Satheesh Elangovan BDS, DSc, DMSc

Dr. Satheesh Elangovan is an adjunct professor in the Department of Periodontics and Dental Hygiene at the UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry in Houston, Texas, and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Periodontics at The University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics in Iowa City. After receiving his dental training from Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University in Chennai, India, Dr. Elangovan completed his Doctor of Science in Oral Biology degree at Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine and then received his combined Doctor of Medical Science in Oral Biology degree and periodontology residency training at Harvard University in Boston. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and is a Fellow of the American College of Dentists. He is also a duly admitted Member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow, UK).

Dr. Elangovan has published widely and has presented at numerous national meetings in the areas of bone tissue engineering, clinical and health outcomes research, and evidence-based dentistry research. He served as an Associate Editor for the Newman and Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology 13th edition textbook and is a co-editor for the first editions of Newman and Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology for the Dental Hygienists and Newman and Carranza’s Essentials of Clinical Periodontology textbooks.