Dr. Adith Venugopal BDS, MS, PhD, FDS RCS (England)

Dr. Adith Venugopal is a registered specialist orthodontist currently working as a senior lecturer in orthodontics at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor and clinical instructor of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics at the University of Puthisastra, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He was previously in a private practice at Pachem Dental Hospital, Phnom Penh, where he practiced exclusive Labial, Lingual & Aligner therapy. Dr. Venugopal has completed his Ph.D. in Orthodontics from Kyungpook National University, South Korea under the eminent Prof Hee-Moon Kyung. He has completed his Clinical M.S. with an Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Orthodontics from the University of the East (2014), Manila. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Dentistry (B.D.S.) from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India. Dr. Venugopal has authored more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed international journals and has published extensively in high-impact international journals. He has been an invited keynote speaker at many orthodontic congresses and has held courses and workshops on TAD-based biomechanics all around the globe to reach high standards in clinical, research and teaching skills. He is a contributing editor for the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics and Assistant editor for the APOS trends in Orthodontics. He is also on the editorial board of Orthotown, a US based orthodontic magazine, and Scientific Reports, a Nature journal. He is currently the youngest fellow of two prestigious institutions, namely the International College of Dentists & the Pierre Fauchard Academy. He is also a fellow and member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Glasgow & Edinburgh.