Position: Associate Professor & Director of Pre-doctoral Periodontics, University of Texas Health in San Antonio

Biography Text: Lea El Hachem, DDS, MS, is an associate professor and director of the pre-doctoral division of the department of periodontics at the University of Texas Health San Antonio School of Dentistry. Dr. Hachem is a board-certified periodontist and practices at Orbis Dental Group. Dr. Hachem serves on the Boards of the Southwest Society of Periodontists and the San Antonio District Dental Society, and on several American Academy of Periodontology committees. She is a fellow of the International College of Dentists. Dr. Hachem is the recipient of the 10 Under Ten Award from the Massachusetts Dental Society and the Bud and Linda Tarrson Award from the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation.