Dr. Markiewicz is Professor and Chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Buffalo, and adjunct Professor in the Departments of Neurosurgery and Surgery at the Jacob’s School of Medicine and Biomedical Science. He is an attending Head and Neck and Reconstructive Surgeon and Roswell Park Cancer Center, and is Co-director of the Cleft and Craniofacial Team, at the Craniofacial Center of Western New York. Dr. Markiewicz earned his Dental Degree at the University at Buffalo, and Medical Degree at Oregon Health and Science University where he also completed his General Surgery and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery training. He obtained a Master’s of Public Health from Harvard University with a concentration in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, and completed a Fellowship in Clinical Investigation at The Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Massachusetts. Dr. Markiewicz completed a fellowship in Pediatric Cleft and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, at the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, in Orlando Florida. To complete his surgical training, he completed a fellowship in Head and Neck Oncologic and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery in the Division of Head and Neck Surgery, at the University of Florida, College of Medicine, in Jacksonville Florida. Dr. Markiewicz’s clinical and research interests are dedicated to the management of Cleft and Craniofacial anomalies in Children and Adults, the treatment of Head and Neck Cancer, and the reconstruction of Congenital and Acquired Defects in Children and Adults.