Kaan Orhan, DDS MSc MHM Ph.D., BBA is a Professor of DentoMaxilloFacial Radiology at the Faculty of Dentistry, and a board member of Medical Design Application and Research Center (MEDITAM) at Ankara University, Turkey, and a visiting Professor at the Faculty of Medical Dentistry at the Medical University of Lublin, Poland and a visiting Professor at the OMFS-IMPATH Research Group, Department of Imaging and Pathology, University of Leuven, Belgium.
Dr. Orhan received his degree in 1998 and completed his Ph.D. and specialization in Maxillofacial Radiology in 2002 at Osaka University, Japan, and Ankara University, Turkey. He was a maxillofacial consultant and lecturer at Ankara University from 2004 to 2006, and then became an Associate Professor in 2006 and a Full Professor in 2012. He was the founder and, from 2007 to 2010, the chairman of the Dentomaxillofacial Radiology Department, Near East University, Cyprus.
He served aschairman of the Research and Scientific Committee, European Academy of DentoMaxillofacial Radiology from 2008 to 2012, and later as Vice-President (2012-2014) and President. He is a fellow of the European Society of Radiology (ESR), Japanese Board of DentoMaxillofacial Radiology, European Head and Neck Radiology Society (ESHNR), European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESRMB), International Association of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Radiology, and Medical Ultrasonography Society. He also served as a Board Member of the Specialization Committee in the Ministry of Health and promoted the recognition of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology as a specialization in Turkey.
Dr. Orhan is the editor of several journals, including "BMC Medical Imaging", "Radiology: Open Access" and "Oral Radiology", and a reviewer for more than 50 different journals in his field. He has written or co-authored more than ten books in English and Turkish as well as over 250 scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include CT, CBCT, MRI, ultrasound (USG), head and neck radiology.