February 11, 2026

Dr. Ellen Eisenberg is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology. She is Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, UConn School of Dental Medicine and Associate Professor Emerita, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine. Active in the academic and clinical oral pathology teaching programs at UConn Health, she was past director of UConn’s Oral Pathology Biopsy Service. Now a part-time UConn  faculty, she continues to see patients for clinical diagnostic consultations and management of conditions affecting the oral mucosa and jaws. Dr. Eisenberg has investigated, published and spoken on subjects ranging from diseases of bone, immune-mediated mucocutaneous diseases, and oral cancer and potentially malignant oral lesions.

Presented by: Multidisciplinary Panel  

9:00 am – 4:00 pm 

6 CEUs 

 

Science Meets Clinical Practice - Orofacial Pain, Apnea, Pathology, and Medicine  

 
Morning session: 

Dr. Seema Kurup, Orofacial Pain and Sleep Specialist, UConn School of Dental Medicine 

Dr. Himanshu Rawal, Pulmonologist, Bristol Hospital 

 

Afternoon Session:  

Dr. Eisenberg, Oral Pathologist, UConn School of Dental Medicine 

Dr. Roxanne Bavarian, Oral Medicine, Harvard University 

 

Course objectives: 

  1. Understand the causes and management of orofacial pain of non-odontogenic origin 

  2. Explore the implications of sleep apnea on oral and systemic health, along with strategies for dental  
      management. 

  3. Review the most common oral pathologies, focusing on differential diagnosis, histological features  
       leading to definitive diagnosis  

  4. Understanding how pathological diagnosis can guide treatment in dental offices