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COS(Chinese Orthodontic Society)is one of the world‘s preeminent orthodontics research and clinical care organization dedicated to the prevention and treatment of malocclusion. Its objective is precisely what IOF continues to pursue. In order to implement mutual understanding, IOF was work as a key partner with COS to support its annual academic meeting held in Shanghai, China, on October 15th to 17th, 2024. The COS annual meeting is a national event in China, attracting nearly 6,000 participants across a wide range of research, scientific, and clinical backgrounds, all focused on improving outcomes for patients.
D.M.D.Executive Director of IOF Branson-Maddrell Endowed Professor Chair, West Virginia University Dept of Orthodontics, West Virginia, USA Honorary Senior Lecturer: University of Hong Kong Guest Professorship: Wuhan University School of Stomatology
Dr. Ngan is an Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong and a Guest Professor at Wuhan University, School of Stomatology, China. Dr. Ngan holds a dental degree from Harvard University, School of Dental Medicine and Certificates in Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry and Hospital Dentistry from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine / Children Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Ngan’s research focuses on growth and development, appliance therapy and implantology. He has published over 160 peer-reviewed articles and 180 abstracts. He is a member of the Angle East (Eastern Component of the Edward H. Angle Society), a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics and a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.
DDS, MS, PhDCo-chair of IOF Science Committee Chair of the Division of Orthodontics, Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus, USA
He is presently the Professor and Vig/William Endowed Chair of the Division of Orthodontics, Ohio State University College of Dentistry in Columbus, OH. He received his dental training first at Kaohsiung Medical College, and then PhD in Bioengineering at University of Michigan and then Orthodontic Specialty from University of Minnesota. He was an Assistant Professor of Oral Biology at Minnesota Dental Research Center for Biomechanics and Biomaterials at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis US, from 1994 to 2006, and Professor in the Department of Orthodontics at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC) from 2006 to 2020. Before leaving UNC, he served as Program Director (2013-2019) and Chairman (2017-2020) at UNC. Many of his students received awards from American Association of Orthodontists Foundation under his direct mentorship. Dr. Ko has contributed more than 170 publications to the scientific literature in biomaterial/biomechanical sciences, orthodontics, and bone biology. He has co-authored more than 10 book chapters and recently co-edited the book entitled “Machine Learning in Dentistry”. His research in bone tissue engineering and orthodontic bioengineering was funded by NIH. He maintains a faculty clinical practice at OSU.
Professor and Chair Department of Orthodontics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics (US), Specialist Orthodontist on the Singapore Dental Council and the General Dental Council (United Kingdom). He serves as the Director of the Craniofacial Orthodontia Clinic in partnership with the Children’s Rehabilitation Service and Medicaid of Alabama and is the craniofacial orthodontist on the Cleft Craniofacial Team at Children’s Hospital of Alabama. He enjoys practicing clinical orthodontics has a special interest in craniofacial anomalies and dento-facial deformities. He is also a researcher with a keen interest in clinical translational research focusing on technology driven orthodontic applications, dent-facial deformities, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, accelerated tooth movement and 4D jaw tracking. At present, he is Principal Investigator on several NIH and Industry grants and has a research involvement in excess of US$4+ million dollars. He actively contributes and publishes in the orthodontic literature and has over 450 peer-reviewed publications, conference papers and lectures. He has over 175 invited presentations and lectures in over 50 countries. In 2011, he was awarded the King James IV Professor by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh where he also served as the International Advisor for the USA and examiner for the MFDS and MOrth examinations. He has also been featured on CBS Nightly News, WBRC (Alabama) and ABC33 (Alabama) on various Orthodontic topics.
Professor of Orthodontics, Chauncey M. F, Egel Endowed Chair Director of Postdoctoral Orthodontics program, Department of orthodontics, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
Dr. Chung is Chauncey M. F. Egel Endowed Chair and Director of Postdoctoral Orthodontics Program of the Department of Orthodontics, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. He served as the Director of the American Board of Orthodontics (2010-2018), and the President of the American Board of Orthodontics (2017-2018). Dr. Chung received his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree in 1986 and Orthodontic Certificate/Master of Science in Oral Biology in 1992 from the University of Pennsylvania. He has received numerous awards and honors, including the University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation Award, and the American Association of Orthodontists Award as the Co-chair of the Scientific Program of the Annual Session of the American Association of Orthodontists in Washington DC, 2018 and Miami, 2022. In addition, he has published numerous articles in refereed journals. Dr. Chung has been an active member of the E. H. Angle Society of Orthodontists since 2003, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics since 2002.
DMD., DMEDSCAdjunct Faculty, The ADA Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, USA Executive Director of IOF Co-chair of IOF Science Committee
Dr. Eric Kang Ting graduated from Harvard school of Dental Medicine with high honor and the gold award with DMD in 1991 and PhD, and an orthodontic certificate from Harvard in 1994. He currently is an adjunct faculty at the ADA Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA. He was formerly the Academic Senate Tenured Professor since 2002 and founding chair in the Division of Growth and Development at UCLA. The Division comprises the Sections of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry. Besides his teaching and clinical responsibilities in Orthodontics. Dr. Ting has google scholar h-index of 62 – as one of the top three highest orthodontists globally. Ting’s original research has received well over 12,000 citations. It has been published in many leading journals, including Nature Communications, Journal of Clinical Investigation, PLOS One, and Biomaterials, etc as the principal author. Dr. Ting has been served as a PARC AAOF committee member since 2015. In 2018, Professor Ting and his team received the International Space Station (ISS) Innovation Award for Biology and Medicine for Development of NELL-1 Bone-Growth Systemic Therapy by the American Astronautical Society. Dr. Ting has received over US 30M in funding from the US government as a key investigator in his career. Stemmed from his research, two novel biologic drugs are currently in FDA clinical trials for scar reduction, and bone regeneration respectively.
Professor and Program Director, Department of DevelopmentalSciences/Orthodontics, MarquetteUniversity School of Dentistry
Chairman, Education Committee, the Hong Kong Society of Orthodontists
In 1993, Dr. Lau completed the Diploma in Orthodontics of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and obtained the Membership in Orthodontics of The Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, as well as the Membership of The Royal College of Dentists of Canada. He became a Specialist in Orthodontics and obtained the Fellowship of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine in Dental Surgery, the Fellowship of the College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong and the Fellowship of The Royal College of Dentists of Canada in 1995. In 2000, he was elected as the Fellow of the College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong in the Specialty of Orthodontics.
Currently, Dr. Lau is a member of the Hong Kong Society of Orthodontists (HKSO), a fellow of the College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong, a fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada, a member and a certified specialist of the College of Dental Surgeons, British Columbia, and a fellow of the World Federation of Orthodontists. He is the clinical director of Orthodontic and Children’s Dental Center and International Dental Center. He is also the honorary consultant of United Christian Hospital, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong.
Dr Lau was President of Hong Kong Society of Orthodontists in 2004 and HKSO representative in APOS Beijing 2005. Currently, he is also a council member of HKSO and College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong.
Dr. Lau has a special interest in early orthodontic treatment, impaction of teeth, interdisciplinary treatment, orthodontic management of sleep apnea patients and digital orthodontics. He is also interested in data science, platform integration and application development.
Emeritus and Honorary Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, the University of Hong Kong
Director, University of Lund, Sweden; Chair Professor, Postgraduate Program
Director, Associate Dean, The University of Hong Kong; Guest/Visiting Professor:
Peking Medical University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, West China University
of Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Fourth Military University; Lifetime
Achievement Award 2016 (Chinese Orthodontic Society); Sheldon Friel Memorial
Lecture 2010 (European Orthodontic Society); Fellowship ad hominem RCSEd 2001;
Member of Angle Society of Orthodontists North Atlantic Component (USA);
Published 18 book chapters and 245 papers. Research interests: Growth and
Development; Growth Modification; Quality of Life, Treatment Need, Treatment and Treatment Outcomes
Carlos M B Augusto BDS/MDS University in Lisbon Diploma of Orthodontics in Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine Honorary President of Macau Dental Association
He has practiced dentistry in Macau for over 20 years, and currently is the clinical director of We Care Dental Center in Macau.
He graduated in the 1st Diploma of Orthodontics in Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine in 2023.
Dr. Carlos Augusto has treated over 5000 Invisalign cases, he is currently Align APAC Advisory Board, Align Faculty speaker and was invited to lecture in different Align Forum, APDC and ICD Congress.
Professor of Department of Orthodontics School of Dentistry, Seoul National University
In addition, he is a member of Editorial Review Board of Angle Orthodontist, a Peer reviewer of AJODO, EJO, PIO and other journals, and an Associate Editor in Orthodontic Craniofacial Research and AJODO-Clinical Companion. He received a 2009 CDABO Case report of the year in Boston AAO meeting and gave presentations in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, and 2024 AAO meetings. He published more than 200 articles in prestigious orthodontic and surgical journals and around 50 books. His subspecialty is diagnosis and treatment of Class III malocclusion, cleft and craniofacial anomalies, and artificial intelligence.
DDS, PhDProfessor and Chairman of the Department of Orthodontic Science, Graduate School Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
He studied at TMDU, the University of British Columbia, Canada and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Prof. Ono worked and has been working as an Adjunct/Visiting Professor at 6 domestic and 7 international universities. He also serves as an editorial board member for 14 international peer-reviewed journals. He has published 11 book chapters and 301 scientific articles and has been invited extensively for lecturing nationally and internationally. Prof. Ono is a recipient of IADR/AADR Williams J. Gies Award in 2018, SIDO Anthony Gianelly Award. He has been appointed as Chairman of the 9th International Orthodontic Congress (IOC) in 2020 and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Orthodontists (WFO).