Avishai Sadan, D.M.D., has been named dean of the University of Southern California (USC) School of Dentistry, effective August 1, the school announced.
Dr. Sadan also will hold the G. Donald and Marian James Montgomery Dean's Chair in Dentistry. He will join USC from the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, where he serves as the associate dean of clinical affairs and professor and chairman of the department of comprehensive care.
Dr. Sadan brings strong experience in clinical practice and research to USC, the school noted. At Case Western, he merged the former departments of restorative dentistry and general dentistry, restructured all preclinical courses to align with contemporary restorative approaches, reorganized all clinical procedures, and streamlined all preclinical and clinical operations.
Dr. Sadan is also the former editor in chief of Quintessence International and of Quintessence of Dental Technology. He has served on the editorial boards of other journals and has published and lectured nationally and internationally on biomaterials, fixed prosthodontics, and aesthetic and implant dentistry.
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