Hessam Nowzari

Dr. Hessam Nowzari graduated from the University of Brussels in Belgium, School of Dentistry, University of Rennes in France, PhD in Biology and Health Sciences, and University of Southern California, Advanced Periodontics program. He has been Director of Advanced Periodontics at USC from 1995 to 2012 and a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. He is the founder of the Taipei Academy of Reconstructive Dentistry in Taiwan and one of only 2 American members of the Dniepropetrovsk State Academy of Medical Sciences in Ukraine. Since 2012, he is an active member of a review committee for The National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (ANVUR) in Italy. Since 2002, Dr. Nowzari has served as one of the selected scientific experts on an international panel charged with assessing and ranking research proposals for the Ministry of Education and Research, section of medical engineering, in Italy and was reappointed in 2012. He was elected to the Italian Board of Experts for evaluating medical products for patient safety and health integrity in 2004. He is the guest Editor-in Chief of the Journal de Parodontologie & d'Implantologie Orale in France, Editor of one of the leading reference publications, Aesthetic Periodontal Therapy: PERIODONTOLOGY 2000, and is on the editorial board of Clinical Implant Dentistry & Related Research, which was ranked number 1 for Implant factor among all dental implant journals in 2012, and Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry. Dr. Nowzari is the Producer of a non-profit movie: The Enemy of The Smile, the winner of the Best Short Educational Film in International Family Film Festival 2011. The Minister of Health in Taiwan awarded him for his Global Oral Health initiatives, efforts, and his film in March 2011. Dr. Nowzari’s current movie is entitled: What Killed The Smile of Hatshepsut, A Woman Who Was A Pharaoh? That won Award of Merit 2012, Short Documentary, from The Accolade Competition that honors outstanding craft and creativity in film, television, and videography. His private practice is located in Beverly Hills, California.