Professor Emeritus
University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Dr Peter D Waite MPH, DDS, MD. Is a graduate of the university of Minnesota School of Dentistry 1979 and University of Alabama Birmingham school of medicine 1983. He completed his OMS traning at UAB and remained to become Professor and Mc Callum chair of the OMS department. He has be chair since 1993 and serves on the HSF executive committee and enjoys a full scope faculty practice. Dr Waite has lectured on surgical treatment of OSA both nationally and internationally. He has been an examiner for the ABOMS and was the first OMS to become president of the AACS. Dr Waite has published many article and book chapters on surgical treatment of OSA and Cosmetic surgery. He was one of the first to publish on maxilla-mandibular advancement for OSA and simultaneous rhinoplasty in orthognathic surgery. His clinical interest is in orthognathic surgery, cleft reconstruction, facial cosmetic surgery, TMJ, dental implants and dentoalveolar surgery. He is a co-editor for Petersons Principles of Oral and maxillofacial surgery.