Prof. Georgios E. Romanos is Professor in the Department of Periodontics and Endodontics at Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine, where he previously served as Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Director of Laser Education, and also holds a professorship in Oral Surgery and Implant Dentistry at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany.

His work focuses on periodontology, implant dentistry and laser-assisted therapy, with research interests spanning wound healing, periodontal regeneration, immediate implant loading and the bone-implant interface. He earned his DDS from the University of Athens in 1987, a Dr. med. dent. from the Free University of Berlin in 1990, and his habilitation in Oral Surgery and Implant Dentistry from Goethe University Frankfurt in 2003.

He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, founder of the Laboratory for Periodontal-, Implant- and Phototherapy (LA-PIP) at Stony Brook, and a Fellow of the Academy of Osseointegration, the American Association for Dental Research and the International College of Dentists, among other societies. His honors include the American Academy of Periodontology Distinguished Scientist Award (2020) and the Academy of Laser Dentistry Outstanding Educator Award (2024). He has authored more than 600 peer-reviewed publications, edited or co-edited eight books, and lectured in more than 50 countries.

At Dental Leaders Academy he shares research-based approaches to periodontal and laser-assisted implant therapy.