ISO Fall Meeting - 2025
Maggiano's Oak Brook - Monday, November 10, 2025
"All About Adult Expansion"
For our Fall 2025 meeting, we will dive deep into various treatment options for developing the transverse dimension in non-growers. We have invited three experts in our community who will discuss various options for adult expansion.
Agenda:
7:30 - 8:30 REGISTRATION and BREAKFAST (Exhibit area)
8:30 - 9:20 Speaker 1: Dr. Mohammed Elnagar
9:30 - 10:20 Speaker 2: Dr. Max Emmerling
10:20 - 10:50 BREAK (Exhibit area)
10:50 - 11:40 Speaker 3: Dr. James Murphy
11:40 - 12:00 Panel Discussion/ Questions
12:00 - 1:00 NETWORKING/ cocktails and light bites (Exhibit area)
Speaker 1: Mohammed Elnagar, DDS, MSc, Ph.D.
Dr. Mohammed Elnagar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics. In 2022, he obtained a certificate in Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in health care from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Dr. Elnagar practices orthodontics in Chicago, focusing on Digital orthodontics, dentofacial orthopedics with skeletal anchorage, and surgical orthodontics. He is the Director of the digital and AI Laboratory at UIC Orthodontics. His Research Interests are 3D Imaging, 3D printing TADs, Artificial intelligence applications in Health Care, and Clinical and Transitional research. Dr. Elnagar has received numerous national awards and has published more than 40 articles and 5 book chapters. He has given more than 45 invited talks\lectures in at national and international meetings.
Title of Presentation:
"Advancements in Maxillary Transverse Deficiency Treatment: MARPE Optimization through CAD-CAM Design and 3-D Printing"
Learning Objectives:
- Identify guidelines for MARPE appliance design, expansion protocols, and retention strategies.
- Understand the comprehensive effects of MARPE on dental, skeletal, soft tissue, and airway parameters.
- Explore the digital workflow involved in optimizing MARPE effectiveness through CAD-CAM design and 3-dimensional printing.
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Speaker 2: Dr. Max Emmerling, DDS, MD, FACS
Dr. Max R. Emmerling, is an Attending Surgeon at Cook County Health and a Clinical Assistant Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He completed his Residency training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center and R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Maryland. He completed his Dental and Medical Education at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Dr. Emmerling's clinical and research interests primarily include maxillofacial trauma and orthognathic surgery.
Title of Presentation:
"Orthognathic Surgical Correction of Transverse Discrepancies"
Lecture Objectives:
- Describe the surgical techniques utilized to achieve transverse maxillary and mandibular changes in orthognathic surgery.
- Understand factors influencing transverse relapse and retention principles.
- Describe common pitfalls/ complications in surgical correction of transverse discrepancies.
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Speaker 3: James Murphy, DDS, MD
Dr. James Murphy completed his dental and medical school training at University College Cork in Ireland. After a medical internship in Ireland, he completed a residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at University of Maryland in Baltimore, USA. Subsequently he underwent fellowship training, his first fellowship in head and neck oncology and reconstruction at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, and his second in Plastic Surgery with a special interest in craniofacial surgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, USA. He took up an attending position at Cook County Health in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery after completion of his training. He is an adjunct attending in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at Cook County Health and an Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center. He is an Associate Professor at Midwestern University in Downers Grove, Illinois. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Title of Presentation:
"Utility of symphyseal split osteotomy in the management of transverse discrepancies in orthognathic surgery"
Learning Objectives:
- Review merits and indications for symphyseal osteotomy of the mandible to address transverse discrepancies
- Understand stability of symphyseal osteotomy movement