Deepak Kademani, DMD, MD, FACS, is Chief of Staff, Medical Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; and Fellowship Director, Oral/Head and Neck Oncologic and Reconstructive Surgery at North Memorial Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA. In addition to his clinical and teaching responsibilities, Dr. Kademani conducts research especially on oral cancer and salivary gland disorders, benign and malignant disease of the head and neck, and head and neck reconstruction. He has been a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery since 2005 and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons since 2006. He is a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Oral Cancer and has acted as a reviewer for numerous journals. Dr. Kademani has been the lead or co-author on more than 40 papers in peer-reviewed medical journals and is co-editor (with G.P. Tiwana) of the book Atlas of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Elsevier 2015).