Past EuroPerio Series

Dr. Urban received his DMD degree and subsequently his MD degree from Semmelweis University School of Medicine and Dentistry (Budapest, Hungary) in 1991 and 1996.
He completed a full time program in oral surgery at St. Istvan Hospital in Budapest, Hungary (1992-1996). He completed his internship program in Periodontics at UCLA.
After he graduated from the Fellowship Program (1999-2000) in Implant Dentistry at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California, he was appointed assistant professor the following year. Dr. Urban teaches implant dentistry in the graduate program at Loma Linda University.  He is licensed in the state of California (USA) and  has a private practice in Budapest, Hungary.  
Dr. Urban received his PhD degree in Periodontlogy in 2012 at the University of Szeged, Hungary. He is currently an honorary professor at the University of Szeged.
Dr. Urban is a board member of the Osteology Foundation and has published scientific articles and text book chapers on bone regeneration and soft tissue reconstructive surgery around dental implants. Recently, Dr. Urban has become an adjunct clinical associate professor at the Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine at the Univeristy of Michingan.
Dr. Urban is the author of the textbook titeled Vertical and Horizontal Augmentation published by Quintessence.

Cecilie Gjerde finished her speciality in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery at University of Bergen (UiB) in 2006. She worked as an oral maxillofacial surgeon at Haukeland University Hospital from 2002-2008. She was head of the clinical education for students and residents at the Section of Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine at UiB since 2008. From 2012, she has a research position focusing on stem cells and tissue engineering. She has a part time referral clinic for oral surgery. Since 2020, she is the leader of Section for Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine at the UiB
She has published several scientific papers and given more than 150 invited lectures at national and international conferences.
In 2020, she completed her PhD focusing on mesenchymal stem cell in bone regeneration in clinical trials at UiB.
She won the Norwegian Grand Prix 2015 for Scientific Presentations and in 2016 she was awarded both the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry`s prize for scientific communication and the dental students' award for best lecturer.  In 2017, she was given best educator prize from the final year dental students.

Sašo Ivanovski is the Dean of the School of Dentistry at the University of Queensland, Professor of Periodontology and director of the Centre for Orofacial Regeneration, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation (COR3). He combines these academic positions with part time specialist practice in periodontics and surgical implant dentistry.  Sašo is on the editorial board on multiple journals, including the Journal of Dental Research and Clinical Oral Implants Research. He is also a board member and chair of the research advisory committee of the Australian Dental Research Foundation, and a past federal president of the Australasian Osseointegration Society (AOS) and the Australian Society of Periodontology (ASP). Sašo is president elect of the Australian and New Zealand Division of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR). He is a Fellow of the International College of Dentists (FICD), Academy of Dentistry International (FADI), Pierre Fauchard Academy (FPFA) and International Team of Implantology (ITI Senior Fellow). He has published over 200 papers in the peer-reviewed literature and leads an internationally recognized research group focusing on regenerative dentistry and tissue engineering, as well as clinical periodontics and implant dentistry.

Spyridon Papageorgiou is a faculty member at the Clinic of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Center of Dental Medicine of the University of Zurich in Switzerland and a Visiting Senior Lecturer in King’s College London. He graduated from the Dental School in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, while he completed his orthodontic specialty training and his doctorate (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Bonn in Germany. He has published over 130 papers in international peer-reviewed scientific journals and over 10 chapters (3000 citations; h-index: 33; i10-index: 76), acts as a reviewer for over 30 journals, academic editor in 3 journals, statistical advisor in 1 journal, (co-)supervisor / examiner over 10 theses or dissertations at Universities from 3 countries. He worked on basic science, clinical trials, and evidence-based research funded by the German Research Foundation (2013), the Greek & German State Scholarship Foundations (2015), and the European Orthodontic Society (2016). His work has received multiple awards, including the David L. Turpin Award for Evidence-Based Research (2012) and the B.F. and Helen E. Dewel Award for Clinical Research (2018) from the American Association of Orthodontists, the W.J.B. Houston Award (2017) from the European Orthodontic Society, the Chapman Prize (2018) from the British Orthodontic Society, and Best Research Awards from the Greek Orthodontic Society (2015) and the European Orthodontic Society (2021). His research focuses on the clinical outcome, duration, or side-effects of orthodontic treatment, evidence-based methods to identify bias in orthodontic clinical research, open / transparent research practices, and biomechanical orthodontic investigations with the finite element method.

Academic background:
•   PhD in Dentistry (Mention of European Doctor). University Complutense Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain.
•   Postgraduate program “Master of Periodontology”. UCM, Madrid, Spain.
•   Board on Periodontology by the European Federation on Periodontology.
•   Postgraduate Program in Research Methodology in Medical Sciences University Autonoma, Barcelona, Spain.

Current positions:
•   Full-time Associate Professor in Periodontology. School of Dentistry, University Complutense Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain.
•   Associate Dean for Quality Assurance and International Affairs. School of Dentistry, University Complutense Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain.
•   Co-director of the postgraduate program “Expert on Periodontal clinic” (Director: M. Sanz). Faculty of Dentistry, UCM, Madrid, Spain.
•   Director of the program “Research methodology on Dentistry”. School of Dentistry, UCM, Madrid, Spain.
•   Coordinator of the ETEP (Etiology and Therapy on Periodontal and Peri-implant Diseases) Research Group.
•   Treasurer of EuroPerio 11, Congress of the European Federation of Periodontology (Vienna, 2025).

Søren Jepsen is Chair of the Department of Periodontology, Operative and Preventive Dentistry at the University Medical Center Bonn, Germany.
Previously he was Assistant Professor in the Department of Prosthodontics at the University of Hamburg and later Associate Professor in the Dept. of Conservative Dentistry and Periodontology at the University of Kiel. He received his Dental and his Medical Degree from the University of Hamburg in 1981 and 1986 and a MS in Periodontology from Loma Linda University, California, USA, in 1992. He became a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology in 1999. Prof. Jepsen is an elected member of Leopoldina (German National Academy of Sciences) since 2005. He was elected and invited as Chair of the Dept. of Periodontology, University of Berne, CH in 2007. From 2008 – 2015 he was Speaker of the Clinical Research Unit 208 „Aetiology and Sequelae of Periodontal Diseases“ funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the University of Bonn. He served as President of the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) from 2015-2016, was Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee for the AAP/EFP World Workshop on a New Classification of Periodontal and Peri-implant Diseases in 2017 and Scientific Chair for EuroPerio9 in 2018. He is a member of the EFP-Workshop Committee, which has recently developed S3-Level Clinical guidelines for the treatment of periodontitis. He has lectured and published extensively, has received numerous awards – more recently the AAP Special Citation Award in 2018 and the IADR/PRG Award in Regenerative Periodontal Medicine in 2019 - and is Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Periodontology and Editorial board member of Clinical Oral Implants Research, the International Journal of Oral Implantology and the Chinese Journal of Dental Research.

Angela R. Kamer completed her studies in Stomatology at the University "Iuliu Hatieganu" in Cluj Napoca, Romania, and entered private practice. Then, she went on to receive her MS in Oral Sciences, Ph.D. in Pathology and training in Periodontics from the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA and Implant Dentistry at College of Dentistry, New York University. Dr. Kamer’s current position as an Associate Professor in the Department of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry at the NYU College of Dentistry and her collaboration with the Brain Health Imaging Institute of Weil Cornell Medical School, affords her a unique opportunity to bridge both medical and dental research by establishing collaborations across disciplines. Her research has focused on the role of peripheral inflammation/dysbiosis in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. Periodontal disease is a peripheral, chronic polymicrobial condition affecting nearly 50% of people over 55 years of age and is characterized by high Gram-negative pathogenic bacterial load and increased systemic inflammation. Results of studies from Dr. Kamer’s group will show data supporting the possibility that periodontal disease may contribute to AD brain pathology.

Professor Björn Klinge received his DDS from Lund University, Sweden, in 1977 and earned his doctorate in Odontology in 1984, also from Lund University. In 1988 he became recognized specialist in Periodontology by the Swedish National board of health and welfare.
At Lund University Björn Klinge was Associate Dean for dental education. In 1979-1980 he was a visiting junior Staff member at Loma Linda University, CA, USA. He was Head of the Department of Experimental Surgical Research at the faculty of Odontology in Malmo, Sweden, from 1980-1994. During that period he developed recognized models for research on tissue-integrated implants and periodontal regeneration. In 1994 Björn Klinge was appointed Professor and Chair of Periodontology at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm by the Swedish Government. Soon after his arrival he was appointed Dean and he was responsible for extensive development of the Dental faculty, including education, research and clinical activities. In 2012 he was recruited to Malmö University as the Dean for the Faculty of Odontology as well as Professor in Periodontology.

He is currently Professor in the Department of Dental Medicine, Division of Oral Health and Periodontology at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and Senior Professor of Periodontology at the Faculty of Odontology at Malmö University. He is a scientific advisor in periodontology to the National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden.

Professor Klinge is Honorary Fellow at the Singapore Dental Hospital, and Honorary Professor at Ji-Lin University in China and Honorary member of the Swedish Dental Association. He is a Board member and Past President of the Scandinavian Society of Periodontology, and former President of the European Association for Osseointegration (EAO). He is a past President and Honorary member of the Swedish Periodontal Association.
Recently his research interest and related publications (around 170 scientific international publications available through PubMed) mainly focus on the oral-systemic link, periimplantitis and periodontal tissue regeneration. Klinge has lectured extensively nationally and internationally by invitation to around 40 countries worldwide.

In February 2020 he was awarded the Karolinska Institute Silver medal for his outstanding service in promoting human health through research, education and communication with the society.

bjorn.klinge@ki.se
bjorn.klinge@mau.se

Francesco qualified from the University of Naples. Italy in 1997. After attending post-graduate training courses in periodontology in Italy and Sweden, he completed his specialty program (MClinDent) at UCL, London in 2008. His research career started with a Clinical research fellowship from the Italian Society of Periodontology (2000) followed by a PhD in clinical periodontology (2005) both at UCL. He received a number of awards including the AAP clinical Research Award (2005), Antony Rizzo Young Investigator Award in (2009), Innovators in Diabetes Award from the UK Charity Diabetes UK (2012) and a Clinical Senior Lectureship from the Department of Health in UK (2010). He was appointed Professor of Periodontology and Head of the Periodontology Unit at UCL in 2017. His research focus is on the association between periodontal diseases and systemic diseases including cardiovascular diseases and diabetes as well as pathogenesis of periodontitis and innovative regenerative therapies.

Andreas Stavropoulos is Professor at the Dept. of Periodontology, Faculty of Odontology, Malmö University, Sweden. He is registered specialist in Periodontology in Sweden and treats patients at the University Specialty Clinic. He did his postgraduate training in Periodontology and Implant Dentistry at Aarhus University (1996-1999), wherefrom he also received his Ph.D. (2002) and dr. Odont. degree (2011) based on preclinical and clinical studies on regenerative periodontal therapy and in association with dental implants. He joined Malmö University as Professor in 2013, and during 2020-2021 he was Professor Ordinarius in Periodontology at the University Clinics of Dental Medicine (CUMD), University of Geneva, Switzerland. He is member of the Executive Committee of the European Federation of Periodontology, Councilor of the Periodontal Research Group of the IADR, and Board Member of the International Academy of Periodontology. He is Editorial Board member in several esteemed dental journals, and editor-in-chief in Clinical and Experimental Dental Research. 

Professor Heitz-Mayfield received a Masters in Periodontology (1996) and Odont Dr (PhD) (1998) from Lund University, Sweden. Awarded a Brånemark Scholarship at the Brånemark Center, Malmo, Sweden. Awarded an ITI scholarship at the University of Berne, Switzerland where she became Head of the Oral Microbiology Research Laboratory, from 1999-2003. Received the André Schroeder Research Prize in Implant Dentistry. Chair of the International Team for Implantology (ITI) Research Committee, and member of the ITI Board of Directors from 2013 – 2021. Current positions include Adjunct Professor at the International Research Collaborative, The University of Western Australia, University of Notre Dame, Western Australia, Associate Professor at The University of Sydney, and Guest Professor at the University of Berne. Board member of the Osteology Foundation.  She is the Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Oral Implants Research. Scientific publications in the fields of periodontal regeneration and management of peri-implant diseases. As a specialist in periodontology Prof Heitz-Mayfield maintains a private practice limited to periodontology and implant surgery with an emphasis on regeneration, prevention and comprehensive treatment planning. 
 

Jan Derks is a specialist in periodontics and sees patients at the specialist clinic of periodontics in Gothenburg, Sweden. He received his PhD from the University of Gothenburg where he maintains a position as Associate Professor at the Department of Periodontology, Institute of Odontology. His research is focused on biological complications associated with dental implants.

Dr. Moutsopoulos is a Senior Clinical Investigator at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)/NIH, in the USA. She received a DDS degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki/Greece, completed her specialization in Periodontology at the University of Maryland, and obtained a PhD in immunology while working at NIDCR/NIH. Currently , she is the Chief of the Oral Immunity and Infection Section at NIDCR and directs both a clinical and a basic science program focus on oral mucosal immunity and periodontitis susceptibility though the study of patients with Mendellian/genetic forms of disease.