OMFS Program Director
University of Rochester
Dr. Dina Amin is an Associate Professor and the Residency Program Director in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of
Rochester, Rochester, NY. She specializes in oral, head, and neck oncology and microvascular reconstructive surgery. She graduated from King
Abdulaziz University, the only internationally accredited dental school by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). She completed a
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency in Saudi Arabia, followed by fellowships in craniofacial surgery, head and neck oncology, and
microvascular reconstructive surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, US. Dr. Amin joined the Emory
Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) in 2016 as the director of the OMS Ambulatory Clinic. In 2021, she was appointed the associate
chief of OMS service at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA. Dr. Amin is accredited with introducing head and neck oncology and microvascular
reconstruction, utilizing computer-assisted surgery and computer-assisted navigation to complex craniomaxillofacial trauma and advanced head and
neck reconstruction to the clinical services of Emory OMS. Dr. Amin worked briefly at Texas A&M University and Baylor Medical Center before
joining the University of Rochester. Her primary research evolved from her interests in craniomaxillofacial trauma and head and neck reconstruction, as she is the PI of an orbital trauma clinical trial. Dr. Amin has received intramural and international grants. She is the author of more than 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 15 book chapters. She also edited one book entitled" Pitfalls and Pearls in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery."