DEPARTMENT OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
Prof. Riaz Ahmad Warriach MCPS, MDS, FCPS Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Brief History and Introduction

The department of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery was established in June 1997 with an Assistant Professor and two House Officer. The Department is currently a 40- bedded unit, the largest of its kind in Pakistan. It is currently located in a temporary building and will be shifted to a permanent place (surgical tower) I two years’ time. The Department has separate male and female sections. It also has a Minor Operation theatre, a Professor’s Office, a registrar’s Office, a head Nurse Office, a duty Nurse office, a duty nurse room, a duty doctor’s room and a seminar room.

Among equipment, the department currently has two vital signs monitors which are usually used for the critically injured patients. These are also used to monitor those patients who have undergone major tumour and reconstructive surgical procedures. The Minor Operation Theatre is furnished with all necessary equipment, i.e. an operating table, a ceiling light, a sterilizer, a cautery machine, a suction machine and minor surgical instruments.

The Department has remained actively involved in teaching and academic activities. Every year, lectures are delivered to 4th year MBBS students of King Edward Medical College University (Now University), as a part of their general surgery and maxillofacial surgery. The department also has an ever-increasing presence of Post-Graduate Students. Currently, the department runs two major postgraduate degrees, the master of Dental Surgery (oral and maxillofacial Surgery) and the Fellowship of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (oral and maxillofacial surgery). The department also regularly holds an annual 5-days postgraduate preparatory course in the filed of oral and Maxillofacial surgery in which students from all over the country participate.
For the last 9 years, the department has been rendering invaluable services to the people of this country in general and to the people of the Punjab in particular services to the people of the country in general and to the people of the Punjab in Particular. The department gives 24 hours emergency cover to the head and neck trauma patients brought to the emergency department of Mayo Hospital Lahore. The department also gives active cover, including surgical intervention where required, to all surgical and medical unit of the Mayo Hospital, Lahore. These include General Surgery Unit, General medicine Unit, the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the Department of neuro-Surgery and the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Since the Department is the only one of its kind in the country which gives a 24 hour emergency cover, it also entertains inter-hospital calls from all the major hospital of Lahore, including Lahore General Hospital, The Services Hospital, Jinnah Hospital and the Sir Ganga ram Hospital.

Sr.No. Name Designation Qualification
1 Prof. Riaz Ahmad Warraich Professor MDS, MCPS, FCPS
2 Hafiz Shahkar Mehmood Senior Registrar MBDs, MCPS
3 Robina Yasmin Senior Medical Officer BDS

List of Postgraduate Student

• Dr. Jahangir Hammad
• Dr. Shaheen Anjum
• Dr. Hina Abid
• Dr. Noor ul Wahab
• Dr. Muhamamd Ilyas Sheikh
• Dr. Shakeel Ahmed
• Dr. Safia Khatoon
• Dr. Jawad Ahmad Kundi
• Dr. Mirza Khan Tareen
• Dr. Ajeet Kumar
• Dr. Shahzad Qureshi
• Dr. Shahid Riaz

Staff of Oral & Maxillofacial

• Dr. Shahid Khan
• Dr. Kashif Channar
• Dr. Muhammad Waseem
• Dr. Jann-e-Alam
• Dr. Sartaj Khan
• Dr. Muhammad Farooq

Master Residents
• Dr. Mirza Abdul Rauf
• Dr. Abdul Rasheed
• Dr. Muhammad Mumtaz
• Dr. Sadiq Ali

Teaching Programs

Postgraduate Programme

i. MDS
ii. FCPS
iii. MRCS

Under postgraduate

• 4th year MBBS
• BDS

Research Project under completion

i. “Comparison of two types of detropectoral flap in reconstruction of lower one third of face
ii. Treatment of Oral sub-mucous fibrosis by naso-labial flap versus radial free-forearm flap
iii. The versatility of the temporalis muscle flap in the reconstruction of facial defects
iv. Versatility of Pectoralis major myocutaneous flap in head and neck reconstruction
v. Temporomandibular joints gap arthroplasty with and without temporal fascia interpositioning.
vi. The versality of the forehead flap in the reconstructioin of the upper face defects.
vii. Comparison of gillie’s tempral approach versus open reduction and internal fixation for fractures of Zygomatic Bone.
viii. Site and gender distribution of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in patients
ix. Comparison of temporalis fascia versus conchal cartilage as inter positioning material in temporomandibular joint arthroplasty.
x. Open versus closed reduction of condylar fractures
xi. Orbital floor reconstruction by rib grafting versus calvarial bone graft.