Mike Sabeti, DDS, MA, has been selected to head the Postgraduate Endodontic Specialty Program in the School of Dentistry. He starts Jan. 3, 2017.
Dr. Sabeti currently is an assistant professor in the Department of Endodontics at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, where he also is the predoctoral course director of endodontics. He will succeed Dr. Kurt Schroeder, who has served as interim director of our endodontics program for the last eight months.
Dr. Sabeti received his DDS degree in 1993 from the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC) at Houston. He then attended and completed a specialty program in periodontics at Tufts University School of Dentistry in Boston in 1995. He returned to UTHSC at Houston and was appointed clinical assistant professor for its postgraduate periodontics program, where he taught clinical periodontics, lectured and undertook the literature review course for their periodontology residents. In 2002 Dr. Sabeti completed his specialty training program in endodontics at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Upon completing the specialty program, Dr. Sabeti was appointed associate professor at USC for its postgraduate endodontic program, where he conducted and mentored residents in research activities. He obtained his board certification in Endodontics from the American Board of Endodontists in 2008.
Currently Dr. Sabeti has an appointment as an assistant professor in the Department of Endodontics at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, where he is the predoctoral course director of endodontics. He also supervises both the predoctoral students and postgraduate residents in endodontics and periodontics, lectures, conducts research, and mentors students and residents with their research projects. He also practices as an endodontist in private practice in Irvine, Calif..
Dr. Sabeti has lectured locally, nationally and internationally on various topics in endodontics and periodontics. He has published many research articles on topics related to periodontics and endodontics. He has contributed to chapters in text books and is a peer reviewer for national and international scientific journals, including the Journal of Endodontics and the African Journal of Microbiology.