Orofacial Supportive Care in Cancer A Contemporary Oral Oncology Perspective

Raj Nair, MS, PhD, MRACDS (OM), is an academic, researcher and clinician in oral medicine and oral oncology. He has served as the Deputy Head of School and currently PhD Convenor and Discipline Head of Oral Medicine/Oral Oncology, Oral Pathology and Human Diseases at Griffith University and senior Oral Oncology Consultant, Haematology and Oncology, Gold Coast University Hospital, Queensland Health, Australia. He is a member of the Menzies Health Institute Queensland with over 100 scientific publications, abstract presentations, books and book chapter contributions. He received his oral medicine/oncology clinical training as a fellow at Harvard and affiliated hospitals, USA and from the University of London, UK and his PhD from the University of Hong Kong in 1996. His research interests are in biomarkers for cancer using precision oncology and microbiome, photobiomodulation in cancer care and on treatment complications amongst cancer patients. He has been an invited consultant and reviewer for international clinical consensus, World Workshop in Oral Medicine, World Workshop in Oral Health and Diseases in AIDS and Oral Mucositis and Photobiomodulation in Cancer groups of Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer and International Association of Oral Oncology. He has several leadership roles including President, Oral Medicine/Pathology Group, Chair, Membership Recruitment Committee, former Chair of Fellowship Committee of the of the IADR; former Vice President, Editor and Director Board Member of the ISOO, founding Board Member of International Group in Light in Oncology-Barcelona; founding Member of the Oral Medicine Academy of Australasia and Board Member of World Association of Photobiomodulation.