Lecture: April 12, 2024

Dr. Andrea Ravidà is the Program Director of the Periodontics department at the university of Pittsburgh. He completed the periodontal specialty training in Graduate Periodontics at the University of Michigan and the PhD at the University of Granada. He has been teaching as a full-time clinical faculty at the University of Michigan in the 2021-2022 academic year. He teaches topics related to periodontal/implant disease and implant therapy to graduate periodontal residents in the clinics and in the classroom. He also conducts clinical research focusing on peri-implantitis, periodontitis and short implants.
Dr. Andrea Ravidà published more than 70 peer-reviewed articles and conference abstracts/presentations related to periodontics and implant therapy. He is section editor of the International Journal of Oral Implantology and the Journal of Translational Medicine. He serves as a reviewer and in the editorial board for multiple international journals covering periodontics and implant dentistry. He received several other awards from the nation’s authority in periodontics and implantology (American Academy of Periodontology and Academy of Osseointegration) including the Schoor Research Award in 2020, the Educator Scholarship (2021) and William Laney Award (2020).

Dr. Ihab M. Hanna graduated, with honors, in 1994 from Cairo University. Afterward, he spent three years in training and hospital residency before moving to San Francisco. He completed two years of General practice residency at the University of Illinois, as a chief resident, where he acquired additional training in the use of Dental Implants, sedation, and special care dentistry.
With over 25 years of implant dentistry experience and faculty at Hiossen's implant education program, Dr. Hanna has extended his skills and knowledge to the community through his implant study club where he supports general dentists in advancing their education further.
Dr. Hanna is the founder of the RWC Implant Study Club and is committed to sharing dental implant education to the general dentist community.

Program Director, GPR, St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio 2015-2019.
AEGD Case Western Reserve University Certified of Pinhole Surgical Technique. Awarded as Dentistry Teacher of the Year in 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 from St. Vincent Charity Medical Centers.
2 years certification at the RWC Implant Study Club Mini Residency Program, CA.
Certified LANAP Dentist.