Samir Bishara (October 31, 1935 – October 8, 2010) was an Egyptian orthodontist.

Life

He was born in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo met ...

in 1935 to Edward and Georgette Bishara. He obtained his dental degree and his Orthodontic degree from

Alexandria University Alexandria University ( ar, جامعة الإسكندرية) is a public university in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1938 as a satellite of Fouad University (the name of which was later changed to Cairo University), becoming an indepen ...

. He practiced dentistry in Egypt for 11 years at Moassat Hospital in Alexandria after which he moved to New York City to work as a Pediatric Dentist at the Guggenheim Clinic. He then moved to University of Iowa College of Dentistry where he received his Orthodontic degree a second time. In 1968, he became a faculty at the Orthodontic Program of Iowa University and served there until 2010. Bishara was married to Anne Ghalioungui and had four daughters.

Works

Bishara has published over 200 scientific articles. Bishara published an orthodontic textbook called ''Textbook of Orthodontics'' in 2001.

Select publications

* SE Bishara, D Ortho, ''Impacted maxillary canines: A review'', American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial , 1992 * E Bishara, RN Staley, ''Maxillary expansion: clinical implications'', S American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial, 1987

Death

Before he died, he was a still a Professor of Orthodontics at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry. He died at the age of 74 in 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bishara, Samir American dentists Orthodontists 1935 births 2010 deaths 20th-century dentists