Oxford Handbook of Head and Neck Anatomy - Paperback

by Daniel R. Van Gijn (Author), Jonathan Dunne (Author), Susan Standring (Author)

The Oxford Handbook of Head and Neck Anatomy offers a succinct yet comprehensive quick reference guide with over 400 schematic colour and grey-scale illustrations. It tackles the notoriously difficult three-dimensional anatomy of the head and neck and provides essential clinico-anatomical correlates, etymology and background insight to help the reader easily remember complex features. Written and illustrated throughout with an awareness of the difficulties faced in linking the anatomy on the page with real cases seen in day-to-day clinical practice, this handbook is an essential resource for trainees and students at all levels.

Author Biography

Daniel R. van Gijn, Specialist Registrar Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, Jonathan Dunne, Core Surgical Trainee, London Deanery, UK

Daniel van Gijn is a Specialist Registrar in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery in the South of England. He is doubly qualified in medicine and dentistry, graduating with honours in both and awarded several prizes for clinical and technical excellence. Daniel has a particular interest in head and neck anatomy and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in this subject. He is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and has undertaken formal surgical training in London, Oxford, Surrey and South Africa. Prior to specialising purely in surgery of the face, skull and jaws, Daniel gained several years experience in Ear, Nose and Throat surgery, Plastic and reconstructive surgery, Orthopaedic surgery and Neurosurgery.

Professor Standring is the current Editor-in-Chief of Gray's Anatomy, Anatomy Development Tutor for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and immediate Past President of the Anatomical Society. She is closely affiliated to King's College and remains an integral part of the anatomy teaching programme to medical and dental undergraduates. She has over 35 years' experience of teaching head and neck anatomy to undergraduate and postgraduate students.