Leandro Chambrone

Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Periodontics at Penn Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Clinical and research focus encompasses periodontal plastic surgery, soft tissue root coverage, and evidence-based approaches to implant therapy.

Among the most cited researchers in periodontology — articles published in 2012 and 2015 rank among the most cited in both the Journal of Clinical Periodontology and the Journal of Periodontology. Member of the Cochrane Oral Health Group and Section Editor of Clinical Research for the International Journal of Oral Implantology. Editorial board member of Clinical Oral Implants Research.

Author of two major textbooks: Periodontal Plastic Surgery (Springer Verlag, 2015 — in English, Portuguese, and Chinese) and Decision-Making in Dental Implantology (published in five languages: English, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, and Turkish). Co-authored chapters in the 12th and 13th editions of Carranza's Textbook of Periodontology. Commissioned author of review papers for the American Academy of Periodontology and European Federation of Periodontology.

DDS, MSc, PhD. Visiting Professor, University of Iowa; Ad-honorem Associate Professor and Research Consultant, El Bosque University (Colombia).