Oral Pathology

Dr. Sook-Bin Woo is a professor in the Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity (OMII). She has been a professor at Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) since 2008.Woo graduated with a BDS from Singapore University in 1980 and worked as a general dentist and oral and maxillofacial surgery resident before moving to the United States. She received her MS in oral pathology from Indiana University in 1984 and completed a fellowship in head and neck pathology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in 1986. She then obtained her DMD from HSDM and further training in oral and maxillofacial pathology, earning her MMSc degree in 1991. She became board-certified in oral and maxillofacial pathology in 1991.Woo became board-certified in oral medicine in 2003 and sees patients in consultation at the Division of Oral Medicine and Dentistry at Brigham and Women's Hospital.Woo has served on the Fellowship Committee and Executive Council of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and on the board of the American Academy of Oral Medicine, where she was president from 2014 to 2015. She has published numerous scholarly papers and book chapters, and authored an atlas of oral pathology (now in its second edition). She is a reviewer for many journals and a sought-after speaker at national and international conferences. Woo has received the National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health from 1988 to 1991, and the American Cancer Society Career Development Award from 1994 to 1997, among other honors. In 2012, she received the Distinguished Senior Faculty Award from HSDM.

"This book covers how to diagnose the pathology of oral diseases in detail. This third edition is an update to the previous version, which was published in 2016." -©Doody’s Review Service, 2023 Forrest Quick, DMD (Private Practice)

• 1. Introduction2. Developmental and Congenital Conditions3. Noninfectious Papillary Lesions4. Bacterial, Viral, Fungal, and Other Infectious Conditions5. Fibrous and Gingival Nodules6. Vascular, Neural, Adipocytic, Muscle, and Myofibroblastic Tumors7. Ulcerative and Inflammatory Conditions8. Granulomatous, Immune-Mediated, and Autoimmune Conditions9. Pigmented Lesions10. Reactive Keratotic Lesions(Nonleukoplakias)11. Leukoplakia, Erythroplakia, Oral Dysplasia, and Squamous Cell Carcinoma12. Inflammatory Salivary Gland Disorders13. Salivary Gland Neoplasms14. Odontogenic Cysts15. Odontogenic Tumors16. Nonodontogenic Cysts, Cyst-Like Lesions, and Myospherulosis17. Nonodontogenic Intraosseous Tumors and Inflammatory/Reactive Conditions18. Hematolymphoid Tumors of the Oral Cavity