Michel M. Dard, DDS, MS, PhD, was trained in dentistry and oral medicine in France (Universities of Bordeaux and Nantes) and at New York University, College of Dentistry, New York, USA. He is currently the Senior Director for Continuing Education and Clinical Development at Vizstara, New Jersey, USA. He served during 20 years successively as the Head of Preclinical Research, Head of Surgical and Clinical Science and Global Medical Director at the Straumann Group, Basel, Switzerland. Prior to this he was the Director of Oral and Cranio-Maxillo-Facial R&D at Biomet-Merck, Darmstadt, Germany. Dr. Dard’s fields of expertise include research and innovation management and administration, surgical methodology, surgical procedures in implant dentistry and periodontology, novel materials and medical devices, translational and precision dental medicine. He is a member of several international societies (IADR, ITI) and served for more than a decade as an expert at the French NIH (INSERM, Paris, France) and the Directorate for Research and Innovation of the European Union Commission (Brussels, Belgium). He is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Dental Medicine at Columbia University, New York, USA.He holds several patents and is the author of more than 170 international peer-reviewed original articles, book chapters, monographs, reviews, and editorials.He lectures globally at most noticeable offline and online international congress, symposiums, University seminars and before scientific societies on medical devices, biomaterials, tissues regeneration, implant dentistry and surgical & oral rehabilitation science.
