Endodontology Course

Dr. Botero received her dental degree from CES University in Medellin, Colombia, Specialty training in Endodontics at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia, and the advanced Specialty Certificate in Endodontics from the University of Michigan. She was a Clinical Assistant Professor at CES University and had her private practice in Colombia. Dr. Botero joined the University of Michigan in 2001 and presently she is a full-time Clinical Professor and teaches Endodontics to graduate and undergraduate students. She was the director of the dental postgraduate fellowship program in endodontics. She also practices Endodontics at a private Dental clinic in Michigan. In 2012 Dr. Botero became a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics and she joined the Regenerative Endodontic Committee from the American Association of Endodontics in 2013 and is the current chair of this committee (2024-2025). She was the President of the Pulp Biology and Regeneration group of the American Association and the International Association of Dental Research. Dr. Botero has authored and co-authored numerous scientific peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. She serves as a reviewer for several endodontic and dental journals. Her research interests and publications are on caries-induced angiogenesis, Regenerative Endodontics, and dental resorption. 

Paul Abbott is Emeritus Professor of Dentistry at The University of Western Australia. He is a Specialist Endodontist with over 46 years of clinical practice experience. Prior to taking a full-time University position in 2002, he spent 17 years in private specialist endodontic practice and he also held part-time academic positions at The University of Western Australia and the University of Melbourne. He was Dean and Head of the School of Dentistry at The University of Western Australia and Director of the Oral Health Centre of Western Australia from 2003-2009. He has presented over 1860 lectures and courses in 56 countries. He has over 446 publications with 285 articles in refereed journals, 25 textbook chapters and 52 Newsletter articles. From 2015-2022, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Dental Traumatology. Prof. Abbott’s main research and clinical interests revolve around dental traumatology, tooth resorption, and the diagnosis and management of pulp, root canal and peri-radicular conditions, with particular emphasis on pain control and disinfection of the root canal system. He has won numerous awards for his teaching, research and service to the dental profession, including the Jens O. Andreasen Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dental Traumatology from the International Association of Dental Traumatology (2024) and the Louis I. Grossman Award (2025) from the American Association of Endodontists for cumulative publications of significant research studies that have made an extraordinary contribution to endodontology. Prof. Abbott was also appointed by the Governor-General of Australia as an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2015. 

Dr. Azim is an Associate Professor, Chair of the Endodontic Department, and the Director of the Post-Graduate Program at University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry. He maintains a private practice limited to Endodontics and he is also the Founder and CEO of Endolit.
Dr. Azim earned his BDS from Cairo University, where he also did his Endodontic training. He later completed his Endodontic certificate at Columbia University, and since then, he has been a full-time Educator and a Part-Time Private Practitioner. Before Joining the University of the Pacific, he Served as the Division Head and the Director of the Endodontic Post-Graduate Program at University at Buffalo.
Dr. Azim is the recipient of the 2023 AAE Edward M. Osetek Award for outstanding educators. He is Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics and has lectured all over the world. He has over 35 publications in peer-reviewed journals and several text-book chapters contributions. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Journal of Endodontics, and a reviewer for multiple other Endodontic Journals.

Dr. Bettina Basrani is a tenured Associate Professor at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Canada, where she served as Director of the MSc Program in Endodontics from 2015 to 2025.
She earned her DDS from the University of Buenos Aires in 1989, followed by a Specialty Diploma in Endodontics and a PhD from Maimonides University in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She began her academic career at the University of Buenos Aires before moving to Canada, where she served as Chair of Endodontics at Dalhousie University from 2000 to 2004. She joined the University of Toronto in 2004, contributing to graduate education, research, and clinical training in endodontics.
Dr. Basrani has received international recognition for her contributions, including the Louis I. Grossman Award from the French Society of Endodontics. In 2021, the University of Buenos Aires recognized her among its most influential graduates, and in 2024, Maimonides University awarded her the title of Professor Emeritus–Honoris Causa.
Her scholarly contributions include more than 40 scientific publications, three textbooks, and numerous textbook chapters and abstracts. She lectures internationally and serves as a reviewer for several endodontic journals.
Dr. Basrani serves on the Board of Directors of the International Federation of Endodontic Associations (IFEA), where she currently holds the position of Secretary. She is also Scientific Program Chair for the 2028 World Endodontic Congress in New York City. Her work reflects a sustained commitment to advancing endodontic education, research, and patient care. 

Dr. Fouad obtained his DDS, Certificate of Endodontics, and MS at the University of
Iowa.
He served on the faculty and in various administrative roles at the University of Iowa,
University of Connecticut, the University of Maryland, and the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently Professor and Chair, Department of
Endodontics, Director, Advanced Endodontics Program, and Interim Director, Health
Information and Business Systems (HIBS) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Dr. Fouad served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Endodontics for 15 years and is
currently Associate Editor of Dental Traumatology and the Endodontics Section of
Frontiers of Dental Medicine. He is a Diplomate and Past President of the American
Board of Endodontics. He received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Pulp
Biology and Regeneration Group of the IADR in 2017, the AAE President’s Award in
2022, and the International Grossman’s Award in 2023

Dr. Jeske is Professor, Department of General Practice and Dental Public Health and Associate Dean for Strategic Planning & Continuing Dental Education, University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston.  He earned his Ph.D. degree (pharmacology) and his D.M.D. degree at the Medical College of Georgia.  Dr. Jeske is Editor of Contemporary Dental Pharmacology:  Evidence-Based Considerations (Springer Publishing, Berlin), Editor-in-Chief of Mosby’s Dental Drug Reference and Section Editor (Pharmacology) of the Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice.  He has served on the American Dental Association’s Council on Scientific Affairs and served as an Evidence Reviewer for the American Dental Association’s Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry.  He is a Fellow of the International College of Dentists, the American College of Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry International and the Pierre Fauchard Academy.  Dr. Jeske holds memberships in the ADA, TDA and GHDS, as well as Omicron Kappa Upsilon and Delta Sigma Delta, and he is recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry and was recently named Honorary Alumnus of the UT School of Dentistry at Houston, where he practices general dentistry.

Dr. David Landwehr earned his D.D.S. at the University of Minnesota. He received an M.S. degree and certificate in oral and maxillofacial pathology at The Ohio State University followed by specialty training in endodontics at the University of Michigan. Dr. Landwehr has been a private practice clinician for more than twenty years. Dr. Landwehr was the Chief of Endodontics for the Meriter Hospital general practice residency for more than ten years. Dr. Landwehr authored the chapter titled Lesions That Mimic Endodontic Pathosis for the most recent editions of Cohen’s Pathways of the Pulp.
 

Dr. Ariadne Letra is a tenured Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine. She also serves as Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and Interim Chair of the Department of Endodontics. Dr. Letra is a senior scientist at the Craniofacial and Dental Genetics and a member of the University of Pittsburgh School of Graduate Studies.
Dr. Letra’s research focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying complex craniofacial and oral disorders and diseases including cleft lip/palate, tooth agenesis, and apical periodontitis. By combining gene discovery with molecular research approaches in vitro and in vivo, work from Dr. Letra’s group has identified novel genes and gene variants contributing to those conditions. Another aspect of Dr. Letra’s work focuses on identifying shared genetic variants contributing to oral health-systemic health connections. Dr. Letra has mentored more than 60 undergraduate, dental, and graduate students, many of whom have won prestigious research awards. Her research has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health, the American Association of Endodontists Foundation (AAEF), and the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation.
Dr. Letra is an associate editor for the Journal of Endodontics and the Chair of the American Association of Endodontists Research and Scientific Affairs Committee. She is also member of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR), International Association for Dental Research (IADR), American Dental Education Association (ADEA), and American Association of Human Genetics (ASHG), in which she serves/has served on numerous committees and leadership roles.  
Letra’s work has been recognized through prestigious awards, including the Journal of Endodontics Best Paper in Clinical Research Awards (2020, 2024), first place in the IADR Hatton Competition (2016), and the AADR/SCADA Burton C. Borgelt Faculty Advisor Award (2018). Her work has been featured on the cover of the Journal of Endodontics, Journal of Dental Research, and Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research Journal.  She has authored over 160 peer-reviewed articles, 8 book chapters, and numerous abstracts and publications in the media.  

Dr McDonald graduated of the University of Otago, Dunedin New Zealand and received his endodontic education and a Masters degree in Oral Biology, from the University of Maryland at Baltimore. He serves as a Clinical Professor of Dentistry and the Division Head and Graduate program director of Endodontics at the University of Michigan. His research interests are electronic apex locators, and endodontic surgery, especially regeneration techniques. He has interests in the ethical and legal aspects of endodontics and the use of human subjects in clinical research. He is a past president of the Phi Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon, the Maryland State Association of Endodontists, and the Michigan Association of Endodontists, and is a recipient of the American Association of Endodontists Award of Merit. He is a Diplomate and Director of the American Board of Endodontists.

Dr Peters is a clinician-scientist at the UQ School of Dentistry in Brisbane/Australia; his expertise is in endodontics, including root canal treatment and vital pulp therapy, combining laboratory research with clinical studies and >35 years of experience as a dentist.
After faculty positions in Heidelberg, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland, as well as at the University of California, San Francisco, he was the founding director of the postgraduate endodontic program at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco, a professor with tenure and the Chair of the Department of Endodontics at that school. Dr Peters then joined The University of Queensland 2020, where he is currently the Deputy Head of School and the Discipline Lead in Endodontics.
Dr Peters has published more than 270 peer-reviewed manuscripts related to endodontic technology and biology and has authored two books as well as book chapters in several leading textbooks in dentistry; he is an associate editor for the International Endodontic Journal, an academic editor for PLOS One and serves on the review panels of multiple other journals. Among other honours, Dr Peters has received the Hans Genet Award of the European Society of Endodontology, the Louis I. Grossman Award of the American Association of Endodontists and the Distinguished Scientist Award in Pulp Biology by the IADR. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics, a member of OKU and a Fellow of both the International and American Colleges of Dentistry. 

Dr. Nikita Ruparel is a Board-Certified Endodontist practicing in San Antonio at UT Faculty Endodontics. She serves as the Director of the Advanced Program in Endodontics at UT San Antonio. Dr. Ruparel earned both her Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) and PhD from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, followed by a certificate in Endodontics in 2013. Her clinical practice encompasses all aspects of modern endodontics, and she actively lectures at national and international meetings on topics including pain biology, pain management, and regenerative endodontics. She has also been awarded the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching by UT San Antonio, the Edward M. Osetek Award by the AAE, the Women in Science Award by the International Association of Dental Research, and the American Association of Endodontics Educator Fellowship for committing her career to academics. She has served as the Vice-Program Chair, Program Chair, and General Chair for the American Association of Endodontics for a 3-year term. She enjoys academia and is committed to a long-term career as a clinician-scientist and an educator.  

Frank C Setzer received his dental and doctoral degree from the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany in 1995 and 1998; and his Endodontic specialty certificate, MS in Oral Biology and DMD from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA in 2006, 2008, and 2010, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Endodontics at the University of Pennsylvania, serving as Predoctoral and Clinic Director in Endodontics. His research interests are the clinical detection, prognosis, and assessment of periradicular pathology, in particular apical periodontitis, utilizing CBCT imaging in Endodontics and endodontic microsurgery. Dr. Setzer is a dental faculty member of OKU, a member of the American Association of Endodontists AAE, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics ABE.  

Dr. Michael Shapiro was born and raised in Calgary, Canada and completed his undergraduate dental training at the University of Manitoba in 1999. He continued his education, completing an Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency at the University of Michigan in 2000, after which he taught restorative dentistry. Dr. Shapiro practiced full-time comprehensive general dentistry until 2013 when his passion for endodontics led him to pursue specialty training in the University of Michigan graduate endodontics program. Dr. Shapiro continues to teach part-time, both at the undergraduate and graduate level is an Active Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontists, and is involved in several different dental societies. When not practicing or teaching endodontics, he enjoys cooking, golfing, reading and spending time with his beautiful wife Lainie (a local orthodontist), and two beautiful children.

Cand. Odont. from the University of Iceland. Graduated from the University of North Carolina (UNC) with a certificate in endodontics and an MS in neurobiology.  
Full-time faculty at UNC, 1992-2004; Graduate Program Director of Endodontics, 1997-2004. From 2004 to 2012, in private endodontic practice in Reykjavik, Iceland, and London, UK, and during the same time, was an Honorary Clinical Teacher in Endodontology at UCL Eastman Dental Institute, UK.  
In 2012, he became the Chairman and tenured Professor in the Department of Endodontics at NYU Dentistry. He is also an adjunct Professor at UNC and served as an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong, China, from 2011 to 2014.
Dr. Sigurdsson is the past President of the International Association for Dental Traumatology and served as President of the American Board of Endodontics from 2019 to 2020. He currently serves on the editorial board of Dental Traumatology.Dr. Sigurdsson has been invited numerous times to lecture in 49 countries on pain, endodontics, dental trauma, and forensic science. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and 25 textbook chapters on these topics.  

Dr. Siqueira is the chair of endodontics, director of the postgraduate program in endodontics, and head of the molecular microbiology laboratory at Iguaçu University, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is also professor of the postgraduate program in endodontics at Grande Rio University, also in Rio de Janeiro.
In 1989, he received his D.D.S. degree from Gama Filho University, School of Dentistry, in Rio de Janeiro, and endodontic training at Rio de Janeiro Federal University from 1991 to 1992. He received his Master degree and Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology at Rio de Janeiro Federal University in 1996 and 1998, respectively.
Dr. Siqueira has authored the books “Treatment of Endodontic Infections” (2 editions) and "Endodontology: an integrated biological and clinical view", and other 9 books about Endodontics or Microbiology in Portuguese. He also contributed several chapters for leading international endodontic textbooks and published more than 450 scientific papers. His H-index, which measures both the productivity and impact of the published work of a scientist, is 89 (Scopus), for over 26,000 citations. Dr. Siqueira has received several international awards including the Louis I. Grossman Awards from the American Association of Endodontists in 2014 and French Endodontic Society in 2012, for cumulative publication of significant research studies that have made an extraordinary contribution to endodontics.
His primary research interests are in the areas of endodontic microbiology and infection control. Ongoing research includes studies on the composition of the endodontic microbiota associated with different forms of apical periodontitis, including the detection of uncultivated microorganisms, as well as the clinical strategies to deal with endodontic infections. 

Dr. Sollecito is Professor and Chair of Oral Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine and Professor of Oral Medicine in Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.  He is also an Attending in Oral Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Health System and the Childrens’ Hospital of Philadelphia. He is a Fellow in Hospital Dentistry and a Diplomate in Special Care Dentistry and Oral Medicine.  He is a Section Editor of the Compendium Journal and served on the ADA Council of Scientific Affairs.  He has authored numerous papers and chapters related to various topics in Oral Medicine. 

Dr. Rod Tataryn has been in private practice endodontics in Spokane, Washington since
1994. He has served on the faculty at Loma Linda University, the Clinical Practice
Committee for the American Association of Endodontists, and as a reviewer for the Journal
of Endodontics. Dr. Tataryn lectures internationally, has published numerous clinical and
scientific papers on endodontics, and is a contributing author for six endodontic textbooks
including the Sixth, Seventh, and upcoming Eighth Edition of Ingle's Endodontics and The
Art and Science of Contemporary Surgical Endodontics.

Dr. Pierre Wohlgemuth is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics, Chair
of the Division of Endodontics, and Associate Professor at the University of Colorado
School of Dental Medicine.
He received his DDS degree from the University of Lorraine in France in 2014. After
practicing as a general dentist in Paris and in his hometown of Metz, he pursued
advanced training in endodontics by completing the Endodontics Program for
International Dentists at NYU College of Dentistry in 2015. He then practiced
endodontics in Switzerland before returning to NYU, where he completed the
Advanced Education Program in Endodontics in 2018.
Dr. Wohlgemuth served as a full-time Assistant Professor in the Division of
Endodontics at the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine from 2019 to
2021. He later joined NYU College of Dentistry, where he served as Assistant
Director of the Advanced Education Program in Endodontics and full-time Clinical
Assistant Professor in the Department of Endodontics. He has consistently
maintained an active clinical practice alongside his academic appointments. Dr.
Wohlgemuth lectures nationally and internationally and has authored journal
articles and book chapters in the field of endodontics. He currently also serves as an
Adjunct Assistant Professor at NYU College of Dentistry.