Dr. Ashraf Eid
Dr. Eid has established himself as a clinician, researcher and educator for over 10 years and across three continents. He received his dental degree with honors and a master of science degree from Alexandria University School of Dentistry in Egypt. He then spent the next 4 years in private practice while maintaining a part-time teaching position at Pharos University School of Dentistry in Alexandria, Egypt.
In 2011, he moved to Nagasaki, Japan to start his PhD in biomaterials science where he worked on developing and testing innovative root canal filling materials with bioactive properties while at the same time teaching predoctoral students in the Department of Biomaterials Science. During his PhD tenure, he accepted a Doctoral Research Fellowship at the Department of Endodontics, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia, where he worked with world-renowned researchers on developing a novel bioceramic root canal sealer (NeoMTA™ Root Canal Sealer), as well as an expandable root canal obturation system (CPoint® Obturation Points).
After receiving his PhD, he successfully completed a three-year Advanced Specialty Education program in Endodontics at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, the world’s first dental college.
Dr. Eid has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and has presented his research in various national and international venues. He is the recipient of the AAE/Dentsply Resident Award at the American Association of Endodontists meetings in 2015 and 2016 and is on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Journal of Endodontics, the official journal of the American Association of Endodontics.
A complete list of Dr. Eid’s publications can be found here.
In his free time, Dr. Eid enjoys the outdoors, the mountains, and anything that has to do with nature. He is an avid runner and a terrible cook.