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Ramesh Kuba


Associate Professor and Director
Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Program
Division of Oral Medicine and Diagnosis
Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences

Ramesh Kuba Address:
7-536 Moos Tower
515 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: (612) 626-3399

Fax: (612) 624-0477

E-mail: kubax001@umn.edu

Education / Training:


Institution   Degree   Year   Field of Study
Government Dental College, Bombay, India   B.D.S.   1962   Dentistry
Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, Indiana   M.S.D.   1966   Radiology Major
Specialty License:
Diplomate, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, 1981
Fellow, American Academy of Dental Radiology, 1974

Areas of Interest:


Teaching

  1. Oral and maxillofacial radiology
  2. Radiologic manifestations of systemic diseases

Research

  1. Radiation dosimetry
  2. Digital radiography

Honors & Awards:


Outstanding Lecturer Award, 1st Year Class   1977-1978
Outstanding Lecturer Award, 1st Year Class   1979-1980
Outstanding Lecturer Award, 1st Year Class   1980-1981
Outstanding Lecturer Award, 1st and 2nd Year Classes   1983-1984
Outstanding Lecturer Award, 3rd Year Class   1985-1986
Instructor of The Year Award, 3rd Year Class   1987
Instructor of The Year Award, 3rd Year Class   1976-1988
Exceptional Instructor Award, 3rd Year Class   1988-1989
Century Club Professor of the Year   1999

Selected Publications:


Kuba RK and Beck JO, Jr: Radiation Dosimetry in Panorex Roentgenography. Part I. Use of Phantoms in Dental Radiation Dosimetric Research. Oral Surg., Oral Med. and Oral Path. 25:380-385, March, 1968.

Kuba RK and Beck JO, Jr: Radiation Dosimetry in Panorex Roentgenography. Part II. Pattern of Radiation Distribution. Oral Surg., Oral Med. and Oral Path. 25:386-392, March, 1968.

Kuba RK and Beck JO, Jr: Radiation Dosimetry in Panorex Roentgenography. Part III. Radiation Dose Measurements. Oral Surg., Oral Med. and Oral Path. 25:393-404, March,1968.

Sedano HO, Kuba RK, and Gorlin RJ: Autosomal Dominant Cemental Dysplasia. Oral Surg., Oral Med. and Oral Path. 54:642-646, December, 1982.

Brand JW, Kuba RK, and Braunreiter TC: An Improved Head and Neck Phantom for Radiation Dosimetry. Oral Surg, Oral Med, Oral Path 67:338-346, March 1989.

Brand JW, Kuba RK, Aeppli DM, and Johnson JC: Radiation Dosimetry in Specific Area Radiography. Oral Surg, Oral Med, Oral Path. 67:347-353, March, 1989.

Michalowicz BS, Aeppli DP, Kuba RK et al: A Twin Study of Genetic Variation in Proportional Radiographic Alveolar Bone Height. J. Dent Res 70:1431-1435, November, 1991.

Rhodus NL and Kuba RK: Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia with Florid Osseous Dysplasia. Oral Surg., Oral Med. and Oral Path. 75:48-53, January 1993.

Brief Biographical Data:


Dr. Kuba obtained his basic dental degree (B.D.S.) in 1962 from University of Bombay, India. He came to the U.S. in 1963 as an intern/resident in oral surgery at Yale-New Haven Medical Center, New Haven Connecticut. After completing his residency, he went to Indiana University and earned Master of Science in Dentistry degree in 1966, majoring in Oral Radiology.

Dr. Kuba has been a full-time educator in oral and maxillofacial radiology for the past 38 years. He held faculty positions at Indiana University (1966-1968) and University of Montreal (1968-1970) before coming to University of Minnesota in 1970. He was appointed director of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Program in 1977.

He has been very active in his professional organizations where he has served on numerous committees and has held several offices. He was appointed an examiner for the Fellowship committee of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology in 1975 and served in this capacity until 1980. The American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology was created in 1980. He became a Diplomate of the Board in 1981 and was appointed a Director and an examiner for diplomate certification in 1982 for a five-year term. During the last year of his tenure in 1987, he served as the President of the Board.

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