Nabil Kochaji

Nabil Kochaji is a Syrian author, novelist, medical researcher and academic.

Education and career

Nabil started his career as a dentist after graduating in 1997 from the faculty of dentistry in the Damascus University. After graduation, he pursued a masters in medical and pharmaceutical research from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Faculteit van de Geneeskude en Farmacie before finally achieving a PhD in Dental sciences at the same University in 2005. He is currently a full professor at the faculty of Dentistry in the Damascus University. In the academic year of 2016–2017, he was assigned to the position of Founding Dean, Faculty of Dentistry at Al-Sham Private University.
He was awarded Senior Robert-Frank award from the Dental Research">Dentistry">Dental Research, 2005, Title of abstract: the Possible role of Myoepithelial cells in Salivary glands Pathogenesis.
In September 2017, he was the first to describe the "Peri-Implant Cyst" in his article: Inflammatory odontogenic cyst on an osseointegrated implant: A peri-implant cyst? New entity proposed, published in Dental and Medical Problems 54:303–306.

Medical works

Clinical Oral Pathology, Kochaji`s Guide to Oral Lesions and Biopsies Springer publishers

Literary works

A Journey to Mars Available in dual languageI Know Who Killed Me

''Silicon Valley ''

Translations

Aside from his medical research, Kochaji has translated some medical texts through ELSEVIER publishers, including:Ten Cate's Oral HistologyForensic Dental Evidence second edition Cawson's Essentials of Oral Pathology and Medicine

''Forensic Dental Evidence''