Alumni News - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Spring 2025

Carlos Cruz-Acuna, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cancer Engineering, a recent research recruit, has moved into his newly renovated laboratory on VC-12. Using bioengineering techniques, his lab focuses on the role or the extracellular matrix in promoting tumorigenesis.  After completing his post-doctoral training in Dr. Anil Rustgi’s laboratory in the Herbert Irving Cancer Center at Columbia University, Dr. Cruz-Acuna was recruited to the College of Dental Medicine.

Artem Krutyansky, MD, DMD, MPH joined the full-time faculty in oral and maxillofacial surgery as an Assistant Professor.  After graduating dental and medical school and his residency at Rutgers University, he completed a one-year fellowship in cosmetic surgery in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Amin Khoshnevisan, DMD became Board Certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in March 2025.  Dr. Khoshnevisan is fellowship trained in pediatric craniomaxillofacial surgery.