Prof. Tomas Albrektsson
Professor Tomas Albrektsson joined Per Ingvar BrÃ¥nemark’s team in 1967 and has since been active in applied osseointegration research of oral, craniofacial and orthopedic implants. He graduated from Gothenburg University (MD:1975; PhD:1979 publishing his thesis on the healing of bone graft), where he has served as Professor & Head of the department of Biomaterials between 1986 and 2012. Tomas has been a visiting professor at Eastman Dental, University College of London 1998-2012, Laney visiting professor of the Mayo Clinic in the US in 2008, is a visiting professor in the prosthodontics department of Malmö University, and is a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He has presented more than 1.400 lectures and published scientific and clinical papers in various peer-reviewed journals around the world.