EDUCATION:

• BA: Biology, Rutgers University, 1979 
• MS: Nutrition Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1983 
• University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine, 1985
• DMD: Medical University of South Carolina School of Dental Medicine, Charleston, South Carolina, 1989
• Fellowship: Research Fellow, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 1989-1990
• Resident: Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 1990-1993
• Fellowship: Clinical Fellow, Head and Neck Pathology, Presbyterian University Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1993-1994

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

• State of Georgia Medical License - issued 1994
• American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology - 1994

APPOINTMENTS:

• Emory University School of Medicine
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  1996 - present
• Emory University School of Medicine
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  1995 - present
• Medical University of South Carolina
  Clinical Instructor
  Division of Oral Diagnosis, Dept. of Stomatology
  1989-1990

HONORS AND AWARDS:

• Munskgaard Award in Geriatric Dentistry
  1986
• George Robert Lovelace Scholarship
  1990
• Eisenberg Scholarship
  Georgia Dental Association
  1992

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
• United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
• North American Society of Head and Neck Pathology
• Omicron Kappa Upsilon, Zeta Chapter, National Dental Honorary Society

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

• McGuire DB, Peterson DE, Muller S, Owen DC, Slemmons MF, Schubert MM.  The 20 item oral mucositis index: reliability and validity in bone marrow and stem cell transplant patients.  Cancer Invest 20:893-903, 2002.
• Seyer B, Grist WJ, Muller S.  Aggressive, destructive midfacial lesion secondary to cocaine abuse.  Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 94:465-470, 2002.
• Vigneswaran N, Muller S.  Oral and maxillofacial pathology case of the month: dentin dysplasia type I.  Texas Dental Journal 119(12):1209, 1216, 2002.
• DelGaudio JM, Swain R, Kingdom TT, Muller S, Hudgins P.  Computed tomographic findings in patients with invasive fungal sinusitis.  Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 129:236-240, 2003
• Chi AC, Carey J, Muller S.  Intraosseous schwannoma of the jaws: a case report and review of the literature.  Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 96:54-65, 2003.

STATEMENT OF RESEARCH FOCUS:

Working closely with Otolaryngologists, I am involved in the histologic typing of various head and neck tumors, particularly odontogenic and salivary gland tumors, and how they relate to clinical outcomes.  I am collaborating in studies looking at molecular determinants of metastasis in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.  In addition, I am interested in the clinical presentation and treatment of oral vesiculo-bullous diseases.