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Dr. Peter J. Giannini

Title: Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical and Translational Research, Cruzan Center for Dental Research

Address
Room: 25
UNMC College of Dentistry
40th and Holdrege
Box 830740
Lincoln, NE 68583-0740


Oral Biology Department


Telephone: (402) 472-4160
Fax: (402) 472-2551
email: pgiannini@unmc.edu

Education:

• B.S. (Biology), University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
• D.D.S., University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA
• M.S. (Oral Biology), The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus, OH
• Certificate, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus, OH

Teaching Responsibilities:

• Course Director, Integrated General and Oral Pathology for the Dental Hygienist (OB 366)
• Course Instructor, A Review of Biomedical/Dental Sciences (OB 471)
• Course Instructor, Clinical Oral Pathology (OB 491)
• Course Director, General Pathology I (OB 539)
• Course Instructor, General Pathology II (OB 540)
• Course Instructor, Oral Pathology (OB 566)
• Course Instructor, Oral Medicine (OB 648)
• Course Instructor, Clinical Oral Pathology (OB 691)
• Course Director, Advanced Oral Pathology (OBIO 895)

Research Interests:

• Oral carcinogenesis and cytoprotective enzymes
• Oral manifestations of drug abuse
• Management of oral mucosal disease

Recent Publications:

• Giannini, P.J. Gross, H.B., Strong, B.M. and Litchmore, L.A. Differential diagnosis of periapical radiolucencies and case presentation. Inside Dentistry July/August 2008 (Accepted for publication)
• Narayana, N., Gifford, R., Giannini, P.J. and Casey, J.H. Oral histoplasmosis: An unusual presentation: A case report. Head and Neck, March 28, 2008 (Accepted for publication)
• Morris, M.S., Lavin, M.T., Giannini, P.J., Schmid, M.J., Marx, D.B. and Reinhardt, R.A. Injectable Simvastatin in periodontal defects and alveolar ridges in dogs. J of Periodontology, February 7, 2007 (Accepted for publication)
• Giannini, P.J., Morse, M.A., Weghorst, C.M., Pei, P. and Mallery, S.R. Functional activities and immunohistochemical cellular distribution of glutathione S-transferases in normal, dysplastic, and squamous cell carcinoma human oral tissues. Clinical Medicine:Oncology 2:159-68, 2008.
• Gross, H.B., Giannini, P.J., Lantzy, L.A., Gordon, S.C. and Reid, W.D. Oral pathology quiz #17: Incidental red and white lesion. J of the Michigan Dental Association 88(6):34, 52-3, June 2006.
• Shetty, K.V., Giannini, P.J. and Springstead, M.C. What the dental hygienist should know about prion disease. Contemporary Oral Hygiene 6(3):29-33, March 2006.
• Shetty, K.V., Giannini, P.J. and Achong, R. Chronic craniofacial dematiaceous fungal infection: A case report. Special Care Dentistry 26(4):155-58, 2006.
• Giannini, P.J., Shetty, K.V., Horan, S.L., Reid, W.D. and Litchmore, L.A. Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the buccal vestibule: A case report and review of the literature. Oral Oncology 42(10):1029-1032, 2006.
• Shetty, K.V., Vastardis, S. and Giannini, P.J. Management of an unusually large adenomatoid odontogenic tumor. Oral Oncology EXTRA 41(10);316-18, November 2005.
• Shetty, K.V., Giannini, P.J., and Achong, R. Kaposi’s sarcoma of lymph node leading to a diagnosis of HIV. Oral Oncology EXTRA 41(9); 234-37, October 2005.
• Devlin, H. and Giannini, P.J. Financing student education in the future. British Dental Journal 199; 561-63, January 2005.
• Mohammad, A.R. and Giannini, P.J. Oral candidiasis: Current concepts in the diagnosis and management in the institutionalized elderly patient. A review. Dental Forum 33(2):65-70, 2005.
• Shetty, K.V., Giannini, P.J. and Leigh, J. E. A hybrid giant cell granuloma and fibro-osseous lesion of the mandible. Oral Oncology EXTRA 40(7) 81-84, August 2004.
• Mohammad, A.R., Giannini, P.J., Preshaw, P.M. and Alliger, H. Clinical and microbiological efficacy of chlorine dioxide (CIO2) in the management of chronic atrophic candidiasis. International Dental Journal 54(3) 154-58, June 2004.
• Bassiouny, M.A., Giannini, P.J. and Deem, L.P. Permanent incisors traumatized through predecessors: Sequelae and possible management. J of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry 27(3) 223-28, 2003.

Abstracts:

• Giannini, P.J., Shetty, K.V., Narayana, N. and Zysset, M.K. Spontaneous necrosis of a pleomorphic adenoma of the palate: An unusual case. 19th Congress of the International Association for Disability and Oral Health Meeting in Santos, Brazil, October 2008.
• Chamberlain, J.M., Schieber, M.D., Byarlay, M.R., Giannini, P.J. Killeen, A.C., Marx, D.B. and Reinhardt, R.A. Effects of simvastatin on guided bone regeneration. International Association of Dental Research Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, July 2008.
• Giannini, P.J., Shetty K.V., Narayana, N., Blaha, D.A. and Greiner, T.C. Plasmablastic lymphoma of the oral cavity in an HIV-negative patient: An unusual case report. American Academy of Oral Medicine Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, April 2008.
• Shetty, K.V. and Giannini, P.J. Saliva as a diagnostic tool. Greater New York Dental Meeting, New York, New York, November 2007.
• Narayana, N., Giannini, P.J. and Casey, J.H. Atypical oral lesion in a patient on Infliximab: A case report. American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, May 2007.

Service Activities:

• University Dental Associates
• Biopsy Service