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. 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. 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 University of Connecticut Health Center, the University of Maryland, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently Professor and Chair, Department of Endodontics, and Director, Advanced Endodontics Program, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Dr. Fouad has published over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 24 textbook chapters, and 140 abstracts. He edited and co-authored the textbooks: Endodontic Microbiology, as well as the fifth and sixth editions of Endodontics: Principles and Practice. He is a Diplomate and Past President of the American Board of Endodontics, and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Endodontics and Dental Traumatology. He received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Pulp Biology and Regeneration Group of the International Association of Dental Research.

Yaara Berdan is the Co-Chair of the Department of Endodontics and Periodontics and the Director of Predoctoral Endodontics at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. She graduated from the UCSF School of Dentistry and completed a residentcy in pediatric dentistry at Children's Hospital Boston. After two years of practice she began an endodontics residency at the University of Illinois College of Dentistry. She was in private practice in Los Angeles and started volunteering one day a week at USC which turned into a full time position in 2014. In 2022 she received her MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business. She also recieved a certifciate in Business and Sustainability. She is a member of the Educational Affairs Committee of the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) and is the Councilor for the Endodontics Section of ADEA. She is also a co-founder of the Sustainability in Dentistry ADEA Special Interest Group and is the faculty advisor for the Ostrow Sustainability Group.

Natalie Black recently graduated from the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at USC in 2023. She is currently residing in San Francisco, where she is pursuing advanced training in endodontics at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Black is a dynamic student leader and has been involved in sustainability efforts in higher education. She co-founded and was the president of the Ostrow Sustainability Group during her time at USC. Natalie was also selected to serve as a student representative on the USC Presidential Working Group on Sustainable Education, Research, and Operations.

Dr Agnieszka (Aga) Chruszczyk is a board-certified endodontist with 23 years of clinical experience. She graduated from Medical University in Krakow, Poland in 1992. Upon arrival to the United States, she studied at the University of Illinois, College of Dentistry in Chicago. She graduated from International Dentist Program (IDP) in 1997 and post graduate endodontic program in 2000. She had stayed at UIC for fourteen years as a part time clinical assistant professor in the department of Endodontics. She has been a full-time clinical endodontist in private practice in Chicago area. She’s a past president of local endodontic organization - Coolidge Club and Illinois Association of Endodontist.

Dr. Rodrigo Sanches Cunha completed his Undergraduate Dental Degree in 1994, which he obtained from the Catholic University of Campinas in Sao Paulo - Brazil.  His post-graduate studies include a Specialty degree in Endodontics obtained in 1997 from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP); in 2002, a M.Sc. degree in Clinical Dentistry (Endodontics), and in 2006, a Ph.D. degree in Dental Sciences both of which he received from Sao Leopoldo Mandic Centre for Dental Research. Dr. Cunha was an Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Campinas from 2001 until 2011. On September 9, 2011, Dr. Cunha moved with his wife (Andressa) and three daughters (Leticia, Larissa and Helena) to Winnipeg to work as a Full-time Professor at the College of Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Cunha became Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada (Endodontics) in 2013 and, in 2016, decided to work in Private Practice full-time. Dr. Cunha is the Co-founder of Prairie Endodontics in 2018. Dr. Cunha has been a guest speaker at more than 200 events worldwide. He has published more than 50 papers and abstracts in several peer reviewed journals. In addition, Dr. Cunha has published six book chapters and has extensive clinical experience obtained working in Private Practice limited to Endodontics since 1995. Dr. Rodrigo Cunha is the President of the Canadian Academy of Endodontics (CAE).

Dr. Noguera is a board-certified endodontist, who has been in private practice for more than 30 years. She received her undergraduate dental education from the Universidad Metropolitana in Barranquilla, Colombia. She then proceeded to further her education in the U.S.A. at the University of Maryland where she received an M.S. in Oral Biology from the Graduate School, as well as a Certificate in Endodontics through Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1988. Dr. Noguera achieved the highest level of excellence recognized by the dental profession in 1994 when she became a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics.

Dr. Noguera is an active member of numerous dental associations including the American Association of Endodontists, American Dental Association, the International and the American College of Dentists, and the College of Diplomates of the American Association of Endodontists. She is a proud past president of the District of Columbia Dental Society, the Edward C Penick Endodontic Study Club, and the Maimonides Dental Society. Most recently, Dr. Noguera was elected Delegate of the District of Columbia to the ADA.

Dr. Noguera is happily married to Dr. Ali Fassihi and is the proud mother of three daughters: Eliana, Maryam, and Roxana. In her spare time, she enjoys and supports the Music and Arts, reading and sitting by the water.

Dr. Chafic Safi completed his postgraduate residency in Endodontics at the University of Pennsylvania in 2015 where he also completed a Master of Science in Oral Biology researching the outcome of endodontic microsurgery and factors affecting prognosis. Dr. Safi is a published researcher and lectures nationally and internationally on various surgical and non-surgical endodontic topics.  He is a fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada and is certified by the American Board of Endodontics. Dr. Safi remains on the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Montreal, Department of Endodontics, as an adjunct assistant professor. He is also a faculty lecturer for Next Level Endodontics. He founded Centre Endodontique Saint-Laurent in Montreal, Canada where he lives and practices since 2016. 

Dr. Prasanna Neelakantan is an Associate Professor and Director of Research at the Department of Endodontics at the University of the Pacific, San Francisco, USA. With more than 100 scientific publications in high-impact peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Prasanna’s h-index now stands at 40. He has received many awards and honors including the IADR Innovation in Oral Care Award in 2018 and 2021, and Joseph Lister Award from the IADR in 2018. He has won several awards for teaching at the faculty and university level. He is the Section Editor for Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics, Associate Editor for Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, and Frontiers in Oral Health. He also serves on the editorial board of the International Endodontic Journal and is a reviewer for the Journal of Endodontics. His research group focuses on biofilm biology, the development of novel antimicrobials, and its delivery strategies.