Dr. Irina Dragan is an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (TUSDM), in the Department of Periodontology. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. Her administrative responsibilities at TUSDM include serving as Director of Faculty Education and Instructional Development and Program Director for the Dental Educational Learning and Teaching Academy Fellowship. She is the Co-Course Director for Management of Complex Cases. This initiative was designed to strengthen and facilitate an interdisciplinary and interprofessional path forward for our profession that benefits clinicians (students, residents, private practitioners) and most importantly patients. As an enthusiastic and dedicated faculty at TUSDM, she has been actively involved with educational and clinical research projects. Her efforts have been recognized in 2014 with the ADEA/AADR Academic Dental Career Fellowship, 2015 ADEA Emerging Academic Leaders Program, 2016 AAP Foundation Fellowship to attend Institute for Teaching and Learning Program, 2018 AAP Foundation Tarrson Award, and with the 2016 ADEA Chair of the Board of Directors (Presidential) Citation. She is the recipient of the 2019 TUSDM Provost's Award for Outstanding Teaching and Service. Dr. Dragan was invited by the Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE) to serve as a consultant for several projects. She is one of the few faculty members selected to represent ADEA for the 2017 and 2019 global initiative “Shaping the Future of Dental Education” for the workshop “New Technologies and Scientific Discoveries”. She currently serves as the Chair-Elect for the ADEA SIG "Career Development for New Educators".Dr. Dragan maintains a private practice limited to periodontology and implant dentistry at Brookline Periodontal Associates, the first periodontal practice established in USA by Dr. Henry Goldman more than 80 years ago. https://facultyprofiles.tufts.edu/irina-draganhttps://www.facebook.com/dragan.irinahttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwp_F744_jA0AQGj7fM2D4A?view_as=subscriberlinkedin.com/in/irina-f-draganIG @irinafdragan ------------------------------------------------www.theinternationaldentist.comLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/drgabrielalagrecaFB & IG @theinternationaldentist