Dr Derek Goodisson

Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Hastings, New Zealand

Derek Goodisson is Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital in Hastings, New Zealand.  He graduated in Medicine and Dentistry from the University of Otago, completing his basic maxillofacial training in New Zealand before heading to the United Kingdom where he was a specialist trainee on the South West rotation.
Although his subspecialty interest was in head and neck oncology, he served six years on the AO CMF Asia-Pacific trauma board and brought the first CMF trauma courses to New Zealand.  He has a very generalist practice in Hawkes Bay.  The hospital unit is a Johnson and Johnson Center of Excellence for virtual surgical planning and an early adopter of patient specific implants.  He has helped pioneered the use of this in trauma and orthognathic surgery in particular.​

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Combined Approaches to the Management of Paranasal Conditions: The Maxillofacial/ Otorhinolaryngological Interface
 
Otorhinolaryngology and maxillofacial surgery share many common anatomical areas of interest.  The paranasal sinuses may be involved with a number of conditions that both specialties manage, and some which are unique to each. This presentation will explore some of these and consider the impact of technology on traditional management paradigms.