Hom-Lay Wang, DDS., MSD., Ph D, Collegiate Professor of Periodontics, Professor and Director of Graduate Periodontics at the University of Michigan. Dr. Wang received his DDS from Taipei Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, DDS, MSD from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio and Ph D from Hiroshima University, Japan.
He published 20 book chapters/invited reviews and more than 250 scientific articles. Dr. Wang is a Diplomate and a Former Co-Chair and Director of the American Board of Periodontology and a Diplomate and Past President and Board Director of the ICOI and a Fellow of American College of Dentists. He serves as an Associate Editor for The International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants, Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Research, and International Chinese Journal of Dentistry and a Founding Editorial Board member for Clinical Advances in Periodontics, Editorial Board member for the Journal of Periodontology, Clinical Oral Implants Research, International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry, Journal of Clinical Periodontology, Journal of Osteology and Biomaterials and many others.
Dr. Wang is the recipient of following awards/honors: AADS clinical research fellowship award (1992), Best Faculty Award (2003), The Charles E. English Annual Award in Clinical Science and Techniques (2004), Best papers in Journal of Oral Implantology (2004) and Implant Dentistry (2004), Morton L. Perel Annual Award for Dental Implant Educator (2007), and AAP University of Michigan Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in Periodontics (2010).
