BDS (Manipal), MDS (Manipal), MFDSRCPS (Glasgow), MFDSRCS (Edinburgh), PhD (Malaysia) Associate Professor Department of Endodontics University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, Iowa City Iowa, USA He is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Endodontics, University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. He has been the Assocaite Dean for Postgraduate, Continuing Education and Research in International Medical University, Malaysia. He graduated from Manipal University and was awarded a gold medal in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics. He has been very active in practicing micro-Endodontics for more than seventeen years and have a vast experience in training young dentists. His professional accomplishments include research incentive awards in 2010 and 2011 from Manipal University, the best newcomer in 2011, awards for invaluable contribution in leading the ICDAS initiative in 2014, E-learning Innovation Award and best lecturer nomination in 2016 from International Medical University.
He was awarded the best faculty presentation (Education Research Group) in 2017, International Association of Dental Research, San Francisco, USA. He has also been awarded for developing a new postgraduate programme in Endodontics and for the long service in 2022. His key areas of clinical interest are micro-endodontics, disinfection in endodontics, endodontic retreatment, modern management of dental caries, clinical audit, and governance. He has secured national grants worth of total 100,000 USD as a principle\ and/or co-investigator and published more than 80 scientific papers in national and international peer-reviewed journals and authored five chapters in different textbooks. He has conducted hands-on training workshops and lectured locally and internationally in many countries namely the USA, Singapore,\ Brazil, Hong Kong, Dubai, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Belgium, Dominican Republic, Australia, and Canada.