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Victoria L. Woo

Victoria L. Woo
Victoria L. Woo, DDS

Director of Pathology and Advanced Education Program

Clinical Professor

Contact

Department of Diagnostic Sciences
3302 Gaston Ave.
Dallas, TX 75246
vwoo@tamu.edu
Phone: 214.828.8911

Biography

Education and Post-Graduate Training

Dr. Victoria Woo received her D.D.S. with distinction from the University of Western Ontario in 2001. Following dental school, she completed a General Practice Residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard-wide Hospitals and specialty training in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. She received her Certificate in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology in 2005.

She served as an Assistant Professor the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine from 2005 to 2008, Associate Professor in-residence at the University of Las Vegas (UNLV SDM) School of Dental Medicine from 2008 to 2014, and Professor in-residence at UNLV SDM from 2014 to 2020.

Dr. Woo is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, fellow of the American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, and member of the Psi Omega Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU). She also serves on the editorial board of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and the International Journal of Dentistry and Oral Health. She has held several officer positions with the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and OKU. In addition to maintaining an active clinical oral pathology consultation practice, she was the founding director of the UNLV Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Biopsy Service. Dr. Woo is licensed to practice dentistry in Texas, Nevada, and New York.

Honors and Awards

  • 2005 Shafer Award, American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
  • 2008 Professor of the Year Award, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • 2010 Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • 2011 Biomedical Sciences Faculty Award, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • 2012 Biomedical Sciences Faculty Award, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • 2013 Biomedical Sciences Faculty Award, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • 2015 Biomedical Sciences Faculty Award, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • 2016 Clinical Sciences Faculty Award, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • 2017 Biomedical Sciences Faculty Award, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • 2018 Top Dentists 2018 (Oral Pathology), Desert Companion
  • 2018 Special Recognition for Service as a Reviewer, Elsevier

Selected Publications

Scientific Articles

  • Woo V, Angiero F, Fantasia JE. Myoepithelioma of the tongue. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2005;99(5):581-9.
  • Yoon A, Beller D, Woo V, Pulse CL, Park A, Zegarelli D. Bilateral canalicular adenomas of the upper lip. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2006;102(3):341-3.
  • Woo VL, Bhuiya T, Kelsch R. Assessment of CD43 expression in adenoid cystic carcinomas, polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinomas, and monomorphic adenomas. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2006;102(4):495-500.
  • Woo VL, Manchanda-Gera A, Park D, Yoon A, Zegarelli D. Juvenile oral lichen planus: a report of two cases. Pediatr Dent 2007;29:525-30.
  • Woo VL, Abdelsayed RA. Oral manifestations of internal malignancy and paraneoplastic syndromes. Management of the Oncologic Patient. Dent Clin North Am 2008;52(1):203-30.
  • Landesberg R, Woo V, Huang L, Cozin M, Lu Y, Bailey C, et al. The expression of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation Endproducts (RAGE) in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2008;102(5):617-24.
  • Landesberg R, Cozin M, Cremers S, Woo V, Kousteni S, Sinha S, et al. Inhibition of oral mucosal cell wound healing by bisphosphonates. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2008;66(5):839-47.
  • Woo VL, Kelsch RD, Su L, Kim T, Zegarelli D. Gingival squamous cell carcinoma in adolescence. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2009;107(1):92-9.
  • Woo V, Bonks J, Borukhova L, Zegarelli D. Oral lichenoid drug eruption: a report of a pediatric case and review of the literature. Pediatr Dermatol 2009;4(26):458-64.
  • Woo VL, Landesberg R, Imel EA, Singer SS, Folpe AL, Econs MJ, et al. Phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor of the mandible. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2009;108(6):925-32.
  • Cottam MR, Woo VL, Herschaft EE. Acute necrotizing ulcerative periodontitis. NDA J 2009;11(2):30-3.
  • Hawley N, Kikuchi M, Herschaft E, Woo V. Lichen planus. NDA J 2009;11(4):32-4.
  • Benson C, Woo VL. Pemphigus vulgaris. NDA J 2010;12(3):24-7.
  • Bruckman KC, Schlönleben F, Qiu W, Woo VL, Su GH. Mutational analyses of the BRAF, KRAS, and PIK3CA genes in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2010;110(5):632-7.
  • Landesberg R, Woo VL, Cremers S, Cozin M, Marolt D, Vunjak-Novakovic G, et al. Potential pathophysiological mechanisms in osteonecrosis of the jaws. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2011;1218:62-79.
  • Winward J, Maurer J, Woo V. Melanoma of the ear. J Am Dent Assoc 2012:143(5):467-71.
  • Danforth RA, Herschaft EE, Zoller LC, Woo VL. A Radiographic Abnormal Anomalous Anomaly: Iatrogenic Cervicofacial/Retropharyngeal Subcutaneous Emphysema: A Case Report. AADMRT Newsletter, 2012,4(4): 1-10.
  • Bitar G, Woo V, Staretz L. A gingival lesion arising in pregnancy. NDA J 2013;14(4):22-3.
  • Guirguis N, McCabe J, Woo V. Squamous cell carcinoma. NDA J 2013;15(1):19-21.
  • Woo VL, Pharar J, Herschaft E, Hughes C, Akerson H, Danforth R. Facial asymmetry associated with a mixed radiolucent-radiopaque change of the maxillofacial bones. J Am Dent Assoc 2014;145(3):274-9.
  • Woo VL. Oral Manifestations of Crohn’s Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Dent 2015;2015:830472.
  • Woo VL, Chi AC. Oral Pathology Quick #12. South Carolina Dental Association Bulletin 2017;145(10):6-10.
  • Woo VL, McDonald M, Moxley JE. Expansile radiolucency of the mandible. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2018;125(5):393-8.
  • Woo VL, Lee VD, Peery S. Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Case of the Month. Tex Dent J. 2020;137(7):366-8,394-7.

Book Chapters

  • Zegarelli D, Woo VL, Yoon AJ. Oral Pathology Affecting Older Adults. In: Lamster IB, Northridge ME, editors. Improving Oral Health for the Elderly. New York: Springer Publication; 2008. p. 393-416.
  • Woo VL. Nutrition and Inflammation. In: Touger-Decker R, Mobley C, Epstein JB, editors. Nutrition and Oral Medicine. 2nd New York: Humana Press; 2014:129-152.
  • Woo VL, Chi AC, Neville BW. Odontogenic Cysts and Tumors. In: Gnepp DR, Bishop JA, editors. Gnepp’s Diagnostic Surgical Pathology of the Head and Neck. 3rd Elsevier; 2021:827-80.