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This episode is the first in a two-part Coast to Coast series, spotlighting CODA-accredited Orofacial Pain training programs across the country. Episode 1 focuses on the West Coast, where hosts Dr. Pratishtha Mishra and Dr. Jasjot Sahni speak with two program directors leading established OFP residencies: Dr. Maria Padilla from USC and Dr. Sherwin Arman from UCLA. They discuss their paths into Orofacial Pain, the structure of their programs, what day-to-day resident life looks like, and how mentorship and career development are supported. They also share insights on the growing overlap with sleep and headache medicine, along with advice for future specialists and for schools aiming to build OFP training. Whether you are a dental student, resident, or clinician seeking clarity on CODA-accredited Orofacial Pain programs, this episode offers a clear look at two respected West Coast training models and the directors guiding them.

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Dr. Konstantin Slavin is Professor and Chief of Section and Fellowship Director for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Dr. Slavin graduated from medical school in Baku, Azerbaijan in the Soviet Union and completed his neurosurgery residency in Moscow. He then completed his second neurosurgery residency at UIC and a fellowship in functional and stereotactic neurosurgery at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Slavin is current President of the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and the Past President of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. He is also the President-Elect of the International Neuromodulation Society (INS) and past Secretary of the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS). For many years, he serves on the Medical Advisory Board of the Facial Pain Association, the premier patient organization for those who suffer from trigeminal neuralgia and other facial pain syndromes. In addition, he is on the Board of non profit organization “Neuromodulation Foundation”, the publisher of Wikistim, and for more than a decade was an Executive Committee member of the Joint Section on Pain of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Slavin has published in many books and peer-reviewed journals and is an associate editor or editorial board member for a number of publications, including Neuromodulation, Neurosurgery, Brain Sciences, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Acta Neurochirurgica and others; he is the current editor-in-chief of Progress in Neurological Surgery. His first book on Peripheral Nerve Stimulation was published in 2011; another book, co-edited with Sam Eljamel on Neurostimulation: Practice and Principles, came out in 2013; the third one, Stimulation of Peripheral Nervous System: The Neuromodulation Frontier was released in 2015. The most recent – and most relevant for this audience – book on Neuromodulation for Facial Pain came out in 2021.

Dr. Nojan Bakthiari graduated from New York University College of Dentistry in 2011, followed by a 1-year General Practice Dentistry Program at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center. He then completed a 2-year CODA-accredited Orofacial Pain program at New York University College of Dentistry. He started a private practice part time while teaching part time at Yale New Haven Hospital, Oral Surgery Department. Later on, he led the Orofacial Pain didactic and clinical curriculum at the University of Connecticut, School of Dental Medicine. Currently, he has an academic appointment at Columbia University but spends the majority of his time in his own private practice. His practice is one of the few ones which from it's inception was limited to evidence-based care of temporomandibular disorders, orofacial pain and associated headaches. He also serves on the Board of Directors at the New York University Dentistry Alumni Association and the Executive Council of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain. This is an informative podcast only, there are no CE credits to be claimed.

Dr. Boggero is the Director of Psychological Services and Director of Research at the University of Kentucky Orofacial Pain Clinic. He completed his undergraduate education at UCLA and obtained his Ph. D. in clinical psychology from the University of Kentucky, with a graduate certificate in biostatistics. After his Ph.D. he completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. His research interests are in developing brief psychological interventions for improving pain and fatigue in patients with chronic pain. His work has been funded by the NIH and the American Psychological Association among other organizations and has been published in top pain journals.

Dr. Janey Prodoehl is a Professor in the Physical Therapy Program and College of Dental Medicine Illinois at Midwestern University Downers Grove, Illinois. She completed her entry level physical therapy degree in Leeds, England, an advanced Master of Science degree in physical therapy at Rosalind Franklin University, and doctoral and post-doctoral studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has over 30 years of experience as a physical therapist primarily in out-patient orthopedic settings and was certified as an orthopedic clinical specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. Her doctoral studies examined motor control in focal dystonia, and her post-doctoral work examined functional and structural neuroimaging in patients with movement problems. She sees patients in the Physical Therapy Institute at Midwestern University with a physical therapy practice focused on neck pain, orofacial pain and headache, and dry needling for musculoskeletal dysfunction. Her research focus is to ask questions related to motor control that will lead to an improved understanding of musculoskeletal movement dysfunction particularly as it relates to orofacial pain and postural dysfunction. Dr. Prodoehl has authored numerous publications from her work. She is a Certified Cervical & Temporomandibular Therapist by the Physical Therapy Board of Craniofacial & Cervical Therapeutics. She is currently leading a team in the development of a national clinical practice guideline sponsored by the Academy of Orthopedic Physical Therapy, a section of the American Physical Therapy Association, on Temporomandibular disorders: diagnosis and management for physical therapists.

Flavia P. Kapos, DDS, MS, PhD is a postdoctoral fellow at the Pediatric Pain and Sleep Innovations Lab at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. She is a pain epidemiologist and diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain. Dr. Kapos completed her DDS training at the University of São Paulo School of Dentistry and her MS and orofacial pain residency at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. She earned her PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health where she was an NIH/NIDCR R90 trainee focused on the social determinants of chronic pain in the United States. Her current research is focused on life course and intergenerational mechanisms of pain inequities.

In today's podcast we will be interviewing the future leaders of the field of Orofacial Pain. By order of participation, meet Dr. Linda Sangalli (Italy) in her 3rd year of master's degree in Orofacial Pain at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Erkan Onurlu (Turkey) in his second year of Orofacial Pain program at UCLA, Dr. Diego Fernandez Vial (Chile) chief resident in his 3rd year of master's degree in Orofacial Pain at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Maram Taema (Egypt)chief resident in her 2nd second in her master's degree in Orofacial Pain at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Andrea Numbers (US) in her second year of Orofacial Pain program at the University of Michigan, Dr. Qiman Gao (China) in her second year of master's degree at the University of Minnesota. The host of this podcast is Dr. Moreno Hay, program director at the University of Kentucky. Thank you for listening. This is an informative podcast only, there are no CE credits to be claimed.

Dr. Greene wil be discussing the impact of overtreatment "successes" in the field of temporomandibular disorders. Dr. Greene has been involved for many years in clinical research and teaching in the area of temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain. From 1965-1984 he worked with Dr. Daniel Laskin in the UIC College of Dentistry TMJ and Facial Pain Research Center. From 1986 to 1995 he worked at Northwestern University Dental School with Dr. Harold Perry as co-director of their TMD Clinic. Since returning to UIC in 1995, Dr. Greene has served as Director of Orofacial Pain Studies. He was a Clinical Professor in the Department of Orthodontics, and he has contributed many articles and lectures to the orthodontic specialty in the USA and abroad. He has published over 150 articles, book chapters, and abstracts, and was co-editor of a multi-author book about temporomandibular disorders in 2006. A new multi-author book on TMDs co-edited by Dr. Greene and Dr. Laskin was released in 2013. In 2015 Dr. Greene was one of four co-editors on a book entitled “TMD and Orthodontics”. He is a Life Member of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain as well as the International Association for Dental Research. He retired from UIC in 2018 and is currently Clinical Professor Emeritus.

Dr. Craig Miller discusses the diagnosis and management of patients suffering with burning mouth. Dr. Miller is the Alvin L. Morris Professor of Oral Health Research and Chief, Division of Oral Diagnosis, Oral Medicine and Oral Radiology at the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry. He has been with the University for 33 years and holds a joint appointment in the College of Medicine. Dr. Miller has had a prolific scientific career - authoring 11 book titles and more than 300 scientific articles and commentaries that have appeared in more than 60 scientific journals. He has collaborated with more than 100 scientists and clinicians. He is passionate about education and has helped mentor hundreds of dental, medical, graduate and undergraduate students.

Dr. Dawn Buse is a licensed psychologist who specializes in helping people live well with chronic diseases, including chronic pain. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Headache Society. She is currently a Clinical Professor of Neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Health Psychology Doctor Program of the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology of Yeshiva University. Dr. Buse has been a co-investigator in multiple studies of migraine and a recipient of multiple research and professional awards for her work on headache conditions. In this podcast Dr. Buse will be discussing the behavioral approach to the management of headache migraine.

Marcela Romero-Reyes University of Maryland, School of Dentistry Assoc.Professor,Director Brotman FacialPain Clinic Baltimore, MD Learning objectives: 1. Understand the role of orofacial pain practitioners in the management of headaches. 2. Review the red flags or warning signs in the evaluation of headaches complaints. 3. Describe the new therapeutic approaches in headache medicine.

In this new episode we will be discussing with Dr. Fernando Exposto, DDS, MSc, PhD about muscle pain and pain referral. Dr. Fernando Exposto is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow and Clinical Instructor at Aarhus University in Denmark. He obtained his PhD degree in Health Sciences at the same university in 2019. He graduate from dental school at ISCSEM in Lisbon (Portugal)in 2007. He completed a Master in Dental Sciences, Danube University (Austria) from 2007 to 2011. In 2015, he graduated from the 2 year CODA approved program in Orofacial Pain at the University of Kentucky (USA). From 2016 to 2018 he completed a Master in Headache Disorders at the Copenhagen University (Denmark). Dr. Exposto is a Diplomate by the American Board of Orofacial Pain since 2016. References: Comparison of masseter muscle referred sensations after mechanical and glutamate stimulation: a randomized, double-blind, controlled, cross-over study. / Exposto, Fernando; Udagawa, Gen; Naganawa, Takuya; Svensson, Peter. In: Pain, Vol. 159, No. 12, 01.12.2018, p. 2649-2657. Comparison of Pain-Generated Functional Outcomes in Experimental Models of Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness and Nerve Growth Factor Injection of the Masticatory Muscles./ Zhang Y, Exposto FG, Grigoriadis A, Lobbezoo F, Koutris M, Zhang J, et al. Journal of oral & facial pain and headache [Internet]. 2020 Sep [cited 2021 Feb 13];34(4):311–22. Further evidence for overlaps among chronic pain conditions : But no news about causal relationships. / Svensson, Peter; Exposto, Fernando. In: Journal of Oral and Facial Pain and Headache, Vol. 34, No. Suppl., 2020, p. s6-s8.

Dr. Eric Schiffman, DDS, MS, is a Professor and the Director of Clinical Research at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, as well as a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain. Dr. Schiffman has over 35 years of experience treating orofacial pain patients. He has received over $17 million in research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and has over 60 peer-reviewed publications, 12 book chapters and 3 patents – with another pending. He has lectured locally, nationally and internationally on topics pertaining to the prevalence, etiology, diagnosis, and management of patients with TMD and orofacial pain. Past research as a NIH study principal investigator includes developing and publishing validated Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) for the most common TMD - for use in both the clinical and research settings. Past research in TMD management includes assessing the long-term effectiveness, in patients with symptomatic TMJ closed lock with limited mouth opening, of medical management compared to comprehensive rehabilitation with and without TMJ surgery. He has also researched the longitudinal impact of TMJ intra-articular disorders on jaw pain, function and disability. In addition, in the NIH-funded National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN), he assessed the management of TMD patients by dentists in their practices. He currently has a NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to develop and test a new version of the Restful Jaw device – a device attached to the dental chair that is designed to support the jaw during dental procedures including the surgical removal of third molars. Finally, he is a co-owner of the inter-disciplinary Minnesota Head and Neck Pain Clinic where he manages TMD and orofacial pain patients in the Saint Paul location.

In this episode Dr. Karen Raphael shares her research on the areas of psychological comorbidities in chronic pain, the relationship of sleep bruxism and temporomandibular disorders as well as the use of botulinum toxin in the management of orofacial pain conditions. Dr. Karen Raphael is a PhD-level psychologist and epidemiologist whose work over the last 35 years has focused on the role of psychosocial and stress-related factors in medically unexplained pain. As she was completing postdoctoral training in psychiatric epidemiology at Columbia University, she met Dr. Joseph Marbach, an orofacial pain specialist and renowned clinical researcher. Most of their close collaboration for a dozen years until his passing in 2001 involved studying processes underlying chronic temporomandibular disorders. After serving on faculty at Columbia University (in Public Health, Psychiatry and the Dental School), she continued research on orofacial pain and other forms of medically unexplained pain at Rutgers/Newark Medical and Dental Schools, where she was promoted to Professor. Her work broadened to encompass areas ranging from translational pain psychophysics to pain epidemiology. She continued methodologically-driven work on biases in both patient reporting and clinical observation. Since 2009, Dr. Raphael has held a primary appointment at New York University College of Dentistry, serving as Professor in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology and Medicine. Her research on stress and muscle activity expanded to include use of polysomnographic studies and awake stress-reactivity studies to examine the role of bruxism in temporomandibular disorders. Dr. Raphael’s writings inspired an international consensus committee of orofacial pain experts to reconsider whether bruxism is a disorder requiring treatment. In addition to serving as Principal Investigator on a dozen grants funded primarily by the NIH, Dr. Raphael has published approximately 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has served on numerous editorial boards and grant review committees. Her most recent funded research has examined potential bone-related risk from use of Botulinum Toxin to treat temporomandibular disorders.