Christian Freudlsperger is Professor and Vice Chairman at the Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg. Since 2006 he was trained in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University Hospital Tuebingen followed by an 18-month stay abroad as a Postdoctoral Fellow, Head and Neck Surgery Branch, National Institutes of Health. Thereafter he completed his training at the Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg and was certified as a specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 2012. Furthermore, he was certified as a specialist in Plastic Surgery in 2016 and in 2018 he was appointed Fellow of the European Board of Oro-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery (FEBOFMS).

His main clinical and scientific activities are Orthognathic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery and he has a special interest in three-dimensional virtual imaging and planning.

Dr. Powers currently is a Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery; Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery at Duke University Medical Center. He holds a secondary appointment as an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, and serves as Director of the Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Program, and Fellowship Director for the Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship. He attended the University of Kentucky for his undergraduate and dental degrees, the University of Texas Health Science Center – San Antonio for his medical degree and completed his General Surgery internship and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery residency at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center and San Antonio Military Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.

His surgical experience in facial trauma was attained during a 21-year military career highlighted by the acute management of ballistic and other injuries of warfare, as well as performing secondary and tertiary facial reconstructive surgery during various staff assignments at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, the National Naval Medical Center – Bethesda and the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Powers retired from the US Air Force with the rank of Colonel prior to coming to Duke University.

He lectures and has published extensively on the management of ballistic and high-energy transfer injuries to the craniomaxillofacial skeleton, comprehensive reconstruction techniques for facial trauma, and the use of computer-aided surgical planning and patient-specific implants for anatomic rehabilitation after catastrophic craniomaxillofacial injuries.

His main clinical and scientific activities are Orthognathic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery and he has a special interest in three-dimensional virtual imaging and planning.