Oded Nahlieli is chairman of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Barzilai University Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel. He is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, an Affiliated Professor in the School of Dentistry, Michigan University, USA, and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester, USA. In 1993 Professor Nahlieli began developing the practice of endoscopy of the salivary glands (sialoendoscopy) and he is an acknowledged pioneer in the field. He has also developed a series of endoscopic techniques and specific equipment for minimally invasive procedures in implant dentistry and medicine. Professor Nahlieli has lectured extensively on his specialty across the world. He is the author of two books and more than 100 articles in international journals, including some that are considered milestones in the modern management of salivary glandinflammatory disorders and dental implantology. He is the holder of 25 patents.