Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics, Interim Program Director, Advanced Education in General Dentistry
Texas A&M University, School of Dentistry
Dr. Ioannis Kormas (D.D.S., M.S.) comes from Athens, Greece and is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Periodontics at the Texas A&M University School of Dentistry, as well as the Interim Program Director of the Advanced Education in General Dentistry (A.E.G.D.) Department of the same institution.
He received his dental degree (D.D.S.) at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2013. After 1 year of private practice and 1 year of service at the Hellenic Air Force General Hospital, he completed the 2-year A.E.G.D. program at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health (University of Rochester) in 2017.
Following that, he completed his Periodontology residency at the University of Minnesota in 2021. He has authored multiple peer-reviewed manuscripts and has received several awards and scholarships. His research experience, as part of his Master of Science studies, was in the field of metabolomics, where he used the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Mass Spectrometry technologies to investigate changes in the metabolites of gingival crevicular fluid sampled from individuals with periodontitis and healthy controls.
Dr. Kormas joined the Department of Periodontics faculty team of Texas A&M University School of Dentistry in July 2021. In May 2022, he became a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and is currently licensed to practice in Texas. He serves in several committees both at the Texas A&M University School of Dentistry and outside of the institution. Since September 2022, Dr. Kormas has been appointed the Interim Program Director of the A.E.G.D. of Texas A&M University School of Dentistry. His current academic and clinical responsibilities at the school of dentistry are in both the pre-doctoral and graduate periotontics, as well as in the A.E.G.D. programs.