The Department of Surgery at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Department of Surgery

Faculty Biography

Department of Surgery
 Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery


Harry Gilbert, DDS

Professor, Chief of Dentistry
Chief, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Section, Dental Section, Operative Care Line,
Veterans Administration Medical Center
The University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston

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EDUCATION

Undergraduate Education:

1964 -1967 Fort Hays State University, General Science Major, Hays, Kansas

Graduate Education:

1967 - 1971 University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Dentistry,650 E. 25th St. Kansas City, Missouri 64108

Postgraduate Education:

1971 - 1972 Dental Internship U.S Public Health Service Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana
1980 - 1983 Veterans Administration Medical Center Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency, Allen Park, Michigan

APPOINTMENTS

Academic:

Surgery, University of Texas Dental Branch, Houston, Texas 7/85- present

Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,Texas 9/96- Present

Hospital:

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Staff, Methodist Hospital Houston, Texas, 8/91-present

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Staff, Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas, 8/91-present

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Staff, Ben Taub Hospital, Houston, Texas, 8/91-present

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Staff, LBJ Hospital, Houston, Texas 8/91-present

Chief, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Sect, Dental Service Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, 5/85-present
Assistant Chief of Dentistry 8/96-6/98
Chief of Dentistry 6/8/98- Present

LICENSURE

Kansas
Michigan
Missouri
Texas

CERTIFICATIONS

Diplomate American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery-3/85-Present

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

Member, Houston Society Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1985-present

OKU Dental Honor Society Member, 1970-present

HONORS AND AWARDS

Houston Veterans Administration Medical Center Directors Award for Professional Leadership, June 1987

Department of Veterans Affairs Special Contribution Award, November 1992

Raymond Reid Memorial Award, The University of Texas Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2003

GRANT SUPPORT

Principal Investigator - VA Cooperative Study 351, "Osseo integrated Implants for Type II Diabetic Patients," 1989 - present

Principal Investigator-Dental Implant Clinical Research Project,
"The Influence of Dental Implant Design, Application, and Site of
Placement on the Long Term Clinical Performance and Crestal Bone,"
1990 - present, investigating Paragon and Ankylos Dental Implants.

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Resident Training VA Medical Center

General Practice Resident Training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery VA Medical Center

History and Physical Course for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, General Practice and Periodontal Surgery Residents

Undergraduate Dental Student Clinical Instruction University of Texas Dental Branch

Lectures on Altered Consciousness to Undergraduate Dental Students UTDB

Lectures on Preprosthetic Surgery to Undergraduate Dental Students and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residents

PUBLICATIONS

"Evaluation of Ontogenesis Following Immediate and Delayed Reimplantation of Frozen Autogenesis Mandibular Bone", Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 341-350, October 1983.

"Cowden’s Disease (Multiple Hamartoma Syndrome): A Case Report," Journal of Oral Surgery, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 457-460, June 1985.

“Lethal Catatonia Following Temporomandibular Joint Surgery" A Case Report, Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Vol. 52, No.5, pp.510-512, May 1994

“ALLOPLASTIC MATERIALS IN PREPROSTHETIC SURGERY” Section in the AAOMS Knowledge Update 1998

PRESENTATION

"Evaluation of Ontogenesis Following Immediate and Delayed Reimplantation of Frozen Autogenesis Mandibular Bone", Abstract presentation at National AAOMS Meeting, 1982

CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: scope of care to VA Hospital nursing

Mid Face Trauma to Houston Surgical Nurses Association

Orthognathic Surgery to Houston Plastic Surgery Nurses Association

“Implant Complications and Misadventures” University of Texas Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residents and staff

“Oral lesions” medicine residents

American Heart Association:

Instructor: Advanced Cardiac Life Support

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Contact Information

Harry Gilbert, DDS
  • Harry Gilbert, DDS

  • Professor, Chief of Dentistry
    Chief, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Section, Dental Section, Operative Care Line, VA Medical Center
    The University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston

  • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

  • The University of Texas Dental Branch
    6516 MD Anderson Blvd.
    Houston, Texas, 77030

  • Phone: 713-500-4125
    e-mail: Harry.D.Gilbert@uth.tmc.edu

Executive Assistant:
Cynthia Jackson