Graduated from Pune University with 4 distinctions and 13 gold medals
Awarded the Padmashri Vikhe Patil Award for academic excellence during all four years of graduation
Currently a Professor of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics and Minimal Invasive Dentistry (Cariology) at Saveetha Dental College, Chennai, and a PhD guide and researcher
Doctor of Science in Dentistry (DScD), Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) o Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgical Periodontics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, specializing in periodontal surgery and translational research.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, focus on Medical Dosimetry for Photobiomodulation and Photodynamic Therapy Applications.
Doctor of Science in Dentistry (DScD), Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS), specialization in Periodontal Surgery, and multiple funded postdoctoral fellowships focused on medical dosimetry, laser-assisted therapies, and precision dentistry.
Recognized for groundbreaking research in photobiomodulation therapy, with numerous publications on laser applications, dental implantology, and regenerative therapies.
Graduate of the University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Class of 1970
Retired Clinical Professor, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry.
Retired from general dental practice after 35 years, with experience using dental lasers since 1991.
Past President of the Academy of Laser Dentistry and former Editor of the Journal of Laser Dentistry.
Recipient of the Academy of Laser Dentistry’s Leon Goldman Award for Clinical Excellence and the American College of Dentists’ Outstanding Faculty Member Award
Life member of the American Dental Association and the California Dental Association.
International lecturer on dental lasers, co-author of three textbooks, and author of peer-reviewed articles and dental book chapters.