Dr. Joshua Lubek was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He received his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan and his dental degree from the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. He completed both a General Surgery internship and an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency program at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan.

Dr. Lubek subsequently completed a 2-year Head and Neck Surgery/Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery fellowship at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Lubek is currently an Associate Professor and the Fellowship Director of the Oral-Head & Neck Oncology/Microvascular Surgery program in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Maryland. He is actively involved in the training of surgical fellows, residents, dental students and medical students. Dr. Lubek is involved with research in the areas of Head and Neck Cancer as well as Microvascular Surgery and has over 40 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals or scientific textbooks. He serves as the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery section editor for Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology and on the editorial board for the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Lubek is an active member of the American Head and Neck Society and is currently the Vice-President of the Maryland State Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Dr. Lubek’s clinical interests are focused on Head and Neck Surgery (malignant and benign tumors including salivary and thyroid tumors), Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery, Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) and Maxillofacial Trauma Surgery.

Dr. Lubek maintains hospital staff privileges providing patient care at both the University of Maryland Medical Center and Lifebridge Health-Sinai Hospital.