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Education

• Pediatric Cleft and Craniofacial Fellowship - Charleston Area Medical Center, 2021
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2020
• DMD - Nova Southeastern University, 2016
• BS in Biology - University of Florida, 2012

Teaching Areas

• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Pediatric Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, American College of Surgeons (2024)
• Outstanding Poster Presentation Award for Varying Treatments for Osteomyelitis in Two Patients with Osteopetrosis Including the Use of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 (2017)
• Brasseler USA Senior Award for Professionalism, Persistence, and Commitment to Pursuing a Quality Dental Education (2016)
• Oral Pathology Outstanding Case Presentation Award (2016)

Professional Activities

• Faculty Practice, University of Louisville Dental Associates
• Mission Trips (Nicaragua and El Salvador)

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

• Board certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
• American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
• Kentucky Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (applied)

Research Interests and Current Projects

• Cleft and craniofacial surgery
• Orthognathic surgery
• Maxillofacial trauma

Publications

Journal Articles

• Abramowicz S, Barnes S, Edwards C, Austin T. Current Practice of Graduates of OMS-Based Cleft and Craniofacial Fellowship Programs. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (2023). 

• Strait RH, Barnes S, Smith DH. Associations between oral health and general health: a survey-wide association study of the NHANES. Community Dental Health (2021) 38, 1-6.

Book Chapters

• Dombrowski N, Barnes S, Kushner G. Practical Tips for Surgical Management of Naso-Orbitoethmoid Fractures. In: Amin, D., Marwan, H. (eds) Pearls and Pitfalls in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Springer, Cham, 2024.

Abstract

• Barnes SN, Lin SI, McKenna SJ. Varying Treatments for Osteomyelitis in Two Patients with Osteopetrosis Including the Use of Bone Morphoogenetic Protein-2. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Volume 75, Issue 10, e394- e395.

Poster Presentations

• Barnes S, Vega L, Lin S. Clear Aligner Orthognathic Splints for Surgery-First or Surgery-Only Cases: A Preliminary Report of a Novel Technique. American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Annual Meeting, (Virtual; Oct 2020).
• Barnes S, Lin S, McKenna S. Varying Treatments for Osteomyelitis in Two Patients with Osteopetrosis Including the Use of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2.  American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Annual Meeting, (San Francisco, CA; Oct 2017).
• Parrish S,Weyh A, Patel R, Ede-Nichols D. Dental students’ attitudes towards treating special needs patients during and after dental school.  Annual Meeting on Special Care Dentistry, (Denver, CO 2015).
• Parrish S, Kaltman J, Kaltman S, Currillo E, Puente I. 10-year Retrospective Evaluation of Craniofacial Fractures in Helmeted vs. Non-helmeted Motorcycle Crashes in Broward County, Florida.  American Student Dental Association’s Annual Session, (Boston, MA 2015).

Professional Teaching

• Orthognathic Plenary: Orthognathic Surgery – Best and worst case.American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Annual Meeting. (Moderator)
• Orthognathic Track: Hot-off-the-press Session.American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Annual Meeting. (Moderator)