Overview

Before joining Emory in 2004 to serve as chief of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dr. Roser was the director of graduate medical education at New York-Presbyterian Hospital as well as director of the division of oral and maxillofacial surgery and associate dean for hospital affairs at the School of Dental and Oral Surgery of Columbia University. He transitioned from his role as chief of Emory OMFS in 2020, and began serving as program director of the Emory OMFS residency.

Dr. Roser specializes in palate and maxillofacial surgery. In 2009, he was the first oral surgeon in Atlanta to use virtual surgery planning for free flap reconstruction following ablative surgery for oral cavity cancer.

Dr. Roser has an extensive history of international service that includes being a team leader for the Missions Abroad Program of Healing the Children-Northeast since 1992. In this role, he takes surgical teams to countries in Central and South America to provide such services as cleft lip and cleft palate repair. In 2017, he began participating in the Emory Haiti Alliance's summer surgical trips to Haiti's central plateau, the poorest and most medically underserved region in the country Dr. Roser's first trip to Haiti was in 2010 in the first wave of medical responders following that year's devastating earthquake.

In 2019, Dr. Roser founded the Emory Global Perioperative Health Group, which aims to coordinate Emory's multidiscplinary efforts to address gaps in perioperative care and emergency services in low resource environments, with an emphasis on training, education, and research.

He has received numerous awards recognizing his efforts as an international surgeon, including the Distinguished Service Award of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons in 2019, the Humanitarian Award of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons in 2011, a Presidential Citation for Humanitarian Efforts in Ecuador in 2005, and the American Dental Association's Oversees Volunteer Award in 2003.

Academic Appointment

• Residency Program Director, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
• DeLos Hill Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Research