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Paul Tiwana, MD
Contact Information
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390
paul.tiwana@utsouthwestern.edu
To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.
Biography
Educated in both dentistry (Northwestern University) and medicine (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Dr. Tiwana completed in residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and internship in General Surgery at the University of North Carolina Hospitals. While at UNC he also earned a masters degree in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Subsequently, he completed fellowship training in Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery in Washington, D. C. He was appointed to the full-time teaching staff of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry with joint appointments in the School of Medicine in the Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, where he practiced from 2004 to 2010. He was also the Chief of Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial surgery at Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky during this time. In 2010 he was recruited to become the graduate program director of the residency program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Tiwana is a fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS), a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), and is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS). He serves on multiple national committees which are educationally focused on the specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Tiwana is frequently called upon for lecturing to professional groups regionally, nationally, and internationally. In addition, as a published author he has contributed numerous journal articles and book chapters to the professional scientific literature. Dr. Tiwana’s clinical practice is through The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center University Hospitals and Faculty Clinic. He is also very actively involved in the craniofacial team at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. Dr. Tiwana’s investigative and clinical efforts are focused primarily on infants, children, and young adults affected by: dento-facial deformities/orthognathic surgery, craniofacial sybndromes, craniosynostosis, cleft lip and palate, and craniomaxillofacial trauma. He also maintains an active outpatient oral surgery faculty practice.
Education
| Fellowship | Georgetown University Hospital - GME, Craniofacial Surgery (2004) |
| Graduate School | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (2003) |
| Residency | University of North Carolina Hospitals, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (2002) |
| Internship | University of North Carolina Hospitals, General Surgery (2000) |
| Medical School | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (1999) |
| Medical School | Northwestern University Dental School (1996) |
Research Interests
Publications
Harokopakis-Hajishengallis E., Tiwana P. S. , Pediatric Dentistry , Fall 2007; (Vol 29, No. 5):404-414
Tiwana P. S., Kushner G. M., Alpert B , Journal of the American Dental Association , 2007; (65):1180-1185
Tiwana P.D., De Kok I, Stoker D, Cooper L , Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology , August 2005; (Volume 16:4):153-157
Tiwana P.S., Shaugars D., Phillips C., Marciani R., White RP , Journal of the American Dental Association , January 2005; (Vol 63:1):55-62
Tiwana K., Morton T., Tiwana P.S. , Journal of the American Dental Association , September 2004; (Volume 135):1287 - 1291
Posnick J. C., Ruiz R. L., Tiwana P. S. , Update in Criofacial Surgery. The Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America , November 2004; (Volume 16:4):475-492
Tiwana P. S., Tuvey T.A. , Update in Craniofacial Surgery. The Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America , November 2004; (Volume 16:4):493-502
Posnick J. C., Costello B. J., Tiwana P. S. , Principles of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery , July 2004; (July, 2004):527-545
Posnick J. C., Ruiz R. L., Tiwana P. S. , Principles of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery , July 2004; (July, 2004):901-929
Ruiz R. L., Turvey T. A., Tiwana P. S. , Craniofacial Surgery, Atlas Of The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America , March 2002; (March, 2002)
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Honors/Awards
ADEA/ADEA Council of Students/Vital Source Technologies, Inc. (2008)
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons - W. Lorenz Surgical Faculty (2004)
Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation (2003)