Prof. Mehmet Omer Gorduysus

Professor of Endodontics, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah

Mehmet Omer Gorduysus (DDS, PhD, Professor, Endodontist) was born in Istanbul. Graduated from Hacettepe University, Faculty of Dentistry with a degree of DDS completed his Post-graduate Program in Endodontics in the United States at the University of Southern California with the scholarship of Turkish Government and received the title of Specialist in Endodontics. Later he received his Ph.D. degree in Endodontics from Hacettepe University, Ankara-Turkey and went to ACTA of Amsterdam with a scholarship from the government of the Netherlands (given by NUFFIC), after that became an invited professor and lecturer, clinical instructor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Endodontics in Canada two academic years. Following his return to Turkey, he became a tenured professor at Hacettepe University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Endodontics in Ankara, and Convener of Graduate Endo. Studied in the field of research and has many publications in SCI covered besides some local and international journals, former vice president of Animal Research Ethics Committee Hacettepe University and giving national and international lectures and courses, convener of graduate endo clinic, editorships (Former Editor in Chief of Clinical Dentistry and Research) also translating and authorship for book chapters. As an actual position professor at the University of Sharjah, College of Dentistry in the United Arab Emirates, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry, and Director of the MDS-Endodontics Program giving lectures, working in the field of research, pre-clinical and clinical, graduate teaching, supervising and instructorship since August 31, 2014, in UAE. Member of ESE, IADR, FDI, Turkish Endodontic Society, and Honorary member of Kosovo Dental Association. Former Director and establisher of Biomaterials and Biomimetics Research Group in UoS (2017-2022) and Head of Discipline of Endodontics at College of Dental Medicine UoS.