SAN DIEGO, June 18, 2012 \/PRNewswire\/ --Medical Marijuana Inc. (MJNA) a leading cannabis and hemp industry innovator, is pleased to announce the appointment of the CanCHEW Bio-technologies executive team Dr. George Anastassov, Dr. Philip A. Van Damme and Lekhram Changoer to its Board of Directors and Medical Advisory Committee. <\/p>\n
Dr. George E. Anastassov, Director <\/p>\n
George E. Anastassov, MD, DDS, graduated with BA Degree, Fine Arts School, Sofia, Bulgaria in 1981, followed by MD Degree, Medical Academy, Higher Medical Institute Sofia, Bulgaria, and a DDS Degree, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York In 1990. <\/p>\n
Between 1988 and 1991 held Clinical Extern positions at the, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Bellevue Hospital Centre, New York. Clinical Assistant, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Microsurgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, and Clinical Extern, at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Bellevue Hospital Centre, New York. <\/p>\n
Operating in private practice between 1990 1993 and with a longer term private practice role between 1991 1999 at East Village Dental Group. New York, N.Y. Dr Anastassov additionally executed various post doctoral education positions notably; A Fellowship in Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. (Professor H.P.M. Freihofer), The Catholic University, St. Radboud Hospital, Nijmegen, the Netherlands 1994. Chief Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Montefiore Medical Centre, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York between June 1995 and June 1996. Followed by a further Fellowship in Craniofacial and Base of Skull Surgery, at the department of Cranio-Maxillofacial and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wilhelms University, Munster, Germany between June 1996 and June 1997. <\/p>\n
Eventually returning to a variety of Hospital appointments in the US between 1997 - 2007: including Associate Director, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Elmhurst Hospital Centre, Queens, N.Y. Assistant-Attending, Department of Dentistry, The Mount Sinai Hospital. New York. Consultant in Maxillofacial Surgery, Bronx VA Hospital Centre, Bronx, N.Y. 1997 - present, and three additional ongoing roles, Attending, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Elmhurst Hospital Centre, Queens, N.Y. Attending, Department of Dentistry, the Mount Sinai Hospital. New York, N.Y. Attending Surgeon, Department of Otolaryngology\/ Head and Neck Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Centre, New York. Visiting Professor, Department of Crania-Maxillofacial Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wilhelm's University, Munster, Germany. Associate Clinical Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. The Mount Sinai School of Medicine. <\/p>\n
Editorially, Dr. Anastassov is presently active as Editorial Consultant 'The Journal of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Radiology'. Editorial Board Member 'International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery' Since 2000. And also Editorial Board Member 'Folia Medica' and Editorial Consultant - 'Head and Face Medicine'. <\/p>\n
Dr. Anastassov was granted Fellowship to the American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons in 2000 and Fellowship to the American College of Dentistry in 2005, and with Chairman appointments during the First International Congress of the Cleft Lip and Palate Foundation \"Cleft 2000\", Chairman, Facial Aesthetics Section. XV Congress of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. Edinburgh, UK, September 5-9, 2000 and Chairman, Aesthetic Surgery. XVI Confidential Executive Summary_Sanammad_25102010 14 Congress of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. Munster, Germany, September 3-7, 2002. <\/p>\n
Dr. Anastassov holds 9 US & European Professional Society Membership: including a certified member of American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, additionally with 43 journal publications and 75 international guest lecture's to his credit. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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