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Director
Posnick MD Consulting
Potomac, Maryland
ABOUT DR. POSNICK
Dr Posnick is a Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Minnesota. Educated in dentistry from Harvard University and medicine from Vanderbilt University, Dr Posnick is a diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery and a diplomat of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons (Canada).
Dr Posnick has completed surgical training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University; The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania; And Vanderbilt Medical Center and University.
He began surgical practice in 1986 in Toronto, Canada where he directed the craniofacial surgery program at the Hospital for Sick Children, which is affiliated with the University of Toronto. Working with private industry beginning in the 1980’s, Dr Posnick developed and later refined internal fixation systems and medical devices that continue to be used in cranio-maxillofacial surgery worldwide.
In 1992, he was recruited to Georgetown University Medical Center where he formalized the Georgetown Craniofacial Center. In 1998, Dr Posnick continued an active private practice at the Posnick Center for Facial Plastic Surgery in the Washington D.C. area.
In 2020, Dr Posnick stepped back from his clinical practice with continued involvement in the education of students, residents in training, and clinicians in practice. Through Posnick, MD Consulting, LLC, he continues to provide advice and support to the healthcare industry and to individual patients and families as they navigate through personal healthcare challenges.
Current professional academic appointments include: Professor Emeritus, Departments of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Paediatrics at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, Professor of Orthodontics at the University of Maryland, School of Dentistry, Baltimore, Maryland, Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Howard University College of Dentistry in Washington, DC., and Adjunct Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr Posnick has lectured around the world and authored more than 400 medical journal publications and book chapters. His earlier two volume textbook, published in 2000 by W.B. Saunders, Craniofacial and Maxillofacial Surgery in Children and Young Adults, is considered an authoritative benchmark reference. His first edition comprehensive two volume textbook Orthognathic Surgery: Principles and Practice published in 2014 by Elsevier, captured current thinking for the evaluation and treatment of all aspects of dentofacial deformities. The second edition, published in 2022, establishes its place as a reference in setting guidelines of practice in the field. A monograph entitled Facial Deformities in Children: Thirteen Life Changing Operations written for the public was published by Elsevier in 2023. A general knowledge book, A Little about A Lot, authored by Dr Posnick was published by Wheatmark in 2024.
Thursday, September 12, 2024
1:15 PM – 1:40 PM EDT
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