Donita Dyalram, DDS, MD, FACS, is an assistant professor and associate program director of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency training program at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. She is also one of the core faculty in the Head and Neck Oncology/ Microvascular Reconstruction fellowship training program, as well as a course director and faculty adviser. Dyalram was recognized with the Faculty Educator Development Award by the
Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation, and is board certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. She can be reached at ddyalram@umaryland.edu.
Because there are no universally accepted guidelines for managing this patient population, clinicians must look to the evidence when formulating a treatment plan.