D.D.S. University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
M.D. Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
Ph.D. University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Exchange Medical Student at Harvard Medical School, Tufts University,
University of Louisville
Postdoctoral and Residency Training
Oral Surgery Residency, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery, Medical School of Hanover, Germany
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA
Internship, Department of ENT Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne,
Germany
Residency in Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Professional Societies
American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons
American Association for Academic Surgery
Plastic Surgery Research Council
American Association for Cancer Research
German Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
German Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine
German Association for Cancer Research
German Society of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Girod joined the Division of Plastic Surgery at Stanford
University as an Assistant Professor. Her major clinical
and research interests are functional oral and craniofacial
rehabilitation of craniofacial trauma and craniofacial
deformities, bone grafting, implantology and oral pathology
in children and adults.
She moved from the Friedrich-Alexander University of
Erlangen-Nürnberg
in Erlangen, Germany, where she had a junior faculty position in
the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department. During her time
in Erlangen her major clinical contributions were the introductions
of an interdisciplinary clinic for craniofacial deformities and
endoscopic TMJ diagnosis and surgery.
She completed her Maxillofacial Surgery training at the
University of Cologne with Professor Hans-Dieter Pape from
1992 to 1995. In 1992 she received the prestigious Lise-Meitner-Award
of the state of Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany, for outstanding
young clinicians and researchers. In cooperation with the
technical faculty she started to work on a 3D computer-based
planning system for craniofacial surgery. In 1994 her group
received the Best Poster Award of the European Association
for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery for the presentation of
this work. By now this system allows precise preoperative
visualization not only of bony structures but also of covering
soft tissues using individual patient data. In 3D Craniofacial
Surgery Simulation her group is one of the three most successful
groups worldwide.
From 1988 to 1990 she spent two years in the U.S. first
as 4th year medical student and after receiving her M.D.
as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
During her fellowship with Professor Barrett Rollins at
the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute she initiated a molecular
analysis of oncogene and tumor suppressor gene expression
in squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck. Over
the years, her group has made major contributions to the
understanding of the role of tumor suppressor genes in
oral carcinogenesis. In 1995 she was awarded the Martin-Wassmund-Award
of the German Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
for the best Habilitation for her research on "Tumor Suppressor Genes and Cell Proliferation
Control in the Carcinogenesis in the Oral Mucosa ".
From 1984 to 1987 Dr. Girod completed a residency in
Oral Surgery at Hannover Medical School in Hannover, Germany,
under the tutelage of Professor Jarg-Erich Hausamen. Simultaneously,
she continued her medical studies to achieve a double degree
in dentistry and medicine. She graduated from the Friedrich-Wilhelm-University
Dental School in Bonn, Germany, in 1983 and the Hannover
Medical School in Hannover, Germany in 1989.
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