Steve is a board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon and Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. Additionally, he is a Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Michigan. Steve serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and is Chairman of the Section on Research and Emerging Technologies. He is currently Chairman of the Research Committee for the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and past Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Research Planning and Technology Assessment for the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. In addition, Steve served on the Biotechnology Advisory Boards of the AO Foundation and Davos Switzerland, and on the Scientific Advisory Board of the REGEA Institute of Regenerative Medicine in Tampere, Finland. Steve was the recipient of the 1976 Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Research Fellowship and the 2004 recipient of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation Research Recognition Award. He is the author of numerous publications and internationally recognized for his contributions to temporomandibular joint surgery and reconstruction.