Dr. Letizia Perillo MD, MS, PhD

Prof. Letizia Perillo graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1986 and specialized in Orthodontics in 1989 at the University of Naples Federico II. She completed her orthodontic training with a postgraduate fellowship at the University of Michigan in 1993, and a Ph.D. in Interceptive Orthodontics at the University of Florence in 1997. She is full Professor and Dean of the School of Dentistry, Chair of the NEBEOP Postgraduate Orthodontic Program, Head of the Orthodontic Division at the Multidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Specialties of the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy. She is Past President of the Italian Society of Orthodontics (SIDO), and of the Mediterranean Orthodontic Integration Project (MOIP). Currently, she is 2020-25 Executive Committee Member of the World Federation of Orthodontists (WFO). She is Visiting Professor at the University of Alexandria, Egypt, and at the Alabama University, Birmingham, USA. She is member of the WFO, AAO, EHASO, EOS, SIDO, and CH Tweed Foundation, and a member of the Editorial Board of several journals. She is the author and co-author of about 300 scientific publications, 9 books and 10 chapters of books, and a speaker at national and international courses and congresses. Her main research topics are early treatment, non-extraction treatment, cleft lip and palate, dentofacial orthopedics, and genetics.