Dr. Salama obtained his DDS and MD degrees from the University of Maryland School of Dental Medicine and School of Medicine respectively. He completed his OMFS training at the University of Maryland in 2000, and joined the faculty at the University of Maryland Medical Center following the completion of a Fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Oncology and Reconstruction in 2005. His primary clinical interests include treatment of head and neck malignancies and tumors, microvascular reconstruction and surgical management of craniofacial trauma.

He has a commitment to teaching on many levels and was previously the Director of the Microvascular Teaching Laboratory at the University of Maryland Dental School. His current clinical research involves evaluating tongue motion and speech following reconstructive surgery and developing novel chemo-preventive medications for oral cancer. He has published articles in several peer reviewed journals and has traveled nationally and internationally to present abstracts and research.

Publications/Presentations/Abstracts

Lubek, J., El-Hakim, M., Salama, A. R., Liu, X., Ord, R. A.: Gingival Carcinoma-Retrospective analysis of 72 patients and indications for Elective Neck Dissection. Accepted for publication BJOMS, 2010.

Lubek, J., Shihabi, A., Salama, A. R.: Tibiofibular Synostosis—An unusual case during vascularized fibula harvest. (accepted for publication JOMS 2010).

Schepper, M. A., Badros, A., Salama, A. R., Warburton, G., Cullen, K. J., Weikel, D. S., Meiller, T. F. A novel bioassay to determine clinically significant bisphosphonate levels. Support Care Cancer. 2009 Dec; (17): 1553–7. 2009.

Salama, A., and Scheper, M. Metastatic neuroendocrine carcinomas to the oral cavity and major salivary glands—a comparative analysis of primary and metastatic disease. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Radiology and Endodontics 2009, Aug 108 (2) 242–7.

Salama, A., McClure, S., Ord, R. A., Pazoki, A. Free flap complications and failures in an American oral and maxillofacial surgery unit. International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Oct 2009.

Scheper, M. A., Badros, A., Salama, A. R., Warburton, G., Cullen, K. J., Weikel, D. S., Meiller, T. F. A novel bioasssy model to determine clinically significant bisphosphonate levels. Support Care Cancer, 2009, Aug 4.

Salama, A. R., Ord, R. A. Clinical Implications of the Neck in Salivary Gland Disease. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America. August 2008.

Goytia, R. N., Salama, A. R., Khanuja, H. Bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis, treatment or serious complications. Orthopedic Surgery Clinics of North America. Vol 40, No.2, April 2009.

E. Murano, M. Stone, X. Liu, A. R. Salama, R. Gullapalli, R. A. Ord, J. Prince. Compensatory tongue patterns in glossectomy patients. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 123(5): 3321, 2008.

Domenick P. Coletti, Andrew R. Salama, John F. Caccamese. Application of Intermaxillary Fixation Screws in Maxillofacial Trauma. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. September; 65 (9) 1746–50.

Badros, A., Weikel, D., Salama, A. R., et al, Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in Multiple Myeloma Patients: Clinical Features and Risk Factors, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 24, No 6 (February 20), 2006: pp. 945–952.

Nikitakis, N., Salama, A. R., Ord, R. A., Papadamitrou, N., O’Malley, B. Malignant peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor—peripheral neuorepithelioma of the head and neck; a clinicopathological study of five cases and a review of the literature, Head and Neck 2003, Jun: 25 (6); 488–498.

Henderson, J. M., Bergman, S., Salama, A. R., Koterwas, G. Management of the oral and maxillofacial surgery patient with thrombocytopenia, Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2001, Apr: 59 (4): 421–427.

Henderson, J. M., Salama, A. R., Blanchaert, R. H., Management of auricular hematoma using a thermoplastic splint, Archives of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 2000, Jul 126 (7): 880–890.

Salama, A. R., Craniofacial Implication of Bisphophonates. 14th International Symposium on Bone Circulation. Association Research Circulation Osseous (ARCO), Baltimore, Maryland, October 4, 2007.

McClure, S., Salama, A. R., Pazoki, A., Ord, R., Analysis and Outcomes of Microvascular Reconstruction of the Oral Cavity Following Ablative Surgery First World Congress of the International Academy of Oral Oncology. Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 2007, (Oral Presentation).

Salama, A. R., Functional Outcomes Following Glossectomy, Third International Conference on Biomecheanics, Japanese Advance Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Kanazawa, Japan
March 2007.

Salama, A. R., McClure, S., Kolokythas, A., Reid, B., Ord, R. A. Clinical Predictors of Nodal Metastasis in T1/T2 Oral Tongue Cancer. International Congress of Oral Cancer, 2006, Grado, Italy (Oral Presentation).

McClure, S. A., Salama, A. R., Fernandes, R., Ord, R. A.,
Metastasis to the Maxillofacial Region, International Congress of Oral Cancer, 2006, Grado, Italy
(Oral Presentation).

Salama, A. R., McClure, S. A., Ord, R. A., A Mobile Head and Neck Database. International Congress of Oral Cancer, 2006, Grado, Italy, (Poster Presentation).

Salama, A. R., Ord, R. A., Badros, A., Gibson, A. British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 2006, Eastbourne. Osteonecrosis of the Jaws in Multiple Myeloma Patients (Oral Presentation).

McClure, S., Salama, A. R., Ord, R. British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 2006, Eastbourne. Maxillary Ameloblastoma (Poster Presentation).

Salama, A. R., Coletti, D., Caccamese, J. IMF Screws in Maxillofacial Trauma: A Pilot Study Evaluating Safety and Efficacy. American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 2005, Boston, Massachusetts (Oral Presentation).

Salama, A. R., Ord, R. A. Multiple primary oral squamous cell carcinomas of the oral cavity,
6th International Head and Neck Society Meeting, Washington, D.C. 2004 (Poster Presentation).

Salama, A. R., Ord, R. A., Fernandes, R. Neuroendocrine tumors of the maxillofacial region,
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 2004, San Franscisco, California
(Poster Presentation).

Salama, A. R., Henderson, J. M. Management of Auricular Hematoma Using a Thermoplastic Splint,
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 2000, San Francisco, California
(Oral Presentation).

A Principal Component Analysis of Internal Tongue Motion in Normal and Post-Glossectomy Patients with Primary Closure, and Free Flap. Maureen Stone, Emi Murano, Xiaofeng Liu, Jiachen Zhuo, Rao Gullapalli, Andrew Salama, and Jerry Prince. Kanazawa, Japan. February 2009.

Current Research

Clinical predictors of nodal metastasis in early stage tongue cancer

MRI, US, and finite element analysis of glossectomy defects

Clinical Interests

Craniomaxillofacial trauma and reconstruction

Microvascular surgery

Oncology database initiation and management

Book Chapters

Flap classification and Principles of Flap Design for Head and Neck Reconstruction, in Current Therapy in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mosby/Elsevier, 2010.

Caccamese, J. F., Ord, R. A., Salama, A. R. The Management of Pediatric Cranio-Maxillofacial Pathology In Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, ed. 2. Fonseca, R. J., et al. St. Louis, Elsevier.

Skin Cancer, Nouri et. al., McGraw-Hill Publishers, Oral Cancer Chapter, Co-author (Robert A. Ord).

Departments

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Affiliations

Faculty