Erwin Schaeffer Endowed Chair, Professor with Tenure & Chair, Department of Developmental and
Surgical Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
Executive Director, International Academy of Periodontology (IAP)

Prof. Dr. Alpdoğan Kantarci is a Board-certified specialist of Periodontology (C.A.G.S.) and a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. He is the Erwin Schaeffer Endowed Chair, Professor with Tenure, and the Chair of the Department of Developmental and Surgical Sciences at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. He was previously a Professor and Senior Member of the Staff at the ADA Forsyth Institute, an Associate Professor at Harvard University School of Dental Medicine, and an Associate Professor at Boston University’s Henry Goldman School of Dental Medicine.

Dr. Kantarci has mentored more than 60 theses and directed and taught in several graduate and postgraduate clinical and didactic dentistry courses. He serves on the editorial board of more than 20 dental and medical scientific journals. Alongside holding several patents, he has published more than 220 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, written book chapters, and presented more than 500 oral talks. He is the Executive Director of the International Academy of Periodontology (IAP), member of the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP), and the International Association of Dental Research (IADR), where he served in many leadership positions.