Daniel Cerny (*1974) has received his dental degree at the Charles University, Medical School in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic (1998). Doctorate degree earned at Palacky University in Olomouc in 2018 with the topic of adhesive post-endodontic treatment.
Part-time faculty member at Palacky University Olomouc (2019-2021). Previously an assistant professor at Charles University, Medical School in Hradec Kralove at the Dpt of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics (1998-2007).
Private practice in Hradec Kralove limited to endodontics and adhesive dentistry since 2001.
Immediate Past President of the Czech Endodontic Association (CES) 2015-2023.
Co-founder and the first president of Czech Academy of Dental Esthetics (CADE) (2007-2009).
Editorial board member of LKS journal (Czech Dental Chamber Journal) (2009-2013)
Co-owner and CEO of the continuing education institute HDVI since 2010. Co-founder of the Dental Summit Congress in Prague (Since 2011).
Author/co-author of 35 articles in dental journals. Co-author of 4 chapters in dental books. Lectures widely internationally.

Dr. Kolnick received his dental degree, cum laude, from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, where he was the first dental school graduate to be awarded the University Scholarship for Overseas Postgraduate Study. He received his postdoctoral endodontic training from Columbia University in the City of New York.

Dr. Kolnick has been committed to endodontic education, first as an Associate Clinical Professor in Endodontics at Columbia University and then as an Attending at Westchester Medical Center and an Associate Clinical Professor in Endodontics at New York Medical College. Although he no longer holds these positions, he continues to lecture extensively on local, national and international levels and has published several articles on endodontics. Dr. Kolnick is dedicated to fostering excellence in endodontics through education and the incorporation of the latest technology. For the past 18 years, his experience and expertise in lasers has made a significant contribution to the development of a comprehensive, laser-assisted treatment concept in endodontics.

Dr. Lagreca is a Board-Certified Prosthodontist and fellow of the American Board of Prosthodontics. She received her first dental degree (DDS) from the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas. She then received her certificate in Prosthodontics, Implant Fellowship training and and currently Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) degrees from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (TUSDM). Dr. Lagreca teaches in classroom, clinical and preclinical prosthodontics to pre and postdoctoral residents and supports the Office of Academic Affairs in faculty development, training, and calibration. Dr. Lagreca is the President of the American College of Prosthodontics Massachusetts section, where she leads the prosthodontics community in the state, organizes continuing education programs and collaborates with dental professionals and educators from Harvard, Tufts and Boston University. Dr. Lagreca’s achievements have been recognized by the Incisal Edge Magazine 40-under-40 2021 Award and The American Dental Association.

NELSON L RHODUS, DMD, MPH, FICD, FRCSEd, FAAOM, Diplomate American Board of Oral Medicine, is a Morse Distinguished Professor and Director of the Division of Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis and Radiology in the Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences in the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Otolaryngology in the Medical School and an Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health . He is a Diplomate, examiner and past President of  the American Board of Oral Medicine, He is also past President of the American Academy of Oral Medicine. He is an inductee in the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center Academy of Excellence and the Academy of Distinguished Teachers and the University of Minnesota Scholar’s Walk of Fame. He is a Fellow in the International College of Dentists and of the American College of Dentists and a Fellow in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is an Attending member of the Minnesota Masonic Cancer  Center and the Hospital Staff of the University of Minnesota  Hospital and Clinics, a consultant to the US Navy Hospital and Hennepin County Medical Center. 
Dr. Rhodus directs several oral medicine courses and has been awarded "Professor of the year " for fourteen years and is a recipient the School of Dentistry Century Club Professor of the Year . He has been active in faculty governance and served in many capacities in the University Senate for over 27 years.
Dr. Rhodus has been active with the American Dental Association and the Minnesota Dental Association having served on several committees and the editorial board and has been selected often( x 10) as Best Dentist by Minnesota Monthly and Top Dentist-USA.
Dr. Rhodus has been active in basic and clinical research for over 38 years and he has published over three hundred- eighty refereed scientific papers and abstracts. His H index is 42 and his research has been cited over 5000 times. He has presented over seven-hundred lectures and courses throughout the United States and abroad. He is on the medical advisory board for the National Oral Cancer Foundation and the National Sjogren’s Syndrome Foundation. He is an editor of the Journal of Oral Surgery, Oral medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology.  He co-authors two textbooks: DENTAL MANAGEMENT OF THE MEDICALLY COMPROMISED PATIENT (10ed.) and OROFACIAL DISORDERS.

Dr. Albert “Ace” Goerig graduated from Case Western Reserve University Dental School in 1971. He retired from the Army Dental Corps in 1991 and has been in private practice for 33 years in Olympia, Washington. He is a diplomat of the American Board of endodontics and has written numerous scientific articles on endodontics and has contributed to 3 endodontic textbooks. He co-founded Endo Mastery, a coaching program for endodontists in 1996. Through his practice management seminars and personal coaching, he has worked with over 22% of all endodontists and their teams in the United States and Canada. He continues to see patients 2 days a week in a fun, profitable and effortless practice.

Dr. Farzaneh Afkhami is a board-certified endodontist and an associate professor at the Department of Endodontics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran, and holds an academic affiliation with the School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, Australia. She has authored over 50 research papers related to endodontics in prestigious peer-reviewed journals. Her work has garnered over 1.3 K citations and an h-index of 19 on Google Scholar. Dr. Afkhami has shared her findings at international scientific conferences and has supervised both

undergraduate and postgraduate students. Additionally, she holds a patent on a nanomaterial product as a root canal medicament, further advancing the field of endodontics.

Dr Sholeh Ghabraei is board-certified specialist in endodontics. She currently serves as associate professor in endodontics department, Dental school, Tehran university of medical sciences. Her research focuses on various aspects of endodontics including randomized controlled trials of anesthesia and pain control. She published 44 peer reviewed manuscripts.

Dr. Nasim Hashemi is a board-certified specialist in Endodontics. She achieved 2nd rank in the Iranian Endodontic Board Examination in 2025. Her research focuses on various aspects of endodontics including randomized controlled trials of anesthesia and pain control and broken instrument removal.

She has published nine peer-reviewed manuscripts, contributing to advancements in endodontic science.

Dr. Ove A. Peters joined the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, in 2020 after faculty positions in Heidelberg, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland, as well as at the University of California, San Francisco. He currently serves as the Professor of Endodontics and Head of Clinical Dentistry at UQ. Before moving to Australia, Dr. Peters 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 has wide-ranging clinical and research expertise and has published more than 230 manuscripts related to endodontic technology and biology. He has authored two books and contributed to several leading textbooks in dentistry; he also is an associate editor for the International Endodontic Journal as well as the Australian Endodontic Journal, an academic editor for PLOS One and serves on the review panel of multiple other journals. Among others awards, Dr Peters has received the Hans Genet Award of the European Society of Endodontology and more recently the Louis I. Grossman Award of the American Association of Endodontists. He is a Diplomate of the ABE, a member of OKU and a Fellow of the International and American Colleges of Dentistry.

Dr. Bruder was the founding Chair: Department of Endodontics and Director of the Advanced Specialty Education Program in Endodontics at Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine from 2006 – 2015. In 2012, Dr. Bruder was awarded the prestigious Edward M. Osetek Educator Award from the American Association of Endodontists and is also a member of Omicron Kappa Upsilon, National Dental Honor Society. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics and Fellow of the International College of Dentists. Dr. Bruder serves as CEO/President of TruEndo INC and coinvented both TruShape and TruNatomy Endodontic Instruments with Dr. Ove Peters.

Professor Sabeti received his DDS degree from the University of Texas, Dental Branch at Houston.  He completed a program in Periodontics at Tufts School of dental medicine. He served at the postgraduate department of periodontology at the University of Texas, Dental Branch at Houston. He completed a program in Endodontics at Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC.  He currently serves as a site visitor on the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). He has been the president of the Northern California Academy of Endodontics. He served as ADEA PASS (ADEA Postdoctoral Application Support Service) for three years. He has been the chair of the Postgraduate Education Curriculum Committee (PECC) at the University of California at San Francisco. He currently serves as Director of postgraduate endodontics at the University of California at San Francisco. He is board-certified. He has made many invited presentations and published along with several textbook chapters and textbooks.  In addition, he has received a Certificate in Recognition of Outstanding Services as a Faculty Member for the enhancement of education and clinical excellence, presented by the Advance Endodontics Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of the University of Southern California, and a Certificate of Appreciation for the Service and Significant Contribution to Periodontal Division, University of Texas. Dental Branch. He was honored by the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators at the University of California San Francisco with an Excellence in Teaching award. 

Heather was born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in New Jersey. She received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania. Afterwards, she attended dental school at Columbia University and completed a General Practice Residency at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. She is excited to continue her dental training at UCSF. 

Jeff Tonner is a full-time dental-malpractice defense attorney in Phoenix, AZ.

Jeff has defended over 4,000 dentists before the dental board and hundreds of dental malpractice cases in superior court. He drafts and regularly reviews dental contracts, including office leases, asset purchase agreement and both employee and independent contractor agreements.

He has written two books for dentists: "Malpractice: What They Don’t Teach You In Dental School" and "Ideal Charting For General Dentists."

Jeff lectures across the US and now Canada on risk management, recordkeeping and dental ethics.

Jeff founded Lightening Dental Charts, a charting system contains custom progress-note templates, consent forms, Update & Alert bulletins and other legal aids.

Jeff graduated from Indiana University in 1977 and DePaul University Law School in 1981, where he was a member of the law review.

Dr. Sam Kratchman was born and raised in New York. He received both a B.S. in Biology and a D.M.D. from Tufts University in Boston. Sam then entered The University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Certificate of Endodontics.

A prominent leader in his field, Dr. Kratchman currently teaches at U. Penn as an Associate Professor of Endodontics, and he is the Assistant Director of Graduate Endodontics, in charge of the microsurgical portion of the program. He frequently lectures on several Endodontic topics throughout the United States, Europe, South America, Canada and Asia.

Dr. Kratchman has authored several articles and chapters on Endodontics, and has co-authored the textbook of Endodontic Microsurgery with Dr. Kim in 2017. He also developed a patented instrument called the S Kondenser for the obturation of root canals. Both Main Line Today and Doctor of Dentistry magazines honored Dr. Kratchman as the cover story for their "Best of" issues.