ABOMS names its 2023-2024 president

DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Nov 27, 2023

The American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS) has named Dr. Pushkar Mehra, MS, as its president for 2023-2024.

ABOMS Immediate Past President Dr. Bernard Costello is pictured right. The new president, Dr. Pushkar Mehra, is pictured left. Image courtesy of ABOMS.ABOMS Immediate Past President Dr. Bernard Costello is pictured right. The new president, Dr. Pushkar Mehra, is pictured left. Image courtesy of ABOMS.

Currently, Mehra is the chief of oral and maxillofacial surgery at Boston Medical Center and a professor and chair of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine. 

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