Sukirth Ganesan, DDS, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor and Director of the Advanced Education Program in Periodontics
Current Positions
- Associate Professor of Periodontics
- Director, Advanced Education Program in Periodontology and Visiting Scholar Program in Periodontology, Periodontics
- Guest Researcher, Oral Immunobiology Unit
Education
- MPH in Health Policy and Administration, University of Illinois College of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois
- Dental Clinical Research Fellow in Oral Immunobiology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Bethesda, Maryland
- PhD in Oral Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- Certificate in Periodontics, The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus, Ohio
- Bachelor of Dental Surgery, The Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R.Medical University, Chennai, India
Center, Program and Institute Affiliations
Licenses & Certifications
- Board Certification in Periodontology and Dental Implant Surgery, The American Board of Periodontology
- Dentistry, practice limited to Periodontics, Ohio Dental Board, Ohio
- Moderate Sedation (Adult), Iowa Dental Board, Iowa
- Teaching and Practice Limited to Periodontics, Iowa Dental Board, Iowa
- Dentist, Hospital Dentistry Institute, Iowa
Selected Awards & Honors
- Fellow, American College of Dentists
- Fellow, OKU Honor Society
- Fellow, International College of Dentists
- President, Implantology Research Group, IADR
- Leadership Fellow, American Dental Education Association Leadership Institute, Washington, District of Columbia
- 2023 Mentor of the Year, Iowa Section of AADOCR
- Fellow, Leadership, Engagement, Action, and Development Program (LEAD), American Academy of Periodontology, Chicago, Illinois
- AAP Teaching Fellowship, American Academy of Periodontology Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
- AAP Educator Award - Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in Periodontics, American Academy of Periodontology, Chicago, Illinois
- New Periodontist Annual Meeting Scholarship, American Academy of Periodontology/ Straumann, Chicago, Illinois
Professional Memberships
- American Dental Education Association (ADEA)
- American Dental Association/ Iowa Dental Association (ADA/IDA/Tripartite membership)
- Academy of Osseointegration
- Midwest Society of Periodontology (MSP)
- ITI - International Team for Implantology
- AAAS/Science program for Excellence (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
- American Academy of Periodontology
- American Association for Dental and Craniofacial Research
- International Association for Dental Research (IADR)
Selected Publications
- Ganesan S.M., Fraser D.R., Tattan M., Latimer J., BEC Working Group 2, Kostakis G.A.Best Evidence Consensus: Biomaterials for Resolution of Peri-implantitis. Journal of Periodontology
- Leinbach L., Boroumand S., Masuch L., Nguyen J., Ganesan S.M., Mays J. Oral Health Characteristics Two Years Following Allogeneic Cell Transplant. Journal of Dental Research
- Boksa F., Siadhamed A., Woods S., Ganesan S.M. Salivary Immune Signature of SARS-nCoV2 Infection, 2022 AADOCR/CADR Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
- Dabdoub S.M., Ganesan S.M., Robitaille N., Reed D., Kumar P.S. Viral Contributions to the Developing Peri-Implant Microbiome, 2022 AADOCR/CADR Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
- Munjal A., Sidahmed A., Pax K., Dabdoub S.M., Kumar P.S., Ganesan S.M. Relative Contributions of Diet to Shaping the Oral Microbiome, 2023 AADOCR/CADR Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon
- Tikkahanarak K., Dabdoub S.M., Costa Da Silva A., Taylor E., Pavletic S., Mays J., Ganesan S.M. Orchestrating Oral Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease: the Tryptophan Connection, 2024 IADR/AADOCR/CADR General Session, New Orleans, LA
- Branstetter C., Daily M., Bhagat R., Moreno-Uribe L., Venugopalan S., Ganesan S.M. Oral Immune Profile Changes in Patients Undergoing Fixed Orthodontic Therapy, 2024 IADR/AADOCR/CADR General Session, New Orleans, LA
- Fitzjerrells R., Cho, T., Kamholz J., Aguilar L., Yadav M., Brown G., Oldade H., Hoang J., Paullus M., Cherwin C., Gill C., Ganesan S.M., Mangalam A. Machine Learning Approach Identifies Dysbiotic Oral Communities in Multiple Sclerosis, 2024 IADR/AADOCR/CADR General Session, New Orleans, LA
- Vasdev T., Dabdoub S.M., Salman U., Fiedorowicz J., Correia M., Curtis V., Laroche H., Ganesan S.M. Identification of Biomarker Species Associated With Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome, 2024 IADR/AADOCR/CADR General Session, New Orleans, LA
- Mahbube J., Ganesan S.M., Dabdoub S.M. Exploring the DNA and RNA Virome of the Oral Cavity, 2024 IADR/AADOCR/CADR General Session, New Orleans, LA
Selected Grants & Contracts
- Unraveling the role of saliva in COVID- 19 pathogenesis using a comprehensive multi-omics approach; Carver Trust; Taylor, Eric (Co-Principal), Mangalam, Ashutosh (Co-Principal), Ganesan, Sukirth M (Co-Principal)
- Metabolic Syndrome Associated Oral Microbiome Changes; The University of Iowa College of Dentistry; Taylor, Eric (Co-Investigator), Zeng, Erliang (Co-Investigator), Ganesan, Sukirth M (Principal Investigator)
- Spatial Co-Localization of Immune And Microbial Cell Populations In Peri-Implantitis Lesions: A Quantitative And Architectural Analysis; Osteology Foundation; Ganesan, Sukirth (Principal Investigator)
- Metabolomic Salivary Signature of Metabolic Syndrome; Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center; Correia, Marcelo (Consultant), Taylor, Eric (Co-Investigator), Mangalam, Ashutosh (Co-Investigator), Ganesan, Sukirth M (Principal Investigator)
- Mapping the Microbial-Immune Axis in the oral Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease; American Cancer Society Young Investigator Grant; Xie, Xian Jin (Statistician), Silverman, Margarida (Clinical Investigator), Mangalam, Ashutosh (Co-Investigator), Mays, Jacqueline (Co-Investigator), Ganesan, Sukirth M (Principal Investigator)
- The Oral Microbiome in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC); The University of Iowa; Banas, Jeff (Co-Principal), Drake, David (Co-Principal), Ganesan, Sukirth M (Co-Principal)
- AAP Foundation Fellowship to the Institute for Teaching & Learning in the Health Professions; American Academy of Periodontology; Ganesan, Sukirth M