Jeffrey Elo, DDS, MS, FACS, FACD, FICD
Advanced Clinical Services, Oral Surgery, Professor
College of Dental Medicine
President – California Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons;
Section Co-Chair/Board Examiner/Content Expert - American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery;
Delegate - District VI - American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons;
Editor-in-Chief - The California Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery;
Assistant Professor - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Loma Linda University Medical Center;
Fellow - American College of Surgeons;
Fellow - American College of Dentists;
Fellow - International College of Dentists;
Fellow - American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons;
Fellow - California Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons;
Fellow - American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons;
Fellow - International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons;
Fellow - Western Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons;
Member - American Dental Association;
Member - California Dental Association;
Member - Orange County Dental Society
Dr. Jeffrey Elo is a professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery and is the Drs. Daljit and Elaine Sarkaria Professor of Advanced Oral Diagnosis and Therapeutics in the WesternU College of Dental Medicine. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS) and has served as a board examiner for ABOMS since 2014. For the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, he serves as a delegate and member of the Committee on Governmental Affairs. He is a past president, current treasurer, and legislative chair for the California Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of The California Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery since 2010. Dr. Elo is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American College of Dentists, and International College of Dentists. He has authored over 170 publications, including articles, abstracts, poster presentations, and book chapters; and is the author of Oral Surgery for Dental Students: A Quick Reference Guide.
Dr. Elo obtained his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Indiana University School of Dentistry. He then completed specialty residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Loma Linda University Medical Center and School of Dentistry. He obtained a Master of Science from Loma Linda University School of Dentistry with his thesis entitled, "Implant Success in Distracted Versus Autogenous Grafted Sites." In addition to his faculty appointment at WesternU, Dr. Elo also maintains a faculty appointment within the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Loma Linda University. He maintains active hospital staff appointments at Loma Linda University Medical Center and Loma Linda University Children's Hospital. His surgical interests include maxillofacial trauma surgery, oral and maxillofacial pathology and reconstruction, preprosthetic bone graft reconstruction, management of complex medical patients, intravenous deep sedation, and dentoalveolar surgery.