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Professor Saso Ivanovski
BDSc BDentSt MDSc(Perio) PhD FICD FADI
Professor Saso Ivanovski established Brisbane City Periodontics and Implants (BCPI) with Dr Ken Nixon (now retired) in 2006. He works at BCPI on a part time basis, and combines this with his position as Professor of Periodontology at the University of Queensland, where he is program director for the specialist training program in Periodontics. He is also the Director of the Centre for Oral Regeneration, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation (COR3).
Saso graduated with BDSc (Honours) from the University of Queensland School of Dentsitry in 1993. He subsequently completed a BDentSt research degree in 1995, following which he was awarded a National Health and Medical Research (NH&MRC) postgraduate scholarship and commenced a PhD which was completed in 2000. This was followed by specialist training leading to the award of an MDSc in Periodontology in 2002. During his studies, Saso worked in private practice, initially as a dentist (1994-2002), and subsequently as a specialist periodontist.
Saso was a NH&MRC postdoctoral fellow and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland from 2003 to 2006. During this period, he was awarded a fellowship by the International Team for Implantology (ITI) and spent a year as a clinical research fellow at the Eastman Dental Institute in London. Upon his return from London in late 2004, Saso joined Dr Ken Nixon’s practice and Brisbane City Periodontics and Implants was formally established in 2006.
In 2006, Saso was appointed the inaugural Chair and Professor of Periodontology at the Griffith University School of Dentistry and Oral Health where he leads the specialist training program in periodontology. He served as Deputy Head of School Research and led the Regenerative Medicine Centre at the Griffith Health Institute, before moving back to the University of Queensland in 2017
Saso is a fellow of the International Team for Implantology, International College of Dentists and the Academy of Dentistry International, and has served as federal president of the Australasian Osseointegration Society (AOS) and the Australian Society of Periodontology (ASP). He is currently a boraf member of the Australian Dental Research Foundation (ADRF) and chair of the ADRF Research Advisory Committee. Saso has published over 200 papers and book chapters in the peer-reviewed international literature, has lectured extensively nationally and internationally and has been the recipient of numerous research grants and awards. He leads an internationally recognised research group with an interest in clinical implantology and periodontology, as well as the cellular and molecular aspects of osseointegration and periodontal regeneration.