Dr. Madhu Nair

Dr. Madhu Nair is currently the Dept Head of Diagnostic Sciences, a tenured Endowed Professor, and the Director of the Imaging Center at the Texas A&M Univ College of Dentistry. He serves on the faculty at the Baylor University Medical Center hospital as a Professor in the Dept of Surgery. Dr. Nair was formerly the Assoc Dean of Graduate Studies at Texas A&M before which he served as a tenured Professor and founding Chair of the Dept of Diagnostic Sciences at the Univ of Florida, and the founding Program Director of the Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Residency Program with a joint appointment in Radiology as Division Chief through the UF College of Medicine, and the Shands Hospital System. He was a former Director on the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. He has held several official positions with national and international organizations in radiology.

He has several publications and book chapters to his credit, as well as a long track record of research funding. He serves on the editorial board of peer reviewed journals including OOOO. His research interests include AI, 3D imaging, image analysis, teleradiology, radiology informatics, and quantitative imaging. Dr. Nair has chaired and served as a member of the joint expert panel of the AAOMR and AAE on the position paper on the use of CBCT in Endodontics. He is on the editorial board of various journals and serves on the Scientific Advisory Council of the J Endod.

He graduated from the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Dentistry's Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology program, and completed an additional Master’s at the Goteborg University in Sweden (Lic. Odont.), followed by a PhD in Radiology under the mentorship of Drs. Grondahl and Webber. He also completed fellowship training in Medical Radiology Informatics at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center while serving as the Director of Radiology at the School of Dental Medicine.