Dr. Konstantinos Michalakis graduated from the School of Dentistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Soon after he began his 3-year residency in Prosthodontics at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. He also holds a PhD in Dental Materials from the Department of Prosthodontics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an MSc degree in Applied Biomechanics from the Department of Bioengineering of the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, an MSc in Experimental and Translational Therapeutics from the Department of Oncology of the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, and a Certificate in Executive Leadership for Healthcare Professionals from the Sloan Program in Health Administration, of Cornell University. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics.
Today he serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Restorative Sciences and Biomaterials at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, and Professor at Boston University’s Center for Multiscale and Translational Mechanobiology.
Before joining Boston University’s Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, he was a tenured Professor and the Director of Graduate Prosthodontics at the School of Dentistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Division of Graduate and Postgraduate Prosthodontics at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. He has lectured extensively at both national and international meetings and he has published numerous articles in high impact peer-reviewed journals, in his areas of expertise. He has co-authored a book on Occlusion and Postural Control, and he has contributed chapters in Fixed Prosthodontics, Digital Dentistry and Implant Dentistry books. He is a member of the editorial board of several scientific journals and an ad-hoc reviewer for major Prosthodontic, Implant Dentistry, Materials, Biomechanics and Bioengineering journals with high impact factors. He serves in the Committees of several Prosthodontic Associations in the US. He has supervised and co-supervised several doctoral dissertations and postgraduate MSc theses. He is an external examiner at the University of Otago School of Dentistry in New Zealand, and he has collaborated extensively with clinicians and researchers of many prestigious universities from around the world.
