Dr. Setareh Lavasani is a board certified oral & maxillofacial radiologist. She is a full time Associate professor and the director of oral radiology and advanced imaging at Western University of Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine in Pomona, California, USA. 

Dr. Lavasani graduated from Ajman University of Science and Technology (AUST) in the United Arab Emirates in 2005 with a Doctorate degree in Dental Surgery (DDS). Upon graduation, she moved to the United States and in 2007 she joined the preceptorship program in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (OMFR) at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). At the end of her preceptorship program, she was accepted to the OMFR specialty residency program. She started the OMFR residency in July 2008. In December of 2013 she received her Certificate of Specialty Training in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. 

In 2014, she received her master’s degree in biomedical sciences from UTHSCSA. In the same year, she started her academic career as a faculty member at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California with the rank of Assistant professor. In January of 2015, after finishing all the required didactic and clinical trainings and successfully completing both parts of the certifying exam of the American board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, she received the prestigious “Diplomate” status from the American Board of OMFR, which is the highest professional honor of competence in the oral radiology specialty. 

As the only Oral Radiologist in college of Dental Medicine (CDM) at Western University of Health Sciences she is in charge of oral radiology didactic content creation, presentation and assessment of the entire Radiology curriculum and oversees Oral Radiology preclinical and clinical education, planning, coverage and management. Dr. Lavasani is the chief Oral Radiologist at Western University Patient Care Center’s 3D CBCT Imaging lab and Interpretation center and maintains a busy CBCT referral practice at College of Dental Medicine with onsite and offsite clinical consultation services. She is an active member and contributes extensively to different WesternU committees (Radiation safety committee, PCC Radiation Officer) and CDM standing committees (curriculum management committee, curriculum design and integration committee, International Dentist program admission committee) and Ad hoc committees (Clinical Privileging committee). She is a member of board of directors at the Global Dental Implant Academy (GDIA). 

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Dr. Lavasani is the awardee of the 2019 WesternU college of dental medicine’s “Distinguished Faculty Member Award” that recognizes a faculty member who demonstrates extraordinary commitment to vision and mission of the college and university. She is also one of the 2019 honorees of the exclusive group of America’s top 40 specialist below 40 years old; ”40 under 40” published by Incisal Edge magazine in Manhattan, NY. She has also been recognized as the faculty of the month by ASDA at WesternU for her teaching style and her role in encouraging students to think analytically. 

She has presented lectures and hands on courses on multiple oral radiology topics in more than 50 national and International scientific meetings and is a frequent presenter at the California Dental Association (CDA Anaheim and San Francisco, 2016-19) and UCLA School of Dentistry AEGD residency program. She has been an invited speaker for continuing education courses at UCSF school of Dentistry (UCSF Alumni weekend, 2019), UOP school of Dentistry (TMJ multidisciplinary mini residency program 2018), Loma Linda (Guardians of the oral cavity, 2018) and UCLA (Applications and interpretation of CBCTs for dental implants 2017-18). Internationally, she has lectured in different continents including U.A.E (Dubai), Lebanon (Beirut), and Egypt (Cairo, *scheduled). 

Dr. Lavasani is the co-author of multiple journal research articles and textbook chapters including the first interactive digital Oral Radiology textbook; “Fundamentals of Oral Radiology” which is available on iTunes and iBooks and a book chapter on Principles of Radiographic Interpretation in the book titled “Oral Surgery for Dental Students” (Main author Dr. Jeffery Elo) . She is an associate editor for the Journal of The Lebanese Dental Association (JLDA) and a distinguished reviewer for the OOOO (Quad O) journal. She is also a dental textbook reviewer for Theime publishers in New York.