Dr. Mohammed Elnagar

Dr. Mohammed Elnagar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). He received his DDS graduating with honors as class Valedictorian, followed by a General Practice Residency, Master of Dental Science.  Dr. Elnagar completed a Certificate of Specialty in Orthodontics and a joint PhD program in oral health sciences at UIC. In 2022 he obtained a certificate in Artificial Intelligence applications in health care from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Dr. Elnagar practices orthodontics in Chicago with a focus on Digital orthodontics, dentofacial orthopedics with skeletal anchorage, and surgical orthodontics. Furthermore, he is the Director of the digital and AI Laboratory at UIC Orthodontics; his Research Interests are 3D Imaging, 3D printing TADs, Artificial intelligence applications in Health Care, and Clinical and Transitional research. Dr. Elnagar received the Robert Ricketts Award and Albert Westfall Award from the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation.

The AAO also appointed him to be the recipient of the AAO Academy of Academic Leadership Sponsorship Program Award for 2019. In addition, Dr.Elnagar was elected as secretary for the American Association for Dental Research Chicago section in 2020. And the Society of Educators of the American Association of Orthodontists editor in 2021. More recently in  2023, for his work on emerging technologies, he received Burstone-Indiana Biomechanics Award Designated as a Burstone Fellow in Biomechanics.