New Insights for an Advanced Understanding of the Molecular Mechanisms in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Prof. Dr. Julio Acero is the Head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Ramon y Cajal and the Puerta de Hierro University Hospitals in Madrid, Spain, and Full Professor of Surgery at the Alcala University of Madrid. He studied Medicine and Dentistry and obtained his PhD at the University of Madrid. He was a Fellow of the European Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Fellow ad eundem of the Royal College of Surgeons of England as well as Fellow and Examiner of the International Board for the Certification of Specialists in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (IBCSOMS). He is a Member of the Spanish National Academy of Dental Sciences and a Foreign Member of the National Academy of Dentistry of Argentina. His special fields of interest are oncologic and reconstructive surgery of the head and neck and salivary gland pathology, as well as bone regeneration. He was awarded the IAOMS Outstanding Committee Member Award presented at ICOMS, Shanghai, 2009, and the Humanitarian Award of the American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, presented in Puerto Rico in 2016. He was the Education and Training Officer of the European Association of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery (EACMFS). He was the past Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and former President of the Spanish Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.