Leopoldo P. Correa, BDS, MS.
leopoldo.correa@tufts.edu

Associate Professor, Director Division of Craniofasial Pain and Dental Sleep. Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Correa is Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine (ABDSM) and fellow of the international College of Dentists. He lectures globally and has developed mini-residency programs at Tufts University in the fields of Dental Sleep and TMD/Orofacial Pain.

Miguel Meira e Cruz, DDS, MSC
mcruz@medicina.ulisboa.pt

European Somnologist – Expert in Sleep Medicine (ESRS) and International Sleep Disorders Specialist (World Sleep Society). Currently coordinate the Sleep Unit of the Cardiovascular Center of University of Lisbon, Faculty of Medicine. Clinical Director of European Sleep Center. His interest are Clinical Chronobiology, Sleep Physiology and Sleep Medicine, in the scope of cardio metabolic involvement and autonomic control.

Patricia Guerrero, DDS, DABOP
patricia.guerrero@tufts.edu

School of Dental MedicineDr. Guerrero graduated from the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (TUSDM) 2-year Orofacial Pain CODA accredited program in 2021 and now practices as a full-time Orofacial Pain specialist and Assistant Professor at TUSDM at the Craniofacial Pain Center since graduation. She also earned her Diplomate status of the American Board of Orofacial Pain in 2021. Dr. Guerrero serves as a co-director of the Case Studies in Orofacial Pain and Headache Series, the Interprofessional Pain and Headache Rounds presented by the TUSDM Craniofacial Pain Center in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Tufts Continuing Education Mini-Residency Programs (TMD & Orofacial Pain and Dental Sleep Medicine) which highlights her main interest in promoting the education of Orofacial Pain for general dentists. Dr. Guerrero also serves on the advisory board for the journal General Dentistry, representing the field of Orofacial Pain.

Gregory Kent Essick , PhD, DDS
gregory_essick@unc.edu

LAURA SUSANA ACOSTA TORRES, BDS, PhD
lacosta@enes.unam.mx

Dentist Surgeon, Ph.D. degree cum laude in Science and a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biomaterials and Nanotechnology, by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Member of the National Academic of Medicine in Mexico. Full-time Professor in UNAM and Dean of the National School of Higher Studies, Leon Campus of UNAM. Research lines related to the development of innovative antimicrobial nanostructured biomaterials. Director of pregraduate, undergraduate, master, and PhD degree theses and postdoctoral fellowships. Dr. Acosta’s completed her comprehensive dental sleep training at Tufts University international course at UNAM and plays an essential role in implementing and expanding the teaching and practice of Dental Sleep Medicine in academic institutions. Dr. Laura Acosta is president of the Mexican Federation of Dental Schools and the International Association of Dental Research Mexican Division president.