Personal Information

 Assistant Professor

Department of  Basic Oral and Clinical Sciences

Faculty of Dentistry

Contact Information

Phone: 026402000 Ext. 22211

Email: ekhan@kau.edu.sa

Emad Ali Khan

 Assistant Professor

Profile

Dr. Emad Khan is a clinician, researcher, and teacher. He graduated first in his class earning his BDS from King Abdulaziz University (KAU) – Faculty of Dentistry, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He completed a year of internship in general and hospital dentistry. He then held a faculty position as a demonstrator in Oral Diagnosis and Radiology at KAU where he was granted a full scholarship to pursue a graduate specialty training and doctoral degree abroad. He earned his MS degree in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, and PhD degree in Oral Biology, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH).

 

Dr. Khan is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (ABOMR) and a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD). He is a member in several professional organizations such as the Saudi Dental Society (SDS), the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (AAOMR), International Association of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Radiology (IADMFR), AGD, International (and American) Association for Dental Research (IADR/AADR), American Association of Immunologists (AAI), and the American Dental Education Association (ADEA).

 

Dr. Khan has received several awards and honors. He has been inducted to The Order of the Grail-Valkyries Honor Society. He received Howard R. Raper Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology Award two years in a row that made him the first to ever win two, Turner Award, sponsored by the NC-AADR four years (the first to ever win four), and Advanced Education Fellowship Award, sponsored by the Dental Foundation of North Carolina two years in a row. He was listed in the “Guide to America’s Top Dentists”, 2005-2006 and 2007 Editions. And he received Spurgeon Table Clinic Award, sponsored by the Upsilon Upsilon Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon Dental Honor Society two years in a row.

Dr. Khan currently is an Assistant Professor and Consultant and the Head of Oral Radiology Division and the Supervisor of Oral Radiology Clinics at the Faculty of Dentistry.

Education

  • 1990

    High School degree from , Talha Ibn Obaidellah the Devel, مكة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 1996

    Bachelor degree from Dental Surgery and MedicineFaculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2002

    Master degree from Oral and Maxillofacial RadioloSchool of Dentistry, University of North Carolina a, Chapel Hill, امــريــكـا

  • 2007

    Doctorate degree from Oral BiologySchool of Dentistry, University of North Carolina a, Chapel Hill, امــريــكـا

Employment

Research Interests

Digital and advanced imaging
Advanced technology in dentistry
Caries diagnosis
Teaching methodology

Scientific interests


Courses

Oral Radiology 477 OBCS
Oral Radiology 377 OBCS

Areas of expertise