Position: Clinical Professor (UCLA) and faculty (VA)

Organization: UCLA School of Dentistry Department of Periodontics/VA Los Angeles

Biography Text: Dr. Joan Otomo-Corgel is a graduate of California State University, Fresno 1972 (BA, Zoology), UCLA School of Dentistry 1976 (DDS), UCLA School of Public Health 1980 (MPH – Behavioral Sciences and Health Education), West Los Angeles VAMC General Practice Residency 1977 and Postdoctoral Periodontics Residency 1979. She is currently a Full Clinical Professor in the UCLA School of Dentistry, Department of Periodontics (1980- ), and faculty and chair of periodontal research at the Greater Los Angeles VA Health Care Center Dental Service (1990- ) and past faculty at the WLA City College of Dental Hygiene Department (1990-2010). She has a private practice limited to Periodontics, oral medicine, and implantology in Los Angeles. Dr. Otomo-Corgel is the Past President of the following organizations: American Academy of Periodontology, Western Society of Periodontology, California Society of Periodontists, National VA Periodontists, Los Angeles Dental Society and the UCLA Chapter of OKU. She is currently a delegate to the ADA, a member of the ADA Council on Dental Education and Licensure, Chair of the Specialty Recognition and Areas of Interest in General Dentistry Committee for the CDEL, immediate past chair of Dental Anesthesiology for CDEL, Chair of the UCLA School of Dentistry Board of Counselors, chair of the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation, Chair of the AO Credential Committee, and member of the AAP CEOC. She is a member of the Academy of Osseointegration (chair of the Credential Committee), LA Dental Society, Western Society of Periodontology, California Society of Periodontists, CDA, Southern California Academy of Oral Pathology, ADA, IADR, AADR, ADEA, and NAVAPD. She is conscious sedation examiner for CALAOMS and is certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support. She lectures extensively on periodontal medicine, medical emergencies, over-the-counter dental products, and clinical periodontal topics. She has contributed to over 60+ journals and texts.