Nabil Kochaji

Dr. Nabil started his career as a dentist after graduating in 1997 from the faculty of dentistry in the University of Damascus. Following that he pursued a masters in medical and pharmaceutical research from the Vrije Universitaite Brussels (VUB), Faculteit van de Geneeskude en Farmacie before finally achieving a PHD in Dental Sciences at the same University in 2005. He is currently an associate professor at the faculty of Dentistry in the University of Damascus. This academic year (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 International Association for Dental research (IADR), 2005, Title of abstract: the Possible role of Myoepithelial Cells in Salivary Glands Pathogenesis and has since supervised eight master students and one doctorate in the same research line.

In September 2017, he was the first ever 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(3):303-306.

In the medical research field Dr. Kochaji has several titles to his name:

• Contemporary Oral Medicine: A Comprehensive Approach to Clinical Practice (co-author) 2018
• Swine Flue Vaccination (in Arabic) 2010
• Problem Facing Dentists During their Practice (three volumes, in Arabic) 2009
• Part 1: Muscoskeletal Disorders
• Part 2: Infection Control
• Part 3: Dental Office environment effects
• Maintaining Oral hygiene of Cancer patient (in Arabic) 2009
• Swine Flue (in Arabic) 2009
• Oral Pathology for practicing dentists (series with several authors, in Arabic)
• Volume 1: Oral Mucosa Lesions
• Part 1: White lesions (April 2007)
• Part 2: Red Lesions (Augustus 2007)
• Part 3: Ulcerative lesions (Augustus 2007)
• Part 4: Lymphatic lesions (Augustus 2007)
• Part 5: Vesicolobullous lesions (September 2007)
• Part 6: Verrocous lesions (February 2008)
• Part 7: Pigmented lesions (March 2008)
• Odontogenic Cysts, Clinical Complication & Potential Neoplastic Transformation. Thesis submitted to obtain the title Doctor of Philosophy in Dental Science (PhD), University of Brussels 2005 (in English –translated and published in Arabic 2009).
• Expression of cell proliferating-associated nuclear antigen Ki67 in jaws cyst, Master thesis submitted to obtain the degree of master in medical and pharmaceutical research at the University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium. June 2002 (in English).

His first novel A Journey to Mars (Arabic Rehla ela al Mareekh رحلة الى المريخ ) [1] was his first publication (five editions) and is available in dual language. his second novel, this time a thrill I Know Who Killed Me (Arabic Ana A`rifo Man Katalani أنا أعرف من قتلني) was published early 2016 (four editions).[2] , in 2019 he published his third novel Silicon Valley (Arabic wadi al-silicon وادي السيلكون)

Aside from his medical research, Dr. Kochaji has enriched the library of the Arab medical researcher by translating some key references. Notably, Ten Car`s Oral Histology, Forensic Dental Evidence, second edition (Bilingual Book, English- Arabic),Cawson`s Essentials of Oral Pathology and Medicine, Forensic Dental Evidence all in co-publishing program with ELSEVIER publishers.

• Official A Journey to Mars Facebook Page
• Interview with Dr Kochaji in discussion of his novel.
• Video of a speech in the release of his Novel
• the full text of Prof. Kochaji`s article that describes for the first time ever the "Peri_implant Cyst"