Ravindra Nanda
Ravindra Nanda | |
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| Born | 19 February 1943 Lyallpur, British India |
| Nationality |  American |
| Education | Master of Dental Surgery (1964), PhD (1970), Certificate in Orthodontics (1978) [1] |
| Alma mater | King George's Medical College Lucknow University, Katholieke Universities (Nijmegen, the Netherlands), University of Connecticut[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Professor and Head of the Department of Craniofacial Sciences, Chair Division of Orthodontics[1] |
Dr. Ravindra Nanda (born 19 February 1943) is a
Craniofacial Sciences and Chair of the Division of Orthodontics at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine
.
He is part of the founding faculty of School of Dental Medicine and has been at the University of Connecticut since 1972 where he also holds an Alumni Chair in the Orthodontics Division. He is an innovator of various appliances in orthodontics.[2] His research and clinical interests include adolescent and adult orthodontics, the biology of tooth mobility, craniofacial orthopedics, biomechanics and developing efficient mechanics to deliver orthodontic care.[1]
Personal life
Dr. Nanda was born in Lyallpur, British India (presently
Faisalabad, Pakistan) as the youngest of seven children but moved soon after the Partition of India. His father, a family physician, practiced for 30 years there.[3] He has two brothers, Dr. Ram S. Nanda and Dr. Surender Nanda, who are orthodontists in the United States of America. Dr. Nanda did his Post Graduation in Orthodontics under his elder brother Dr. Ram S. Nanda, who was the head of department of orthodontics of King Georges Medical College, Lucknow University.[4]
He is married and current resides in Connecticut.
Education
Dr. Ravindra Nanda received bachelor's and master's degrees in
the Netherlands in 1967 and received his PhD in Philosophy in 1969. Dr. Nanda came over to the new dental school at Loyola in Chicago in 1970, after serving as fellow and assistant professor in orthodontics with Frans van der Linden. In 1972, he advanced to the Department of Orthodontics, University of Connecticut in Farmington, CT, and received his certificate in orthodontics under Dr. Charles Burstone
.
Career
Nanda joined the
Advanced Education in General Dentistry, and Orthodontics.[6]
Nanda is a member and past president of the North Atlantic component of the Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists. Currently, Nanda is the editor-in-chief of Progress in Orthodontics,New Delhi, India.
Awards and honors
Dr. Ravindra Nanda has received numerous awards for his contributions in dentistry and orthodontics; the most notable include:
- Honorary Member - Jordan Orthodontic Society[10]
- John Taylor Lecture, Australia - Australia Society of Orthodontics Foundation[10]
- Sheldon Friel Memorial Lecture - European Orthodontic Society[10]
- Keith Godfrey Visiting Professor, Sydney, Australia - University of Sydney[10]
- Life Time Achievement Award - University of Connecticut Foundation[10]
- John Mershon Memorial Lecture, Boston, Massachusetts - America Association of Orthodontics[10]
- Honorary Member - Czech Orthodontic Society [10]
- Honorary Member - Taiwanese Orthodontic Society [10]
- Honorary Life Time Membership - Indian Orthodontic Society [10]
- Gordon Kirkness Memorial Lecture - Australian Society of Orthodontics [10]
- Honorary Member - Central American Orthodontics Society [10]
- Wendell L. Wylie Memorial Lecture, San Francisco, California - University of San Francisco [10]
- Senior Research Fellow, Japan Promotion for Science, Sendai, Japan - Tohoku University [10]
Publications
Textbooks
- Nanda, R and Burstone, CJ (eds) Retention and Stability in Orthodontics WB Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA, 1993.
- Nanda, R Biomechanics in Clinical Orthodontics WB Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA, 1996.
- Nanda,R Biomechanic and Esthetic Strategies in Clinical Orthodontics. WB Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA 2005.
- Nanda R. Temporary Anchorage Devices in Orthodontics. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 2008.
- Nanda R. and Kapila, S. Current Therapy in Orthodontics, Mosby, St. Louis, April, 2009.
- Nanda R. Esthetics and Biomechanics in Orthodontics, Saunders, St. Louis, MO, 2015.
- Nanda R, Uribe, F. Atlas of Complex Orthodontics, Elsevier, St. Louis, MO, 2016.
Monographs and Invited Editorships
- Nanda, R The normal palate and induced cleft palate in rat embryos: An in vivo in vitro and autoradiographic study on embryological development. Gebr Janssen, Nymegen, The Netherlands, Monograph pp 1–120, 1969.
- Nanda, R (ed) Symposium in Orthodontics, Dental Clinics of North America WB Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA, 1981. (Translation in Japanese, Spanish, Italian, German and Greek).
- Nanda, R (ed) Management of Complex Orthodontic Problems. Seminars in Orthodontics WB Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA, 1996.
- Nanda, R (ed) Adult Orthodontics. Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 1. WB Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA, 40:11, 811-1016, 1996.
- Nanda, R (ed) Adult Orthodontics. Dental Clinics of North America, Volume 11. WB Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA, 41:1-154, 1997.
- Nanda, R (guest editor) Infromationau aus Orthodontie and Kieferorthopadie 30:30, 1998.
References
- ^ a b c d "Faculty Directory UConn Health". Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "From Lucknow to Storrs - Orthodontic Products". Orthodontic Products. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ISSN 0889-5406.
- ^ "Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics". Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- PMID 5250522. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Ravindra Nanda, B.D.S, M.D.S., Ph.D". orthodontics.uchc.edu. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ "Progress in Orthodontics". progressinorthodontics.springeropen.com. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ "Dr. Ravindra Nanda Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). uchc.edu/faculty. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ISBN 9780323087100.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Faculty Directory – UConn Health". Retrieved 23 November 2016.
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