Scott Boyd, D.D.S., recently took over as chair of VUMC's Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Boyd takes over as new chair of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery
Scott B. Boyd, D.D.S., Ph.D., has recently taken over as Chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
He succeeds Dr. H. David Hall, who stepped down in December after nearly 30 years of leading the department. Hall continues to practice and work with residents.
"I'm very excited about this opportunity," said Boyd. "It was a chance to be involved with both Vanderbilt, which has an excellent reputation, and this department, which itself is highly regarded.
"I'm looking forward to the opportunity to build upon the achievements that have already occurred here."
VUMC's strong residency program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery was one of the many factors that drew Boyd here. The overall environment of the medical center was another.
"I was very impressed with the university," he said. "Everyone has been quite hospitable and there appears to be a variety of clinical and research opportunities for collaboration, which I found to be very attractive."
Boyd was previously Program Director of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, where he earned a reputation for efficiency, patient care and research, said Dr. James A. O'Neill Jr., John Clinton Foshee Distinguished Professor of Surgery and director of the Division of Surgical Sciences.
"Both Boyd and his department have been very productive, and he has become widely known and a member of every important organization in his field. He has written a number of articles, invited chapters and abstracts and has lectured widely throughout the country and the world," O'Neill said.
Boyd headed the division at Henry Ford Hospital from 1989 until this year, and was previously assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He received his D.D.S. degree from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1980 and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas Health Science Center in 1984.
Among Boyd's scholastic awards are the 1982 National Research Service Award, the 1980 Chalmers J. Lyons Award in Oral Surgery and the 1980 Max Winslow Award in Periodontics. He is a member of the Michigan Dental Association, the Detroit Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the Chalmers J. Lyons Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and is a fellow in the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the International Association of Dental Research and the American Dental Association.
For the past three years, Boyd has served as a Board Examiner for the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and has also served as a site visitor for oral and maxillofacial surgery program accreditation at other health centers.
Boyd and his wife Catherine have four children.