Stephen Thaddeus Connelly, DDS, MD, PHD, FACS       

Dr. Stephen Thaddeus Connelly was born in New York and obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biology from the University of Miami in Florida. He then attended Columbia University to obtain his Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) and his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from the University of California San Francisco. For his specialty training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, he attended the University of California San Francisco after which he earned his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Craniomaxillofacial Sciences.

Dr. Connelly is licensed to practice both dentistry and medicine and has a permit for general anesthesia. He serves as an attending surgeon at Veterans Affairs Medical Center and California Pacific Medical Center. He is licensed to practice both dentistry and medicine and serves as an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco teaching students and residents. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles and continues his research in the field as a principal investigator.  

Interests: Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and Surgery, Dentoalveolar Surgery, Dental Implant and Oral Reconstruction, Wisdom Tooth and Dental Extractions, Orthognathic Jaw Surgery, Sleep Apnea Surgery, Facial Trauma, Botulinum Toxin Treatment of Head and Neck Pain, Oral Pathology and Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Facial Pain, Inducible nitric oxide synthase, Molecular Markers of Metastasis