Hsun-Liang Chan, DDS, MS, to Serve as Chair of Division of Periodontology

Dr. Hsun-Liang Chan will join the college as Chair of the Division of Periodontology on September 1, 2023. His professional education includes a dental degree from Taipei Medical University in Taiwan, and a master’s degree and certificate in periodontics from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry where he currently serves as an Associate Professor and Assistant Program Director of the Periodontics Graduate Program in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine.

Dr. Chan has taught extensively at both the pre-doctoral and graduate levels, and he is a nationally recognized researcher with funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). His current NIH-supported work is focused on novel ultrasound imaging applications for periodontal and implant diagnoses. With more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and conference abstracts and presentations, he is an international leader in the field of microsurgery related to periodontics and implant dentistry.

Throughout his career, Dr. Chan has received numerous awards and honors, including the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) Sunstar Innovation Award; an AAP award for Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in Periodontics; and a Nevins Teaching and Clinical Research Fellowship from the AAP Foundation. He also serves on various committees for the Midwest Society of Periodontology and the American Academy of Periodontology, and he is an examiner for the American Board of Periodontology.