School of Medicine and Dentistry

Santiago de Compostela University

Spain

 

 

Pedro Diz Dios is qualified in Medicine and is a Specialist in Stomatology at Santiago de Compostela University, Spain. He trained in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Klinik für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde, Freiburg University Hospital (Germany), gaining his Doctor of Philosophy PhD (Freiburg University). He is Professor, Consultant and Head of the Special Needs Unit, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Santiago de Compostela University. He was Director of the Stomatology Department (Santiago de Compostela University) and a Council member of the Spanish Society of Dentistry for Handicapped and Special Needs Patients. He is an Honorary Visiting Professor at the UCL-Eastman Dental Institute, London (UK). He is an Associate Editor of Oral Diseases Journal, Medicina Oral Patología Oral y Cirugía Bucal Journal, and of the Journal of Oral and Experimental Dentistry. He is Director of the Johnson and Johnson Chair for Healthcare Promotion, Santiago de Compostela University (Spain). He has written more than 120 peer-reviewed papers and co-authored several books.