Surgical Dentistry Faculty

Karo Parsegian, PhD, DMD

Karo Parsegian DMD, MDSc, PhD

Associate Professor; Predoctoral Periodontics Program Director
  • Surgical Dentistry (SDM)

Email Address:karo.parsegian@cuanschutz.edu

Primary Phone:303-724-4606

Education, Licensure & Certifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Science - University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT
  • Doctor of Dental Medicine - First Tashkent State Medical Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • Master of Dental Science - University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT
  • Clinical Certificate in Periodontology - University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT
  • Health Educators Fellowship Program - McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX

Awards

  • 2021- Recipient, University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Dentistry Dean’s Excellence Award
  • 2020 - Finalist, AAP Foundation Teaching Fellowship
  • 2020 - Recipient, AAP Award for Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in Periodontics
  • 2020 - Recipient, ADEA/ADEA Council of Students, Residents and Fellows/Colgate-Palmolive Co. Junior Faculty Award
  • 2020 - Oral Session Chair, IADR/AADR/CADR ("Pulp Biology & Regeneration IV" session)
  • 2020 - Recipient, AADR William B. Clark Fellowship
  • 2019 - Recipient, Award for the highest-scoring research grant proposal
    (The American Association of Endodontists Foundation for Endodontics)
  • 2019 - Oral Session Chair, IADR/AADR/CADR ("Differentiation of Dental Pulp Cells" session)
  • 2019 - Poster Session Chair, IADR/AADR/CADR ("Stem Cells and Environment II" session)
  • 2013 - Recipient, Young Investigator Travel Award
    The 11th International Conference on the Chemistry and Biology of Mineralized Tissues (ICCBMT)
  • 2013 - Oral Session Chair, IADR/AADR/CADR
    Pulp Biology & Regeneration Research group
  • 2010 - Recipient, Young Investigator Travel Award
    The 10th International Conference on the Chemistry and Biology of Mineralized Tissues (ICCBMT)
  • 2008 - Recipient, The Annual Graduate Student Research Day Poster Contest award
    University of Connecticut Health (Farmington, CT, USA)
  • 2006 - 2008 - Graduate Student Research Assistantship Award, Ph.D. program in Biomedical Science
    University of Connecticut Health (Farmington, CT, USA)
  • 2002, 2004 - Excellence in Education Scholarship
    First Tashkent State Medical Institute (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

Affiliations

Surgical Dentistry, Division of Periodontics