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. Letizia Perillo is full Professor and Dean of the School of Dentistry, 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 Visiting Professor at the University of Alexandria, Egypt, and the Alabama University, Birmingham, USA. Currently, she is 2020-25 Executive Committee Member of the World Federation of Orthodontists (WFO), 2025-30 Elected President of the WFO, and Chair of the International Orthodontic Congress (IOC) in 2030. She is Past Dean of the School of Dentistry, Past Chair of NEBEOP Postgraduate Orthodontic Program, Past President of the Italian Society of Orthodontics (SIDO), and the Mediterranean Orthodontic Integration Project (MOIP). She is member of the WFO, AAO, EHASO, EOS, SIDO, MOIP, CH Tweed Foundation, SIOCMF, and member of the Editorial Board of several scientific journals. She is the author and co-author of about 300 scientific publications, 9 books, and 10 book chapters. She is a speaker at national and international courses and congresses. She has been an invited speaker at international congresses in more than 30 countries. Her main research topics are early treatment, non-extraction treatment, dentofacial orthopedics, cleft lip and palate, and genetics.