Dr. Egolum is a skilled and dedicated highly rated Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon in Johns Creek. With a philosophy that compassion is the most important element of treatment, Dr. Egolum believes in never treating strangers and makes every effort to know his patients on a personal level.
He completed his dental training at Howard University College of Dentistry in Washington DC. In his final years he served in various leadership positions in student government as Student Council Vice President as well as class treasurer. He displayed tremendous dedication and determination, completing his dental school requirements and national dental board examination an entire semester early. Dr. Egolum graduated at the top of his dental class, earning him an induction in the most prestigious dental honor society Omicron Kappa Upsilon as well as acceptance directly into the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery training program at Howard University Hospital.
During his rigorous 4 year training, Dr. Egolum received a full scope Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery experience along with countless hours of training in Internal Medicine, General Surgery/Trauma, Emergency Medicine and Anesthesia. Dr. Egolum received extensive anesthesia experience, the bulk of which was at Howard University Hospital, Veterans Hospital of DC and Children’s National Medical Center where he worked with sick children from neonates up to adolescence. He enjoys all disciplines of Oral Surgery but has a special interest in Dentoalveolar, Implant surgery, Facial Trauma and Orthognathic (jaw reconstructive) Surgery. Dr. Egolum is currently on staff at Emory Johns Creek Hospital.
Dr. Egolum also trained directly with world renowned and published Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Posnick at Georgetown Hospital with whom he published extensive research on the Long-term Outcomes of Orthognathic Surgery in patients with dentofacial deformities.
After completion of residency, Dr. Egolum practiced as an associate surgeon in multiple practices in Maryland for years before finally establishing his solo practice in 2018 then ultimately decided to relocate to Georgia with his wife/ Oral Medicine Specialist (Dr. Alicia Egolum) and 2 kids to be closer to family. He has performed over 20,000 surgical procedures and treated over 8000 patients since 2013.
In his spare time Dr. Egolum loves reading, cycling, swimming as well as socializing with family and friends. Click HERE to read what other patients have said about Dr. Egolum.