About Azerbaijan society of Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons.
The origination of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in Azerbaijan can be linked to a scientific study published by prof. Gulubala Rahman Gurbanov- the founder of maxillofacial and reconstructive surgery in Azerbaijan in 1936 with “Surgical Dentistry in Experimental Conditions”.
Professor Gulu Gurbanov (1896-1976)
G.Gurbanov with collegues during surgery
Prof. Gurbanov, who has been active in the treatment of wounded during World War II, has incorporated his own experience into the world of classical plastic surgery with his book titled «Plastic Surgery Techniques for Reconstruction of facial soft tissues after gunshot injuries”.
The first Surgical Stomatology Department in Azerbaijan was established in 1956 at the Medical University (headed by prof. G.Gurbanov).
The clinical base of the Department was maintained by the Trauma & Orthopedic Science Research Institution with only 20-bed ward.
In 1961, the first specialized 60-bed ward within Department of Maxillofacial Surgery was established at the Baku State Hospital.
All of the department leaders: associate professor Bakhish Huseynov (1974-1980), professor Teymur Babayev (1987-2007), professor Chingiz Rahimov (2007 to present) were active in developing the therapeutic plan, supervised the various scientific research and were encouraging young scientists to conduct research by granting scientific titles.
In 1974 second 20-bed specialized OMFS department was established at the Republic Clinical Hospital in Baku. Which was later used as a training center for research-development courses for postgraduates (lead by prof. Ogtay Sayidbayov).
In 1977 the OMFS department in Baku State Hospital provided a ward for pediatric patients and found the Pediatric OMFS.
In 1978 the 1-year dental-surgery internship position was created for undergraduates of Medical University.
Since 2006, the Department of Surgical Dentistry at the Medical University has been renamed as the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Since 2008, maxillofacial surgery has been included in the list of specialties of the Ministry of Health as an independent field. Since 2010, graduates of the dental faculty were obligated to undergo the 5-year residency education program in order to gain the degree of Maxillofacial Surgeon.
The certification procedures by the Ministry of Health are required for the specialists who were trained abroad.
Azerbaijani Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
In 2017, a group of leading oral and maxillofacial surgeons come together and put forward the initiative of establishing a single society of the specialty- Azerbaijan Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AzOMFS). The chairman of the society, professor Chingiz Rahimov, head of the oral and maxillofacial surgery department of Azerbaijan Medical University, is elected.
Govermental registration certificate of AzOMFS.
Currently, the number of active members of AzOMFS is reaching 300, of which 6 are Doctor of Science and more than 30 members are holding PhD degree, 60 active maxillofacial surgeons. AzOMFS members are distributed as honorary, active, associate members, as well as residents and students. At the same time, AzOMFS members are also members of various international and European societies, such as IAOMS, EACMFS, AO CMF etc.
PROJECTS
Since its establishment, AzOMFS has chosen to work with its international partners to integrate into the international community.
As a confirmation of this, more than 30 well-known foreign surgeons and EACMF representatives from all around the world were invited to the AzOMFS Presentation Ceremony (June 29-30, 2018, Baku) and with their participation the Scientific Forum «Challenges in modern Oral and Maxillofacial surgery” was held on. AzOMFS conducts scientific and practical courses on current problems of oral and maxillofacial surgery in every two months.
The most spectacular of these was the Society’s 1st International Scientific Congress March 14-16, 2019, under the motto ‘’Building a Better Future’’.
The Congress was held at the Convention Center Baku in the most magnificent congress arena of the country. Famous specialists from different countries like USA, Turkey, Russia, Italy, India, Germany, England, Scotland, Netherlands, Iran, Ukraine, Thailand, Jordan, Georgia and also official representatives from International and European Associations of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons have been invited.
AzOMFS takes an active role at various national congresses, and our team members active participate at regional congresses and conferences.
29 June 2018 - Scientific Medical Forum: on AzOMFS presentation: challenges in modern Oral and maxillofacial surgery. Invited speakers: Prof.Dr.(Habil) Edgar Biemer (Germany), Prof.Dr.İbrahim Yıldırım (Turkey), Prof.Dr. Ogtay Seidbeyov (Azerbaijan), Prof.Dr. Satheesh Prabhu (England), Dr.Aakshay Gulati (England), Prof.Dr. S.M.Balaji (India), Assoc Prof. Dr. Hamidreza Fathi (Iran), Prof.Dr.Pietro Bormioli (Italy), Prof.Dr.Aleksandr Nerobeyev (Russia), Prof.Dr.Vladislav Malanchuk (Ukraine), Prof.Dr.Mustafa Sancar Atac (Turkey), Prof.Dr.Chingiz Rahimov (Azerbaijan), Prof. Dr.Andy Boiangiu (Israel).
• 30 June 2018 - Grand Presentation Azerbaijan Society of Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons
• 14-16 September 2018 – Minimal Invasive Sinus Lift Procedure: hands-on and live surgery course. Invited speaker: Prof.Dr.Chingiz Rahimov (Azerbaijan), Prof. Dr.Andy Boiangiu (Israel).
• 29-30 October 2018 - Creating Predictable Outcomes: A New Generation of Tools: hands-on and live surgery course. Invited speaker: Prof.Dr.Chingiz Rahimov (Azerbaijan), Prof. Dr.Michael Klien (USA, NY)
• 18-19 January 2019 – Immediate loading by implementation of All in 4™ concept. Invited speakers: Prof.Dr.Chingiz Rahimov (Azerbaijan), Prof. Dr. Oguz Ozan (Turkey), Prof. Dr. Doruk Kocyugit (Turkey), Dr. Dolga Pekperdahci (Turkey).
14-16 Mach 2019 - 1st International Congress of Azerbaijan Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Invited speakers: Prof. Dr.(Habil) Edgar Biemer (Germany), Prof. Rui Fernandes (USA), Prof. Ashraf Ayoub (Great Britain), Prof. Manlio Galie (Italy), Prof. Nicolai Adolphs (Germany), prof. Piranit nik kantaputra (Thailand), Prof. Aakshay Gulati (Great Britain), prof. Nerobeyev Alexandr (Russia), Prof. Mustafa Sancar Ataç (Turkey), prof. Hakan Tuz (Turkey), Sajjad Walji (Holland), Prof. Pietro Bormioli (Italy), prof. Irvail Saatesh Prabhu (Great Britain), Prof. Sergey Ivanov (Russia), Prof. Ufuk Emekli (Turkey), Prof. Ali Mudunov (Russia) and others.
• 12-14 October 2023, 2nd International Congress of Azerbaijan society of Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons with international exhibition. More than 700 participants form 30 countries. Invited speakers: Prof. Jatin P. Shah (USA), Prof. Manlio Galie (Italy), Prof.Julio Acero (Spain), Prof. Gunaseelan Rajan (India), Dr. Alejandro Martínez (Mexico), Prof. Klaus-Dieterich Wolff (Germany), Prof. Jean-Paul Meningaud (France), Prof. Nicholas Kalavrezos (UK), Prof. Emeka Nkenke (Austria), Prof. Robert Ord (USA), Prof. Edgar Biemer (Germany), Prof. Mustafa Sancar Ataç (Turkiye), Prof. Jürgen Hoffmann (Germany), Prof. Francesco Saverio De Ponte (Italy), Prof. Peter Sieg (Germany), Prof. Ibrahim Yildirim (Turkiye), Prof. S.M.Balaji (India), Prof. Mohammad Sartawi (Jourdan/UK), Prof. Hakan Tuz (Turkiye), Prof. Javier Gonzalez Lagunas (Spain), Dr. Satheesh Irvail Prabhu (UK), Prof. Christos Perisanidis (Greece), Prof. Vitomir Konstantinovic (Serbia), Prof. Reha Kişnişçi (Turkiye), Prof. Othman Altuwairgi (Saudi Arabia), Prof. Piranit Nik Kantaputra (Tahiland), Prof. Riaz Warraich (Pakistan), Prof. Rolf Ewers (Austria), Dr. Zygmunt Stopa (Poland), Prof. Abdyrakhman Eshiev (Kyrgyzstan), Prof. Kahasanov Adham (Uzbekistan), Prof. Sajjad Walji (Netherlands), Dr. Francesco Lemma (Italy).
“Dear Prof. Dr. Chingiz Rahimov,
Dear Friend,
Thank you for the help you sent. It is a very valuable and empowering resource for us to learn that you, our brothers and sisters, share our sorrow and pain during these difficult times. Thank you for your sensitive thoughts and support.”
President, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society
Hakan H. Tüz, DDS, PhD,Prof., Dep. OMFS, Hacettepe University
Previously in 2019, Baku became a host of 1st Azerbaijan Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons International Scientific Congress (AzOMFS). The congress was attended by prominent speakers from Italy, Great Britain, Belgium, Russia, Germany, USA, Italy, Pakistan, Turkey, India, Thailand and other countries. Those are some of the feedbacks we did receive.
PROF. RUI FERNANDES (USA)
University of Florida
Dear Professor, Rahimov,
I am back to the states and back at work. I want to again thank you for having me as a part of the fantastic first congress. I enjoyed meeting new friends and seeing old ones. I look forward to continuing to collaborate with my colleagues from Azerbaijan.
All the best.
Rui Fernandes
Professor of Surgery at the University of Florida Jacksonville Chief of Head and Neck Surgery, Director of the Head and Neck/Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery fellowship, Director of the Center for Reconstructive Surgery, Co-Director of the Skull Base Surgery Program and Associate Chairman of the Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
PROF. NICOLAI ADOLPHS
Charite (Berlin) – Medical University
Dear Professor Rahimov,
Thank you again for your invitation and the possibility to take part at the 1st AzOMFS. It was a unique experience for me to come to Baku. I am convinced that this congress was a huge success and will be connected to your person. You created an exceptional spirit of hospitality and welcome culture combined with a high scientific level which is the best recommendation for our specialty. I hope that we can keep in touch and please let me know if I can support you in which way ever. It was as well a great experience to meet Prof. Biemer who was head of the department in Munich when I did my medical school there in the 1990s. He is a true legend. Best regards from Austria (few days of skiing)
Sincerely Yours
Nicolai Adolphs PD Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Nicolai Adolphs Klinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und esichtschirurgie
PROF. MANLIO GALIE
University of Ferrara
Dear Prof. Rahimov,
May I congratulate with you as you put together a very attractive and modern event in an impressive venue and fantastic city. It has been a truly amazing experience from the scientific and social point of view. Thank you again for the friendship and wish you and your family a bright future. We keep in touch.
Best wishes Manlio
Dr. Manlio Galiè is clinical Professor at the St. Anna University Hospital of Ferrara, Department of Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery – Center for Orbital Pathology & Surgery
PROF. ASHRAF AYOUB
University of Glasgow
Dear Prof. Rahimov,
The conference was very successful, I learned a lot by attending the presentations and interacting with the local clinicians and researchers. Nothing would be more exciting that releasing the Journal of AzOMFS in 2020. You are actually ready to produce the first volume of the journal if you asked each of the invited speakers to provide you with a manuscript based on their presentation. I will be, of course, happy to do the same. The journal will be the flagship of the association and the perfect scientific forum for communication among clinicians and researchers in Azerbaijan and the surrounding countries. Likewise, I look forward to our collaboration in the very near future. Please convey my appreciate to your team who spared no efforts to welcome us and ensured our pleasant stay in Baku.
Best wishes.
Prof. Ashraf F Ayoub, PhD, MDS, FDS RCS(Ed) FDS RCPS (Glasgo) Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Glasgow, UK Hon. Consultant, Glasgow Dental Hospital & The Queen Elizabeth, University Hospital (QEUH), Director of the postgraduate programme in OMFS
SAJJAD WALJI
Dear Professor Rahimov,
It was a great honour to visit Azerbaijan and be part of the of the first International Scientific Congress of the Azerbaijan Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. It was a memorable event that I will cherish. You and all the team welcomed me whole heartedly and very hospitable. If there is anything that I can do from my part to help the specialty in Azerbaijan, then please do not hesitate to contact me. I am just a phone call away. I am so happy to hear that you are stimulating young professionals for the European Board Exams which will be held in Paris in 2020. As one of the examiners of the board I am willing to help as much as I can. If you ever come to the Netherlands, It would be my great honour to have you as our guest. I look forward to see you very soon but in the mean time I would like to express my warmest regards to my Azerbaijan colleagues and hope to see them soon.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Sajjad Walji M.D.D.M.D. M Sc. FEBOMFS
Senior Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon/Head & Neck Surgery. Jeroen Bosch Hospital The Netherlands
PROF. ALI MUDUNOV
The first international scientific congress of the Azerbaijan society of the Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons was held on March 14-16th in Baku. This congress was a platform to exchange of experience and opinions of leading experts in the sphere of maxillofacial, aesthetic, oral surgeons and oncologists from Azerbaijan, Italy, Great Britain, Russia, Germany, USA and other countries. Considering variety of diseases in maxillofacial area, presence of functional and vital anatomic structures as well as aesthetic constitute, oral and maxillofacial surgeons must possess deep knowledge and skills of a broad range. Furthermore, dynamically developing aesthetic and organ-preserving medicine, medical equipment, composite materials require continuous actualization of knowledges. That is why first international scientific congress of the Azerbaijan society of the Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons had a great significance. It should be noted, that the conference was conducted at high organizational and scientific level with discussion of urgent questions and conduction of master classes, devoted to innovative techniques, including pyezosurgery and computer modeling, Conferences of such level have undeniable scientific and practical significance. I appreciate provided opportunity to participate in the congress as an expert and speaker. I wish further dynamic development and success for the Azerbaijan society of the Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons!
Ali Mudunov, MD, PhD
Chairman of Russian Society for Head and Neck Tumors Head of department of Upper aerodigestive tumors, National Medical Research Center of Oncology after N.N. Blokhin
On 12-14 October 2023, AzOMFS conducted 2nd International Congress of Azerbaijan society of Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons with international exhibition. There were more than 700 participants form 30 countries such as Italy, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Belgium, Spain, Russia, Germany, USA, Italy, Pakistan, Turkey, India, Thailand and other countries. Those are some of the feedbacks we did receive.
This event brought together experts and professionals in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery from around the world, creating an atmosphere of learning, collaboration and innovation.
During the congress, the scientific forum was broadcast live on the Republican Medical Television Channel to facilitate real-time participation for a wider range of specialists. The leaders of the European, International and Asian Society, together with the Azerbaijan Society on central television, commented and assessed the ongoing event, provided valuable information on current trends and future directions in the field of maxillofacial surgery, which further strengthened the influence and coverage of the congress.