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Ahmed El-Awady

Acting Program Director

Ahmed El-Awady

Acting Program Director

Associate Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Dental College of Georgia
Department of Periodontics

  • aelawady@augusta.edu
  • (706) 721-5755
  • GC 1333

Education

  • Ph.D., Oral Biology and Maxillofacial Pathology Georgia Regents University, 2014

  • Ph.D., Oral Medicine and Periodontology Al-Azham University, 2013

  • MS, Oral Medicine and Periodontology Al-Azhar University, 2005

  • BDS, Bachelor of Dental Surgery Al-Azhar University, 1998

Certifications

  • Associate Fellow World Clinical Laser Institute , 2024

  • LANAP Regenerative Specialist Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry , 2024

  • Laser Safety officer Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry, 2023

  • The LANAP Protocol Millennium Dental Technologies , 2023

  • DIPLOMATE THE AMERICAN BOARD OF PERIODONTOLOGY AMERICAN BOARD OF PERIODONTOLOGY, 2022

  • Conscious Sedation Permit Georgia Board of Dentistry, 2020

  • STATE OF GEORGIA Georgia Board of Dentistry Conscious Sedation Permit STATE OF GEORGIA Georgia Board of Dentistry, 2022

  • DEN Georgia Board of Dentistry, 2019

  • STATE OF GEORGIA Georgia Board of Dentistry Dental Faculty STATE OF GEORGIA Georgia Board of Dentistry, 2019

Awards & Honors

  • Faculty Professional Award American College of Dentists, 2024

  • THE DR. COLIN RICHMAN PERIO-ORTHO AWARD American Academy of Periodontology Foundation, 2022

  • Educator Award American Academy of Periodontology , 2022

  • AAP Teaching Fellowships American Academy of Periodontology Foundation, 2021

  • AAP Educator Scholarships American Academy of Periodontology Foundation, 2015

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • PERR 7002

    Anesthesia Rotation

  • PERR 8104

    Clinical Periodontics 3

  • PERR 7101

    Clinical Periodontics I

  • PERR 9107

    Clinical Periodontics V

  • GDDL 5791

    GA Dental Licensure I

  • RSGD 5701

    Geriatric Dentistry

  • PERI 5302

    Non-Surgical Periodontics

  • PERR 7001

    Orientation for New Residents

  • PERR 8016

    Perio Med/Med Complx Pt Sem I

  • PERR 9012

    Perio Trmt Plan/Sugery Sem V

  • PERR 8010

    Perio Trnt Plan/Surg Sem III

  • PERR 7008

    Perio Trtmt Plan/Surgery Sem I

  • PERR 7006

    Periodontal Journal Club I

  • PERR 8008

    Periodontal Journal Club III

  • PERR 9010

    Periodontal Journal Club V

  • PERR 7004

    Periodontal Lit Review I

  • PERR 8006

    Periodontal Lit Review III

  • PERR 9008

    Periodontal Lit Review V

  • PERR 7010

    Periodontal Research I

  • PERR 8012

    Periodontal Research III

  • PERR 9014

    Periodontal Research V

  • PERI 5704

    Periodontics in General Pract

  • SPDS 5001

    Special Dental Studies

  • PERR 7020

    Topics in Perio

  • PERR 8020

    Topics in Perio II

  • PERR 9020

    Topics in Perio III

  • PERR 8014

    Undergraduate Teaching II

  • PERR 9016

    Undergraduate Teaching IV

  • PERR 7102

    Clinical Periodontics 2

  • PERR 8105

    Clinical Periodontics 4

  • PERR 9108

    Clinical Periodontics VI

  • IDSR 8008

    Esthetics and Function

  • PERI 5211

    Fundamentals of Periodontology

  • PEIM 5611

    Intro to Oral Implantology

  • ORTH 5512

    Orthodontics II

  • PERR 8011

    Perio Surgery/Trmt PlanSem IV

  • PERR 7009

    Perio Trmt Plan/Surgery Sem II

  • PERR 9013

    Perio Trmt Plan/Surgery Sem VI

  • IDSR 7032

    Perio/Pedi Dentististry Sem

  • PERR 7007

    Periodontal Journal Club II

  • PERR 8009

    Periodontal Journal Club IV

  • PERR 9011

    Periodontal Journal Club VI

  • PERR 7005

    Periodontal Lit Review II

  • PERR 8007

    Periodontal Lit Review IV

  • PERR 9009

    Periodontal Lit Review VI

  • PERR 7011

    Periodontal Research II

  • PERR 8013

    Periodontal Research IV

  • PERR 9015

    Periodontal Research VI

  • PERI 5613

    Surgical Periodontics

  • PERR 7012

    Undergraduate Teaching I

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Dendritic cells a critical link to alveolar bone loss and systemic disease risk in periodontitis: Immunotherapeutic implications, 2022
    Journal Article, Professional Journal
  • Matrix-Bound Zolzoledronate Enhances the Biofilm Colonization of Hydroxyapatite: Effects on Osteonecrosis, 2021
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Porphyromonas gingivalis Provokes Exosome Secretion and Paracrine Immune Senescence in Bystander Dendritic Cells, 2021
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Influence of T2DM and prediabetes on blood DC subsets and function in subjects with periodontitis, 2019
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Polymicrobial synergy within oral biofilm promotes invasion of dendritic cells and survival of consortia members, 2019
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Department Service

  • Faculty Senate 2023 - Present

    Role: Committee Chair

  • Steering Committee 2023 - Present

    Role: Committee Chair

  • DCG Interdisciplinary-Collaborative Research Grant 2023 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • Director of Predoctoral Program of Periodontics 2020 - Present

    Role: Other

  • CEPAC (Clinical Education and Process Advisory Committee) 2020 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

College Service

  • CEPAC 2020 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • Director of the pre-doctoral periodontics Program 2020 - Present

  • Steering Committee 2019 - Present

    Role: Committee Member