anterior open bite. 2nd Gulf Dental Meeting, KSA, Sept 2005.
38. Dhaif G. Surgically-Assisted Palatal Expansion-Review of technique. The 17th
Saudi International Dental Congress. Riyadh, Jan 2006.
With family ..
BOOKS
1. Color Atlas of Oral medicine and Oral surgery, 2001.
MEMBERSHIP
1. British Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.
2. International Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons.
3. AO CMF
4. German Society of Oral Implantology
5. Pan Arab Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
6. American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons.
7. European Association of Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons.
8. Saudi Dental Society.
9. Bahrain Dental Society.
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