Educational and Professional Background
Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada, DDS, 1963
U niversity of Michigan School of Dentistry, MS (Oral Pathology and Diagnosis), 1970
Following graduation from dental school in 1963, Dr. Sapp practiced general dentistry in a small town in southwest Nova Scotia, Canada for three years, prior to a year as a Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow at Dalhousie University School of Dentistry. In addition, Dr. Sapp also participated in specialty and research training at the University of Michigan, followed by an appointment to the Department of Pathology in the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. In 1979, Dr. Sapp joined the School of Dentistry at the University of California, Los Angeles where he has held positions of Chair of Oral Diagnosis, Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, Director and Manager of the UCLA Oral Pathology Diagnostic Laboratory. He has served on the editorial board of the journal - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, as a member of the Head and Neck Panel of Canadian Tumour Reference Center, held executive offices in major scientific and educational organizations related to his field, and given multiple scientific presentations in North and Central America, Europe and Asia. In 2001, he received the Dalhousie University School of Dentistry Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Research/Creative Activities
Investigations and scholarly contributions relative to oral and maxillofacial diseases; textbook author; multiple contributed chapters to textbooks in adjacent fields.
Patient Care Activities
Pathologist in the UCLA Oral Pathology Diagnostic Laboratory that accessions and reports on 4,000 + cases annually. Consultant to pre- and post-doctoral clinics.
Courses taught
Pre-doctoral – Oral Pathology I (DS482a), Oral Pathology II (DS482b)
Postdoctoral – Oral Pathology Core Course for Residents in Specialty Programs
Postdoctoral – Seminars for individual residency programs
Professional memberships and activities:
American Academy of Oral Pathology
American Board of Oral Pathology
Canadian Academy of Oral Pathology
California Society of Oral Pathologists
American Dental Education Association
Recent Publications
Sapp JP, Eversole, LR, Wysocki, GP. Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, 2nd Edition, 2004, Mosby, St. Louis, Missouri; 450pgs, 617 illustrations.
Sapp, JP, Eversole, GM, Eversole, LR. "Skin Resurfacing with a Laser Powered Hydrokinetic System: Histologic Responses in Minipigs." J. Dent Res 1998;77:775.
Eversole LR, Christensen R, Ficarra G, Pierleoni L, Sapp JP. "Nodular fasciitis and solitary fibrous tumor of the oral region: tumors of fibroblast heterogeneity." Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 1999 Apr;87(4):471-6.
Kim HR, Christensen R, Park NH, Sapp P, Kang MK, Park NH. "Elevated expression of hTERT is associated with dysplastic cell transformation during human oral carcinogenesis in situ." Clin Cancer Res 2001 Oct;7(10):3079-86.
Verneuil A, Sapp P, Huang C, Abemayor E. "Malignant ameloblastoma: Classification, diagnostic, and therapeutic challenges." Am J Otolaryngol 2002 Jan-Feb;23(1):44-8.
Additional Information
Office Location:
UCLA Oral Pathology Diagnostic Laboratory
Room 53-058
UCLA School of Dentistry
Los Angeles, 90095-1668
Phone 310-825-6848
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"I feel that among healthcare providers, dentists have the most knowledge and are most capable of providing or directing the management of most oral and maxillofacial diseases. With its strong emphasis on instilling the biological sciences in its students, UCLA School of Dentistry seemed to be the ideal place to pursue this goal."
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