Nikola Angelov, DDS, MS, PhD, is a professor and chair of the Department of Periodontics and Dental Hygiene at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He is also a holder of the Raul G. Caffesse, DDS, MS, Dr Odont, Distinguished Professorship in Periodontics. In 2001, Angelov received a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research where he successfully developed a new model of oral mucosal wound healing and was also involved in collaborative clinical studies clinical trial evaluations, and other studies. A Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, he was awarded a certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from the United States Congress for outstanding and invaluable service to the community in 2013.