Dr. Zeeshan Sheikh is a Clinical Scientist in Periodontics, Assistant Professor-Tenure-Track in the departments of Biomaterials & Applied Oral Sciences (BAOS) and Dental Clinical Sciences (DCS) at the Faculty of Dentistry-Dalhousie University. He is also cross appointed at the Faculty of Medicine, School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME) and is a Scientific Affiliate at the Nova Scotia Health (NSHA). Dr. Sheikh is a Fellow of The Royal College of Dentists of Canada (RCDC) in the specialty of Periodontics and Implant Surgery and a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology (ABP). Dr. Sheikh is also an Adjunct Professor at McGill University and holds an Assistant Professor-status only position at University of Toronto (UofT).He was trained as a dental clinician and a biomaterial scientist with clinical and research degrees of Dip.Dh, BDS, MSc, PhD and M.Perio in the fields of biomaterials research, clinical dentistry and surgical periodontics and implantology. He has more than 8 years of clinical experience in private and hospital-based dentistry. After graduating as a dentist, he worked as a dental surgeon for 2 years before proceeding to obtain an MSc degree in dental and biomaterials from Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) with distinction. He obtained a PhD from McGill University, Faculty of Dentistry (2010-2014). He completed two Post-Doctoral Fellowships at Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, The Mt. Sinai Hospital (Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute) in Toronto, Canada and The Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (2015-2019). He completed his residencyin Periodontics & Implant Surgery from Dalhousie University (2019-2022) and also obtained a Masters of Periodontics degree (M.Perio).In addition to delivering several conference talks, presentations, and CE courses both locally in Canada and internationally, Dr. Sheikh has several research publications, reviews, book chapters, case-reports and editorials (80+). He has also co-edited three textbooks on Oral Biology and Dental Biomaterials. He is also the recipient of several research awards and prizes. Being trained extensively as a clinician scientist in institutions like the Baqai Medical University, Queen Mary University of London, McGill University, University of Toronto, Mt. Sinai Hospital and Dalhousie University, his research expertise lies in developing novel biomaterial options for bone grafting and periodontal regenerative applications.Dr. Zeeshan Sheikh’s career is an amalgamation of the skills acquired during the MSc, PhD, Post-Doctoral training, and Periodontics Specialty Training to allow the carrying out of funded collaborative translational research. Dr. Sheikh aims to continue working as a clinician-scientist in the fields of Periodontics and Biomaterials research and currently also enjoys his private practice at Park Lane Dental Specialists in Halifax, Nova Scotia as a periodontal and implant surgeon.To view Dr. Sheikh’s publications, profile, and his research lab information, please see the following links:

https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=YGdOcJ0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

https://www.dal.ca/faculty/school-biomedical-engineering/our-people/our-faculty-ltoz/zeeshan-sheikh.html

https://sites.google.com/view/sheikhlab