Oral, Mouth and Throat Cancer

Biography

Prof. Rui Amaral Mendes attained his DMD degree from the University of Porto. He proceeded with his studies at the VU Universiteit Amsterdam where he defended his doctoral thesis under the supervision of his mentor, Prof. Isaac van der Waal. As Professor of Oral Medicine, Oral Oncology and Oral Surgery of the Catholic University of Portugal he was appointed Clinical Director of the University Dental Clinic in 2011. In 2012 he was further appointed Chair of the DMD Program and Chair of the Post-Graduation Course in Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Pathology of the Catholic University of Portugal. He left all these position in August 2015 and became solely affiliated with Case Western Reserve University. He also held a position of Visiting Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Michigan until 2014. Fellow of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and of the International Academy of Oral Oncology, he was actively involved in the V World Workshop on Oral Medicine, as member of the “Genetics/epigenetics of oral mucosal premalignancy” work group and is also member of the Research Interest Group "Head & Neck Oncology” of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

Research Interest

Pre-maligant lesions of the mouth Genetics and epigenetics of head and neck cancer Tumors of the jaws